الهند: الصحف الأردية تنشر وثيقة بمتطلبات المجتمع الإسلامي

- خبر من مصادر إنجليزية.

أعقب لقاء "سونيا غاندي" - رئيس التحالف التقدمي الوحدوي - بطلاب "جامعة أليجار الإسلامية" عبر المؤتمر المرئي، بعد إلغاء زيارتها للقائهم لسوء الأحوال الجوية - أعقب ذلك إصدار 6 صحف تصدر باللغة الأردية وثيقة تضمنت المطالب الضرورية التي يحتاجها المجتمع الإسلامي.

وقد تضمنت الوثيقة - التي أصدرتها "مؤسسة الزكاة" بـ"الهند"، والتي تنظم حملات كبيرة لدعم حق المسلمين في التعليم حسب الأولوية - مطالبة المسلمين إنشاء إدارة لخدمات الوقف، تجمع جميع فروع هيئات الوقف بـ"الهند"، وهذا علاوة على 15 مطلبًا ضروريًّا لتحسين الأوضاع الاجتماعية والاقتصادية للمسلمين، والتزام الحيادية في التعامل مع المجموعات الدينية، وكذلك ضمّ القرى والمناطق الإسلامية ضمن مشروعات لجان التخطيط للحصول على المميزات الحكومية أسوة بغيرها؛ المصدر: شبكة الألوكة.

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Urdu newspapers countrywide carried a charter of demands a day after Congress president and UPA chairperson Sonia Gandhi, who was to address students of Aligarh Muslim University on Saturday, was forced to cancel her trip because of bad weather.

While Sonia addressed the students through a video-conference, Muslim communitarian leaders including leading NGOs published a charter of demands for the UPA government's immediate consideration. These demands were published in six major Urdu dailies with editions across the country.

Topping the charter is the establishment of an Indian Waqf Service. Since there aren't many senior IAS officers available to head Waqf Boards in different states -- the Waqf Act states that only senior IAS officers can be appointed their CEOs -- the UPA government has been asked to establish a separate Indian Waqf Service. This recommendation was also made by the Justice Rajindar Sachar Committee and the joint parliamentary committee on Waqfs, but was ignored by the Waqf Bill.

The 'Muslim charter of demands to UPA chairperson' was issued by Zakat Foundation of India (ZFI), a leading campaigner for Muslim educational rights, asking the Congress president to act on 15 demands, which cover a range of socio-economic issues concerning Muslims.

Among other main demands is an amendment to the 1950 presidential order to make the Scheduled Castes religion-neutral. As per the order, an SC member loses his "scheduled" status once he converts to Islam or Christianity and forfeits all attendant benefits.

Elaborating on the need to send the charter of demands to Sonia, ZFI president Syed Zafar Mahmood said, "Many states will go to polls soon and the Lok Sabha polls are just a year away. Many of the points in the charter were promised by the Congress but have not been fulfilled."

Other demands include a suggestion to make villages and wards (in urban areas), and not districts or blocks, units for planning of development schemes. "Schemes for development of Muslim-concentrated districts are not reaching the targeted beneficiaries. Villages and wards should thus be made the units of planning," said Mahmood.