by Azim Kidwai | Dec 29, 2021 | Insights
Figures cited for the potential global zakat pool from different sources vary widely from US$ 200 billion to US$ 1 trillion. Given the wide range of potential estimates, a question arises how these figures are arrived at. The problem to estimate the global pool of...
by Azim Kidwai | Dec 21, 2021 | Insights
A cornerstone of Islam is empathy for the poor and the vulnerable. The Qur’an contains hundreds of verses in which God instructs believers to be merciful, kind, generous, gentle, and live by ideals that shun exploitation of all types which seek to take advantage of...
by Azim Kidwai | Oct 7, 2021 | Insights
“Of their goods, take zakat, so that you might purify and sanctify them.” (9:103, Qur’an) This is a wonderful verse from the Quran, as it gives a window into the more spiritual dimension of the third pillar of Islam. Zakat is often explored in a very technical...
by Azim Kidwai | Sep 30, 2021 | News
We are delighted to announce that our director of governance, Dr Ibrar Majid, has been awarded an MBE in the Queens Birthday Honours 2020 for services to healthcare. A consultant paediatric orthopaedic surgeon by profession, Dr Ibrar has been instrumental at...
by Azim Kidwai | Aug 26, 2021 | Insights
“Be the leader you wish you had”. “True leaders don’t create followers; they create more leaders.” These quotes sound familiar, right? Most probably you have also been jumping from one leadership seminar to the other and reading dusty books and watching videos to...