@Canary, don't take things into deep effect. I thought you knew me better too.
Yes perhaps we didn't agree with Jassem's views but it wasn't right to say 'you'd be a camel feeder'. (which is quite broad and implies that Qatari's would be camel feeders')
If I had to be positive and guess what he was trying to say, he was saying "Although they are getting low salaries, they are getting a higher salary than they would get at home and its their choice to come here". Obviously we can also argue that they don't really have a choice.
Although I'm the only Qatari who's posted to help, 8 are helping out. (They don't use QL)
Yes you are right, it is forbidden to have an unregistered charity.
What I'm doing isn't a charity though ;) People are donating to ILQ and ILQ is doing what it wants with the money. I just so happen to want to buy stuff for labourers :)
So technically if you call it a charitable cause it's illegal.
You also said 'why are expatriates doing the job of the government'. We're not forced to do anything. Why do charities exist? Why are there aid missions. Why does the Qatar government donate one of the highest amounts to foreign help?
In Al Raya today, there was an article about this and it clearly said that the government is getting tired of corporate greed and the unjust conditions that Labourers live in.
Just remember that because Qatar is an arabic country, alot of the news is in arabic. It's up the Gulf-Times or the Peninsula to translate such news if you ask me.
I just called the Human Rights Authority and they said that they are setting up a form of aid for the labourers.
Try not to think so negatively, just because you haven't heard of something it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Please don't misunderstand my post, I'm not typing this with any sarcasm or negative tone.
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@Canary, don't take things into deep effect. I thought you knew me better too.
Yes perhaps we didn't agree with Jassem's views but it wasn't right to say 'you'd be a camel feeder'. (which is quite broad and implies that Qatari's would be camel feeders')
If I had to be positive and guess what he was trying to say, he was saying "Although they are getting low salaries, they are getting a higher salary than they would get at home and its their choice to come here". Obviously we can also argue that they don't really have a choice.
Although I'm the only Qatari who's posted to help, 8 are helping out. (They don't use QL)
Yes you are right, it is forbidden to have an unregistered charity.
What I'm doing isn't a charity though ;) People are donating to ILQ and ILQ is doing what it wants with the money. I just so happen to want to buy stuff for labourers :)
So technically if you call it a charitable cause it's illegal.
You also said 'why are expatriates doing the job of the government'. We're not forced to do anything. Why do charities exist? Why are there aid missions. Why does the Qatar government donate one of the highest amounts to foreign help?
In Al Raya today, there was an article about this and it clearly said that the government is getting tired of corporate greed and the unjust conditions that Labourers live in.
Just remember that because Qatar is an arabic country, alot of the news is in arabic. It's up the Gulf-Times or the Peninsula to translate such news if you ask me.
I just called the Human Rights Authority and they said that they are setting up a form of aid for the labourers.
Try not to think so negatively, just because you haven't heard of something it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Please don't misunderstand my post, I'm not typing this with any sarcasm or negative tone.
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