“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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Brill
2018
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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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