The Waqf Bill won’t affect Muslim practices: Shah

• Union Home Minister Amit Shah assures Muslim community that the new Waqf (Amendment) Bill doesn’t interfere with their religious practices.
• Shah accuses the Opposition of “fear-mongering” for creating a “vote bank politics.”
• He clarifies that a Mutawalli or the manager/administrator of a Waqf and the Waqif (donor) can only be from the Muslim community.
• Shah emphasizes that Waqf or charitable endowment is religious, not the Waqf Board or Councils.
• He emphasizes the importance of “donation” as it can only be of one’s own property.
• Shah asserts that the new law is Parliament’s law, binding on everyone.