Date : 15/11/1999
KUWAIT ENTRUSTED BY OIC TO COORDINATE WAQF ACTION AMONG MUSLIM STATES --
SHARAR
KUWAIT, NOV 15 (KUNA) -- DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER AND MINISTER OF STATE FOR
PARLIAMENT AFFAIRS AND ACTING MINISTER OF AWQAF AND ISLAMIC AFFAIRS MOHAMMAD
SHARAR SAID ON MONDAY THE ORGANIZATION OF ISLAMIC CONFERENCE (OIC) ENTRUSTED
KUWAIT WITH COORDINATING WAQF ACTIONS AMONG MUSLIM STATES.
SPEAKING AT THE INAUGURATION OF THE SIXTH ANNUAL FORUM OF THE AWQAF PUBLIC
FOUNDATION, SHARAR SAID THE OIC DECISION CAME IN APPRECIATION TO THE KUWAITI
EXPERIENCE IN THIS DOMAIN.
SHARAR WAS SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF H.H. THE CROWN PRINCE AND PRIME MINISTER
SHEIKH SAAD AL-ABDALLAH ALSALEM ALSABAH WHO SPONSORS THE FORUM.
SHARAR PRAISED THE ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE AWQAF FOUNDATION AND SAID THE WAQF
SERVICES WERE EXTENDED TO MANY SOCIAL SECTORS AND REACHED DIFFERENT SOCIAL
CATEGORIES.
SECRETARY GENERAL OF THE FOUNDATION ABDELMUHSIN AL-OTHMAN SAID HIS
INSTITUTION GOT A TOTAL SUM OF THREE MILLION KUWAITI DINARS THIS YEAR FROM NEW
DONATIONS AND WAQF PROPERTIES. (MORE)
AY.MAB
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