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An online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University

Islamic Law and Society

Redefining the “Islamic”: Insights from the Family Waqf Debates in French-Mandate Lebanon and Syria

By Nada Moumtaz  //  October 30, 2018October 30, 2018

Can giving to one’s family be an act of charity? In an age of Trumpist nepotism, this might seem like an egregious proposition. But this is the very premise of the family waqf, an Islamic…

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