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Malegaon:
Amid growing differences between the government and the community
leaders on the proposed Wakf amendment bill, the Central Wakf
Council would be holding its 57th meeting in New Delhi July 07.
The meeting will be chaired by
Minister of Minority Affairs Salman Khurshid, a government
official said.
The Central Wakf Council as a
Statutory Body was established in December, 1964 by the Government
of India under the provision of Section 8A of Wakf Act, 1954 (now
read as sub section 1 of the Section 9 of the Wakf Act, 1995) for
the purpose of advising it on matters pertaining to working of the
State Wakf Boards and proper administration of the Wakfs in the
country.
The Council consists of Chairperson,
who is the Union Minister Incharge of Wakfs and such other members
not exceeding 20 in numbers appointed by Government of India as
stipulated in the Act.
The Council was recently
reconstituted in May 2011.
The list of the members of the
reconstituted Council is as follows:
1. Shakil Ahmad Syed, 2. Maulana Mohd. Wali Rahmani, 3. Yusuff Ali
M.A., 4. Prof. (Dr.) Qamar Rahman, 5. Syed Shahnawaz Hussain, 6.
Syed Gulam Afzal Biabani, 7. Justice S. Haider Abbas Raza, 8. Dr.
Syed Shah Khusro Hussaini, 9. Dr. (Mrs.) Zeenat Shaukt Ali, 10.
Farook Mahmood, 11. Mohd. Rizwan Ansari, 12. Mrs. Yasmin Ahmed,
13. E.T. Mohammed Basheer, 14. Prof. Saif-ud-Din Soz, 15. Tariq
Anwar, 16. M. Iqbal A. Shaikh, 17. Maulana Mohammed Fazlur Rahim
Mujaddidi, and 18. Dr. Zahoor Mohammad Khan.
The last meeting of the Council was held on January 13, 2010.
Since then the government and the Muslim community leaders have
indulged in heated debate over some of the clauses proposed in the
Wakf Amendment Bill mainly the Wakf Development Agency. The All
India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) - the highest Muslim body
has even planned nationwide stir against the government policies
on wakf.
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