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    A waqf (Arabic: وَقْف; [ˈwɑqf], plural awqaf أَوْقَاف), also called a ḥabs (حَبْس, plural ḥubūs حُبوس or aḥbās أَحْباس), or mortmain property, is an inalienable...
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  • Central Waqf Council is an Indian statutory body operated by the Government of India under the Waqf Act, a subsection of the Waqf Act, 1995. The Waqf boards...
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  • Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024 was introduced in the Indian Lok Sabha on 8 August 2024. It seeks to repeal Mussalman Wakf Act, 1923 and amend the Waqf Act...
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  • Private or family waqf (Arabic: وقف أهلي (ذري)) involves dedicating the principal (asset) and allocating its benefit to the waqif's (founder’s) descendants...
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    The Delhi Waqf Board is a statutory body of the Government of Delhi, initially appointed under the Indian Wakf Act 1954; now the Waqf Act 1995. It exercises...
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  • Islamic law. Waqf or the plural Awqaf (Arabic: أوقاف) can also refer to: Al Waqf, Egypt, city Al-Waqf, Syria, village Al-Waqf, Yemen, village WAQF Tower, a...
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    confirmed restriction related to the Arab-Israeli conflict. The Jerusalem Waqf and Al-Aqsa Mosque Affairs Department (Arabic: دائرة أوقاف القدس وشؤون المسجد...
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  • Guardian of the Waqf (Arabic: ناظر الوقف) or the Custodian of the Waqf (Arabic: قيّم الوقف) is the individual responsible for managing the waqf (endowment)...
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    Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh is one of the largest herbal pharmaceutical companies in Bangladesh. It operates as a philanthropic waqf (endowment) in...
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  • Waqf Beneficiary or Waqf Beneficiaries Arabic: مصارف الوقف: This refers to the identification of beneficiaries from the waqf across its three categories...
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  • (the parent company), as well as Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Pakistan and Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) Bangladesh. Since 1948, the company has been manufacturing...
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  • Karachi, Pakistan. It was established by Hakim Saeed as Hamdard Laboratories (Waqf) in 1948. Hakim Abdul Majeed (1883 – 1922) founded an organization called...
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    Schools were also beneficiaries of Waqf due to Islam viewing education as a form of worship. The individual making a Waqf was not expected to benefit except...
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  • Al-Waqf may refer to: Al Waqf, Egypt, city Al-Waqf, Syria, village Al-Waqf, Yemen, village This disambiguation page lists articles about distinct geographical...
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  • Telangana State Waqf Board (formerly A.P. State Waqf Board), is a constituted Board established by the 1954 Central Act to manage, regulate and protect...
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  • The Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board (or U.P. Sunni Waqf Board) is a body constituted under The Wakf Act, 1995 of the Government of India, for general...
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  • National Waqf Development Corporation Limited is an Indian government agency under Ministry of Minority Affairs . This will undertake development of Waqf properties...
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    The Waqf Agency of Indonesia (Indonesian: Badan Wakaf Indonesia; BWI) is an independent non-structural agency in Indonesia responsible for advancing and...
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  • Syed Waseem Rizvi) is the former member and chairman of the Shia Central Waqf Board of Uttar Pradesh, India. He is known for filing a petition in India's...
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    Al-Jamia Al-Islamia Darul Uloom Waqf Deoband (known as Darul Uloom Waqf) is a madrasa situated in the Indian town of Deoband. It was established by scholars...
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    The Office of the Waqf Administrator (Bengali: বাংলাদেশ ওয়াক্‌ফ প্রশাসকের কার্যালয়) is a Bangladesh government regulatory agency under the Ministry of...
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    should be done after the permission of the Maharashtra State Board of Waqfs. The Waqf minister Nawab Malik opposed this land sale, as did the revenue department...
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    Waqf-e-Jadid (also known as The New Dedication) is a scheme initiated by Mirza Basheer-ud-Din Mahmood in 1957, and was launched to spread Islam and Ahmadiyyat...
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  • Uttarakhand Waqf Board is a statutory board of the Government of Uttarakhand in India. Central Waqf Council was set up by the Government of India's Ministry...
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    has remained under the independent administration of the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf. The "Al-Aqsa Mosque" translates into "the Farthest Mosque" in English. The...
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  • 1954) is an Indian Sunni Muslim scholar and current rector of Darul Uloom Waqf, Deoband. Muhammad Sufyan Qasmi was born on 26 September 1954 into the Siddiqi...
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    alternative 5 acres of land in another place to the Uttar Pradesh Sunni Central Waqf Board for the purpose of building a mosque as a replacement for the demolished...
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    community of Jerusalem has managed the site through the Jerusalem Islamic Waqf. The site, along with the whole of East Jerusalem (which includes the Old...
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  • was an Ottoman Empire ministry in charge of awqaf (evkaf), administering waqfs (then known in Western languages as "vakouf", from the Turkish name). It...
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  • Aba al-Waqf Arabic: أبا الوقف ‹See RfD› Abā al Waqf) is a village in the markaz of Maghagha in Minya Governorate, Egypt. It is about 6 miles (9.7 km) south...
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