Jakarta, Aug. 9 -- Indonesia's National Alms Agency disbursed nearly 900 million rupiah (US$51,000) through three programs supporting businesses at Islamic boarding schools and mosques in Gresik, East Java, as it expands grassroots economic empowerment.

At a Gresik pesantren on Saturday, Baznas distributed 350 million rupiah (US$19,900) to develop seven pesantren-based grocery stores under Zmart and 500 million rupiah (US$28,400) for five mosques under the ultra-micro business program, BUMi.

"Since 2022, Baznas has allocated tens of billions of rupiah for the Zmart and BUMi programs," Baznas Head Sodik Mudjahid said in a statement cited Sunday.

The event also included 21 million rupiah (US$1,200) for a circular-economy entrepreneurship...