Published: 14 March 2023

On 27 February 2023, a high-level meeting between the World Zakat and Waqf Forum (WZWF) and Dr. Hiba Ahmed (Director General of Islamic Solidarity Fund for Development (IsFD)) IsDB was conducted. She was also the former Minister of Finance of Sudan. She respresented the President of IsDB to meet the Secretary General of WZWF to discuss "illegal" actions by UNHCR carrying out the collection of zakat from the Global Islamic Ummah for refugees (UNHCR Refugee Zakat Fund). Dr. Saleh Al Awaji, Deputy Secretary General of WZWF from Saudi Arabia also joined the meeting and was very tough on UNHCR's zakat activities. Prof. Zainulbahar Noor the Secretary General of WZWF, and Dr. Irfan Syauqi Beik, the Executive Secretary of WZWF, represented WZWF on this meeting.