Minister of Religion (Menag) Nasaruddin Umar said there is a potential for receiving people's funds which can reach Rp300 trillion per year for poverty alleviation.
"I think we hope that next year the potential for Indonesian zakat can reach Rp. 300 trillion if people with Islamic ID cards have assets in several kinds of properties and also in banks, the potential for Rp. 300 trillion can be penetrated by zakat alone. Not to mention waqf, alms, and so on," said the Minister of Religion at a press conference at a ministerial meeting in Jakarta, Thursday, March 13, confiscated by Antara.
According to him, the involvement of religious values in efforts to alleviate poverty will maximize these efforts.
"The power of this religious language is extraordinary to be a factor to alleviate poverty," said Nasaruddin Umar.
He said, based on the World Giving Index (WGI) released by the Charities Aid Foundation (CAF), Indonesia was in first position as the most generous country in the world.
He is also optimistic that the role of the community through religious coffers can help the government in solving extreme poverty in society.
"The extreme poverty can actually be resolved in the community. And through the coffers of religion, especially Islam, there are 27 coffers, if this is active. We only activate one, zakat," he said.
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According to him, there are various people's coffers that can be optimized apart from zakat, including infaq, alms, waqf, grants, grants, wills, heirs, dam, diyat, faiq, qanima, kafarah, hiwalah, fidiah, wadiah, mudarabah, musyarakah, nazar, dowry, iwad, luqathah, and others.
"In addition, with religious traditions of the community, it can actually indirectly also provide reinforcement to the poor, for example there is a sacrificial pilgrimage every year to provide protein value to the community. Eid is required to provide carbohydrate values, zakat fitrah, to the community. So the circulation of life is full of religious ceremonies and it is synonymous with eating, nutrition, "said Nasaruddin Umar.
On Thursday, the Coordinating Minister for Community Empowerment Abdul Muhaimin Iskandar held a ministerial level meeting attended by Social Minister Saifullah Yusuf, Head of the Central Statistics Agency Amalia Adininggar Widyasanti, and Minister of Religion Nasaruddin.
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