India's upper house Friday passed the controversial Waqf bill changing the way donated Muslim properties worth billions of ...

India's parliament passes a bill amending Muslim land endowments, sparking protests over concerns it undermines minority ...

After hours of heated debate, India's parliament has passed a controversial bill that seeks to change how properties worth ...

The lower house of India's parliament has passed a controversial bill that seeks to change how properties worth billions of ...

The legislation passed by Parliament on Friday would allow non-Muslims to help administer so-called Waqfs. The move fueled ...

Opposition parties and Muslim groups are challenging the legislation’s constitutional validity in the Supreme Court.

The Indian government on Wednesday presented a bill in parliament that plans sweeping changes in the management of vast ...

In modern India, a succession of laws have placed waqfs under increasing government oversight. The Waqf Act of 1995 ...

India’s parliament has begun debating a proposal by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist government to change ...

In Islam, the donation of land for religious use is a form of philanthropy known as waqf, and it’s central to the faith. A new law that just passed in India gives the government more control over the ...

India’s parliament has passed a bill overhauling laws governing Islamic charitable endowments, known as waqf, despite ...

Reform bill will have a sweeping impact on properties donated for charitable purposes, as well as historic Islamic religious sites that pre-date modern ownership records. Muslim leaders and opposition ...