Bhopal, March 29 -- Responding to a call from the All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB), a large number of community members in the state capital wore black armbands in protest against the Waqf (Amendment) Bill, 2024, as they gathered for the Alvida Juma prayers on Friday.
In the appeal released on its social media platforms, the AIMPLB had urged community members to register their opposition to the contentious amendments in a silent, peaceful, and democratic expression of 'grief and protest'.
Congregating for Juma Tul Vida prayers on the last Friday of the month of Ramadan, members of the Muslim community in the city wore the armbands in solidarity with the nationwide disapproval of the Centre's move to alter Waqf laws.
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