Wakfs in Contemporary India: Problems of Management

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Keywords: Indian Muslim community; waqf; waqfs in India; Waqf Boards; Waqf Act

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Timofeeva Maria Vladislavovna Wakfs in Contemporary India: Problems of Management. // Lomonosov Oriental Studies Journal. 2013. N 4, p.70–81

Timofeeva Maria Vladislavovna

Abstract

The article examines the concept of Waqf in contemporary India as well as the waqf system structure, which was shaped in the country after 1947. In focus are the main problems of the Indian waqf system, particularly the legal and administrative difficulties of the past decades.