Swastika Saha Chowdhury, Amiya Sachdeva Introduction In a country as diverse as India, the confluence of law, religion and property tends to create complicated legal issues and disputed spaces. One such area is the adjudication of disputes concerning Waqf properties, charitable endowments under Islamic law, where secular legal frameworks and religious traditions tend to conflict. At the centre of this debate lies an emerging yet under-examined question: Can religious arbitrat