Ministry of Awqaf (Egypt)
The Egyptian Minister of foundations of Islamic law, called in Arabic al - Wazir Auqaf, is part of the Egyptian government.
Basic
Egyptian rulers have not for their legitimacy a descent from Muhammad by. The Wazir al - Auqaf is used by secular rulers to make their claims to power in the religious sphere and claimed to generate a religious authority. The Egyptian state is a state with economically relevant groups that belong to other religions than Islam. Insofar as these groups have with religious affiliation on foundations in Egypt, the minister is responsible for foundations under Islamic law for them.
For reasons of economy, the power considerations of Islamic law by the Minister for the foundations of Islamic law are feudal tolerant.
Historical features
In the dynasty of Muhammad Ali, the Office for which a Sahid al - Awqaf, a notary witness the Awqaf (Arabic plural of waqf ), the accounting of Awqaf was also performed under the name "Diwan al - Awqaf " checked.
1971 Waqf Authority was established, confiscated land which the Coptic Church.