KUALA LUMPUR: A total of RM19.03mil in zakat (tithe) funds were distributed by the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council (MAIWP) as Ihya’ Ramadan donations to 871 mosques, surau Jumaat (surau holding Friday prayers), and surau in Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya this year, says Datuk Dr Mohd Na’im Mokhtar (pic).
The Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) said RM30,000 was allocated to mosques, RM25,000 to surau Jumaat, and RM20,000 to other surau, which was an increase from the previous year.
