Looming threat to  Minority rights : Waqf Board Amendment Act 2025

Author(s)	Dr. SURUCHI KOHLI
Country	India
Abstract	Many people argue that the Muslims with whom this Act is principally dealing with is not a minority especially when Islam is India's second-largest religion, with 14.2% of the country's population. But truth of the matter is that as per National Commission on Minorities Act 1992 there are six minority communities that is Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Parsis, and Jains. So the debate ends that yes, the Muslims are a minority in India. The Waqf Amendment Act, 2025 is perceived by the members of this religion as a lethal arrow shot to puncture the constitutional safeguard of protection of minority autonomy. This article will try to scrutinise the Waqf Act in relation to constitutional provisions safeguarding the rights of religious and linguistic minorities in India.
Keywords	Minority, religious protection, secularism, Waqf
Field	Sociology > Administration / Law / Management
Published In	Volume 8, Issue 1, January-February 2026
Published On	2026-02-04
DOI	https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2026.v08i01.67941

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