Da'wa as Development: Kuwaiti Islamic Charity in East and West Africa.
Direct Aid (formerly Africa Muslims Agency), Kuwait's largest charity focused on Africa, carefully mediates between Gulf donor wishes, aid recipient needs, Kuwaiti and African government regulations, and various development priorities. Since the 1980s, Direct Aid has been centralizing religious and...
| Publicado en: | Muslim World Vol. 112; no. 1; pp. 100 - 130 |
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Wiley-Blackwell
Dec2022
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