Penal Protection of Waqf Real Estate Properties – A Study of Various Crimes

Abstract

The waqf (endowment) is considered a means of drawing closer to God Almighty, and its manifestations have expanded to include endowment institutions that have witnessed significant development, which required the Algerian legislator to enact laws regulating the management of these endowment properties and ensuring their protection. This is stipulated in Article 52 of the 1996 constitutional amendment.
The penal protection of endowment properties refers to confronting all acts of infringement that may affect them, whether by third parties or by natural causes, where the monitoring process has been entrusted to the endowment agent. This study aims to delve into the laws enacted by the legislator to protect endowment institutions and properties, and to draw attention to the need to strengthen penalties for perpetrators of crimes against endowments, by listing the various crimes committed against endowment properties, and to reach the necessity of allocating special laws for the protection of endowment real estate properties.