The Islamic Council of Europe (ICE) this week embarks on expanding its Knowledge-share and collaboration portfolio as it supports and participates in a ‘Week of Knowledge & Development’ series in Perth Australia, courtesy of Islamic Centre of West Australia.

Sh. Dr. Sajid Umar, a senior scholar & adjudicator with ICE, and the Chair of the Scholars’ Panel of the Islamic Finance Advisory (IFA), a division of ICE, will be representing ICE in this collaboration and conducting lectures, seminars and workshops covering the topics of faith, family, community & finance development from an Islamic perspective.

May Allah Almighty bless this effort and make it count in both this life and the next for organisers, attendees and everyone involved. Ameen.

For further information regarding collaboration with ICE, please email [email protected]

Understanding the dynamics of living with in-laws

Many couples have difficulty balancing the relationship between their spouse and their extended family. This webinar is vital in understanding how we make the best of our situations.

Delivered by Shaykh Farid Haibatan, a senior advisor at the Islamic Council of Europe with years of experience in dealing with domestic issues within the Muslim community. 

Here’s what you’ll discover in this live webinar:

#1:Adopting a Pragmatic Approach

#2:How to Achieve Win-Win Solutions

#3: Rising above Reciprocity and Mediocrity

Improve your relationship with your in-laws!

All praise belongs to Allah and may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon His messenger, his family, companions and followers until the last day.

Since the Islamic Council was set up, it has supported over 1,000 cases of marriage reconciliation, and has empowered couples with approaches rooted in safe & secure marriages.

We have dealt with over 800 cases in the last two years. Our reach across the UK has widened and over 7000 people have directly engaged and benefitted with our webinars and workshops.

We now support a growing international base of clients, and have begun expansion into the USA and as well as into Germany.

We now support so many more businesses and charities. Last year we officially launched the Islamic Finance Advisory and towards the end of the year we published our Zakat framework.

Our advisors and judges are helping train others in how to apply Islamic Guidance into everyday solutions. In 2022 we achieved a new milestone by moving into the international training sector with our first training programme for lawyers in Malaysia.

الحمد لله والصلاة والسلام على رسول الله وعلى آله وصحبه ومن تبعهم بإحسان إلى يوم الدين

All praise belongs to Allāh and may Allāh’s peace and blessings be upon His messenger, his family, companions and followers until the last day.

Standing members of the committee:

• Shaykh Dr Haitham al-Haddad
• Shaykh Dr Sajid Umar
• Shaykh Fuad Abdo
• Shaykh Dr Ali Ahmed
• Umer Suleman

In this document The Islamic Council is presenting a set of principles, practices, and procedures that a charity organisation will need to follow and adhere to in the collection, allocation and distribution of Zakāh funds. Due to the diversity of Zakāh donors, the multiple locations a charity organisation may operate projects in, and the modern nature of finance and poverty, this policy is designed to be as encompassing and accommodating as possible from a Muslim legal perspective. This policy seeks to adopt scholarly positions that would be readily accepted by the majority of Islamic scholarship in most scenarios and circumstances.

Download full policy document below:

ICE – Zakat Policy v1 (Mar 2022)Download

Charities wishing to review their current policies and/or adopt this policy are requested to book a consultation with one of our Shari’ah advisers to discuss further. Please book a consultation for ‘Fatwa Related to Project’: