Malaysia’s Penang State Zakat Board Allocates MYR 2.5 Million to Assist Small Businesses

Following Malaysia’s Selangor Zakat Board’s (LZS) MYR 15 million Zakat allocation to assist the traders in Selangor state, Penang Zakat (TPZ), which is under Penang Islamic Religious Council (MAINPP) has allocated MYR 2.5 million to assist the traders in Penang state affected by the on-going COVID-19 pandemic.

TPZ intends to assist those without any substantial possessions or means of livelihood, who are mainly vendors who sell basic necessities such as food and clothes in roadsides and in housing areas. Around 5,000 traders are expected to apply for the Zakat aid with each receiving MYR 500.

Datuk Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman, the President of MAINPP, who is also the C...