
Divine Money: Islam, Zakat, and Giving in Palestine - Paperback
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Divine Money: Islam, Zakat, and Giving in Palestine
Zakat giving or mutual aid is a sacred practice in Islam. Where government and public safety nets fail, zakat serves as a form of social security in Muslim communities. In Divine Money, Emanuel Schaeublin shows how zakat institutions and direct zakat donations function in contemporary Palestine.
Based on his ethnographic fieldwork in the city of Nablus, Schaeublin traces zakat flows as they...
Emanuel Schaeublin is an anthropologist focusing on ethics and political conflict in the Arabic-speaking Middle East and Europe. He is a senior researcher at ETH Zurich and an advisor on film productions.
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