Role of Zakah and Awqaf in Poverty Alleviation (Occasional Paper)

Habib Ahmed
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No 201, Occasional Papers from The Islamic Research and Teaching Institute (IRTI)

Abstract: The occasional paper studies the role of zakat and awqaf in mitigating poverty in Muslim communities. The study addresses the issue by studying the institutional set-up and mechanisms of using zakat and awqaf for poverty alleviation. It discusses how these institutions can be implemented successfully to achieve the results in contemporary times using theoretical arguments and empirical support.

Keywords: Zakah; Awqaf; Poverty; Alleviation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 150 pages
Date: 2004
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