Sunni group questions Shopee's role as zakat payment platform | Malaysia

Thursday, 24 Dec 2020 07:21 PM MYT
BY JERRY CHOONG
File picture shows a man paying his zakat fee to the Amil or the zakat collector at Masjid Jamek Seberang Jaya, April 30, 2020. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 24 — Malaysian Sunni Organisation (Aswaja) has questioned the inclusion of e-commerce website Shopee as a platform for Muslims to pay their zakat, or alms.
Malaysiakini reported the group’s president Zamihan Mat Zin questioning the religious background of the management behind Shopee.
“So who owns Shopee or manages zakat collection on their behalf? Muslims or non-Muslims?” he reportedly said in an interview.

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