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    Category: SDGs

    Contemporary Awqaf and SDGs – II

    Waqf projects relating to economic empowerment of women (SDG5) have largely focused on decent work (SDG8). We may therefore, discuss them together. Projects have specifically…

    Mohammed November 1, 2020
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    Contemporary Awqaf and SDGs – I

    In a recent blog I presented a framework for identifying action points for the awqaf sector to help achieve the sustainable development goals (SDGs). This…

    Mohammed November 1, 2020
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    Maqasid Al-Shariah, SDGs and the Ottoman Waqf

    The Ottoman awqaf addressed societal concerns far beyond the SDGs. People were born in waqf property, educated in waqf schools, worked in waqf enterprises, received…

    Mohammed August 24, 2020
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    Setting a Maqasid-Driven Development Agenda for Islamic Finance – IV

    More importantly, we examine how Islamic social finance in general and awqaf in particular can play a role in operationalizing the areas of alignment between…

    Mohammed June 17, 2020
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    Setting a Maqasid-Driven Development Agenda for Islamic Finance – III

    The specific MaS corollaries that capture a clear spiritual and religious dimension could not be mapped to the SDGs that are faith-neutral, rooted in materialistic…

    Mohammed June 14, 2020
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    Setting a Maqasid-Driven Development Agenda for Islamic Finance – II

    If we want to juxtapose Maqasid-driven actions along with SDG-driven actions in the same two-dimensional space, a realistic approach would be to use spiritual gains…

    Mohammed June 6, 2020
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    Setting a Maqasid-Driven Development Agenda for Islamic Finance – I

    With an expanded scope we propose to examine the alignment or misalignment between MaS and SDGs further down the hierarchy of goals. Highlighting areas of…

    Mohammed June 2, 2020
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    Expanding the Virtuous Cycle of Benevolence through Cash-Waqf-Linked-Sukuk

    With the success of such experiments, the realization that Islamic social funds can play a crucial role in meeting development finance needs of the economy…

    Mohammed May 7, 2020
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    The Issue of Identity in Digital Distribution of Zakat

    My last blog ended on a note that digitizing zakat payments to beneficiaries would be more efficient, as compared to payments involving hard cash or…

    Mohammed March 15, 2020
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    The Sustainable Development Goals from a Shariah Perspective – VII

    Since the religion of Islam sets the agenda for development in predominantly Muslim societies, it is interesting to examine to what extent the SDGs conform…

    Mohammed September 21, 2019
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