Zakat Being Offset By The Taxes We Pay In Non-Muslim Countries
What you want to achieve the benefits for society is the function of the government too. I may prefer to hand over to you my zakat, if i feel you are utilizing the fund in a better way to help society. My zakat will be paid. The same goes for the governments whether Muslims or not, they are supposed to spend it for the benefit of the public. The western governments are more honest in this regard and their spending on public welfare is a reality. So one’s zakat is paid and paid to an agency which can utilize the fund in a better way than an individual. However, to satisfy one’s desire to do charity one is appreciated to do more charity. West or other non-Muslims countries have no declared agenda against Islam. The political conflicts between some Muslim and Non-Muslims countries are but political, not religious. Muslims have more freedom to act and progress in their religion in western countries than in their own.