God's Property : : Islam, Charity, and the Modern State / / Nada Moumtaz.

• Superior document: Islamic Humanities
• VerfasserIn: Moumtaz, Nada, 1978-
• Place / Publishing House: [s.l.] : : University of California Press,, 2010.
• Year of Publication: 2010
• Language: English
• Series: Islamic Humanities
• Physical Description: 1 online resource.

Up to the twentieth century, Islamic charitable endowments provided the material foundation of the Muslim world. In Lebanon, with the fall of the Ottoman Empire and the imposition of French colonial rule, many of these endowments reverted to private property circulating in the marketplace. In contem...