The petitioners argue that this law discriminates against the Muslim community and interferes with their religious freedom. On the contrary, the central government contends that this amendment has been brought to prevent the misuse of Waqf provisions and to end encroachment on private and government properties.
kabir Khan insisted that in each locality, 8–10 individuals must be ready to lay down their lives and that fifty to a hundred cases should be filed. According to him, only such measures will bring about change.
After violence in West Bengal's Murshidabad following the amended Waqf law, locals have demanded President's rule in stating that their homes and shops were vandalised
An eyewitness confirmed to India Today that Muslims set fire to an ambulance and assaulted the driver of the vehicle. "We were scared and sitting inside our homes. I had kept my parents, wife and children at home," he narrated.
Massive violence erupted in Murshidabad in West Bengal as a Muslim mob protesting against the Waqf Amendment Act clashed with police, set vehicles on fire, threw stones at trains and vandalized railway stations
Muslim organizations in Kerala have asked both the Left government and opposition parties to adopt a unified resolution stating that the Waqf Amendment Act will not be enforced in the state