God's property

God's property: Islam, charity, and the modern state

by Moumtaz, Nada

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"Up to the twentieth century, Islamic charitable endowments provided the material foundation of the Muslim world. In Lebanon, with the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the imposition of French colonial rule, many of these endowments reverted to private property circulating in the marketplace. In contemporary Beirut, however, charitable endowments have resurged as mosques, Islamic centers, and non-profit organizations. A historical anthropology in dialogue with Islamic law, God's Property demonstr…

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  • Full title :God's property : Islam, charity, and the modern state / Nada Moumtaz.

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"Up to the twentieth century, Islamic charitable endowments provided the material foundation of the Muslim world. In Lebanon, with the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the imposition of French colonial rule, many of these endowments reverted to private property circulating in the marketplace. In contemporary Beirut, however, charitable endowments have resurged as mosques, Islamic centers, and non-profit organizations. A historical anthropology in dialogue with Islamic law, God's Property demonstrates how these endowments have been drawn into secular logics-no longer the property of God but of the Muslim community-and shaped by the modern state and modern understandings of charity and property. Although these transformations produced new kinds of loyalties and new ways of being in society, Moumtaz's ethnography reveals the furtive persistence of endowment practices that perpetuate older ways of thinking of one's self and one's responsibilities toward family and state"--

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Edition Statements

  • Publication Date:2021

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  • Description:xiv, 286 pages ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9780520345874, 0520345878
  • oclc:on1178868330
  • LC Classification:BP170.25
  • Dewey Decimal:297.5/4

Table of Contents

Waqf, a non-definition -- State, law, and the "Muslim community" -- The intent of charity -- Charity and the family -- The "Waqf's benefit" and public benefit -- Conclusion -- Appendix A. Main Ottoman Mutūn and their main commentaries and glosses -- Appendix B. Umari mosque expenditures and appointments.

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Charitable uses, trusts, and foundation… Charitable uses, trusts, and foundation… Charity laws and legislation Charity laws and legislation -- Lebanon Endowments Endowments -- Lebanon Fondations -- Liban Fondations (Droit islamique) -- Liban Islam -- Charities Lebanon Waqf Waqf -- Lebanon Waqf -- Liban

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Moumtaz, Nada

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