Articles for Muslim Members

Concerns and Controversies Surrounding the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024: An Analysis
1 month, 4 weeks ago

Concerns and Controversies Surrounding the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024: An Analysis

The Hindu  

Published : Nov 13, 2024 08:21 IST - 18 MINS READ Addressing a rally in Gurugram in September, Union Home Minister Amit Shah declared that the Waqf Bill, 2024, would be passed in the coming winter session of Parliament. The Bill’s statement of objects and reasons states: “It has been observed that the Act still requires further improvement to effectively …

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Assam scraps 87-year-old practice of 2-hour break for Friday namaz
4 months, 1 week ago

Assam scraps 87-year-old practice of 2-hour break for Friday namaz

Op India  

The Assam legislature has voted to do away with its long-standing tradition of providing Muslim lawmakers with a two-hour Friday namaz break. This decision was made following amendments to the Assam Assembly’s Rules of Procedure by the Rules Committee, which was led by Speaker Biswajit Daimary. My gratitude to Hon’ble Speaker Shri @BiswajitDaimar5 dangoriya and our… — Himanta Biswa Sarma …

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Assam Assembly abolishes British-era rule for Friday namaz break
4 months, 1 week ago

Assam Assembly abolishes British-era rule for Friday namaz break

The Hindu  

The Assam Assembly on Friday abolished a British-era rule that enabled Muslim members to take a two-hour break to offer namaz on Fridays. Thanking Speaker Biswajit Daimary and the legislators for this “historic decision”, Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said the House prioritised productivity by shedding a vestige of colonial baggage. A statement issued by the Assembly secretariat said since …

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Christians attacked in Pakistan's Sargodha for ‘blasphemy’
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Christians attacked in Pakistan's Sargodha for ‘blasphemy’

Hindustan Times  

At least 10 members of a minority Christian community were rescued on Saturday after a Muslim crowd attacked their settlement on a blasphemy accusation in eastern Pakistan, police and a community leader said. At least one house and a small shoe factory was set on fire by protesters The crowd, which accused the Christian group of blasphemy, also hurled stones …

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AP notifies conduct of election of Waqf Board members
1 year, 4 months ago

AP notifies conduct of election of Waqf Board members

Deccan Chronicle  

Vijayawada: Andhra Pradesh government has issued a notification for conduct of election of the members of AP State Waqf Board in respect of category-IV under section 14 of Waqf Act, 1995. Moreover, electoral list of Muslim members from AP state Legislature has been published for election to two Muslim members for AP State Waqf Board under category of section 14 …

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Private Member’s Bill to repeal Wakf boards | IUML MP writes to Dhankhar
1 year, 5 months ago

Private Member’s Bill to repeal Wakf boards | IUML MP writes to Dhankhar

The Hindu  

Indian Union Muslim League MP Abdul Wahab has written to Rajya Sabha Chairman Jagdeep Dhankhar urging him not to allow the introduction of the Wakf Repeal Bill, a Private Member’s Bill moved by BJP MP Harnath Singh Yadav. “The intention of Mr. Yadav in introducing such a Bill is an attempt to intervene in the faith of the Muslim community …

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Minority community leaders urge RSS chief to speak more against attacks on Muslims
1 year, 9 months ago

Minority community leaders urge RSS chief to speak more against attacks on Muslims

The Hindu  

In a letter to Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat, prominent Muslim leaders and intellectuals, who are engaged in a dialogue with the organisation to bridge the communication gap between the minority community and the RSS, said there was virtually no let-up in the constant barrage of hate speech, calls for genocide and acts of violence against Muslims. The group …

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Muslims Of All Sects Entitled To Offer Prayers In Any Mosque, Bury Their Dead In Public Burial Grounds: Kerala High Court
2 years, 5 months ago

Muslims Of All Sects Entitled To Offer Prayers In Any Mosque, Bury Their Dead In Public Burial Grounds: Kerala High Court

Live Law  

The Kerala High Court recently ruled that every Muslim has the right to offer prayers in any mosque or bury their dead bodies in a public khabarsthan and that this cannot be obstructed merely because they belong to a different sect.A Division Bench of Justice S.V. The Kerala High Court recently ruled that every Muslim has the right to offer …

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Islamists outrage after a Muslim woman marries a Hindu man, VHP assures security
2 years, 5 months ago

Islamists outrage after a Muslim woman marries a Hindu man, VHP assures security

Op India  

On 14th July 2022, a Muslim girl named Momin Khatun married a Hindu boy named Suraj in a temple in the Azamgarh district of Uttar Pradesh. When the families of both knew about their relationship, Momin Khatun’s family members asked Suraj to convert to Islam. Islamists outrage over inter-faith marriage The fundamentalists did not like the inter-faith marriage of Suraj …

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Fill Up The Vacancies Of Judges, Give Due Consideration To The Members From Muslim Community: Plea Filed Before Punjab & Haryana High Court
3 years, 8 months ago

Fill Up The Vacancies Of Judges, Give Due Consideration To The Members From Muslim Community: Plea Filed Before Punjab & Haryana High Court

Live Law  

A plea in the Nature of Public Interest Litigation has been moved before the Punjab & Haryana High Court regarding filling up of remaining vacancy of Judges in the High Court with a further prayer that some vacancy of High Court Judges be filled from suitable candidates of Muslim Minority Community. The Plea moved by Advocate Ranjan Lakhanpal has arrayed …

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Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison
3 years, 9 months ago

Egypt sentences Muslim Brotherhood leader to life in prison

Al Jazeera  

A senior leader of Egypt’s outlawed Muslim Brotherhood group has been convicted on “terror” charges and sentenced to life in prison, state media has reported. According to the state-owned Middle East News Agency, a Cairo court on Thursday found Mahmoud Ezzat, the acting supreme guide of the Muslim Brotherhood, guilty of “terror acts” that followed the 2013 military overthrow of …

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Any Senior Muslim Adv Can Be Nominated As Waqf Member And Need Not Be A Designated Senior Advocate: Madras HC [Read Order]
4 years, 5 months ago

Any Senior Muslim Adv Can Be Nominated As Waqf Member And Need Not Be A Designated Senior Advocate: Madras HC [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Madras High Court has made it clear that the occurrence of the words "any senior Muslim advocate" in the proviso to Section 14 of the Waqf Act, 1995 is not confined to designated senior counsel. The Court was hearing a practising Advocate's petition, challenging the Election Authority's decision to treat Muslim ex-members of the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu …

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BJP is gaining support from Muslim women too: Tamilisai
5 years, 5 months ago

BJP is gaining support from Muslim women too: Tamilisai

Deccan Chronicle  

Chennnai: The BJP, which has been fuming over its inability to cash in on the Modi wave in the April Lok Sabha election in the State, appears to find some consolation in the support from a section in the Muslim community over the triple Talaq bill. Party president Dr. Tamilisai Soundararajan has asserted that Muslim women have decided to support …

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