God is an Absentee, Too’

The Treatment of Waqf (Islamic Trust) Land in Israel/Palestine

Datos Bibliográficos

ID14799805
AutoresHaitam Suleiman (0000-0001-8560-7861, autor de correspondencia), Robert Home (0000-0002-7950-6068)
Año2009
Volumen41
Número59
Páginas49-65
Fecha de publicación2009-01-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaThe Journal of Legal Pluralism and Unofficial Law (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0732-9113 • E-ISSN: 2305-9931
EditorialInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/07329113.2009.10756629
OpenAlexW2044838945
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas4
Referencias citadas15

Waqf property (held in charitable trust for religious purposes) has been an important element in Muslim societies, and after a period of decline has emerged as a non-profit 'third' sector for minorities and in conditions of legal pluralism. This article, after briefly tracing the history of waqf, examines the large-scale transfer of waqf land in Israel/Palestine to Jewish control since the creation of the state of Israel in 1948, and places that confiscation within a context of postcolonial legal pluralism. The role of successive Absentee Property Laws in this confiscation is related to Ottoman land tenure categories and the Ottoman Land Code, as modified under the British League of Nations Mandate. The special legal status of waqf in the Old City of Jerusalem is discussed, and recent legal disputes over the status of certain mosques and cemeteries are examined as sites of resistance

Archaeology · Confiscation · Context (archaeology · Geography · Islam · Judaism · Mandate · Political science · Sharia · Sociology · Waqf · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Islamic Studies and History · Jewish and Middle Eastern Studies · Law