Dhaka, March 3 -- Islamic scholars on Sunday called for institutional and organised Zakat collection and distribution to fully tap the economic potential of the mandatory donation.

Zakat is the mandatory donation of a certain proportion of wealth to charitable causes by all solvent Muslims as per Islamic law.

In Islamic practice, the government has a responsibility to ensure an organised zakat management system that can potentially eliminate poverty in the country, the Islamic scholars added at a seminar in Dhaka city, suggesting disseminating proper knowledge of the mandatory Islamic donation among the stakeholders.

The seminar titled "Importance of Zakat, Ushor, Waqf for Human Welfare" was held on the concluding day of the two-day 12...