The allegations that revision of the Waqf legal guidelines is a ploy of the federal government to usurp Waqf land, is totally mistaken, sources informed NDTV as we speak after sure remarks from the Muslim Regulation Board. The thought behind the modification, sources stated, is empowering Muslim ladies and kids, who’ve been struggling underneath it.
Sources stated a “harmful narrative” is being constructed by sure Muslim clerics who’re making wild statements that Muslim land will probably be taken away.
In a press release as we speak, the All India Muslim Private Regulation Board stated any change or alteration in Waqf Act “is not going to be tolerated”.
Regulation Board spokesman Dr SQR Ilyas stated the federal government desires to alter the standing and nature of Waqf properties by means of about 40 amendments within the Waqf Act, 2013, “so their possession turns into simpler”.
The Muslim Private Regulation Board considers it necessary to make clear that Waqf properties are “donations made by Muslim philanthropists devoted to non secular and charitable functions,” he stated. The federal government has solely enacted the Waqf Act to control them.
He added that this subject is not going to be restricted to Muslims solely. It’s feared that the subsequent quantity would be the endowments of Sikhs and Christians.
Mentioning that the primary Waqf Act was handed in 1954 and the primary modification in 1995 after which in 2013, sources stated now Muslim ladies and customary Muslims “are asking why the federal government will not be altering current Waqf Act”.
As soon as a land goes to Waqf, it can’t be reversed, sources stated. This is the reason highly effective Muslims have captured Waqf board. “The ladies and kids are struggling. If a Muslim lady is divorced then she and her kids is not going to get any rights,” sources stated.
The proposed modification has two key elements — for the primary time, provision for inclusion of girls in Waqf boards; and guaranteeing that the land is verified earlier than it’s introduced as Waqf property. Sources stated it has not but been determined when it could be handed.
