Zakir Naik – Reject Waqf Amendment Bill

Zakir Naik
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The NDA government is trying to take the property of the Muslim Waqf Board in India, and they are convinced by non-Muslim brothers and sisters to take the board's ownership. The discussion touches on upcoming parliament elections and the potential loss of Muslim seats if the bill is passed. The speakers emphasize the importance of scanning the bill and not rejecting it, as it is a big asset for the Indian economy. They also highlight the success of the Waqf board and upcoming court cases for the protest of the Waqf Line bill.
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I would like to make an important announcement.

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This is especially for all our dear brothers

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and sisters in Islam in India.

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This is regarding a new bill that was

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tabled in the Indian parliament by the BGP

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government, by the Modi government to amend the

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Waqf Bill.

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They tabled a couple of weeks back in

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the parliament an amendment to the Waqf Bill

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2024.

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And what this BGP government is trying to

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do along with its coalition, the NDA government,

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is they are trying to usurp, trying to

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take away the property of the Muslim Waqf

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Board.

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And many of you may not be aware

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that the Muslim Waqf Board is the third

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largest body which has the maximum land in

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the whole of India.

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The first two are government bodies, that is

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the defence and the second is the Indian

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railways.

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And the third is the Muslim Waqf Board

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which has 9.4 lakh acres of land,

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which is approximately 41 billion square feet of

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land.

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That is more than 3,800 square kilometers.

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It's the size of a small country.

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So the Muslim Waqf Board of India has

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the third largest bank.

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It is the body which has the third

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largest bank of land.

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And let me tell my non-Muslim brothers

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and sisters of India that this Waqf Board

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property is not a public property.

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Unlike the property belonging to the government, etc.,

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this is a private property.

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Waqf in Arabic means an endowment.

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So this is not a public property.

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It is a private property donated by Muslims

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in the past, many centuries ago or decades

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ago or recently.

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It is Waqf, means an endowment for the

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use of the Muslims.

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It's a religious act.

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Waqf for the cause of Allah subhanahu wa

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ta'ala.

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And this is not a public property.

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So no non-Muslim can interfere in this

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religious.

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And the Indian constitution has safeguarded the Waqf

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property.

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It is so secured and so stable.

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But unfortunately, this anti-Islamic, anti-Muslim government,

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the NDA, the BJP government, which is run

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by the Prime Minister Modi, it is trying

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to usurp, eat the property of the Muslim.

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So my request, that with this amendment, what

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are they trying to do?

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They are trying to say, okay, now we

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will reassess that if anything is a Waqf

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property, goes in dispute, we'll have a board

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that will assess whether actually it is Waqf

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or not.

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What is this?

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It's mean, it's secure.

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No one can interfere with it.

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And they're trying to control it and trying

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to put non-Muslims on this board.

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What we have to do is, when they

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table this in the parliament, this time, unlike

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the last 10 years, unlike the last two

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elections, the BJP alone had won with a

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majority.

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But in the recent election, they have a

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coalition government.

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And the opposition is also quite strong.

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Previously, no opposition even had 5% of

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seats.

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So to be a leader of the opposition,

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you have to have minimum 5% seats

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of the parliament.

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The Indian parliament has 543 seats.

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You have to have minimum, minimum 54, 55

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seats.

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And this time, of course, there's an opposition

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which is strong.

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And they took objection.

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That is the reason it has been sent

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to the joint parliamentary board.

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And the joint parliamentary board has given a

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time limit till 13th of September.

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If any Muslim has objection, they can take

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objection.

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And if at least 5 million, the Indian

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population, according to the PEW report of 2022

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census, there are 211 million Muslims in India.

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And that's approximately the status of the government

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also.

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14.6% of the Indian population, they

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are Muslims.

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And even if 5 million Muslims, even 2

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.5% of the Muslims, if they send

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the objection and they reject this Vox board

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amendment bill, it will be stopped.

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So now it is our duty that this

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anti-Islamic, anti-Muslim coalition government, which is

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trying to usurp, eat the property of the

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Muslims.

