Charity Turning Into a Business

Charity Turning Into a Business: "Charity Turning Into a Business
Hassan Adawi, Arab News



A street peddler sits with her children and simple wares waiting for customers who might buy rice for Zakah Al-Fitr. (AN photo by Salman Marzouki)

JEDDAH, 13 November 2004 � Unscrupulous traders are turning Zakah Al-Fitr into a business instead of the charity it is supposed to be. Street peddlers are raking in cash by recycling rice bought for use as a charitable donation through relatives posing as poor and needy."