Philanthropy of Islam in Indonesia As Poverty Reduction Efforts in Indonesia

Abstract

Islamic Philanthropy is the practice of social generosity in the tradition of Islam through zakat, infak, endowments, and shodaqoh (ZISWAF). Indonesia is a country with a majority muslim population (islam). With a population that much then the potential of Islamic philanthropy is also very large. One potential zakat owned Indonesia reached 217 trillion and a land area of endowments registered reached 4 billion m2 more. This if maintained and maximized with good then jummlah poverty in Indonesia will be reduced gradually