Adaptation to Changing Circumstances: Perpetual Leases and Exchange Transactions in Waqf Property in Ottoman Algiers

Abstract Islamic law allows for perpetual leases and exchange transactions of endowed property as an exceptional means to deal with the inalienability of Waqf assets in cases in which Waqf-property has become dilapidated. In this article I examine the use of these two transactions in connection with...

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Main Author: Hoexter, Miriam (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Brill 1997
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 1997, Volume: 4, Issue: 3, Pages: 319-333
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