Modi Government Approves Bill to Seize Muslim Waqf Properties, Dr. Qamar Cheema

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00:00In India, the Modi government has passed a very controversial law.

00:04It has passed this law on the lost property of Muslims.

00:12There are about 872,000 different lost properties in the country.

00:22The government is taking this law into its own hands.

00:28There is a lot of crisis in India because the BJP has passed this law from the Raj Sabha to the Lok Sabha.

00:38The Congress and other minorities have been turning this law into a black day in Indian secularism.

00:50We have Dr. Qamar Sheema with us.

00:52Let's go to him and find out how much of a black spot this is on the face of Indian secularism.

00:59Because according to him, the law of India is secular and all Indians have equal rights.

01:10Thank you very much, Dr. Sheema.

01:12Since the BJP has come into power, they have been following the policies of converting Indian secularism into Hinduism.

01:28How big of an impact do you think this law will have on the Indian state?

01:37Thank you very much.

01:39You are absolutely right.

01:41This is Hindu majoritarianism, not secularism.

01:44This is not the first law.

01:46If you go back a little bit, in 2019, they criminalized an instant triple talaq ban.

01:57Muslims were very upset about this.

02:00Anti-conversion laws were passed in UP.

02:12Similarly, in Karnataka, the hijab ban was passed.

02:16I can give you a lot of examples.

02:22This citizenship law was passed by non-Hindus who came from outside and got citizenship, except for Muslims.

02:30Yes, absolutely.

02:32Now they know that mosques and dargahs are two things that Muslims have a lot of control over.

02:43This control should be reduced.

02:45You said in the intro that India is a big country.

02:49What are they doing?

02:51They are digitizing.

02:53We are securing you.

02:55The Hindu governments, particularly in UP and other areas, think that this is an Arabic word.

03:09We are a Hindu society, so we do not know this.

03:13We will pass the laws of our choice.

03:15They are also supporting some of the Muslim organizations that they have brought with them.

03:21They have a lot of votes.

03:23They can pass the laws.

03:25The world is also talking about it.

03:27Recently, the US Department of State talked about religious freedom.

03:31They talked about India.

03:33How religious freedom has been compromised.

03:35India has said that this is an entity of concern for us.

03:45Why is it interfering in the affairs of India?

03:47These laws are based on Hindu majoritarianism.

03:53Narendra Modi is sidelining Muslims in his politics.

03:57He is writing a new history.

04:00He is writing a new history.

04:02He is writing a new identity of India.

04:04He is removing all the symbols of history.

04:06He is removing all the symbols of history.

04:08He is removing all the symbols of history.

04:10He is saying that this is a Hindu land.

04:12In this, the money that the Waqf brought,

04:16he has also said that

04:18he wants to stop encroachers.

04:20He wants to digitize the record.

04:22He wants to stop encroachers.

04:24He wants to take leasing for 3-30 years.

04:26He wants to take leasing for 3-30 years.

04:28and we want to put penalties on those who will encroach.

04:33Actually, we are giving this name, but basically the purpose of this law is that a Hindu image

04:38should be put on India and Muslims should be put on it.

04:43When they are making a board, they are including non-Muslims in that board.

04:47There can be two members, non-Muslims.

04:49Then the representative of our deputy commissioner there, the only person there,

04:53must also be looking at this matter.

04:55Whether they are Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs or Christians.

04:58So the thing is that these are places for Muslims.

05:02If religious tourism is coming to India for them, then there is a revenue for that too.

05:09They want to put that revenue in their pockets.

05:11Apart from this, the property worth billions and trillions of rupees,

05:15if they take control of that property, then they will outsource it, lease it out.

05:19They want to take money for that too.

05:21So basically, they want to put billions and trillions of rupees in their pockets.

05:26Mr. Ghulam Singh, I was watching another big story,

05:29because these dargahs and all the different centers,

05:34because they are charitable institutions,

05:36there are thousands and millions of people who are beneficiaries there.

05:39Obviously, they have a livelihood.

05:41They want to stop that too.

05:43Obviously, this is about Indian secularism.

05:47Khawar, I want an answer to this question.

05:50What do Muslims want?

05:52Yes, I have seen Muslims there.

05:56The people of Chandigarh who are present there in the parliament,

06:01I was watching them, they were even crying,

06:03they were crying that we are being treated unjustly.

06:06Do you have any information about this?

06:08What is the response of Indian Muslims on this, Mr. Qamar Cheema?

06:12Look, there is a big voice from Hyderabad,

06:16they are speaking on this.

06:18There is another Muslim MP from Ikra, Chaudhry and Juhpi,

06:22they are also speaking a lot.

06:24But largely, what they have done is that

06:26they have said that because you know that

06:28this is also a challenge within Muslims

06:31that the religious political parties are against the dargah.

06:35So they have brought some religious communities with them

06:38and said that look, they are encroaching and you should support us.

06:42So some politicians are speaking, some political parties are speaking

06:45and they are doing larger discussions

06:47that the nature of the constitution of India which you are changing

06:51because you are in the majority,

06:53this should not be done.

06:54But the obvious thing is that they have a moral argument.

06:57Legally, whatever they want to do.

06:59Absolutely right.

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