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ZFI urges
Clerics to explain Waqf Bill problems during Friday sermons
Monday June 06, 2011 08:00:34 PM,
Perez Bari, ummid.com
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Bhopal:
Zakat Foundation of India, (ZFI),
president, Dr. Syed Zafar Mahmood has expressed grave concern over
the fact that 20 vital recommendations of the Joint Parliamentary
Committee on Waqfs and Sachar Committee have not been included by
the Union Ministry of Minority Affairs in the Waqf Bill, 2010.
Dr. Mahmood urged the Imams and Khateebs - the clerics who deliver
sermons at the mosque to talk about these vital
issues in detail during their Friday sermons so as to make the
Muslim community well aware of the infringement of their rights and
how the government is trying to hoodwink them.
In a Press statement he pointed out that in the Lok Sabha, the
Minister of Minority Affairs did not mention these blatant
omissions. There was no debate on these issues. On the other hand,
the Ministry has unilaterally included some provisions in the Waqf
Bill which are injurious to Waqfs and their utilization for needy
Muslims.
Dr. Mahmood said that all this has been documented in English and
Urdu by the Zakat Foundation of India and uploaded on its website
www.zakatindia.org. There are also ZFI's 'power point' and video
presentations on the website, he added.
He appealed to the people of India, the well wishers of Auqaf and
specially the clerics to kindly take printouts from
www.zakatindia.org and carefully read as to how there is a move to
take Auqaf from Muslim control and utilization.
The clerics have been particularly requested to talk about
these vital issues in detail during their Friday sermons. The
entire Muslim community has to be galvanised to retain the ownership of
Auqaaf. There are people in the Parliament, the Government and
different political parties who sympathise with this important
Muslim cause. But, we have to explain to them the nuances of the
problems related with the Waqf Bill, 2010, the statement stated.
(pervezbari@eth.net)
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