Postgraduate student, Department of South Asian History, Institute of Asian and African Studies, Lomonosov Moscow State University (at the time of publication, 2014).
The paper covers political and legal aspects of the religious conflict in Ayodhya with a focus on 2010 verdict of the Allahabad High Court as well as the attitude of Indians to the conflict proper. The paper analyzes Bharatiya Janata Party’s electoral campaign on the eve of 2014 parliamentary elections and its potential impact on the conflict.
The article examines the concept of Waqf in contemporary India as well as the waqf system structure, which was shaped in the country after 1947. In focus are the main problems of the Indian waqf system, particularly the legal and administrative difficulties of the past decades.
Keywords:
Indian Muslim community; waqf; waqfs in India; Waqf Boards; Waqf Act
