Islam's Response to Contemporary Issues — Page 215
Economic Peace 215 there is some saving for a rainy day, not only at an individual and family level, but also on a national basis. For poorer countries, such a situation is potent with dangers because when the advanced countries suffer from the new challenges of competition from emerging economies, and their own economies begin to stagnate, they would become more callous in their relationship with the Third World or poorer countries. This is inevitable because, somehow or the other, the governments of richer countries must maintain a reasonable standard of life for the people who have become addicted to them. Ultimately these situations aggravate and culminate in factors, which create wars. It is such wars that Islam seeks to prevent. Endnotes 1. Ch. 89: Al-Fajr : 18–21 2. Ch. 102: Al-Tak a thur : 2–4 3. Ch. 3: A l-‘Imr a n : 190 4. Ch. 4: Al-Nis a’ : 54 5. Ch. 16: Al-Na h l : 72 6. Ch. 4: Al-Nis a’ : 59 7. Ch. 64: Al-Tagh a bun : 16 8. Ch. 24: Al-N u r : 57 9. Ch. 9: Al-Taubah : 60 10. Ch. 2: Al-Baqarah : 276–281 11. Ch. 9: Al-Taubah : 34–35