<p>This five-part narrative series might just change how you think about money, how you spend it, and how money connects us to people we know and people we don’t. </p><p>Taqwa Sadiq isn’t an economist or a social sciences expert, she’s just a curious twenty-something with a microphone trying to understand – can Zakat help us solve the cost-of-living crisis? </p><p>As a Muslim herself, Zakat is something Taqwa has known about forever. Every year, Muslims all around the world ‘purify’ their wealth by giving away 2.5% of it. This is called Zakat and it’s been happening for centuries. </p><p>But why does wealth need to be ‘purified’ in the first place? And what does that have to do with the UK economy? </p><p>These questions take us to a library in Cambridge Muslim College, where a religious scholar turned activist, Dr Sohail Hanif, makes a startling revelation. This forces Taqwa to ask – has she and everyone she knows in the UK been doing this sacred act wrong all along? </p><p></p><p>Also featuring interviews with Helen Rowe, a woman with a plan to eliminate all poverty in Britain in the next five years, and Aziza a junior doctor in the NHS. </p><p></p><p>Sacred Money takes us all over the globe and even back in time. From hallowed libraries in Cambridge and a mysterious stone in Turkey, to a flooded farm in Pakistan and modern activism in Chicago. Along the way, Taqwa meets young Muslims, doctors and influencers, aunties and uncles, the mandem, a religious scholar, an ex-government official and more. Together they totally change how she thinks about Zakat and money, tradition and identity, and community in the modern world. </p><p>Credits </p><p>Writer, Producer, and Presenter: Taqwa Sadiq </p><p>Supervising Producer: Emily Dicks </p><p>Sound Designer: John Wakefield </p><p>Theme Music: Mehar Bedi </p><p>Editor: Andy Worrell </p><p>Commissioning Editor: Khaliq Meer </p><p>‘Salam’s Journey’ was produced by International Cartoons and Animation Inc. </p><p>‘Friends’ was produced by Bright/Kauffman/Crane Productions and Warner Bros. Television.</p>
