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Wakf
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(wŭkf)
n.1.(Moham. Law) The granting or dedication of property in trust for a pious purpose, that is, to some object that tends to the good of mankind, as to support a mosque or caravansary, to provide for support of one's family, kin, or neighbors, to benefit some particular person or persons and afterward the poor, etc.; also, the trust so created, or the property in trust.
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He added that organisers of the festival had refused sponsorship from alcohol providers - even changing the dates of the event to avoid clashing with Waqf Al Arafa (the last day of Haj).
Festival organisers rap MPs by Gulf Daily News (Manama, Bahrain)
He returned to Iraq in June 2003 and became head of the Sunni Waqf (religious endowment).
'Adnan Al-Dulaimi by APS Diplomat Fate of the Arabian Peninsula
The government called on Israel to immediately stop such violation and release all Palestinians who were detained, particularly employees of Islamic waqf department.
FM summons Israeli envoy to Amman by Jordan News Agency (Petra)
 
 
 
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