Vying for the Donation Box

The government wants to fully control the management of the Islamic poor-due tax. The move would threaten private charity collection agencies.

September 8, 2010

THE third item on the meeting agenda in the Plenary Session of the House of Representatives (DPR) in Nusantara II Building in Senayan, Jakarta, on early Tuesday last week, went smoothly. There were no interruptions and no reading of the positions of the party factions. The matter at hand was to request the House factions to convey their views and make a decision regarding the Bill on the Management of Zakat, Infak, and Sedekah (Islamic poor-due t

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