First phase of Biswa Ijtema ends with Akheri Munajat

NN Online:

The first phase of the 58th Biswa Ijtema has concluded with the Akheri Munajat (final prayer) held on the banks of the Turag River in Gazipur, drawing tens of thousands of devoted participants over the three-day event.

Bangladeshi’s Tabligh Jamaat leader Maulana Jubair conducted the final prayer that lasted for 24 minutes starting at 9:11am Sunday.

Tens of thousands of devotees from home and abroad, including India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, attended the prayer.

People were seen joining the prayer from rooftops of buildings, in vehicles as the gathering of the devotees spanned several kilometers surrounding the Ijtema ground.

Many attendees broke down seeking the blessing of Almighty Allah in the mundane and late life, with a good number of women participating.

After the prayer, a huge rush was seen on the by-roads and train tracks as the devotees started heading towards their destinations in parts of the country.

The first phase started on Friday morning through delivering ordinary sermons by Pakistani Islamic scholar Maunla Ziaul Haque.

To ensure security of the devotees, thousands of law enforcers have been deployed in and around the Ijtema ground, along with in plainclothes.

Habibullah Raihan, media coordinator of the Tabligh Jamaat Bangladesh’s Shurayi Nezam, said a total of five devotees died in the three days of the Ijtema.