Islamic-American Zakat Foundation
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The Islamic-American Zakat Foundation was founded in 1986 to assess, collect and distribute Muslim
obligatory and voluntary charity (called zakat
and sadaqa) primarily to aid the poor and needy in America. Affiliated with Local Independent Charities, it is included in a number of workplace campaigns including the Combined Federal Campaign and the United Way. Its president is American Muslim scholar Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad
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Muslim
A Muslim, also spelled Moslem, is an adherent of Islam, a monotheistic, Abrahamic religion based on the Quran, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God as revealed to prophet Muhammad. "Muslim" is the Arabic term for "submitter" .Muslims believe that God is one and incomparable...
obligatory and voluntary charity (called zakat
Zakat
Zakāt , one of the Five Pillars of Islam, is the giving of a fixed portion of one's wealth to charity, generally to the poor and needy.-History:Zakat, a practice initiated by Muhammed himself, has played an important role throughout Islamic history...
and sadaqa) primarily to aid the poor and needy in America. Affiliated with Local Independent Charities, it is included in a number of workplace campaigns including the Combined Federal Campaign and the United Way. Its president is American Muslim scholar Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad
Imad-ad-Dean Ahmad is an Palestinian American scholar and the president of the Minaret of Freedom Institute, a libertarian Muslim think-tank...
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