Publication: Assessment On The Willingness Among Public In Contributing For Social Islamic Waqf Bank For Education
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Date
2013
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Publisher
AENSI Publisher
Abstract
Education has been part of the human society from the very beginning. Human
societies throughout the ages have had vested interests in education. While most
societies will agree or acknowledge the importance of education, a large number of
them fail to channel sufficient resources that can be used to promote and support
educational institutions and activities. Meanwhile, as an institution, waqf has a
direct effect to enhance the capabilities of the poor to take care of themselves by
providing access to education, health and physical facilities. Hence, the institution
of waqf can be effectively accommodates to the issue of financing for education in
its new and comprehensive approach. Thus, the main objective of this article is to
assess the willingness of public in contributing for social Islamic waqf bank for
financing the education. The methodology of this research is a quantitative research
towards 231 respondents among Muslim public in Malaysia. The general finding of
this article shows that there is a strong willingness among public to contribute for
this institution for the financing of education.
Description
Australian Journal of Basic and Applied Sciences, 7(13) November 2013, Pages: 172-176
Keywords
Social Islamic Waqf Bank,, Cash Waqf,, Islamic Waqf Bank.