The organisation’s working committee re-elects Maulana Mahmood Madani as president
NEW DELHI – The Central Working Committee of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind (Mahmood Madani faction) on Wednesday sharply criticised the government’s stance on minority issues, the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, and what it termed as “false and divisive” allegations of Muslim infiltration.
Presiding over the meeting at the Jamiat headquarters here, Madani said minorities, especially Muslims, were facing mounting challenges — from restrictions on religious freedoms and bulldozer actions to campaigns against halal practices.
Taking strong cognizance of the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath’s diatribe against the community, Madani said the government and sections of the media were complicit in violating constitutional rights of the citizens. “Their conduct appears aimed at reducing Muslims to second-class citizens,” he said.
Warning against the rise of communal forces, he stressed that oppressed sections are responding with greater resolve and that Jamiat would continue its democratic struggle alongside them.
The Working Committee, which included senior clerics such as Maulana Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani, Maulana Mohammad Salman Bijnori, and Maulana Hakeemuddin Qasmi, unanimously re-elected Maulana Mahmood Madani as president of the organisation for the 2024–2027 term. It also approved state unit elections and directed pending polls in Delhi, Telangana, and Assam to be completed within three months.
The committee categorically rejected Union Home Minister Amit Shah’s claims of illegal infiltration and demographic manipulation by Muslims, noting that the Government of India itself has admitted before the Supreme Court and Parliament that it has no verified data on illegal immigrants.
“Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind has always opposed illegal infiltration,” the resolution stated, “but blaming Indian Muslims is baseless and politically motivated. The responsibility lies with the Ministry of Home Affairs.”
It urged the prime minister and home minister to refrain from making unverified, communal statements and to present factual data before the public.
On the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025, the Jamiat called it a serious threat to the constitutional identity of Waqf institutions and vowed to oppose it through “legal and democratic means.”
Acknowledging that the Supreme Court has not stayed registration under the Umeed Portal, the committee advised all Waqf institutions to complete the process to avoid administrative complications and urged the Centre to extend the deadline by two years.
Call for Justice in Palestine
Reaffirming solidarity with Palestine, Jamiat said lasting peace in the Middle East is impossible without the creation of a sovereign Palestinian state based on 1967 borders with Jerusalem as its capital. It condemned Israel’s “genocidal assault” on Gaza and urged the UN and global powers to enforce a ceasefire and ensure humanitarian relief.
The committee also expressed concern over ongoing voter verification drives (Voter SIR), warning they could disenfranchise poor and marginalised citizens.
The meeting paid rich tributes to Hafiz Peer Shabbir Ahmad, President of JUH Telangana, and other eminent scholars who passed away recently.
