New Delhi: Hearing the bunch of petitions challenging the Waqf Amendment Act, the Supreme Court today asked the Centre tough questions on multiple provisions of the new law, especially its provisions for ‘Waqf by user’ properties. The court also flagged the provision to include non-Muslims on the Central Waqf Council and asked the government if … Read more
Kolkata: Several families have been displaced, with many migrating to Jharkhand’s Pakur district, while others have taken refuge in relief camps set up in Malda, following the unrest in Murshidabad triggered by protests over the Waqf (Amendment) Act. An elderly man who migrated to Jharkhand’s Pakur broke down while recounting his ordeal during the Murshidabad … Read more
New Delhi: Opposition leaders have reacted sharply to a remark by Prime Minister Narendra Modi that young Muslims wouldn’t need to repair punctures for a livelihood if Waqf properties – or properties meant for charitable or religious purposes under Islamic law – had been used “honestly”. Addressing the inauguration ceremony of an airport at Haryana’s … Read more