Zakat In Malaysian rural development: issues and potentials

• Main Authors: Mahamod, Lukman Hakim, Jaafar, Samsuddin, A. Rahman, Muhammad Ali
• Other Authors: Nazeri, Afsaneh
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: Art University of Iran and International islamic University of malaysia 2013
• Subjects: G Geography (General); H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/34371/1/Binder1.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/34371/
• Institution: Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia

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...