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the Zak鈚 page
The purpose of this page is to develop a better understanding of the world wide
practice of Zak鈚.
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"Whoever pays the Zakat on his wealth will have its evil removed from
him."
A comprehensive description
of Zakaat
The Practice of Zakat by country
| Country |
Population |
Muslim Pop |
% Muslim |
Zak鈚 Agency |
Comments |
| Malaysia |
31.4M |
|
52% |
www.zakat.com.my |
Zakat in Malaysia by Eugene Hassan Hazer |
| Kuwait |
2M |
|
85% (Sunni 45%, Shi'a 40%) |
|
What is the official role of Zakat House ? |
| Bangladesh |
120 million |
|
85% |
|
|
| Lebanon |
3,562,699 |
|
70% (5 legally recognized Islamic groups桝lawite or Nusayri, Druze, Isma'ilite,
Shi'a, Sunni) |
Zakat Fund |
|
| Singapore |
3,531,600 |
|
|
MUIS |
Authority through the Muslim Law Act (AMLA) |
| Sudan |
36,080,373 (July 2001 est.) |
|
Sunni Muslim 70% (in north) |
www.zakat-sudan.org |
|
| Qatar |
723,542 |
|
95% |
|
|
| Pakistan |
138,123,359 |
|
97% |
|
zakat
in Pakistan. ... qurbani |
| India |
1,000,848,550 |
140M |
14% |
|
Zakat in India |
| Indonesia |
216,108,345 |
|
88% |
|
|
| China |
1,246,871,951 |
|
2%-3% |
|
|
| United Arab Emirates |
2,344,402 |
|
96% (Shi'a 16%) |
|
|
| United States |
272,639,608 |
3.2M |
1.5% |
|
The Zakat of
Property from the Muslim Students Association of Oregon State University
Zakat in the USA |
| France |
58,978,172 |
2M |
3.8% (1% CIA) |
|
|
| U.K. |
59,113,439 |
1-1.5M |
2.7% |
|
|
Population Sources:
CIA -- The World Factbook
Muslim Countries
of the World
Algeria | Bahrain | Egypt | Iraq | Jordan | Kuwait | Lebanon | Libya | Morocco
| Oman | Palestine | Qatar | Syria | Saudi Arabia | Sudan | Tunisia | United
Arab Emirates | Yemen - ArabicNews.com
- Basic Country
Facts
According to Muhammed: If you educate a man, you educate an individual. If
you educate a woman, you educate a nation.
Literal Meaning: Zakat means grow (in goodness) or 'increase', 'purifying' or
'making pure'.
Zakat, The Obligatory Charity, falsely connected to Ramadan
Resources:
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Page update: 23-Sep-2003
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