TN Waqf Board once again uses land grabbing policy, claims ownership of 50-plus acre land of Hindu farmers
In the same year, the Muslim board also claimed around 93 properties on certain survey numbers in Avinashi and Tiruppur as waqf properties.
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In a shocking development, the Islamic authority, Waqf Board, which uses its land-grabbing policy to encroach the properties has now once again used the Waqf act and snatched the land of poor farmers. As per the reports, Tamil Nadu's Waqf Board has claimed them as theirs. 50+ acres of agricultural land were seized from Hindu farmers.
The incident happened in Veppur village in the Ranipet district near Vellore. Ranipet is a Muslim-majority region. It is being said that district administration handed over the 50+ acres of agricultural land to Waqf despite after the Hindu farmers proved their ownership of the properties at the court.
The shocking incident comes to a lighter after a video in which Hindu men and women arguing with police and government officials about seizing their agricultural land went viral on social media.
Hindu activists and BJP leader H Raja brought it out on social media.
Raja tweeted that the TN government took over 56 acres of property belonging to Hindus in Veppur village and handed it over to Waqf. He visited the village and talked to the victims. He said that Hindus got their properties through court from the four wives of one Wahab as they failed to pay back their debts.
“Wahab has been edited as Waqf and the Waqf Board has staked claim to the properties which is a scam”, he said.
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It should be reminded that last year, Tamil Nadu WAQF Board claimed ownership of Thiruchendurai village in Tiruchy district, including the 1500-year-old temple. The villagers had every document professing ownership of the lands in their name, yet the revenue department declared them as Waqf properties. The Waqf Board claimed that they have records to show that 389 acres of land in the villages belong to them as per surveys conducted in 1954. Its chairperson “felt proud” that Waqf had given land to build temples(yes the 1500-year-old one included).
It should be reminded that last year, Tamil Nadu WAQF Board claimed ownership of Thiruchendurai village in Tiruchy district, including the 1500-year-old temple. The villagers had every document professing ownership of the lands in their name, yet the revenue department declared them as Waqf properties. The Waqf Board claimed that they have records to show that 389 acres of land in the villages belong to them as per surveys conducted in 1954. Its chairperson “felt proud” that Waqf had given land to build temples(yes the 1500-year-old one included).
In the same year, the Muslim board also claimed around 93 properties on certain survey numbers in Avinashi and Tiruppur as waqf properties.
The literal meaning of the word waqf is 'detention’. Waqf is property given in the name of God for religious and charitable purposes.
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According to Section 3(r) of The Waqf Act, 1995, the permanent dedication of any movable or immovable property by a person professing Islam for any purpose is recognised by Muslim law as pious, religious, or charitable. In simple words, assume that there is one Muslim man who has two flats.
Before his death, he donated one flat to Waqf and after his death, that property belongs to Allah. As per Sharia, this property is now permanently dedicated to Allah, making Waqf irrevocable in nature.
'Once a Waqf, always a Waqf'
More shockingly, though there was no title transfer to any Muslim organisation as per the government, Waqf’s claims that it was a Waqf property from the 1850s mean that it is now forever a Waqf property. It should be noted that Waqf Board is now the third largest land owner in India after the Armed Forces and Indian Railways.
According to Section 3(r) of The Waqf Act, 1995, the permanent dedication of any movable or immovable property by a person professing Islam for any purpose is recognised by Muslim law as pious, religious, or charitable. In simple words, assume that there is one Muslim man who has two flats.
Before his death, he donated one flat to Waqf and after his death, that property belongs to Allah. As per Sharia, this property is now permanently dedicated to Allah, making Waqf irrevocable in nature.
'Once a Waqf, always a Waqf'
More shockingly, though there was no title transfer to any Muslim organisation as per the government, Waqf’s claims that it was a Waqf property from the 1850s mean that it is now forever a Waqf property. It should be noted that Waqf Board is now the third largest land owner in India after the Armed Forces and Indian Railways.