http://tk.uni-sz.bg/files/N11_al.pdf
ABSTRACT
Waqf is a religious endowment, a property giving revenues, as regulated by Islamic law. It was vital to the religious parts of the society before the establishment of modern states in the Muslim world. In Ottoman Empire, the waqf system together with the imaret and another religious institutions have important role in social and economical development of the Muslim Ottoman Cities. In this paper not only the religious and official face of waqf system but also the face of administration of local government of the settlements policies and their reflections on the cities in Turkey will be investigated.
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The Avalon Project : Hamas Covenant 1988
Article Eleven:
The Islamic Resistance Movement believes that the land of Palestine is an Islamic Waqf consecrated for future Moslem generations until Judgement Day. It, or any part of it, should not be squandered: it, or any part of it, should not be given up. Neither a single Arab country nor all Arab countries, neither any king or president, nor all the kings and presidents, neither any organization nor all of them, be they Palestinian or Arab, possess the right to do that. Palestine is an Islamic Waqf land consecrated for Moslem generations until Judgement Day. This being so, who could claim to have the right to represent Moslem generations till Judgement Day?