India: Hundreds of Muslims arrested for protesting against Waqf Bill

India: Hundreds of Muslims arrested for protesting against Waqf Bill

FacebookLikeShareTweetEmail Police in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh have filed criminal cases against hundreds of Muslims for wearing black armbands during religious prayers — a symbolic act of protest against a controversial bill impacting Muslim endowments. The demonstration, held during Friday and Eid prayers inside mosque compounds in Muzaffarnagar, was entirely peaceful, say participants. […]

Over 300 in UP’s Muzaffarnagar told to furnish Rs 2 lakh bond for protesting against Waqf Bill

It was a silent protest ‘without sloganeering or posters’, said one of the participants.

Waqf Amendment Bill: UP police issues notices to 24 people in Muzaffarnagar

Muzaffarnagar: UP police in Muzaffarnagar district have issued notices against 24 people for protesting against the Waqf Amendment Bill by wearing black badges and asked them to furnish bonds of Rs 2 lakh each. Superintendent of Police (City) Satyanarayan Prajapat on Saturday, April 5, told reporters that notices were served to 24 persons in this connection, and added that police have identified more people on the basis of CCTV footage. Also Rea…

Protest against Waqf Bill: Notices issued against 24 people in U.P.'s Muzaffarnagar

24 people in Muzaffarnagar district issued notices for protesting against Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2025, asked to furnish bonds.

Black Armbands, State Crackdown: UP targets Muslims for peaceful protest against Waqf Act

On March 28, 2025—Jumat-ul-Vida, the last Friday of Ramzan—hundreds of Muslims in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, wore black armbands during congregational prayers to register a peaceful and symbolic protest against the newly passed Waqf (Amendment) Act, 2024. At the time of the protest, the Act was a bill. The bill has now been passed by both the houses of the Parliament, with Lok Sabha passing it on April 2, 2025 and Rajya Sabha on April 3, 2025…

Imams in India ‘bound’ by bonds not to protest over Waqf bill - Kashmir Media Service

Noida/Lucknow/Patna: Imams of mosques and local Muslim committees in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar have been issued notices to sign bonds, a move seen as a crackdown on any protest against the Waqf Bill. According to Kashmir Media Service, the bill, recently passed by Indian parliament, has drawn sharp criticism from Muslim organisations and opposition leaders who allege that it is “anti-Muslim” and intended to weaken Waqf properties and Muslim instit…