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Understanding the Supreme Court’s Interim Intervention in the Waqf Amendments, 2025
Be it on the issue of the disproportionately stringent control over the Islamic institution of Waqf (as compared to the administration of Hindu muths or temples), the Supreme Court’s part interim reliefs to the controversial 2025 Waqf Amendment Act, risk a judicial stamp on the state’s sledgehammer approach; a detailed analysis of the SC’s interim order dated September 15, 2025
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
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.
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
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
The Waqf Bill 2024: An Open Letter to the Joint Committee of Parliament, the Opposition, and India’s Muslim Communities
First Published on : August 20, 2024The United Waqf...
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
UP: After Madrasas, Yogi Govt to Survey Waqf Properties; Muslim Citizens Doubt ‘Intention’
There are 162,229 Waqf properties, including 1,50,000 registered with Sunni Central Waqf Board and 12,229 with Shia Central Waqf Board in UP, with the government occupying quite a few of these.
