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The Sasanian Empire had a general tax on land and a poll tax having several rates based on wealth, with an exemption for aristocracy. [186] In Iraq , which was conquered mainly by force, Arabs controlled taxation through local administrators, keeping the graded poll tax, and likely increasing its rates to 1, 2 and 4 dinars. [ 186 ]
ushr - a 10% tax on the harvests of irrigated land and 10% tax on harvest from rain-watered land and 5% on Land dependent on well water. [6] The term has also been used for a 10% tax on merchandise imported from states that taxed the Muslims on their products. [7] Caliph `Umar ibn Al-Khattāb was the first Muslim ruler to levy ushr. [citation ...
7 January 2019 3 years, 182 days: 7 Md Tazul Islam (born 1955) MP for Comilla-9: 7 January 2019 19 May 2019 132 days: Hasina IV: Minister for Local Government Division 19 May 2019 10 January 2024 4 years, 236 days (7A) Md Tazul Islam (born 1955) MP for Comilla-9: Minister for Rural Development and Co-operatives Division 7B Swapan Bhattacharjee ...
Islamic government raises revenue "on the basis of the taxes that Islam has established", namely khums (a 20% tax on commercial profits), zakat (a tithe of 2.5%), jizya (a tax on non-Muslims), and kharaj (a tax on land owned by non-Muslims). [50] [note 5] This will be plenty because khums is a "huge source of income". [51]
Around 46 privately owned television channels were permitted by the Government of Bangladesh as of 2023, [1] of which thirty-six are currently on air. Six television channels, namely STV-US, CSB News, Channel 1, Diganta Television, Islamic TV, and Channel 16, have been taken off air. Bangladesh has four state-owned television stations, of which ...
[7] As one of the Five Pillars of Islam, zakat is a religious duty for all Muslims who meet the necessary criteria of wealth to help the needy. [8] [9] It is a mandatory charitable contribution, often considered to be a tax. [10] [11] The payment and disputes on zakat have played a major role in the history of Islam, notably during the Ridda wars.
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The Islamic finance equivalent of a conventional call option (where the buyer has the right but not the obligation to buy in the future at a preset price, and so will make a profit if the price of the underlying asset rises above the preset price) are known as an urbun (down-payment) sale where the buyer has the right to cancel the sale by ...