Karnataka Waqf Board Directs Mosques To Help Muslims Preserve Documents

The Karnataka State Board of Waqfs has urged the state mosques to create awareness among the local Muslims to keep all the required documents ready to prove their citizenship. In order to keep the local Muslims updated with the necessary legal documents to prove their domicile, the board have asked mosques to create registers with information on local Muslim families, along with certified, updated documents. A circular has been issued by the board regarding the same. “There is a need to preserve the important documents individually and collectively at Masjid level for convenience and easy accessibility for the community.” the circular read. “In order to equip ourselves with relevant convincing data, it is proposed to have a register in every Masjid containing the details of all Muslim residents in the jurisdiction of Masjid along with the certified documents,” it added.