The Contribution of Islamic Social Finance Towards Muslim Education in Uganda: An Analysis on the House of Zakat and Waqf Uganda.

Abstract

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The objective of the study is to highlight the concept of Islamic social finance in Uganda that has existed through channels like Sadaq, Waqf and Zakat. Then identify the key role played by House of Zakah and Waqf Uganda in supporting Muslim education through its education department for the emancipation of the vulnerable and the poor while registering success in the SDG4 targets. The study is qualitative in nature adopting document analysis as methodology to review and discuss the concept of Islamic social finance in the identified documents and related sources with information on HZWU. The results were that HZWU has tremendously contributed to educating poor Muslims in different parts of the country across different levels and has achieved SDG4 targets of quality education, education for all, and has tried to avail education affordably and accessibly to the beneficiaries. This highlights the importance of carrying out more research on ISF in Uganda to help boost literature and boost its activities in the country. It would also attract industrialists to start thinking through possibilities of ISF financial tools being used to alleviate poverty and illiteracy by systematically structuring them to achieve sustainable development goals.