Jakarta, April 9 -- The National Alms Agency is bolstering collaboration with the Ministry of National Development Planning (Bappenas) and Statistics Indonesia to optimize zakat potential and integrate alms into national development.

This was highlighted during a meeting between leaders of the three institutions in Jakarta on Tuesday to discuss strategic data integration.

In a statement on Wednesday, Baznas Head Sodik Mudjahid stated that optimizing zakat potential is a mandate from President Prabowo Subianto.

The potential value of national zakat is estimated to reach Rp327 trillion which is approximately US$19.2 billion.

"The President has provided several directives including optimizing zakat potential and integrating Baznas data a...