10 indicators to evaluate basic standards of life of a Muslim community

being an economist, my job is to evaluate with measures and indicators. i often pondered a lot as to what will be an optimal(not necessarily the best) list of 10 indicators to evaluate the basic standards of life of any Muslim community in any country across the globe

well till now i am still debating within myself... but i guess i will list a preliminary list and work on it :)

1) poverty rate (definition of poverty: those who do not have the means to consume 3 meals per day)

2) access to pure drinking water

3) access to basic/emergecy medical services

4) rate of homelessness

5) literacy rate including quranic literacy

6) responsiveness for the growth in madrasahs

7) divorce rate

8) unemployment rate

9) crime rate

10) responsiveness for the growth in mosques and their services.

2nd International Conference on Islamic Spirituality

2nd International Conference on Islamic Spirituality


A good departure from the typical conferences held here in Singapore which tirelessly dwell upon contemporary discussions.

For the typical contemporary topics, the Muslim audience get to hear what they like to hear and it tends to be largely popular. But contemporary topics tend to be chiefly subjective which can be discussed till eternity without seeing an end or change. Likewise you cant see quite an observable impact or difference on the audience as they bring back little that which can truely enrich their lives.

In traditional topics like above, the audience can get to hear what is useful, resourceful, beneficial and helpful for them to hear where they can bring back something strong and useful which they can individually and privately work on.

A must go................... for info click ................ here