Awqaf

bfereal Biannual Journal Specialized in W q f & CharitableActivities

Studien &ad External k t i s n s Departmemt

ReFaraod Biannual Journal Spscializ~d Waqf and Charitabl~ in activities

Chief Editor Prof. Mohammad Abdul Ghaffar Al-Sherif

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Deputy Editor-in-chief Eman Al-Hemaidan

Managing Editor wakib A.R. Al-Mulhem

Editing Advisor Dr. Tarak Abdallah

Editorial Board Dr. Moharnmad Ramadan Dr. Issa 2. Shaqra Dr. Ibrahim M. Abdel-Baqi

Advisory Board

(alphabetically)

r. Abdel Aziz Al-Touijri Abdel Muhsin Al-Othman Dr. Fouad A. Al-Omar

Dr. M. Manzoor Alam

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AWQAF No. 17 - Ninth Year - Zu a1 Hija 1430H, November 2009

OPINIONS EXPRESSED IN AWQAF ARE THOSE O F THE AUTHORS AND D O NOT NECESSARILY REFLECT THE VIEWS O F THE JOLTRNAL OR PUBLISHER.

AWQAF is based on a conviction that waqf -as a concept and an

experience- has a great developmental potential which entitles it to contribute effectively to the Muslim communities and cope with the challenges which confront the Umma. Waqf also reflects the history of Islamic world through its rich experience which embraces the various types of life and helps finding solutions for emerging problems. During the decline of the Umma, Waqf maintained a major part of the heritage of the Islamic civilization and caused it to continue and pass from one generation to another. Nowadays, the Islamic world is witnessing a governmental and popular orientation towards mobilizing its materialistic capacity and investing its genuine cultural components in a spirit of innovative thinking leading to comprehensive developmental models conducive to the values of justice and right. Based on this conviction, AWQAF comes u p with a keen interest to give waqf the actual prestige in terms of thinking at the Arab and Islamic levels. It centers on waqf as a specialty and attracts waqf interested people from all domains and adopts a scientific approach in dealing with waqf and relating it to comprehensive...