{"id":127556,"date":"2024-09-17T19:55:37","date_gmt":"2024-09-17T14:25:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/?p=127556"},"modified":"2024-09-17T19:55:37","modified_gmt":"2024-09-17T14:25:37","slug":"home-minister-amit-shah-announces-groundbreaking-waqf-bill-amendment-anticipation-builds-for-swift-passage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/?p=127556","title":{"rendered":"Home Minister Amit Shah Announces Groundbreaking Waqf Bill Amendment: Anticipation Builds for Swift Passage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-127157\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/New-Logo-Smal-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"198\" height=\"55\" title=\"\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h4><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Union Home Minister <a href=\"http:\/\/Amit Shah\" rel=\"nofollow\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000\">Amit Shah<\/span><\/strong><\/a> has announced that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, is set to be passed in Parliament soon. This legislation aims to address the management, preservation, and potential misuse of Waqf properties, according to Shah\u2019s statement during a press conference marking the Modi government\u2019s first 100 days in its third term.<\/span><\/h4>\n<figure id=\"attachment_127557\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-127557\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"http:\/\/Home Minister Amit Shah Announces Groundbreaking Waqf Bill Amendment:\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-127557 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240917-WA0053.jpg\" alt=\"Waqf Bill Amendment\" width=\"600\" height=\"337\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240917-WA0053.jpg 600w, https:\/\/assamtimespost.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/IMG-20240917-WA0053-300x169.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-127557\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><strong>Home Minister Amit Shah Announces Groundbreaking Waqf Bill Amendment: <\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The Lok Sabha Secretariat has scheduled meetings for the Joint Parliamentary Committee on the bill from September 18-20 in New Delhi. These sessions will gather:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">\u2013 Oral evidence from Ministry of Minority Affairs representatives<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">\u2013 Insights from experts like Prof. Faizan Mustafa and organizations such as the Pasmanda Muslim Mahaaz<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">\u2013 Suggestions from various Muslim councils and groups<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The proposed amendment has gained support from some Muslim social workers and Islamic scholars. Mufti Wajahat Qasmi, expressing views on the bill, stated, \u201cWe are standing with the government and we should not doubt the intentions of the government. The government is thinking for the needy and poor Muslims. With this bill, Waqf will flourish, Muslims will flourish and so will the country.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">Qasmi asserted that the meetings aim to dispel confusion fueled by certain political parties, which claim that the bill would lead to the seizure of Muslim-owned land.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt\">The Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, seeks to bring forth efficiencies in managing Waqf properties, ensuring that any potential abuses are curtailed, thereby supporting socio-economic improvements for impoverished Muslims.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Union Home Minister Amit Shah has announced that the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, is set to be passed in Parliament soon. This legislation aims to address the management, preservation, and potential misuse of Waqf properties, according to Shah\u2019s statement during a press conference marking the Modi government\u2019s first 100 days in its third term. The [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":127557,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"News Desk:"},"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"jnews_override_counter":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[202],"tags":[31530,31529,31528],"class_list":["post-127556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national-international","tag-anticipation-builds-for-swift-passage","tag-groundbreaking-waqf-bill-amendment","tag-home-minister-amit-shah-announces"],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=127556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/127556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/127557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=127556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=127556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/assamtimespost.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=127556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}