Waqf et développement social: L'expérience du Koweït

Abstract EN

This text is in fact an analysis of the awqaf sector in its modern phase highlighting the aspirations of a generation of pioneers who firmly believed in the socio-economic possibilities of the waqf institution and its impact on Islamic countries.

This is a very important testimony from one of the personalities who h ave contributed closely to shaping the experience of the Kuwait Awqaf Public Foundation (KAPF) since its founding in 1993.

The author, Dr.

Ali Zumai who occupied the position of Minister of Islamic Affairs and Awqaf of Kuwait in 1996, and who also served as Minister of Planning, and Minister of Administrative Development, explores the KAPF experience and draws a representation of its strengths but also its weaknesses, according to a progressive approach which aims to integrate the awqaf within a formula of human and sustainable development, based on endogenous elements.

Abstract FRE

Despite the relatively modern experience of Jordan in codifying waqf and administering its assets inherited from the Ottoman era and the subsequent position after the establishment of the Emirate (1921 A.D.) and transformation into a constitutional kingdom with a dedicated law for waqf, this experience has recently witnessed some outstanding developments which stood out from the rest of the Arab and Muslim world.

These developments could be discerned in terms of the most important aspect of waqf; namely, the best utilization of its assets to ensure greater benefits in line with the stated objectives; openness to the private sector; and making the best use of the ideas and wealth of individuals in the main fields of waqf, particularly, the field of education.

Ce texte est en fait une analyse du secteur des awqaf dans sa phase moderne mettant en relief les aspirations d'une génération de pionniers qui croyaient fermement aux possibilités socioéconomiques de l'institution waqf et de ses retombés sur les pays islamiques.

C'est un témoignage très important de l'une des personnalités qui ont contribué de près à l'élaboration de l'expérience du Secrétariat général des Awqaf du Koweït (SGAK) depuis son fondement en 1993.

L'auteur, Dr.

Ali Zumai qui occupa en 1996 la position de Ministre des Affaires Islamique et des Awqaf du Koweït, et qui a servi aussi comme Ministre de la planification, et Ministre du développement administratif, explore l'expérience du SGAK et dresse une représentation de ses points forts mais aussi de ses faiblesses, selon une approche progressiste qui vise l'intégration des awqaf au sein d'une formule de développement humain et durable, basé sur des éléments endogènes.