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.