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AIMPLB: Waqf panel ignored Muslims’ opinion, pushed undemocratic process

“The way the ruling party, its allies and the JPC have completely ignored the stance and opinions of Indian Muslims, views of opposition members within the JPC and have unilaterally pushed their arbitrary undemocratic process is highly condemnable,” the AIMPLB said in a statement.

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“We believe that the government still has an opportunity to not bring this Bill, which poses a direct threat to Waqf properties and aims to deprive Muslims of their mosques, eidgahs, madrasas, dargahs and graveyards etc,” it said. If the Waqf Bill becomes a law, the AIMPLB said, it will launch a nationwide movement against it “within the framework of the Constitution”. (ANI Photo/Sansad TV)

With the report of the Joint Committee on Waqf (Amendment) Bill tabled in Parliament Thursday, the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) said that the committee has “ignored the opinion of the Indian Muslim community” and has moved ahead with “an arbitrary undemocratic process”.

“The way the ruling party, its allies and the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) have completely ignored the stance and opinions of Indian Muslims, views of opposition members within the JPC and have unilaterally pushed their arbitrary undemocratic process is highly condemnable,” the AIMPLB said in a statement.

AIMPLB president Khalid Saifullah Rahmani alleged that “a lot of lies” have been spread on the Waqf issue and that the Waqf bill is based on “religious discrimination”. “It is our constitutional right to live our life according to our religion and run institutions as per our customs and traditions,” he said.

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