"Fantastic Charities": The Transformation of Waqf Practice in Colonial Zanzibar
Abstract The present study examines the impact of British colonial rule on waqf practice in Zanzibar. I argue that colonial policy towards waqf did not aim at the dismantlement of waqf as such. Nonetheless, it disrupted traditional patterns of waqf practice. Traditionally, waqf was controlled by wea...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
2008
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Islamic law and society
Year: 2008, Volume: 15, Issue: 3, Pages: 315-370 |
| Further subjects: | B
Waqf
B Colonialism B Zanzibar |
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