EXPLORING THE GOVERNING STRUCTURE CHALLENGES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF WAQF LAND IN MALAYSIA

• Published in: Malaysian Construction Research Journal
• Main Author: Azmi A.S.M.; Hanif N.R.; Mahamood S.M.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Construction Research Institute of Malaysia 2022
• Online Access: https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85136279352&partnerID=40&md5=289943fc1d10280060763e1367ca837c

As one of the charitable instruments in the Islamic religion, waqf sector in Malaysia has been placed under the purview of the State Islamic Religious Councils (SIRCs), who hold the authority as the waqf sole trustee. Waqf has supported various efforts to enhance the socio-economy of the people and retain the Muslims’ wealth. Since waqf has been institutionalised and centrally administrated by the SIRCs, it is exposed to some of the governing structural challenges. Literature search has able to find various related challenges and being group into three, namely the legislations, administrations, and obligations. Interviews with all fourteen SIRCs had been conducted to present the empirical evidence. The findings from the interviews were consistent with the literature and supported the discussion. The study had also posed the concept of Special Property Development Entity (SPDE) during the interviews to see the probability of the concept to partially mitigate the governing structural challenges. But, there were mixed responds amongst the informant who were unsure the probability of success for this concept. Overall, the study was able to achieve its objective to explore the governing structural challenges that possible to influence the progress of waqf development in the country. © 2022, Construction Research Institute of Malaysia. All rights reserved.