Social Contribution in Muslim Society : Case of Abu al-Nur in Modern Syria

ムスリム シャカイ ニオケル シャカイ コウケン ゲンダイ シリア ノ アブー ヌール ノ ジレイ

タカオ, ケンイチロウ

Takao, Kenichiro

シュウキョウ ト シャカイ コウケン ケンキュウカイ

喜捨

アフマド・クフターロー

現代シリア

ワクフ

Abu al-Nur

Almsgiving

Aḥmad Kuftārū

Modern Syria, Endowment

This paper gives an overview of social contribution activities in Muslim society, with a special focus on anti-poverty relief efforts in contemporary Syria. Social contributions such as almsgiving and endowment have lost influence in modern Syria, but the Abu al-Nur Mosque, under the leadership of Aḥmad Kuftārū has successfully carried out various activities by straddling the public-private divide. In particular, the poverty-elimination efforts of the mosque's “Ansar” public service organization have bought about a reevaluation of religious organization. The case of Abu al-Nur Mosque and Ansar illustrate the possibility of religious activity in the service of social action, in the context of a historically Muslim society that is currently secular.