Zakat and poverty alleviation in a secular state: the case of Muslim minorities in the Philippines

• Main Authors: Gamon, Alizaman Dumangcag, Tagaranao, Mariam Saidona
• Format: Article
• Language: English; English
• Published: Studia Islamika 2018
• Subjects: BP173.75 Islam and economics; H Social Sciences (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/61999/1/61999_Zakat%20and%20poverty%20alleviation%20in%20a%20secular%20state.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61999/7/61999_Zakat%20and%20poverty%20alleviation%20in%20a%20secular%20state_SCOPUS.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/61999/; http://journal.uinjkt.ac.id/index.php/studia-islamika

Poverty. Despite of having a well-crafted government model for poverty alleviation, the state roles in managing charities to alleviate people’s sufferance from economic deprivation are very minimal. By reason of the state’s strict adherence to secularism, the operation of Islamic institutions at the...