The claim of the government that waqf is not a religious issue is a poor attempt to hide its vile communal agenda that seeks to devastate the Muslim community out of existence.
Anand Teltumbde
The Modi government’s central premise in targeting waqf institutions is that waqf is not a religious matter but merely one of property regulation. This characterisation is not incidental – it is a deliberate legal strategy. Were waqf to be acknowledged as a religious institution, as it traditionally and jurisprudentially is, the recent legislative interventions would face serious constitutional hurdles. They would be open to challenge under several provisions of the Constitution, particularly Articles 25 and 26, which guarantee religious freedom and the autonomy of religious denominations in managing their affairs.
A secondary justification employed by the government is that it is acting in the “interests of the Muslim community” by seeking to reform mismanagement and ensure accountability in waqf administration. However, this raises an immediate and fundamental question: Why this sudden concern for Muslim welfare from a regime that has consistently marginalised the community in both rhetoric and policy? If mismanagement and opacity are indeed the true concerns, then Hindu temple properties present a far more urgent and extensive case for reform. These institutions collectively manage assets worth trillions of rupees with little uniform regulatory oversight, and yet, there is no central legislation governing their vast empire. The absence of transparency, audits or public scrutiny in many temple trusts is a matter of public record.
In contrast, waqf institutions are already regulated under a central law – The Waqf Act, 1995 – and are subject to oversight by state waqf boards and the central waqf council. Thus, the government’s intervention in the name of reform is less about improving governance and more about consolidating state control over minority institutions, cloaked in the language of public interest….
https://m.thewire.in/article/religion/waqf-imbroglio-what-the-bjp-government-wont-reveal/amp
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