As the government prepares to introduce a bill in Parliament to amend the 1995 law governing the Waqf Board, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said that any interference in the legal status and powers of the Waqf Board will not be tolerated. The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has also urged the NDA allies and opposition parties to “completely reject any such move” and not allow such amendments to be passed in Parliament.
Muslim Personal Law Board spokesperson SQR Ilyas said the board appeals to all Muslims and their religious and religious organisations to unite against “this malicious act of the government”. He said in a statement that the board will take all legal and democratic steps to thwart this move.
The government is going to bring a bill
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According to sources, the government is going to introduce a bill in Parliament to amend the 1995 law governing the Waqf Board to ensure greater accountability and transparency in their functioning and to make women’s participation mandatory in these bodies. This step has been taken in the backdrop of demands arising from within the Muslim community.
The amendment bill will make it mandatory for wakf boards to register with district collectors to ensure fair valuation of their properties. Ilyas said, “The All India Muslim Personal Law Board considers it necessary to make it clear that any change in the Wakf Act, 2013 that changes the nature of wakf properties or makes it easier for the government or any individual to usurp it will not be acceptable. Similarly, curtailing or restricting the powers of wakf boards will not be tolerated.”
Wakf Board’s argument
He said the government wants to change the status and nature of waqf properties through about 40 amendments in the Waqf Act to make their possession easier. The board considers it important to clarify that waqf properties are endowments dedicated by Muslim philanthropists for religious and charitable purposes, and the government has enacted the Waqf Act only to regulate them. The Waqf Act and waqf properties are protected by the Constitution of India and the Shariat Application Act, 1937. Therefore, the government cannot make any amendment that changes the nature and status of these properties, Ilyas claimed.
blamed the government
He alleged that all the decisions and actions of the Modi government with regard to Muslims have “taken away from them” instead of giving them something and the closure of Maulana Azad Foundation, ban on minority scholarships and the ban on instant triple talaq are examples of this.
Ilyas claimed that the issue will not be limited to Muslims alone because “after the Wakf Act is curtailed, it is feared that the next in line could be the endowments of Sikhs and Christians and then the mattas and other religious properties of Hindus.” Muslims will never accept any amendment in the Wakf Act that changes its status. “Similarly, interference in the legal and judicial status and powers of the Wakf boards will not be tolerated,” Ilyas said.
Source (PTI) (NDTV) (HINDUSTANTIMES)