Zakat In Malaysian rural development: issues and potentials
The earning power for sustenance and non-sustenance of the rural poorest and poor has been ignored in existing programmes for alleviating rural poverty because the funding used is oriented to the capitalist ideology. Zakat is a different system based on existing funding to provide sustenance and...
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| author | Mahamod, Lukman Hakim Jaafar, Samsuddin A. Rahman, Muhammad Ali |
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| description | The earning power for sustenance and non-sustenance of the rural poorest and poor has been
ignored in existing programmes for alleviating rural poverty because the funding used is
oriented to the capitalist ideology. Zakat is a different system based on existing funding to
provide sustenance and non-sustenance to the poorest, who are eligible to receive zakat as long
as they are classified as faqir or miskin. In Malaysia, the federal government has been unable to
use zakat for poverty alleviation at the national level because the administration of this tax is the
responsibility of individual states. Although efforts have been made to centralize the
administration of zakat for the benefit of poor states, the idea has been rejected by most states.
One of those most resistant to centralization has been Kedah. Kedah is one of the poor states in
Malaysia, where the majority are Malays (Muslim) and whose occupations are mostly in poor
sectors of the economy, particularly padi and rubber. The effectiveness of poverty alleviation
also depends on a sufficient amount of zakat collected. The centralization of zakat collection to
the Kedah Department of Zakat (KDoZ) headquarters, however, has been of benefit to the poor
districts. |
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| spelling | iium-343712018-07-03T04:47:24Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/34371/ Zakat In Malaysian rural development: issues and potentials Mahamod, Lukman Hakim Jaafar, Samsuddin A. Rahman, Muhammad Ali G Geography (General) H Social Sciences (General) The earning power for sustenance and non-sustenance of the rural poorest and poor has been ignored in existing programmes for alleviating rural poverty because the funding used is oriented to the capitalist ideology. Zakat is a different system based on existing funding to provide sustenance and non-sustenance to the poorest, who are eligible to receive zakat as long as they are classified as faqir or miskin. In Malaysia, the federal government has been unable to use zakat for poverty alleviation at the national level because the administration of this tax is the responsibility of individual states. Although efforts have been made to centralize the administration of zakat for the benefit of poor states, the idea has been rejected by most states. One of those most resistant to centralization has been Kedah. Kedah is one of the poor states in Malaysia, where the majority are Malays (Muslim) and whose occupations are mostly in poor sectors of the economy, particularly padi and rubber. The effectiveness of poverty alleviation also depends on a sufficient amount of zakat collected. The centralization of zakat collection to the Kedah Department of Zakat (KDoZ) headquarters, however, has been of benefit to the poor districts. Art University of Iran and International islamic University of malaysia Nazeri, Afsaneh 2013 Proceeding Paper PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/34371/1/Binder1.pdf Mahamod, Lukman Hakim and Jaafar, Samsuddin and A. Rahman, Muhammad Ali (2013) Zakat In Malaysian rural development: issues and potentials. In: The Proceeding of Conference of Iran and Malaysiya: Experiences in Islamic Architecture and Bulit Environment, March 2013, Kuala Lumpur. |
| spellingShingle | G Geography (General) H Social Sciences (General) Mahamod, Lukman Hakim Jaafar, Samsuddin A. Rahman, Muhammad Ali Zakat In Malaysian rural development: issues and potentials |
| title | Zakat In Malaysian rural development: issues and potentials |
| title_full | Zakat In Malaysian rural development: issues and potentials |
| title_fullStr | Zakat In Malaysian rural development: issues and potentials |
| title_full_unstemmed | Zakat In Malaysian rural development: issues and potentials |
| title_short | Zakat In Malaysian rural development: issues and potentials |
| title_sort | zakat in malaysian rural development: issues and potentials |
| topic | G Geography (General) H Social Sciences (General) |
| url | http://irep.iium.edu.my/34371/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/34371/1/Binder1.pdf |