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India deploys troops after deadly protests over Muslim endowment bill

Al Jazeera 13 Apr 2025
The bill, which amended a 1995 law on governing waqf or Muslim properties donated for religious or charitable purposes, was passed earlier this month after heated debates in both houses of Parliament.
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Waqf Act: 30-yr-old Madhya Pradesh madrasa gets demolished

Madhyamam 13 Apr 2025
This happened after intense debate in both Houses of Parliament.Following the passage of the law, several Muslim organisations and individuals, including the All India Muslim Personal Law Board ...
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'This is not about Waqf, it’s about politics': Jamiat chief Madani slams new law, Owaisi calls protest on April 19

The Times of India 13 Apr 2025
... Pradesh’s Muslim Personal Law Boards and key Muslim organizations would participate.“They will tell the public through their speeches that this Waqf (Amendment) Act is not in favour of the Waqf...
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Actor-politician Vijay moves Supreme Court against Waqf Amendment Act

Hindustan Times 13 Apr 2025
AIMIM MP Asaduddin OwaisiCongress MPs Mohammad Jawed & Imran PratapgarhiAAP MLA Amanatullah KhanAzad Samaj Party chief Chandra Shekhar AzadSamajwadi Party MP Zia Ur Rehman BarqJamiat Ulema-i-Hind ...
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Murshidabad violence: Jamiat chief says Waqf law helps 'land occupiers’, calls for peaceful agitation

Hindustan Times 13 Apr 2025
This act or amendment is not right for the country, society, or Muslims ... He added that the ancestors of the Indian Muslims decided to stay in the country, and the law undermines the trust and promises made to them by the country's founding leaders.
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Waqf Amendment Act: 30-yr-old madrasa in Madhya Pradesh takes first hit

The Siasat Daily 13 Apr 2025
Several Muslim bodies, including the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and opposition MPs, have moved the Supreme Court against the law, which the ruling alliance has described as a force ...
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Two arrested in Bengaluru for discussing Waqf Bill on video

The Siasat Daily 13 Apr 2025
Several Muslim bodies, including the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) and opposition MPs, have moved the Supreme Court against the law, which the ruling alliance has described as a force ...
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Actor-politician Joseph Vijay moves Supreme Court against Waqf Act

The Times of India 13 Apr 2025
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) has also strongly opposed the Act, calling the amendments “arbitrary, discriminatory and based on exclusion.”From Bihar, Rashtriya Janata Dal MPs Manoj ...
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Hyderabad sees massive protests against Waqf Amendment Act

The Siasat Daily 13 Apr 2025
Earlier, Hyderabad MP and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi announced that the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will conduct a public meeting on April 19 from 7 pm to 10 pm, at Darussalam to oppose the Waqf Amendment Act.
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Asaduddin Owaisi announces AIMPLB public meeting against Waqf Act at Darussalam

The Siasat Daily 13 Apr 2025
Hyderabad MP and AIMIM president Asaduddin Owaisi has revealed that the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) will conduct a public meeting at Darussalam to oppose the Waqf Amendment Act.
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Protests erupt over waqf amendment

The Times of India 13 Apr 2025
Hundreds of people from the Muslim community held a protest march in Begusarai on Sunday under the banner of the All India Tanzeem-e-Insaf, opposing the recent amendment to the Waqf Board law.
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Trinamool facing BJP fire over Murshidabad violence, why some in Mamata Banerjee’s party are ill at ease

Financial Express 13 Apr 2025
They should have known that Muslims were annoyed with the Waqf Amendment Act ... They believe that the sentiment against the amended Waqf law among Muslims provides the party with the chance of consolidating the minority community against the BJP.
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Owaisi terms Waqf Amendment Act anti-Muslim, unconstitutional

Kashmir Media Service 13 Apr 2025
He said that the government has turned the Waqf Board into a ‘post office’ which has no authority, this law is an attack on the fundamental rights of Muslims and ...
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Headscarf wearing: a secular freedom and a religious obligation

CyprusMail 13 Apr 2025
For those of us who believe in the approximation of laws across the divide, it is incongruous that in the majority Christian RoC, Muslim schoolgirls are allowed to wear headscarves, but not in the “TRNC” where the majority population is Muslim.
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‘Waqf boards dens of malpractice, reforms long overdue': Bihar governor Arif Mohammad Khan

Hindustan Times 13 Apr 2025
Widely regarded as a progressive and reform-minded voice within the Muslim community, Khan asserted that these reforms were long overdue ... He said, “Muslim law obliges you to take care of non-Muslims, not ask them to create waqf.”.
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