A two-day international conference on “Strengthening Global Zakat Cooperation in Increasing the Welfare of the Ummah” was organized by World Zakat Forum (WZF) on December 5-6, 2018 at Melaca, Malaysia. The objective of the conference was to evaluate Global Zakat System and take measures to strengthen the system
CEO of CZM is speaking at the International conference of World Zakat Forum
The conference was attended by Zakat institution’s leaders, practitioners, Regulators and government representatives, Academicians and Researchers, Non-Governmental Organizations and representative of multilateral institutions from 28 countries including Malaysia, Indonesia, Nigeria, Morocco, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bangladesh, Turkey, India, Maldives, Brunei Darussalam, Srilanka, Kazakhstan, Singapore, Saudi Arabia, South Africa, United Kingdom, Sudan and Jordan. Ministers of Religious Affairs of Malaysia, Indonesia, Brunei Darussalam, Sri Lanka and Maldives attended the conference. Representatives from UNICEF and UNDP also attended the conference.
Center for Zakat Management (CZM), a charitable organization engaged in the mobilization of Zakat with the purpose of alleviating poverty, represented Bangladesh in the conference. A delegation of CZM comprising Mr. Salahuddin Kasem Khan, Advisor of CZM, Mr. Niaz Rahim, Chairman of CZM, Dr. Mohammad Abdul Mazid, Governing Body member of CZM, Dr. Mohammad Ayub Miah, CEO of CZM attended the conference.
The CEO of CZM and a Deputy Secretary General of WZF, Dr. Mohammad Ayub Miah and the Governing Body Member Dr. Mohammad Abdul Mazid were speakers of the conference. They presented on CZM activates and strengthening role of WZF in the conference.
The conference agenda brought some interesting topics on current issues of zakat such as Zakat and SDGs, Good Amil (Zakat Administrator) Governance and Improvement of Transparency and Accountability of Zakat Institution. This conference has been a milestone of Global Zakat Movement.