A. Safeer and others Vs A.G.M. Siyath and others – CA WKF 01/2023-2025

The court addressed the issue of whether a donor’s conditional offer to renovate a mosque, contingent on renaming it, could be accepted. It was held that altering the mosque’s historic name to satisfy a donor’s demand would undermine the community’s identity and set an undesirable precedent. The authority of the Wakf Board to approve a name change was found to be limited, and the Tribunal’s intervention in retaining the traditional name was upheld. In reliance on the principles of safeguarding historic religious identities and requiring widespread community support for such changes, the court affirmed the decision to retain the mosque’s original name, emphasizing the protection of historical continuity in religious institutions.

M.T. MOHAMMED LAFFAR J. — A detailed review established t