Volunteering and community service drives society forward. It's that selflessness that brings communities together, and it's community-oriented programs that turn people's hope in humanity into action ...

For seven years, the suburban-based Zakat Foundation of America has run a girls' school in Kabul that typically averages about 100 students, many of whom have gone on to study in universities. Today, ...

Rafeeqee Foundation has empowered over 1000 individuals and covered hospital bills for dozens of Muslims across the nation amidst the current economic hardship. The foundation’s activities spanned ...

In the summer of 2001, Halil Demir founded the Bridgeview-based Zakat Foundation of America with a group of other Muslims determined to aid the poor and destitute around the world. Weeks later, the ...

Zakat and Sadaqat Foundation (ZSF) on Sunday said it has empowered over 2,647 in 21 states. ZSF Executive Director Prince Sulayman Olagunju said this at the grand finale of Zakat distribution in Lagos ...

The Muslim holy month of Ramadan is coming to an end. Around two billion people across the world participate, and a big aspect of the month, and of the Muslim faith in general, is zakat, or charitable ...

The Bridgeview-based Zakat Foundation last week donated thousands of pairs of much needed medical gloves to Franciscan Health Hospital in Olympia Fields and hospitals on the South Side. “We have a ...

BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (WLS) -- Staff and volunteers at Zakat Foundation of America in Bridgeview have been sorting and preparing a shipment of donations to be used by earthquake survivors in Syria and ...

Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar recently has called on the Zakat Foundation of America to assist with people in need in Minneapolis. For the third time in 10 days, Omar requested the organization ...

If Syed Ismail had a herd of camels, he’d be calculating their value to figure how much zakat to give during Ramadan, the holy month Muslims begin observing today. Islam requires Muslims to give ...