Sunni Endowment Office

The Sunni Endowment Office, or Sunni Endowment Diwan (Arabic: ديوان الوقف السني, romanizedDiwan al-Waqf al-Suniyi), is an Iraqi agency created by the Iraqi Governing Council after the fall of Saddam Hussein in 2003.[1][2][3] It was created from the dissolution of the Ministry of Awqaf and Religious Affairs under former Ba'ath rule, separating from it the religious endowments (awqaf) of Shiite Islam and non-Islamic religions.

Its function is the administration of mosques and other endowments of Sunnis in Iraq.

  1. ^ "UNESCO and Sunni Endowment in Iraq strengthen cooperation for heritage preservation". UNESCO.org. UNESCO. 17 May 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Sunni Endowment Diwan – Sunni Endowment head (Mahmoud Al-Sumaidai) received in his office the Turkish Ambassador in Baghdad". sunniaffairs.gov.iq. Iraq: Federal government of Iraq. Retrieved 18 February 2019.
  3. ^ "Iraq Troops Seize Powerful Sunni Office". foxnews.com. Fox News. 25 March 2015. Retrieved 18 February 2019.