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Ministry Of Religious Endowments
The Ministry of Awqaf of Egypt ( ar, وزارة الأوقاف المصرية) is one of ministries in the Politics of Egypt, Egyptian government and is in charge of religious endowments. Religious endowments, awqaf, are similar to common law trusts where the trustee is the mosque or individual in charge of the waqf and the beneficiary is usually the community as a whole. Examples of waqfs are of a plot of land, a market, a hospital, or any other building that would aid the community. History Before Moez Masoud Before the nationalization of the awqaf, the mosques helped in lending the poorer citizens a voice. For example, Al-Azhar mosque would aid the community through the endowments and remained economically separate via the revenue they earned from the awqaf. This enabled the mosque to maintain a state of independence from the dictates of the government and rulers. Mosques could use the endowments to help the community as needed. Also, because mosques were economically indepen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emblem Of Egypt
The coat of arms of Egypt () is known as the Eagle of Saladin, Republican Eagle or Egyptian Golden Eagle, is a heraldic golden eagle, facing the viewer's left (Dexter and sinister, dexter). The eagle's breast is charged with an Escutcheon (heraldry), escutcheon bearing the red-white-black bands of the flag of Egypt rotated vertically, whilst the eagle's talons hold a scroll bearing the official name of the state written in Kufic, Kufic script. The earliest version of the Eagle of Saladin was that used as the flag of Saladin, the first Sultan of Egypt, whilst the modern version of the eagle was adopted during the Egyptian Revolution of 1952. Subsequently, the modern design of the Eagle of Saladin was adopted as the coat of arms of numerous other states in the Arab World, namely the United Arab Republic, Yemen Arab Republic, North Yemen, Coat of Arms of Iraq, Iraq, South Yemen, the Coat of arms of Libya, Libyan Arab Republic, and Coat of arms of Palestine, Palestine. The current eag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
