Pahang Islamic Council aims to collect RM223mil in property tithes this year

KUANTAN: The Pahang Islamic Religious and Malay Customs Council (MUIP) aims to collect RM223mil zakat harta (property tithe) this year, after successfully collecting RM206.9mil last year.

Pahang Zakat and Waqf Collection Centre senior general manager Datuk Halidan Md Daud said the target was realistic as more and more civil servants as well as private employees understood the importance of paying zakat to help those in need.