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Waqf

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250 protected monuments registered as ‘Waqf properties’, ASI to approach JPC seeking reinstatement of its control

OpIndia Staff - 9 December, 2024

Furthermore, the ASI is likely to inform the JPC about the difficulties this causes in the maintenance and conservation measures of the ASI-protected but Waqf-controlled sites.

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Christian politicians urge Christians to support Muslims in their opposition to Waqf Bill, even after Waqf continues to claim church land, houses of Christian...

OpIndia Staff - 9 December, 2024

While the Christian MPs are extending support to the Muslim community to oppose the Waqf Bill, the Waqf Board has often been laying claims over churches and religious places of other faiths.

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Maharashtra Waqf Board claims the lands of 103 farmers, issues notice to farmers to vacate

OpIndia Staff - 8 December, 2024

The aggrieved farmers say that the Waqf is now trying to usurp the lands on which they have been farming for generations. The farmers say that the Waqf Board set its eyes on about 300 acres of their land and usurped it.

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Maharashtra caretaker government withdraws decision to grant ₹10 crores to State Waqf Board

OpIndia Staff - 29 November, 2024

The Maharashtra caretaker government has withdrawn its recent decision to allocate ₹10 crore to the State Waqf Board, following political opposition

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Amid ‘Allah-hu-Akhbar’ slogans, Islamists at anti-Waqf AIMPLB meeting call for ‘civil war’, Maulanas ask Muslims to hit streets against the government

OpIndia Staff - 27 November, 2024

Muslim leaders claimed that the Modi government is eyeing to grab the properties of Muslim by passing the Waqf Bill in the Parliament

Crime

UP: Muslims in Etah claim Hindu family’s ancestral land as Waqf property, a mob coming from Dargah attacks Hindu family, Farhan and Rafiq arrested

राहुल पाण्डेय - 26 November, 2024

Some of the attackers also demolished the boundary wall built by Sunil. The number of attackers arriving from the direction of the nearby Dargah is said to be around 150

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‘Your land is Waqf property’: Plot owners in Kerala’s Talapuzha shocked over Waqf Board notice, fear losing ownership of decades-old assets

Anurag - 18 November, 2024

Families in Talapuzha, Wayanad, face Kerala Waqf Board notices claiming their land as Waqf property, igniting fears of further action and prompting demands for government intervention.

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Karnataka: Jabir Ali’s personal property claimed by Waqf, the Board gets reprimanded by High Court

OpIndia Staff - 16 November, 2024

Karnataka High Court has stopped an attempt to grab yet another property by the state's Waqf Board. The Karnataka High Court has ordered the Waqf Board to take the subject matter to the Waqf Tribunal.

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