The Secretary-General of the World Zakat Forum, Prof. Dr Bambang Sudibyo delivered Melaka Resolution 2018 in front of 300 participants from 28 countries on the last day of the WZF conference in Melaka, Malaysia on Thursday (6 December 2018). As a platform for the global zakat movement, the World Zakat Forum (WZF) has a role to increase the accountability of zakat management and cooperation in an effort to improve people's welfare, including combating poverty....
Zakat News: Modern Boarding School by Zakat of Kedah (Malaysia)
The Modern Boarding School (or can be called as Pondok or Pesantren) of Zakat of Kedah (PMZK) have a purpose to produce competent Ulama' (scholars) in the field of religious knowledge and science that will ready the students to become a leadership line in the future...
Zakat News: Zakat Selangor (Malaysia) Gives RM10.1 Million Education Aid.
The Selangor Zakat Board (LZS) (Malaysia) has allocated RM10.1 million (approx. USD 2.41 million) for the schooling and tertiary education aid of children of middle-income households next year. LZS Chief Coordinating Officer said Selangor residents from households with a monthly income of not more than RM3,000 (approx. USD 700) per month can apply for the aid online. The closing date for applications is Jan 31 for tertiary education aid, and Feb 10 for schooling aid, he said, adding that the closing dates may be brought forward if the allocation had been used up earlier....
Zakat News: YEAR END ZAKAT CARNIVAL on 1-2 December 2018 @ Wangsa Maju, Malaysia.
KARNIVAL YEAR END ZAKAT (YEZ). On 1 & 2 December 2018 (Saturday & Sunday) at Usamah Bin Zaid Mosque, Section 2, Wangsa Maju. Various programs are presented for our spiritual meal. Among them: Omar & Hana Animation Mascot, Soopa Doopa, Colouring Competition, Didi & Friends Animation Mascot, Giant Ballon, Islamic concert, Azan Competition, Grand Dhuha Salah, League of Quran, Academic Forum.
Zakat News: Zakat Help an Imam Get a New Home to Replace the House that Burnt Last August.
After a home occupied 35 years ago caught in a fire in August, Hamdan Bro, 68, and his family's dream of having a new home were finally reached. Hamdan, who is also Imam of the Sultan Abdul Aziz Mosque, received a donation of a house built near the original site of Kampung Perigi Nenas, Pulau Indah located in Selangor (Malaysia), due to the contribution of the Selangor Zakat Board (LZS), non-governmental organizations (NGOs), clubs, relatives and residents that area.
News: Civil Servants in The Federal Territory (Malaysia) Are Called to Pay Zakat Through Salary Deductions.
Civil servants in the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya and Labuan (Malaysia) are urged to make zakat payments through salary deductions because the level of awareness to pay zakat is consistently very low....
News: Fire Victims Receive Aid from Zakat Sarawak (Malaysia) – 28.9.2018
A family of six left homeless after a fire gutted their house at Kampung Tanjung Berlipat in Niah, Sarawak, Malaysia near here on Thursday received assistance from Tabung Baitulmal Sarawak (TBS) and Miri community welfare office yesterday....
News: Zakat Trace the Mustahiq of the Four Kariah Mosques (Malaysia).
The Selangor Zakat Institute (LZS) is committed to providing continuous service by offering contributions to the needy of the people. Recently, LZS organized a Poverty Movement program to track the people who were eligible to receive zakat (Mustahiq) in four mosque's kariah (an area under the supervision and administration of a kadi), Jeram Mosque, Simpang Tiga Mosque, Tambak Jawa Mosque and Sungai Buloh Mosque (all in Selangor, Malaysia) recently.
News: The Second Asnaf School Will be Built in Malaysia.
The second asnaf school fully funded by Kedah State Zakat Board (LZNK) is planned to be built next year. LZNK's Chief Executive Officer said his department was aiming to create asnaf schools in every district in Kedah. He also said so far LZNK had its first school which are Maahad Ad Dini Sultan Abdul Halim at Jalan Suka Menanti, here in Kota Setar, Kedah, Malaysia....
News: Poor Person with Disabilities Receive Zakat Attention (Malaysia)
This news is reported on 16 September 2016 from https://selangorkini.my/2018/09/asnaf-fakir-kurang-upaya-dapat-perhatian-lzs/. The story of one poor person who has a lifelong disability (which live in Klang, Selangor, Malaysia) for the past two years and has been viral in the social networking site recently received the attention of the Selangor Zakat Board (LZS) Malaysia when receiving RM400 monthly financial assistance.
