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Iqbal Nasim

Iqbal Nasim is the Chief Executive of the National Zakat Foundation (www.nzf.org.uk) (http://nzf.org.uk). NZF is a registered charity dedicated to providing the British Muslim community with a complete Zakat service, encompassing education, calculation, collection and distribution of funds to eligible recipients within the UK. Iqbal holds an MA in Economics and Management from Cambridge University, where he served as President of the Islamic Society, and is pursuing an MSc in Voluntary Sector Management at Cass Business School. Prior to joining NZF as its first full-time staff member in 2011, Iqbal worked for over five years in the investment banking industry as an equity research analyst in the City of London.

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7 Tips to Maximize the Impact of Your Zakat

7 Tips to Maximize the Impact of Your Zakat

Zakat is an obligation, a pillar of Islam, and an effective system of providing spiritual, social and economic benefits within a community. But when we pay zakat, do we feel the true extent of its power? Do we relate to it in the same way that we relate to prayer, fasting and hajj? Arguably, when

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