Muslim groups say the changes are politically motivated but the government says it is responding to demands for reform.

What is the need to chant JSR (Jai Shree Ram) slogans when the (Waqf panel) report is being tabled in Parliament? What does ...

Following the uproar in the Upper House of the Parliament on Thursday, with the opposition alleging the removal of dissent ...

Prof. Salim Engineer, Vice President of Jamaat-e-Islami Hind (JIH), strongly opposed the Waqf Amendment Bill 2024, stating ...

A Waqf is a Muslim religious endowment, usually in the form of landed property, made for purposes of charity and community welfare.

Q: A Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) was set up to study the suggestions and recommendations related to the Work ...

The JPC was already a farce, but now they’ve stooped even lower, censoring dissenting voices of Opposition MPs’: Syed Naseer ...

The Opposition first misled the JPC by claiming that passing this Bill would result in the seizure of all Waqf properties.

Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) chief Mehbooba Mufti on Friday wrote to Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and Telugu Desam Party (TDP) chief N Chandrababu Naidu, urging them to oppose the proposed ...

"The proposed Waqf amendment bill not only violates the religious and constitutional rights of Muslims but also seeks to seize these properties by diluting the autonomy of the Waqf Act. I have ...

They also say the bill "restricts the Waqf Board's role and gives the govt more control." "...the bill in question is completely contrary to the concept of waqf and hits the religious faith of ...