People hold the national flag as they participate in a meeting on the Constitution and Waqf protection, organised by the Jamiyyathul Ulama Coordination Committee, Ernakulam, in Kochi on May 4, 2025.
| Photo Credit: THULASI KAKKAT

The Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2025, usurps the constitutionally guaranteed rights of the minority community, according to a protest meeting organised by the Jamiyyathul Ulama Coordination Committee, Ernakulam, on Sunday (May 4, 2025).

Speakers at the meeting, inaugurated by Samastha Kerala Jamiyyathul Ulama president Syed Mohammed Jifri Muthukoya Thangal, said the new legislation would lead to the alienation of hundreds of mosques, madrasas, and burial grounds. It would even undermine the existence of Muslims in the country, the meeting noted.

The meeting resolved to democratically oppose the Union government’s move to alienate waqf properties. I.B. Usman Faizi presided, and Syed Ibrahim Khaleel Bukhari delivered the keynote address.