Inland Empire Zakat Cooperative

Advancing the research of Zakat administration and management

Publications

The following articles have been published in Islamic Finance Journals [click on link]

The Islamic Implication of the Standard Benchmarks in the American Islamic Mortgage Product

Crowdfunding and the Opportunity Presented in the American Islamic Financial Sphere

Case study: Implementation of a Cooperative Zakat Model [currently under review; non-distributed copy]

Centralized Distribution System Experiment

With the zakat policy and procedure tentatively defined, we moved to examining different types of distribution structures. Typically zaka...
Cooperative Zakat Distribution Structure

With a decentralized structure having proven its ineffectiveness over time, and a centralized structure proving difficult to implement, we ...
The objectives of the Inland Empire Zakat Cooperative

With the strengths and weaknesses of the local zakat sector clearly identified, it was now time to put together objectives that would not o...
Identification of the problem

The very essence of Islam is an all inclusive system of life with guidelines set by the creator. The system includes all aspects life from...
Cooperative Zakat System Manual

After much review and refinement, a completed cooperative zakat system manual has been put together. Although the main beneficiary of this ...
Policy and Procedure defined

Following the delineation of the goals of the project, the ensuing steps revolved around identifying a viable structure and creating a pro...

Syndication integration

Database design