Since most Muslim countries are poor there is every exploitation seen by the "haves" to the "have-nots". Of course non-Muslim countries are also in the same game but we hear these things in the' first world' (opposed to third world) countries being news-worthy when these things happen in the Muslim countries.
Every now and again (As in today's paper) there are gruesome details reported about how some people take advantge from less advantaged so they can 'sell' their kidney or some other organ for a priice that can make a huge difference for the donor and a handsome source of income for the one who makes arrangement with a needy wealthy individual.
Islam advises and encourages organ donation with the strict addition that donor is NOT COMPENSATED. Sale of organs is HARAAM (prohibited). While it is painful to read such stories, there is a feeling of heart-rending for the poor person when he/she has to feed his family, not dis-similar to those women now in Iraq(you must have seen these reports in the media) who had never seen the streets before, are now obliged to go out to make some money to feed their families by selling their bodies (equally heart-rending). Who should be blamed?
"THERE IS NO WEALTH LIKE INTELLIGENCE AND NO POVERTY LIKE IGNORANCE" (Nahjul-Balagha)
Saugoree means I was born or I hail from Saugor This is the way they spelt the name of that city of my birth during British days of India. Then I moved at 11 years of age to Kotla a village in the Panjab close to the Kashmir border where I finished my initial education and childhood going on to Lahore for further studies where I got BSc and MBBS and then left for NWFP where I spent 2 1/2 years, teaching in the new Medical School, and from there leaving for UK and then USA
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Thank you Servidores for your interest. I am honored
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