India’s opposition says will challenge Muslim properties bill in top court | Religion News

The amendments to a 1995 law governing waqf endowments would add non-Muslims to boards that manage such properties.

India’s main opposition party says it will challenge a recently passed bill that overhauls laws governing Muslim religious endowments in the country’s Supreme Court.

The waqf amendment bill, hailed by Prime Minister Narendra Modi as a “major milestone for reform and transparency”, was passed by the parliament’s upper house early on Friday, a day after it was approved…