Zakat: Islam’s missed opportunity to limit predatory taxation

Kuran, Timur

doi:10.1007/s11127-019-00663-x

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“…As a result, the utilization of zakat should take the form of consumptive relief of the temporary burden given once a year, and there is no attempt to free them to become independent. As a result, the burden on the lives of needy and poor people will only disappear for a while and then will return to being needy and poor again (Jin et al, 2020;Kamla & Alsoufi, 2015;Kamla & Haque, 2019;Khalid et al, 2015;Kuran, 2019).…”

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“…To anticipate the impact of the global economy, a number of alternative instruments are needed to be offered as a solution to the problem of poverty and other economic problems. One such instrument is Zakat, Infaq and Shadaqah (ZIS) (Abdul-Majeed Alaro and Alalubosa, 2019;Gamon and Tagoranao, 2018;Kuran, 2019;.…”

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“…From the description above, there is a vital vision contained in the teachings of zakat, which is to uphold social justice for the benefit of many people in their social life, especially the weak and powerless. Therefore, regulating zakat correctly and properly is needed to ensure no life inequality and social injustice between the able and the incapable (Abdul-Majeed Alaro & Alalubosa, 2019;Gamon & Tagoranao, 2018;Kuran, 2019;Muhtadi Ridwan et al, 2019).…”

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“…The existing zakat system so far have not been able to see the real root of the problem, or in other words, they do not go directly to the heart of the conflict. One reason is that the perspective used in the concept of zakat and the existing zakat system is a formalistic religious view rather than substantivity, meaning that so far zakat has only been seen as an act of rationality and mere ceremonial (Kamla & Haque, 2019;Khalid et al, 2015;Kuran, 2019;Mahat et al, 2015). Zakat is seen as worship that only has personal and individual dimensions; it does not touch the social aspect, so that zakat does not affect any social life.…”

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The Other Side of Zakat in Poverty Reduction: A Phenomenology Study

2020

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This study aims to understand the phenomenon of zakat given to Mustahiq. The Mustahiq uses the zakat to increase income through business development so that it can reduce poverty. The research method used is qualitative using a phenomenology approach. This study interviewed three informants who received zakat. The results of this study reveal that zakat has a different spiritual value from taxes. When zakat is distibuted, it can increase the income of the grantees. BAZNAS management system must be carried out in a professional, transparent and accountable manner and aims at eradicating poverty and unemployment in Palu with a cultural approach based on faith. Besides, it helps the poor in community. One of the goals is to create some of muzakki and awareness of helping each other.

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The Other Side of Zakat in Poverty Reduction: A Phenomenology Study

2020

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“…A third series of papers investigate the relationship between religion and predation. While Skaperdas and Vaidya (2019) discuss the theoretical relationship between 'Big-God' religions and 'for-profit' states, Kuran (2019) elucidates how an Islamic fiscal tool, i.e., Zakat, could limit predatory taxation.…”

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Introduction: a symposium on the predatory state

Vahabi

2019

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Economists have adopted two broad perspectives on the state: contractual (i.e., provider of public goods and services) and predatory (coercive and extractive). By a predatory state, we mean a state that promotes the private interests of dominant groups within the state (such as politicians, the army and bureaucrats) or influential private groups with strong lobbying powers. Neo-institutional economists support an extended version of the contractual perspective in which the state is not simply a 'benevolent dictator' but may itself be composed of predators. However, it considers predation as only a means to promote protection. By contrast, a predatory vision of the state argues that while protection and predation are two faces of the same coin, a predatory state protects only to promote its predation on the private sector. This symposium explores how a predatory approach to the state can shed light on all types of state, from liberal democratic to authoritarian and failed ones, both in the past and present.

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