A study on sources of Waqf funds for higher education in selected countries

The waqf concept has nowadays been utilized to meet various purposes including housing, poverty alleviation, financingand also for education. In general, the ultimate aim of the waqf concept is to bring benefit to the society. This study aims at reviewing literatures on the sources of waqf funds for...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors:	Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri, Che Embi, Nor Azizan, Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum, Fakhrunnas, Faaza
Format:	Conference or Workshop Item
Language:	English
Published:	2016
Subjects:	KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects
Online Access:	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52520/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52520/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52520/13/52520-new.pdf

id	iium-52520
recordtype	eprints
spelling	iium-525202016-12-14T14:09:19Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/52520/ A study on sources of Waqf funds for higher education in selected countries Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri Che Embi, Nor Azizan Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Fakhrunnas, Faaza KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects The waqf concept has nowadays been utilized to meet various purposes including housing, poverty alleviation, financingand also for education. In general, the ultimate aim of the waqf concept is to bring benefit to the society. This study aims at reviewing literatures on the sources of waqf funds for higher education in selected countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey and United Kingdom. Adopting the content analysis methodology, it is found that there are significant numbers of waqf and endowment-based universities that have implemented the waqf principle in their education system. Nonetheless, they have their own unique mechanism. This studyalso observed that waqf fund hassuccessfully upgraded the education system in these countries and provides opportunity for the poorand needy. Hence, it is suggested that the waqf board of higher education institutions further promote the utilization of waqf as it brings fairness and benefits to society. 2016 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/52520/13/52520-new.pdf Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri and Che Embi, Nor Azizan and Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum and Fakhrunnas, Faaza (2016) A study on sources of Waqf funds for higher education in selected countries. In: International Joint Conference on Islamic Economics and Finance (IJCIEF), 1st-3rd September 2016, Istanbul, Turkey. http://www.icisef.org/
repository_type	Digital Repository
institution_category	Local University
institution	International Islamic University Malaysia
building	IIUM Repository
collection	Online Access
language	English
topic	KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects
spellingShingle	KBP173.25 Islamic law and other disciplines or subjects Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri Che Embi, Nor Azizan Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Fakhrunnas, Faaza A study on sources of Waqf funds for higher education in selected countries
description	The waqf concept has nowadays been utilized to meet various purposes including housing, poverty alleviation, financingand also for education. In general, the ultimate aim of the waqf concept is to bring benefit to the society. This study aims at reviewing literatures on the sources of waqf funds for higher education in selected countries such as Malaysia, Indonesia, Turkey and United Kingdom. Adopting the content analysis methodology, it is found that there are significant numbers of waqf and endowment-based universities that have implemented the waqf principle in their education system. Nonetheless, they have their own unique mechanism. This studyalso observed that waqf fund hassuccessfully upgraded the education system in these countries and provides opportunity for the poorand needy. Hence, it is suggested that the waqf board of higher education institutions further promote the utilization of waqf as it brings fairness and benefits to society.
format	Conference or Workshop Item
author	Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri Che Embi, Nor Azizan Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Fakhrunnas, Faaza
author_facet	Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri Che Embi, Nor Azizan Che Mohd Salleh, Marhanum Fakhrunnas, Faaza
author_sort	Abdul Razak, Dzuljastri
title	A study on sources of Waqf funds for higher education in selected countries
title_short	A study on sources of Waqf funds for higher education in selected countries
title_full	A study on sources of Waqf funds for higher education in selected countries
title_fullStr	A study on sources of Waqf funds for higher education in selected countries
title_full_unstemmed	A study on sources of Waqf funds for higher education in selected countries
title_sort	study on sources of waqf funds for higher education in selected countries
publishDate	2016
url	http://irep.iium.edu.my/52520/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52520/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/52520/13/52520-new.pdf
first_indexed	2023-09-18T21:14:24Z
last_indexed	2023-09-18T21:14:24Z
_version_	1777411465537388544

A study on sources of Waqf funds for higher education in selected countries

Similar Items