Muslims could be limited to a minority in the WAQF Boards, which will be the provisions of the WAQF law, 2025. The new law will also keep advice on the mercy of state governments, which, according to legal experts, could fulfill panels with non -Muslims.
The new law insists that Muttawalli, one scholar of Islamic theology, and two or more elected members from municipalities or Panchayat states, will be selected from the Muslim community, which will be appointed 11 -member Council, Section 12 (a). C) of the 1995 Act of 1995.
Although state governments may appoint a chairman, deputies and MLA and a member of the State Council to the Board of Directors, the new act does not insist that they must be Muslims. The joint secretary of the State Government, who deals with WAQF matters, does not have to be a Muslim member of the council of the former official and the CEO. Two experts in business, social work, finance, income, agriculture or development would also be appointed to the Board of Directors. The 2025 could therefore effectively reduce the Muslim representation in the 11-member state council to just four, emphasized.
The law also seizes state governments to choose persons of any religion to be named for key positions in the council to influence its decisions.
“Help the residents of Munambam”
By the way, Kiren Rijiju, Minister of Trade Unions for Minority, Kochi had the next day that the changes established in the WAQF Board of Directors will help the residents of Munambam regain their share of their share.
Legal experts have pointed out that the new law captivated a clear deviation from the 1995 WAQF Act, which, according to Section 14, stipulated that Muslim members, MLA and state councils and officials of the common secretary would be nominated for the Board of Directors.
In the event that no Muslims who are not elected to the State Advocates Council could nominate any higher Muslim advocate. Section 16 of the Act also stipulated that any member of the Board of Directors, including the chairman, will be disqualified from the appointment or continuation of the Council member if he is not a Muslim. Any person who has been found guilty of intervention in any WAQF assets would be disqualified from being part of the Council.
‘Bulldozer Raj’
V. Abdurahiman, the State Minister for WAQF, feared that the act of 2025 would reduce Muslims to micropodutity in the records and lead to the Bulldozer Raj on the WAQF real estate. Disputes could be replaced against any WAQF assets anywhere and later demolished by the provisions of the law, he said.
With the exception of Keral and Tamil Nadu, it is unlikely that Muslims on the WAQF Council would be properly represented according to the new legislation. WAQF Councils In some countries, non -Muslims could be inhabited and the community representation will be reduced to legal minimum numbers, fearing.
Published – April 17, 2025 20:17
