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Waqf Amendment Act 2025: An erosion of rights under the garb of reform
Renaming the legislation "Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency, and Development Act" (UMEED Act), in line with the government’s enthusiasm to rename things; a critical examination of the amended provisions reveals that provisions of the 2025 act represent a significant regression, fundamentally undermining the religious autonomy and property rights of the Muslim minority, thereby challenging constitutional safeguards’ some amendments directly weaken legal protections afforded to Waqf properties, raising fears of systematic dispossession
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The AMU Teachers’ Association (AMUTA) and Waqf Worries: Ordinary members of the Qaum are caught between a self-serving elite and a majoritarian Regime
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