Papers presented at the National Seminar on "Problems of Low-income Groups in Metropolitan Cities of India", Osmania University, Hyderabad, in March 1983, and organized by the Planning Department, Government of Andhra Pradesh, Hyderabad Urban Development Authority, and the Centre for Area...

Muslim societies and communities in all Islamic countries and most of the other regions of the world are having awqaf properties inherited from their ancestors. However, presently the waqf properties are passing through a trend characterized by usurpation, neglect and unproductive use. Prof...