Making Zakat collection and distribution meaningful

The continued growth of Bangladesh economy along with the rising income disparity makes a case for distributive injustice of resources. Being the second largest Muslim country in the world, Bangladesh can address such injustice by means of promoting Zakat as an effective tool.In Islam, Zakat is one of the five...

State demise and 'net state' denials

Scopus previously addressed the 'demise of the state' argument, as attributed by Rana Dasgupta to a dysfunctional state (April 16, 2018): a state increasingly adrift with growing competition to extract desired outcomes. Since state 'demise' has become a popular conversation in the media, assessing another viewpoint, one that imposes the...