Sayeed Muhammad of DOT :
Settling the factional feud in Tabligh Jamaat, the government has yesterday said that Biswa Ijtema, the second biggest congregation of Muslims, will be held next month.
Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal announced the development after a meeting with two groups of the Tabligh Jamaat at the secretariat in Dhaka, reports UNB.
“In today’s meeting it was decided that the Biswa Ijtema will be held in Tongi in February. The two factions jointly will organize the second largest congregation of the Muslims after Hajj,” said the minister.
Top brass of the two factions of the Tabligh Jamaat–one led by Maulana Wasekh and other by Moulana Zubair—attended the meeting where everyone spoke openly and it came out successful, he added.
“But how and when the gathering will be held will be decided in anoth er meeting tomorrow (Thursday) at Religious Affairs ministry at 10:30am,” Kamal further said.
Responding to a question, the minister said that it was decided in the meeting that Maulana Saad of India will not join Ijtema this time around.
When asked about how many phases of the Ijtema will be held this year, the minister went on saying, “It will also be decided in tomorrow’s meeting.”
Meanwhile, State Minister for Religious Affairs Sheikh Mohammad Abdullah said that Ijtema will be held once in a year and unitedly.
“No separate Ijtema will be held. The clashes those happened across the country are not desirable at all,” he added.
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