God's Property: Islam, Charity, and the Modern State 9780520975781

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God's Property: Islam, Charity, and the Modern State
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Nada Moumtaz

Table of contents :
Contents
Acknowledgments
Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Datation
Introduction
Part I Architecture
1 Waqf, A Non-Definition
2 State, Law, and the “Muslim Community”
Part II Grammars
3 The Intent of Charity
4 Charity and the Family
5 The “Waqf’s Benefit” and Public Benefit
Conclusion
Appendix A Main Ottoman Mutūn, Commentaries, and Glosses of the Beirut Court
Appendix B ʿUmari Mosque Expenditures and Appointments
Glossary
Bibliography
Index

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