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You know, there are hundreds and thousands of

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mosques in the Vox board.

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Hundreds and thousands of madrasas, of graveyards.

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The total bank is 9.4 lakh acres,

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41 billion square feet, 3,800 square kilometer.

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It may be worth billions and hundreds of

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billions of dollars.

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It is a big asset.

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And they're trying to eat this property, trying

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to put non-Muslims on the board.

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If, imagine, just one mosque, Babri mosque, a

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couple of decades earlier, when it was taken

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away, there was a big human cry, there

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was a big commotion, there was riots.

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If this bill is passed, there'll be thousands

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of mosques that can easily be taken away

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from Muslim ummah.

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Thousands of graveyards can be taken away.

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Thousands of madrasas, thousands of property worth lakhs

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of acres of land can be taken away.

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It is your duty, it's my duty to

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see to it that we object to it.

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And we have to, what we have to

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do only is that scan.

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You can see it below on the link

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or maybe you will see if you go

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on my Facebook or go on my social

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media, there will be a post which has

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a QR code.

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You can scan.

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You have to scan it with your mobile

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phone on the camera.

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It will take you to the link and

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only raise the objection that you reject this

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Waqf Board Amendment Bill.

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Even if 5 million, hardly 2.5%

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of the Muslim of India object, this bill

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will be stopped.

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But we don't want that.

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We want at least 10% of the

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Muslim ummah to object it, to reject this

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Amendment Bill.

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And I hope that my dear Muslim brothers

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and sisters of India, they will see to

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it that they don't sleep this time.

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We should be active.

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Otherwise, our next generation would blame us that

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this Waqf was given by our forefathers, most

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of it, hundreds of years back, tens of

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years back.

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Majority is coming since down the ages.

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And it is for the benefit of the

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ummah.

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And just let me tell you one fact

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that the richest, the richest residence in the

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full world belongs to an Indian that is

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Mukesh Ambani.

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And you know that Mukesh Ambani has his

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own private residence in Altamont Road, which is

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Antilla.

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It is 27 storey tall and it's said

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to be $2 billion.

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Some say $1 billion, some say $1.5

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billion.

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Some estimates say it's $2 billion.

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It is the richest private residence in the

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world.

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And do you know this residence of Mukesh

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Ambani, which is supposed to be the richest

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Indian, it is built on a Waqf property.

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So much so that after it was completed,

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there was a court case and finally he

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won it.

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It was built on a Waqf property.

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Yet there are some of our Muslims who

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are corrupted, who for small gain, they take

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bribes, etc.

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And they don't handle the property well.

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This should be stopped.

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We have no objection in somebody having to

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take care of the Waqf board.

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But interfering, putting a non-Muslim on the

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board, trying to usurp the property.

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Do you know there are thousands of acres

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of Muslim Waqf property which is taken by

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the government at a mere rental rate of

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a small amount.

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All this is happening in our country, which

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we Muslims should stand up for.

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It is our right.

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It is our property.

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It's a private property for the benefit of

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the Muslim Ummah of India.

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And I hope inshallah today and see to

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it that the Imams of the Masjid in

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the next coming Jumma Qutba, they see to

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it that they raise the protest and they

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tell the Jama'at that see to it

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that we scan the code and we reject

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the Muslim Waqf Amendment Bill.

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And I hope that inshallah that most of

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the Muslims, almost all listening to this message

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of mine, will take action immediately and launch

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the protest and reject the Muslim Waqf Amendment

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Bill 2024, which has been tabled by the

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NDA government, the BJP government, by Narendra Modi.

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My dear Muslim brothers and sisters of India,

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see to it that you scan the QR

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code and you object and say that you

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reject the Waqf Board Amendment Bill before the

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13th of September 2024.

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The court has given a date for the

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Parliament, for the Judiciary Panel that the protest

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should be launched or the protest should be

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made by the Muslims rejected.

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By the last date is 13th of September

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2024.

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