Man-made laws have denied #Pakistan its true #agricultural potential It is known that the Muslim Lands under whilst they implemented the laws revealed by Allah SWT were the agricultural marvel of the world. At a time when Europe was stricken by starvation and famine, one of the factors that drew the crusaders to attack the blessed lands of Ash-Sham was their immense agricultural wealth to the point that the crusaders conceived they are going to the “land of milk and honey.” Moreover, during Europe’s Dark Ages, the Muslim Lands were an essential nexus for introducing essential crops and also the concept of summer irrigation to the West. As for the Indian Subcontinent, under Islam, it was an agricultural powerhouse, producing 25% of the world’s GDP, with a formidable export profile, inciting the greed of the British colonialists over the vast wealth in agriculture, particularly spices and condiments. However, when these revealed laws were replaced during the British occupation by man-made laws, there was a wide-scale famine within the same lands under this British Raj, leading to the deaths of hundreds and thousands through starvation. Until now man-made laws are implemented in the field of agriculture, denying Pakistan its true potential as an agricultural powerhouse. The return of the Khilafah will boost agricultural production and rural employment, thus increasing Pakistan’s food security and prosperity by restoring the Islamic land laws in the Indian Subcontinent. POLICY: The Khilafah as an agricultural powerhouse 1. Efficient use of agricultural land occurs by linking land ownership to its mandatory cultivation. The Khilafah will provide grants and interest free loans to enhance cultivation. Islam provides for ownership of dead agricultural lands by its revival. This will not only enhance food security it will greatly boost the rural population’s share in the wealth. 2. Ending colonialist agreements with their destructive taxation conditions and imposed foreign operation, by replacing them with Shariah based revenue generation and land ownership laws, including Kharaaj and Ushr to allow these lands to return as they once were, food baskets for the wider region. 3. The Khilafah will establish extensive irrigation systems to lands near and far from water sources. It will open nurseries and laboratories for the development of stronger seed lines, better fertilizer as well as improved disease prevention and resistance, so that the Khilafah will be self-sufficient in agriculture including grains, fruits, vegetables and bio-fuels. facebook/ccc.pakistan
Posted on: Sun, 26 Oct 2014 18:19:43 +0000
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