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Other Visions of the Economy: NGOs and Transformations of Islamic Charity in North India
PoLAR: Political and Legal Anthropology Review, Volume 48, Issue 2, November 2025.ABSTRACT This article explores how new Islamic charity NGOs in India are transforming age‐old practices of obligatory Islamic almsgiving (zakat). This transformation reconfigured the ritual of zakat from its historical emphasis on local giving among kin and neighbors to an NGO‐based developmentalist process.
Christopher B. Taylor
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A “Documentary Turn” in the Medieval History of Egypt and Syria?
History Compass, Volume 23, Issue 10-12, October-December 2025.ABSTRACT The field of medieval Middle East history has seen a renewed attention to the use of documentary sources in recent years. These sources have long seen some neglect, and their interpretation has suffered from a stubborn narrative of paucity that has tended to relegate them to the fringe of this history. With the impact of other scholarly trends
Daisy Livingston
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A general outlook on Turkish librarianship and libraries [PDF]
, 2008 Turkey has a rich book and library tradition going back centuries. This article presents an overview of Turkish libraries and librarianship by providing information specifically on the library tradition in Turkey, public and special libraries ...
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Provincialising Early Feminism: A View from the Middle East
Gender &History, Volume 37, Issue 2, Page 591-605, July 2025.Abstract ‘Provincializing Europe’, derived from Dipesh Chakrabarty's work of that name, argued that an imagined ‘Europe’ was a founding myth for modernity. While not mentioning feminism, this analysis is a valuable starting point for tracing the path of the term ‘féminism’ from France to Britain to the Ottoman Empire and from the USA to the Arab world –
Ruth Roded
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Judicial Activism of the Shari\u27ah Appeals Court in Israel (1994 - 2001): Rise and Crisis [PDF]
, 2003 The main thesis of this Article is that after 1994, with the nomination of new qadis to the Shari‘ah Court, a process of judicial activism began, which continues until this day.
Ramadan, Dr. Moussa Abou
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Waqf, Values and the Ulama: Towards Harnessing Philanthropy for Community Uplift in Northern Nigeria [PDF]
, 2013 Employing narratives, and analysis of available literature, this exploratory study is limited in scope by the few accounts ...
Muhammad Ibrahim Nuruddeen
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PEMBUATAN AKTA IKRAR WAKAF DI KECAMATAN RASAU JAYA (TINJAUAN REGULATIF DAN IMPLEMENTATIF)
Al-Adl, 2022 The regulation of waqf in Indonesia has shown very good development, following the enactment of Law No. 41 of 2004 concerning Waqf. However, problems arise in the implementation phase.
Waskur Waskur
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CARING FOR CATS IN CAIRO: Urban Grammars of Compassion
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Volume 49, Issue 4, Page 991-999, July 2025.Abstract At first sight, Cairo is a cruel and harsh city, marked by extreme inequality and offering few resources for the poor. Like other metropolises, Cairo can easily numb its residents to the suffering of others. But it is also a city in which quiet, barely noticeable acts of compassion occur every day.
Amira Mittermaier
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Dinamika Perwakafan Dalam Pemikiran Hukum Islam, Peraturan Perundang-undangan Di Indonesia Dan Negara-negara Muslim [PDF]
, 2014 : The Dynamics of Waqf (Endowment) in Islamic Legal Thoughts, Law and Regulation in Indonesia and in Muslim Countries. Throughout the history of Islamic civilization, waqf has become a sizeable and significant contribution to the development of Muslim ...
Abror, K. (Khoirul)
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International Journal of Social Welfare, Volume 34, Issue 3, July 2025.Abstract This article examines Iran's welfare regime and pays close attention to the gendered and religious dimensions of Iranian social policies. Despite the formal recognition of social security coverage as a citizenship right, Iran’s welfare system remains uneven in its coverage.
Rezvan Ostadalidehaghi, Daniel Béland
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