WAQF AWARENESS & PARTICIPATION TRENDS -SURVEY REPORT-
Author: Mohamed Hamza Ghaouri
The world is experiencing one of the harshest economic conditions due to a global pandemic…
Category: Waqf
FINTERRA GLOBAL PLANTATION: A LEADING MODEL IN WAQF INVESTMENT
Author: Mohamed Hamza Ghaouri, Intern at FINTERRA
As an extension of this Waqf blogging series, the current blog is an essay presenting a case study of an innovative project, launched by Finterra…
ISLAMIC SOCIAL FINANCE AND BLOCKCHAIN: MATCH MADE IN HEAVEN
Author: Mohamed Hamza Ghaouri
Throughout the history of Islam, various Islamic social finance institutions proposed by Islamic law are playing a vital role in sustainable economic development in a Muslim society…
WAQF: A HIDDEN TREASURE FOR NON-MUSLIMS
Author: Mohamed Hamza Ghaouri
Waqf (endowment) is a special type of philanthropic act in perpetuity. It consists of donating a fixed asset that can produce a financial return or provide a benefit…
CASH WAQF – NEW AVATAR OF WAQF FOR THE 21st CENTURY.
Author: Mohamed Hamza Ghaouri
Waqf played an important role from the time of the Prophet (PBH) until the beginning of the 19th century, particularly in the Ottoman Empire…
FGP PROJECT UPDATE 1
The FINTERRA Global Plantation (FGP) project is a 40 months Paulownia Timber plantation initiative with the objective of (i) sustainable timber forestation, and (ii) impact investment opportunity…
THE 8th EDITION OF GWC 2020
The 8th edition of the Global Waqf Conference (GWC2020) recently concluded on the 8th of December 2020. With the theme “Practicing Waqf at every facet of life”, the conference was held virtually for the first time via webinar considering the Covid-19 pandemic…
AWQAF IN INDIA
Author: Prof. Dr. Syed Khalid Rashid
NOT ME! Because the miserable condition of awqaf in India made me restless. Waqf has become part of my life since 1963-64 when I started my PhD. Research on Waqf Laws & Administration in India…
WAQF – A SLEEPING GIANT
Author: Herbi Arfah
Waqf (pl. awqaf) simply refers to the Islamic term for endowment of one’s assets dedicated for charitable causes…
FINTERRA ACQUIRES STAKE IN HAL
Author: Sreecharan Kunutur
FINTERRA in its pursuit to expand Cash WAQF operations, has signed a definitive term-sheet with HAL Capital Limited, Kenya to acquire sizable equity stake in HAL Capital’s Islamic Micro-Finance operations in Kenya…
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