“Is the Family Waqf a Religious Institution?” Charity, Religion, and Economy in French Mandate Lebanon

This essay analyzes a debate among Muslim jurists in French Mandate Syria and Lebanon around whether the family waqf, a form of charitable endowment dedicated to the founder’s family, is a legitimate form of the waqf and whether it should be abolished. I argue that the new categorization of the fami...

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Main Author: Moumtaz, Nada (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2018
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2018, Volume: 25, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 37-77
Further subjects:B Lebanon
B Economy
B Islamic Law
B Colonialism
B Religion
B legal reasoning
B Charity
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