Exploring Islamic Social Finance Practices in Somaliland: Issues and Prospects

Islamic Social Finance (ISF) is a sector consisting of philanthropic instruments such as, among others, obligatory charity or almsgiving (Zakat), Islamic endowment (Waqf), voluntary charity (Sadaqah), and Islamic microfinance. The primary goal of ISF is to alleviate poverty and improve the socio-eco...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Sulub, Yasin Ahmed
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2022
Subjects:
Online Access:https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29939/1/UUM%20IQRC%202022_105_112.pdf
_version_ 1825806085912526848
author Sulub, Yasin Ahmed
author_facet Sulub, Yasin Ahmed
author_sort Sulub, Yasin Ahmed
collection UUM
description Islamic Social Finance (ISF) is a sector consisting of philanthropic instruments such as, among others, obligatory charity or almsgiving (Zakat), Islamic endowment (Waqf), voluntary charity (Sadaqah), and Islamic microfinance. The primary goal of ISF is to alleviate poverty and improve the socio-economic conditions of society. The current study employed the content analysis technique to explore ISF practices, namely zakat and waqf, in Somaliland, a country with high poverty rates. Findings suggest that zakat and waqf are currently not utilized effectively, thus not distributing to poverty alleviation. Some of the issues facing the development of zakat include a lack of a legal framework. On the other hand, although waqf is utilized for religious and educational purposes, it is not used for poverty mitigation and hence, not exploited fully. Despite the vast issues facing their development, zakat and waqf have the potential to grow and address the extensive poverty in the country. The conclusions of this study are beneficial to the regulators and researchers.
first_indexed 2024-07-04T06:43:12Z
format Conference or Workshop Item
id uum-29939
institution Universiti Utara Malaysia
language English
last_indexed 2024-07-04T06:43:12Z
publishDate 2022
record_format eprints
spelling uum-299392023-11-15T10:32:05Z https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29939/ Exploring Islamic Social Finance Practices in Somaliland: Issues and Prospects Sulub, Yasin Ahmed HG Finance Islamic Social Finance (ISF) is a sector consisting of philanthropic instruments such as, among others, obligatory charity or almsgiving (Zakat), Islamic endowment (Waqf), voluntary charity (Sadaqah), and Islamic microfinance. The primary goal of ISF is to alleviate poverty and improve the socio-economic conditions of society. The current study employed the content analysis technique to explore ISF practices, namely zakat and waqf, in Somaliland, a country with high poverty rates. Findings suggest that zakat and waqf are currently not utilized effectively, thus not distributing to poverty alleviation. Some of the issues facing the development of zakat include a lack of a legal framework. On the other hand, although waqf is utilized for religious and educational purposes, it is not used for poverty mitigation and hence, not exploited fully. Despite the vast issues facing their development, zakat and waqf have the potential to grow and address the extensive poverty in the country. The conclusions of this study are beneficial to the regulators and researchers. 2022 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29939/1/UUM%20IQRC%202022_105_112.pdf Sulub, Yasin Ahmed (2022) Exploring Islamic Social Finance Practices in Somaliland: Issues and Prospects. In: UUM International Qualitative Research Conference (QRC), 28 - 30 November 2022, Virtual Conference.
spellingShingle HG Finance
Sulub, Yasin Ahmed
Exploring Islamic Social Finance Practices in Somaliland: Issues and Prospects
title Exploring Islamic Social Finance Practices in Somaliland: Issues and Prospects
title_full Exploring Islamic Social Finance Practices in Somaliland: Issues and Prospects
title_fullStr Exploring Islamic Social Finance Practices in Somaliland: Issues and Prospects
title_full_unstemmed Exploring Islamic Social Finance Practices in Somaliland: Issues and Prospects
title_short Exploring Islamic Social Finance Practices in Somaliland: Issues and Prospects
title_sort exploring islamic social finance practices in somaliland issues and prospects
topic HG Finance
url https://repo.uum.edu.my/id/eprint/29939/1/UUM%20IQRC%202022_105_112.pdf
work_keys_str_mv AT sulubyasinahmed exploringislamicsocialfinancepracticesinsomalilandissuesandprospects