{"id":17661,"date":"2025-04-05T20:59:20","date_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:59:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/india-passes-contentious-bill-increasing-oversight-of-muslim-land-trusts\/"},"modified":"2025-04-05T20:59:20","modified_gmt":"2025-04-05T20:59:20","slug":"india-passes-contentious-bill-increasing-oversight-of-muslim-land-trusts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/worldnews\/india-passes-contentious-bill-increasing-oversight-of-muslim-land-trusts\/","title":{"rendered":"India Passes Contentious Bill Increasing Oversight of Muslim Land Trusts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-0\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Indian Parliament passed a controversial bill on Friday that increases government oversight of properties held by Muslim trusts, despite vocal protests that the religious minority was being singled out for interference.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The bill would allow the appointment of non-Muslims to panels administering the trusts, called Waqf boards, and empower state officials to be adjudicators of disputes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The Waqfs \u2014 whose legal foundation in India is over 100 years old \u2014 are one of the largest landowners in the country, managing more than 800,000 properties covering nearly a million acres, according to government figures. A 2006 report commissioned by the government estimated the value of the properties \u2014 which include mosques, religious seminaries, graveyards and other land often donated by individuals \u2014 at over $14 billion.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Prime Minister Narendra Modi\u2019s ruling party has said the changes in how the trusts are run was needed to improve efficiency and accountability, and prevent abuse.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-1\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Ahead of introducing the bill in Parliament for a vote, Kiren Rijiju, India\u2019s minister for parliamentary and minority affairs, said the legislation was not an attack on Muslim rights but a necessary reform to protect Waqf assets from misuse.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cThis is about transparency, not interference,\u201d Mr. Rijiju said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Unlike during Mr. Modi\u2019s previous term, when he used an absolute majority to push legislation through Parliament with often heavy-handed swiftness, the Waqf bill underwent months of deliberation. It also saw two days of passionate but cordial debate that went well past midnight each day before the vote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">The sparring \u2014 increasingly rare in the legislature, where fewer bills have come under deliberation and scrutiny in recent years \u2014 was a sign that Mr. Modi, who lost his majority in last summer\u2019s election, now needs the help of allied parties to pass legislation. But it also showed that his well-entrenched Bharatiya Janata Party was able to get its way even with reduced power, and that his parliamentary allies only acted as a slight moderating factor.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Faizan Mustafa, the vice chancellor of Chankaya National Law University, said that while the Parliament has the power to enact legislation on religious and charitable endowments, those laws could still face further tests in the courts.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cIf any provision of the Waqf bill is in contravention of fundamental rights, it may be challenged and possibly struck down in the courts,\u201d he said. \u201cThere can be an argument that Muslim endowments are treated differently from Hindu endowments laws in some places,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<div data-testid=\"companionColumn-2\">\n<div class=\"css-53u6y8\">\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Many critics of the new Waqf bill agree that there was a need to improve the management of the trusts. But they also say they are concerned that the bill is the ruling Hindu nationalist party\u2019s latest attempt to target the country\u2019s largest religious minority.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">While the constitution protects the rights of religious groups to manage their own affairs, some observers say this bill provides a new legal basis for the authorities to target the Muslim community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">In states where Mr. Modi\u2019s B.J.P. is in power, officials have been bulldozing Muslim properties after alleging encroachment, often ignoring court orders on due process, the critics say.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Right-wing groups have laid claim to several mosques, arguing in court that they were once the site of Hindu worship \u2014 despite Indian laws that prevent changing the status of places of worship. Vigilantes have also attacked Muslim shrines, taking hammers to graves.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">Imran Pratapgarhi, a Muslim member of Parliament from the opposition Indian National Congress, said he did not believe B.J.P. assertions that the bill was meant to benefit the Muslim community.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-at9mc1 evys1bk0\">\u201cI am requesting the government: At least do not snatch away our places of worship, do not run bulldozers over our homes, and let us be at peace in our graves,\u201d Mr. Pratapgarhi said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<aside class=\"css-ew4tgv\" aria-label=\"companion column\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt World News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"1882483372\"\r\n     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