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Waqf Amendment Act 2025: SC grants some time to Centre on condition no non-Muslims appointed to Board, Council & no change in any Waqf...

After the Union government insisted it would bring to the Court’s notice grave violations of the previous law, the Court recorded the Centre’s assurance of any appointment to the Waqf Board or Council, implying a bar on any non-Muslim appointments to the Waqf Boards/Council and stayed any Waqf property de-notifications, including waqf by user, under the 2025 amendment; next hearing on May 5

Protests over Waqf (Amendment) Act escalate into violence in West Bengal; Calcutta HC intervenes

Three reported dead in Murshidabad clashes; court steps in, directs authorities to maintain peace and investigate violence. As political parties trade blame, locals allege involvement of unidentified outsiders, adding new layers to the unfolding crisis. None of the deceased – Ijaz Ahmed, a student, and a father and son of one Das family, Haragovinda and Chandan – were actively instigating violence or part of any political outfit, as their friends and neighbours claimed, and yet they were killed.

From Protectors to Perpetrators? Police assaulted women, Children, Christian priests in Odisha: Fact-finding report

A team of lawyers and activists has found that sections of the Odisha police assaulted children and priests with lathis even as women were ‘beaten and molested’; all inside the Juba Catholic Church in Gajapati district in Odisha on March 22, 2025; the fact-finding team met some of the girls, women and the priests to bring to light the brutalities faced by them.

Why Sayyid Qutb’s Symbolism during a Waqf Protest Was dangerous and self-defeating

Controversial figures like Sayyid Qutb can undermine the legitimacy of the movement and distract from the genuine concerns of the Muslim community in India

22 arrested, internet suspended as Murshidabad recovers from Waqf Act protest violence

Clashes leave nine injured, vehicles torched, and highways blocked as tensions flare over new legislation; prohibitory orders imposed and political blame game begins

In Congress-ruled Himachal, Hindutva goons ask minorities to leave state, saying ‘Don’t pollute Himachal’

"Please leave the state as soon as possible. Otherwise, things can turn out ugly," said one of the Hindu Jagran members is reported to have threatened

Christian academics, activists write to CBCI urging re-think on newly enacted Waqf law

Responding to a press note issued by the by the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India urging political parties in Parliament to support the proposed amendments to the Waqf Act, Christian academics and activists have, in an open letter dated April 8, urged a re-think on their stand

Black Armbands, State Crackdown: UP targets Muslims for peaceful protest against Waqf Act

On Jumat-ul-Vida, a symbolic act of dissent by Muslims in Muzaffarnagar met with legal intimidation and sweeping notices—exposing yet another instance of selective policing and criminalisation of Muslim expression in Uttar Pradesh.

Was the Waqf Beneficial for Muslim Society?

It Possibly Hindered the Economic Development Of The Muslim World

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