Ahmadiyya Muslims cannot be called 'Kafir', Central Government gives strict message to Waff Board

There is a lot of anger in this society after the Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board declared Ahmadiyya Muslims as 'kafirs' on February 3. Ahmadiyya Muslims are not recognized as part of the religion of Islam by the Wavf Board. On this controversy, the Center has made it clear that the Waqf Board of any state has no right to call people coming from the Ahmadiyya sect among Muslims 'kafirs' or non-Muslims. Also, their mosques cannot be declared as property separate from the Wavf. The central government's statement came in the wake of protests by Ahmadiyya Muslims against the resolution passed by the Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board on the basis of a fatwa issued by Jamayatul Ulema, an organization of Deobandi clerics. The biggest thing in this proposal was that he was declared non-Muslim.

When the issue flared up after the statement made by the Andhra Pradesh Wawf and protests by Ahmadiyya Muslims, officials said the Ministry of Minority Affairs has written a letter to the Chief Secretary of Andhra Pradesh. It is said in this letter that you are a state government body. You have no authority to issue such instructions.

The ministry clearly stated that the Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board's proposal shows that it views the Ahmadiyya community at large with hatred. The Waqf Board has no authority to determine the religious identity of any community, including Ahmadis.

Acting swiftly on this issue, the Central Government has ordered the Chief Secretary of the State to intervene in the matter and submit a report as soon as possible, along with warning the officials that the matter may vitiate the atmosphere of the entire country. The Central Government has also pointed out that the Waqf Act 1995 is primarily a law for the administration and management of Waqf properties in India. The State does not give any power to the Waqf Boards to make any such declaration.

A delegation of the Ahmadiyya community reached the Union ministry after the statement calling it an infidel. In he said- "Waqf boards in some states are opposing the Ahmadiyya community and passing illegal resolutions." He cited a resolution of the Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board issued in February. He said that the Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board passed a resolution declaring the entire Ahmadiyya community as 'non-Muslim', which has been challenged in the High Court.

While passing an interim order in this matter, the proposal has been rejected. He said that despite the orders of the High Court, the Andhra Pradesh Waqf Board has made a declaration with the signature of its chairman, declaring the Quadiyan community as 'kafirs' as a result of the 'fatwa' of the Jamiatul Ulema. Through this fatwa, the Wawf Board refused to accept Ahmadiyya Muslims as a part of Islam.