Promotion of human rights & social justice for persons with disabilities by religious means: The role and contribution of zakat in Malaysia
State Parties have duty to ensure promoting full realization of human rights for PWD through appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures including maximum available resources with regard to socio-economic development. Malaysia has become the party to the CRPD and domestic legislat...
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| Format: | Conference or Workshop Item |
| Language: | English |
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/53359/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53359/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/53359/7/53359.pdf |
| Summary: | State Parties have duty to ensure promoting full realization of human rights
for PWD through appropriate legislative, administrative and other measures
including maximum available resources with regard to socio-economic
development. Malaysia has become the party to the CRPD and domestic
legislation have been passed by the government to promote and protect
the PWD. One of the Quran’s major themes is social justice. Islam builds its
community out of human obligation toward each other, making each Muslim
accountable for the well-being of every other Muslim. Zakat promotes care
and love between each other in the community by guaranteeing justice unto
the least of them, while shielding the weak from injury. It enshrines the right
of help for the community’s needy, and in doing so it builds a relationship
of consideration and appreciation between society’s members. Zakat
awakens the individual’s social spirit with the truest practical expression of
brotherhood. It links one to others by a sense of personal responsibility and
it binds everyone to the individual through an obligation of sufficiency. In
Malaysia, the role of zakat (tithe) institution in assisting those who are poor
and needy within the beneficiaries (asnaf) that allows under the Shariah is
crucial to achieve social justice. The institution has become integral part
within Malaysian Muslim society where government has set up proper
mechanism of paying zakat through institution recognized under the law.
Zakat institution would help to improve the living condition of PWD not
just in terms of eradicating poverty among them but also improving their
life and getting support system. This article will address the importance of
zakat institution in Malaysia to assist PWD who is in dire need for financial
and support system that allows them to participate meaningfully within
community in line with the spirit of CRPD and local laws. |
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