New Delhi: The All India Muslim Personal Law Board (AIMPLB) on Monday (September 15) said that the Supreme Court’s interim order that stayed key provisions of the contentious Waqf Amendment Act, 2025, without staying the original statute is “incomplete and unsatisfactory”, and demanded its complete repeal. The board said that its ongoing campaign against the legislation will continue with a culmination rally in Delhi’s Ramlila Maidan on November 16.In a statement, AIMPLB spokesperson Dr. S.Q.R. Ilyas said that the board had expected a stay on all clauses that contradict the fundamental provisions of the Constitution.“While the court has granted partial relief, it has not addressed the wider constitutional concerns, which has left us disappointed,” he said.The interim order passed by a bench of CJI B.R. Gavai and Justice AG Masih stayed the provision under which a person was required to be a practitioner of Islam for five years before dedicating a property to Waqf, allowing a government officer to decide a dispute whether Waqf property has encroached upon a government property, limiting the number of non-Muslim members to four in Central Waqf Council and three in the State Waqf Boards. While it did not put a stay on the provision allowing a non-Muslim to be the CEO of the State Waqf Board, the court said that as far as possible a Muslim person should be appointed.The AIMPLB said that the entire legislation is a deliberate move to weaken and seize waqf properties.“It therefore demands the complete repeal of the Waqf (Amendment) Act 2025 and the restoration of the earlier Waqf Act. The refusal to stay the entire Act leaves numerous other harmful provisions in operation, including the prospective de-recognition of ‘Waqf by user’ and the mandatory requirement of a Waqf deed, which goes against the established tenets of Islamic law,” the board said.The renamed version of the 1995 Waqf Act is now called the Unified Waqf Management, Empowerment, Efficiency and Development Act (UMEED) and seeks to enhance the efficiency of the administration and management of Waqf properties. It has faced criticism for seeking to change the composition of the Central Waqf Council and the state Waqf boards.It seeks to ensure the representation of Muslim women and include non-Muslims. It also provides for the establishment of a separate ‘Board of Auqaf’ for Bohras and Aghakhanis. The bill crucially omits Section 40, which relates to the powers of Waqf boards to decide if a property is Waqf property.The law was passed by parliament in April, after two consecutive days of midnight sessions in which opposition members accused the government of disempowering Muslims through the “unconstitutional” legislation and reducing them to “second class citizens”. The Rajya Sabha passed it with 128 votes in favour and 95 against, while the Lok Sabha passed it 288-232.The AIMPLB said that its Save Waqf Campaign will continue. The campaign has entered its second phase on September 1 with dharnas (sit-ins), demonstrations, waqf marches, memorandums, leadership arrests, roundtable meetings, interfaith conclaves and press conferences.“Nationwide protests will culminate in a massive rally at Ramlila Maidan, Delhi, on 16 November 2025, with participation from across the country,” the AIMPLB said.