Joshua Pundit Blog very keenly called attention to Obama’s pledge to help Muslims in America fulfill their zakat obligations.
Evidently it is difficult to fulfill zakat obligations because law enforcement authorities have cracked down on such donations because of the dozens of Islamic charities that have been found to be fronts for financing terrorism.
We published a report on this a while back:
https://shariahfinancewatch.org/2009/04/18/shariah-approved-islamic-charities-found-to-fund-terror/
More on Obama’s comments about zakat here:
http://joshuapundit.blogspot.com/2009/06/obamas-zakat-reference.html
