- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
-
1 The Notion of Shari‘a -
2 Is There Unity of Islam and the State? -
3 Dissonant Implementation of Shari‘a -
4 Between Nation and Millet -
5 Islamization in Indonesia -
6 Different Conceptions of Nationalism -
7 Formation of the Indonesian State -
8 Reproducing the Millet System -
9 Constitutional Dissonance -
10 Bringing Back the ‘Seven Words’ -
11 The Failure of Amendment -
12 Limiting Human Rights -
13 The Institutionalization of Zakat -
14 Managing the Collection of Zakat -
15 Legislating Zakat Payment -
16 Overlapping Zakat and Taxation -
17 Formalizing Shari‘a Locally Through Ulama -
18 Ulama and Qanun Lawmaking -
19 After the Tsunami - Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- About the Author
- Production Notes
Overlapping Zakat and Taxation
Overlapping Zakat and Taxation
- Chapter:
- (p.133) 16 Overlapping Zakat and Taxation
- Source:
- Challenging the Secular State
- Author(s):
Arskal Salim
- Publisher:
- University of Hawai'i Press
This chapter focuses on the double burden of zakat and tax for Muslims living in a modern nation-state. Their obligatory zakat payments have overlapped with their commitment as citizens to pay taxes to the government of a modern nation-state. Responding to this problem, the Council of Indonesian Ulama (MUI) held a seminar on zakat in 1988 and affirmed that zakat and tax are different obligations and that Indonesian Muslims are obliged to pay zakat as well as to pay tax. Therefore, one must hand out zakat to realize the religious injunction, and at the same time one must also pay tax to show obedience as a citizen of the secular country. This opinion has burdened Muslims with a dual taxation system, and as a result, many Muslims have overlooked the zakat payment but chosen to pay tax, or vice versa.
Keywords: zakat, taxation, taxes, Council of Indonesian Ulama, Indonesian Muslims, dual taxation system
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- Title Pages
- Acknowledgements
- Dedication
- Acknowledgments
- Abbreviations
- Introduction
-
1 The Notion of Shari‘a -
2 Is There Unity of Islam and the State? -
3 Dissonant Implementation of Shari‘a -
4 Between Nation and Millet -
5 Islamization in Indonesia -
6 Different Conceptions of Nationalism -
7 Formation of the Indonesian State -
8 Reproducing the Millet System -
9 Constitutional Dissonance -
10 Bringing Back the ‘Seven Words’ -
11 The Failure of Amendment -
12 Limiting Human Rights -
13 The Institutionalization of Zakat -
14 Managing the Collection of Zakat -
15 Legislating Zakat Payment -
16 Overlapping Zakat and Taxation -
17 Formalizing Shari‘a Locally Through Ulama -
18 Ulama and Qanun Lawmaking -
19 After the Tsunami - Conclusion
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- About the Author
- Production Notes
