Zakat as a Strategy to Combat Climate Change

Zakat as a Strategy to Combat Climate Change

Wildfires and climate change are mutually exacerbating. Wildfires are made worse by climate change through increased drought, high air temperatures, low relative humidity, lightning, and strong winds resulting in hotter, drier, and longer fire seasons. At the same...
Giving with dignity

Giving with dignity

What do I do when I give away something? Do I donate? Receive something? Or is it rather sharing what I do? For a long time, I have been pondering on what ‘giving’ in its essence means. Givers and pundits often contend that givers change the world and that we should...
Ramadan may be over, but Zakat continues

Ramadan may be over, but Zakat continues

Ramadan and Zakat have become synonymous over the years. Ramadan has become the Zakat season and many people’s Zakat year-end falls within Ramadan – intentionally or unintentionally. What we typically see is a spike in the interest in Zakat in Ramadan and then remote...