{"id":169003,"date":"2022-10-18T15:20:15","date_gmt":"2022-10-18T15:20:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=169003"},"modified":"2022-10-18T15:20:19","modified_gmt":"2022-10-18T15:20:19","slug":"focus-on-poverty-management-not-just-elimination-prof-dr-mohd-syukri-salleh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.iium.edu.my\/?p=169003","title":{"rendered":"Focus on poverty management, not just elimination – Prof. Dr. Mohd. Syukri Salleh"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Nurin Najmina Zaidi<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

GOMBAK, 18 October 2022: In the history of mankind, poverty has existed for a long time. In order to solve the problem of poverty one must focus its management from an Islamic perspective rather than just its elimination.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The view was shared by Prof. Dr. Mohd. Syukri Salleh from the Centre for Islamic Development Studies (ISDEV) of Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) in a webinar called “Urban poverty: Realities and perspectives on Islamic Management of Poverty.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Eliminating poverty is impossible because if you look at human history, there is not a single period where there are no poor people. Which is why it must be managed instead,” he pointed out.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the Islamic management of poverty, Dr. Syukri noted that there are four issues that must be addressed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Perception of poverty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poverty is commonly viewed negatively as it is associated with helplessness, social imbalance, and poorer nations are at a disadvantage compared to wealthier nations. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Syukri mentioned that in the history of Islam, there are different kinds of perceptions of the poor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Such as in Abu Hurairah’s hadith, the poor will enter paradise before the rich whereas in the story of Ansar, they were encouraged to work to sustain their life instead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“We need to know how people end up poor or rich and also whether being poor is related to one’s spirituality and not just the state of poverty,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These questions led him to believe that there was a selective perception of poverty that is in need of another thorough research study.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whose definition of poverty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr. Syukri stated that most people define poverty by relying on the western ethnocentric definition which measures a poor person by income and other related indicators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

From the Islamic perspective, however, the definition of poverty would be different since it includes spirituality resulting in different kinds of categories such as mazmummah<\/em> and mahmuddah<\/em>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Identification of the poor<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In identifying the poor, Dr. Syukri believed that it needs to be based on how they perceive themselves rather than relying on our own perspective towards the poor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Try to detach ourselves a little bit and understand the thinking of the poor on how they perceive themselves and their point of view,” he urged.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Approaches to the management of poverty<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Poverty can be managed by using two approaches which are the top-down initiated by the authorities and the bottom-up initiated by the people via participation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although both approaches have their own pros and cons, Dr. Syukri believed that it is better to have the right blend of top-down and bottom-up approaches in order to manage poverty more effectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This webinar was part of the Sociology and Anthropology (SOCA) Interactive Day and was in a hybrid format held at ADM LT 5 and Zoom on 14 October 2022 at 9.15 am.***<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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