The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), a major organisation representing Muslims in India, on Wednesday said it will challenge the Waqf (Amendment) Bill in court and take the fight against the “black law” that threatens the community’s rights to the streets.
The Waqf Bill was tabled in the Lok Sabha for discussion and passage on Wednesday. If passed by the Lower House, the Bill will be tabled in the Rajya Sabha. Criticising the proposed legislation at a press conference, AIMPLB member Md Adeeb claimed it was an attempt to seize properties of the Muslim community.
Stating that the Bill was opposed during deliberations of the Joint Parliamentary Committee (JPC) set up to review it, Adeeb said, “It should not be assumed that we have lost the battle. We have just begun. This is a fight to save the country because the proposed law endangers the very fabric of India.”
He urged all conscientious citizens to resist the Bill and reaffirmed the AIMPLB’s commitment to oppose it both legally and through public demonstrations. “We will go to court. We will not rest until this (proposed) law is withdrawn,” he added. AIMPLB Vice President Mohammad Ali Mohsin said the Muslim body “categorically rejects” the Waqf (Amendment) Bill 2025, describing it as discriminatory, communally motivated and a blatant infringement on the constitutional rights of Muslim citizens.
AIMPLB spokesperson Mohammad Ali Mohsin said, “We have started this fight because we want to save the country. Our aim is to put an end to this black law.”. He said board members will hold nationwide protests on the lines of the farmers’ agitation.
He said the Bill undermines fundamental principles of religious freedom, equality and justice, enshrined in Articles 14, 25 and 26 of the Constitution. He outlined several key objections, including concerns that the Bill erodes Waqf Board autonomy by altering its composition and introducing non-Muslim members, thereby compromising the community’s right to manage its own religious and charitable endowments.
The AIMPLB also warned that the Bill disrupts Waqf management by empowering government entities to seize Waqf properties, thereby threatening their very existence.
