Some 16th-century Italian clergymen tried to ban coffee because they believed it to be “satanic.” However, Pope Clement VII loved coffee so much that he lifted the ban and had coffee baptized in 1600.
WAQF
Etymology
Noun
waqf (plural awqaf or waqfs)
An endowment of land, in certain Islamic countries, given over for religious or charitable purposes.
Verb
waqf (third-person singular simple present waqfs, present participle waqfing, simple past and past participle waqfed)
(transitive) To give as a waqf.
Source: Wiktionary
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