{"id":210151,"date":"2025-08-29T22:17:48","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T22:17:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/alandalusia.org\/?p=210151"},"modified":"2026-01-16T22:26:53","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T22:26:53","slug":"zakah-as-a-collective-responsibility-institutional-visit-to-baznas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/zakah-as-a-collective-responsibility-institutional-visit-to-baznas\/","title":{"rendered":"Dialogue and learning and Zakah with BAZNAS in Indonesia"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload aligncenter wp-image-210152\" src=\"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-scaled.jpeg\" data-orig-src=\"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-scaled.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"517\" height=\"388\" srcset=\"data:image\/svg+xml,%3Csvg%20xmlns%3D%27http%3A%2F%2Fwww.w3.org%2F2000%2Fsvg%27%20width%3D%27517%27%20height%3D%27388%27%20viewBox%3D%270%200%20517%20388%27%3E%3Crect%20width%3D%27517%27%20height%3D%27388%27%20fill-opacity%3D%220%22%2F%3E%3C%2Fsvg%3E\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-16x12.jpeg 16w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-200x150.jpeg 200w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-400x300.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-500x375.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-600x450.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-700x525.jpeg 700w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-800x600.jpeg 800w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-1200x900.jpeg 1200w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/basnas-1-scaled.jpeg 2560w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-orig-sizes=\"(max-width: 517px) 100vw, 517px\" \/><\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1178\" data-end=\"1515\"><strong data-start=\"1178\" data-end=\"1205\">On August 27, 2025<\/strong>In the framework of his institutional visit to Indonesia, the Rector of the Al-Andalusia Islamic University of Spain, <strong data-start=\"1320\" data-end=\"1344\">Sh. Mohammad Idrissi<\/strong>was received by the directors of <strong data-start=\"1381\" data-end=\"1419\">Badan Amil Zakat Nasional (BAZNAS)<\/strong>the national institution responsible for the collection and distribution of the <strong data-start=\"1494\" data-end=\"1503\">Zakah<\/strong> in the country.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"1517\" data-end=\"1572\"><strong data-start=\"1521\" data-end=\"1572\">To know the experience and share lessons learned<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"1573\" data-end=\"1977\">The meeting provided an opportunity to present the academic and community work of Al-Andalusia and, at the same time, to learn about BAZNAS's extensive experience in the <strong data-start=\"1729\" data-end=\"1764\">large-scale Zakah management<\/strong>. The conversation addressed key issues such as governance models, transparency, social impact and mechanisms to ensure that Zakah effectively reaches those who need it most.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1979\" data-end=\"2167\">BAZNAS managers shared the challenges and lessons learned from managing one of the pillars of Islam in a country with one of the world's highest rates of unemployment. <strong data-start=\"2122\" data-end=\"2166\">largest Muslim communities in the world<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2169\" data-end=\"2216\"><strong data-start=\"2173\" data-end=\"2216\">Zakah as a collective responsibility<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2217\" data-end=\"2639\">During the dialogue, the value of Zakah was emphasized not only as a religious obligation, but also as a <strong data-start=\"2311\" data-end=\"2378\">a tool for social justice, dignity and community cohesion<\/strong>. The exchange provided an opportunity to reflect on the role that educational and religious institutions can play in raising awareness, understanding and proper management of this pillar, especially in socially and legally diverse contexts.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2641\" data-end=\"2829\">The BAZNAS experience was evaluated as a <strong data-start=\"2687\" data-end=\"2700\">referent<\/strong> from which to draw lessons applicable to other environments where the institutionalization of Zakah is still under development.<\/p>\n<h4 data-start=\"2831\" data-end=\"2883\"><strong data-start=\"2835\" data-end=\"2883\">Learning from those who have served for decades<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p data-start=\"2884\" data-end=\"3165\">Beyond the technical aspects, the meeting was marked by an atmosphere of <strong data-start=\"2963\" data-end=\"3003\">respect, listening and mutual learning<\/strong>. Getting to know closely the work of institutions with a long history of service to the community allows us to broaden our vision and enrich our own projects.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3167\" data-end=\"3402\">This approach to BAZNAS opens a space for reflection and possible future collaborations around a responsibility that remains essential to the well-being and dignity of the Muslim community, anywhere in the world.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last August 27, 2025, in the framework of his institutional visit to Indonesia, the Rector of the Islamic University of Spain Al-Andalusia, Sh. Mohammad Idrissi, was received by the directors of Badan Amil Zakat Nasional (BAZNAS), the national institution responsible for the collection and distribution of Zakah in the country. The meeting provided an opportunity to present the academic and community work of Al-Andalusia and, at the same time, to learn about BAZNAS's extensive experience in managing Zakah on a large scale. The conversation touched upon key issues such as governance models, the <a href=\"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/zakah-as-a-collective-responsibility-institutional-visit-to-baznas\/\"> [&#8230;]<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":92,"featured_media":210152,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_joinchat":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[52,6,48],"tags":[277,270],"class_list":["post-210151","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-articulos","category-instituto","category-noticias","tag-educacion-islamica","tag-universidad-al-andalusia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210151","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/92"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=210151"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210151\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":210156,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/210151\/revisions\/210156"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/210152"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=210151"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=210151"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alandalusia.es\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=210151"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}