The use of islamic real estate investment trust (I-REITs) as a contemporary instrument in developing Waqf assets: potential structure, issues and challenges

The primary objective of this paper is to explore the potential of Islamic Real Estate Investment Trusts (I-REITs) as an effective instrument for financing waqf development activities. This study employs legal research methodology, (the data used were largely library-based and documentary in nature)...

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Main Authors: Hasan, Aznan, Sulaiman, Syahnaz
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spelling my.iium.irep.557042017-04-12T02:21:25Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/55704/ The use of islamic real estate investment trust (I-REITs) as a contemporary instrument in developing Waqf assets: potential structure, issues and challenges Hasan, Aznan Sulaiman, Syahnaz HJ Public Finance KBP Islamic Law KBP1 Islamic law.Shariah.Fiqh The primary objective of this paper is to explore the potential of Islamic Real Estate Investment Trusts (I-REITs) as an effective instrument for financing waqf development activities. This study employs legal research methodology, (the data used were largely library-based and documentary in nature), in which opinions of jurists, classical and contemporary are analysed in discussing the potential of I-REITs as a mechanism to develop waqf assets. Besides, several resolutions issued by relevant market authorities are referred to in this study. The study concludes that despite several challenges, with proper implementation, I-REITs may be adopted by a waqf institution as a mechanism to finance the development of their waqf assets. The novelty of this paper lies in the proposed structure of I-REITs, which can be a useful reference for the policy-makers and REITs issuers in establishing an enabling environment within which waqf I-REITs can potentially operate. Therefore, this study hopes to shed some light on the potential of waqf I-REIT to become an asset class to provide diversity for the public to give waqf. IIUM Press 2016 Article REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55704/1/55704_The%20use%20of%20islamic%20real%20estate%20investment.pdf application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/55704/2/55704_The%20use%20of%20islamic%20real%20estate%20investment_SCOPUS.pdf Hasan, Aznan and Sulaiman, Syahnaz (2016) The use of islamic real estate investment trust (I-REITs) as a contemporary instrument in developing Waqf assets: potential structure, issues and challenges. Intellectual Discourse, 24. pp. 521-520. ISSN 0128-4878 http://journals.iium.edu.my/intdiscourse/index.php/islam/article/view/932
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Hasan, Aznan
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The use of islamic real estate investment trust (I-REITs) as a contemporary instrument in developing Waqf assets: potential structure, issues and challenges
description The primary objective of this paper is to explore the potential of Islamic Real Estate Investment Trusts (I-REITs) as an effective instrument for financing waqf development activities. This study employs legal research methodology, (the data used were largely library-based and documentary in nature), in which opinions of jurists, classical and contemporary are analysed in discussing the potential of I-REITs as a mechanism to develop waqf assets. Besides, several resolutions issued by relevant market authorities are referred to in this study. The study concludes that despite several challenges, with proper implementation, I-REITs may be adopted by a waqf institution as a mechanism to finance the development of their waqf assets. The novelty of this paper lies in the proposed structure of I-REITs, which can be a useful reference for the policy-makers and REITs issuers in establishing an enabling environment within which waqf I-REITs can potentially operate. Therefore, this study hopes to shed some light on the potential of waqf I-REIT to become an asset class to provide diversity for the public to give waqf.
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author Hasan, Aznan
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title The use of islamic real estate investment trust (I-REITs) as a contemporary instrument in developing Waqf assets: potential structure, issues and challenges
title_short The use of islamic real estate investment trust (I-REITs) as a contemporary instrument in developing Waqf assets: potential structure, issues and challenges
title_full The use of islamic real estate investment trust (I-REITs) as a contemporary instrument in developing Waqf assets: potential structure, issues and challenges
title_fullStr The use of islamic real estate investment trust (I-REITs) as a contemporary instrument in developing Waqf assets: potential structure, issues and challenges
title_full_unstemmed The use of islamic real estate investment trust (I-REITs) as a contemporary instrument in developing Waqf assets: potential structure, issues and challenges
title_sort use of islamic real estate investment trust (i-reits) as a contemporary instrument in developing waqf assets: potential structure, issues and challenges
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