What is the Wakf? When did it start? Why do people know so little about it? What does the Delhi Sultanate have to do with it?
In this episode of the Central Hall, Kapil Sibal traces the beginnings of the practice. Wakf is land donated to Allah which used to be used for social purposes. Why is it the goal of the current government to weaken this system?
S.Y. Quraishi was the chief election commissioner. He was the administrator of Wakfs in several states and Chandigarh.
Legal scholar Faizan Mustafa is the Vice-Chancellor of Chanakya National Law University and the former V-C of the NALSAR University of Law, Hyderabad. He was the founding V-C of the National Law University Odisha.
Kamal Faruqi is a chartered accountant and the spokesperson of the All India Muslim Personal Law Board. Faruqi believes in modernisation and women’s empowerment.
