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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Aijaz Hussain and Sheikh Saaliq

India's parliament set to debate controversial law on Muslim endowments

APTOPIX India Eid al-Fitr - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.)

India ’s parliament on Wednesday began discussing a controversial proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to amend laws governing Muslim land endowments in the country.

The bill would add non-Muslims to boards that manage waqf land endowments and give the government a larger role in validating their land holdings.

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