Benamzal, Lahcene

This article examines one of the transformations experienced by the fatwa institution in the course of this century. Indeed, its presence is no longer confined, as previously mentioned, to the central administration and its various bodies. Over time, the public authorities resolved to establish it within the public establishment, an entity recognized as one of the canonical modalities for the management of public utility services. A reading and analysis of the legal texts reveal that this does not concern a single, uniform category of public institutions. Indeed, one is of an industrial and commercial character, while the other possesses a distinct, specific nature-referring here to the National Office of Waqfs and Zakat and the Djamaâ El Djazaïr. Each possesses its own unique particularities in terms of organization and management. Consequently, the fatwa institution has now assumed a critical function at this level.