UNHCR’s Refugee Zakat Fund has received more than 10 fatwas, all from major Islamic scholars and institutions, endorsing UNHCR as a legitimate recipient of Zakat funds. These include International Shariah Research Academy (ISRA), Muslim World League (MWL), International Islamic Fiqh Academy (IIFA), Tabah Foundation, Al-Azhar Islamic Research Academy, Dar al-Ifta al-Missriyyah, the Senior Scholars’ Council of Morocco, the Fatwa Council of Tareem,
Dr Sheikh Ali Gomaa, Sheikh Abdullah bin Bayya, the Tri-State Imams Council, the Canadian Council of Imams (CCI), the Fiqh Council of Canada and the Islamic Affairs and Charitable Activities Department (IACAD) of Dubai. You can read the fatawa here.