Samira al-Moussawi, head of the women's, children's and families' committee in
parliament, said if there are a million widows in Iraq, there are probably
three million orphans.
The number of orphanages by comparison is small, and scant money is spent on
the children by the government. Each orphan registered with the Labor and
Social Affairs Ministry -- and not many are -- is allocated 15,000 Iraqi
dinars, or around $12, a month.
"These amounts are not enough," Moussawi said.
"DOUBLE OUR RETURNS"
Sociologist Fawziya al-Attiya said every dollar spent on the orphans should be
viewed as an investment in Iraq's future.
Drug-taking, unemployment, and suicide bombers were all a consequence of war,
and the orphans it leaves behind are "easy prey" for terrorists and criminals,
she said.
"We urgently need to invest money to care for those orphans. We will double our
returns by building society," Attiya said.
At the Safe House, initially set up by a Kurdish agency in 2003 but abandoned
to the care of its managers and volunteers when Baghdad became too violent, 33
boys aged six to 16 share 73 square meters spread over two rooms, on two
floors.
There, in Baghdad's sprawling Sadr City slum, they sleep, eat, study and play.
The air inside is rank: a pool of raw sewage glistens outside the front door.
PoEtEsS
"Happiness is the key to the foundation of satisfaction, contentment and
acceptance…"Zohra Moosa (Deaf Poet)
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom
(i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue
with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone
astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy
Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in
His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites
(men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I
am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if
Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of
camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever
calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who
follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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