This volume mainly consists of papers presented at the Seminar on "Awqaf experiences in South Asia" organized by the Institute of Objective Studies, New Delhi. These papers examine the origin, history and law of awqaf generally and their condition in the various countries of the region. The emphasis is on looking at this institution as an effective instrument for the socio-economic development of the Muslims in this region. Major waqf enactments of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Myanmar are given in the Appendix. It is for the first time ever that these enactments are appearing together in print and this compilation would surely be useful for comparative studies of waqf administration in South Asia.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Syed Khalid Rashid
Prof. Dr. Syed Khalid Rashid, B.Sc., LL.B, LL.M Ph.D (Aligarh) is Professor of Law at the International Islamic University Malaysia. He did pioneering research on waqf administration in India from 1964 to 1970 and was awarded the first Ph.D in Islamic Law by the Aligarh Muslim University in 1971. He has, inter alia, published two books on waqf administration in India and more than a dozen papers on this subject. He taught law at Aligarh (1968-73, 1976-80), Kurukshetra (1973-76), Sokoto in Nigeria (1980-90) where he was Dean of Law and Head, Department of Islamic Law for a long time, and now in Malaysia since 1990. His areas of interest, other than waqf, are Comparative Law of Property, Equity and Trusts, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR), and Islamic Law of Property.
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