Sentence examples for a religious endowment from inspiring English sources

In addition, her research explores the evolution of the institution of the 'waqf,' which is typically translated as a religious endowment.

To attract and protect the local Greek Orthodox population, he granted it special privileges, such as special administrative status as a waqf (a religious endowment) of the Sharif of Mecca, tax exemptions and the prohibition of Ottoman troops from passing through the town.

"Against this backdrop, royal land scams increasingly have become a point of public contention". The cable cites a banker who claimed to have a copy of "written instructions" from one powerful royal that ordered local authorities in the Mecca area to transfer to his name a "Waqf" -- religious endowment -- of a small parcel of land that had been in the hands of one family for centuries.

The Islamists said the land belonged to al-Waqf (a Muslim religious endowment) and pitched a tent-cum-mosque on the site in protest.

In addition, Bani Zeid was required to pay a waqf ("religious endowment") to the al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem and the Ibrahimi Mosque in Hebron.

Despite the fact that he was regarded as a communalist and anti-Brahmin, he nominated a Brahmin, T. Sadasiva Iyer as the Commissioner of the Hindu Religious Endowment Board.

Kuwaiti Justice, Religious Endowment and Islamic Affairs Minister Yacoub al-Sanna described the attack as a "terrorist and cowardly action which threatens our nation and works at tearing apart the national unity".

Since Israel captured East Jerusalem during the 1967 war, the compound has been operated by the Waqf, the Muslim religious endowment, with security provided by Israel.

"We need to use the Koran to persuade others," said Hamoud al-Hitar, Yemen's minister of religious endowment and Islamic affairs, whose program results have been mixed.

Likewise, some Jews contended that renovations and excavations on the Temple Mount begun by the Muslim waqf (religious endowment) in the late 1990s might endanger Jewish cultural treasures.

The civil administration remains in the hands of the Waqf, the Muslim religious endowment, while overall security is the responsibility of the Israeli police.