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Fatwa issued against Wakf women panel
Hyderabad, June 8: The Wakf Board on Thursday handed over control of 11 prime Wakf properties to an all-woman panel in the city. Angry clergy immediately passed a fatwa against the move. The five-member women committee was constituted on May 23 under the presidentship of Ms Salma Jalees. On Thursday, the Board handed over the management of 11 Wakf properties to the committee.
The committee is tasked with the responsibility of protecting, managing and developing the Wakf properties spread across the twin cities. This is the first time that women are controlling Muslim endowment properties in the country. The committee has been entrusted with the job of paying seven per cent Wakf Fund to the Board. It will spend 10 per cent on maintenance of the institutions and the remaining 83 per cent will be spent on welfare activities.
Till now these 11 institutions were under the direct management of the Wakf Board. The Muslim clergy reacted sharply to the Board’s decision. In an oral fatwa, Moulana Mufti Abdul Moghni of Sabeelus Salam, an influential religious institution of higher learning, described the move as irreligious and against the spirit of the Wakf Act. Moulana Syed Shah Badruddin Al-Qadri Al-Jeelani, chief patron of Sunni Ulema Board, described the appointment as un-Islamic.
Is there any basis for this action other than chauvinism?