Thirty-three percent difference in Eid Zakat payment between east and west

By Libya Herald reporter.

Tunis, 22 June 2017:

The House of Representatives’ Awqaf and Islamic Affairs Committee has announced that the amount for the Zakat payment to be made for Eid Al-Fitr this year is LD 4 per person.

Just over a week ago, the Tripoli-based Dar Al-Ifta announced that the figure was LD 6. Led by Sadek Al-Ghariani, it is not recognised by the HoR, however.

The LD 2 difference may be small but for large Libyan families at a time of hard-hitting inflation and when getting hold of any money from the bank varies between difficult and impossible, it may be enough to trigger questions about which side of the political divide to support.

Indeed many will find it difficult making any payment this year.