Central Hall | Whose Waqf Is It, Anyway?

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Description: The conversation explores the historical roots, religious significance and social purpose of Waqf properties as well as the legal and political challenges surrounding them.

The conversation explores the historical roots, religious significance and social purpose of Waqf properties as well as the legal and political challenges surrounding them.

Kapil Sibal

The conversation explores the historical roots, religious significance and social purpose of Waqf properties as well as the legal and political challenges surrounding them.

In this episode of Central Hall, Kapil Sibal speaks with political leader and Islamic scholar Maulana Mahmood Madani, MP and social activist Sanjay Singh and expert on minority affairs, Javed Ali, on the complex and often misunderstood concept of Waqf.

The conversation explores the historical roots, religious significance and social purpose of Waqf properties, as well as the legal and political challenges currently surrounding them.

With perspectives rooted in legal expertise, political experience and ground-level social engagement, the episode sheds light on whether recent government actions are part of genuine reform or reflect deeper systemic and political motivations.

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