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WEDNESDAY, JULY 23, 2025
Biswa Ijtema: World's second-largest Muslim gathering begins

Bangladesh

UNB
13 January, 2023, 03:30 pm
Last modified: 13 January, 2023, 03:33 pm

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Biswa Ijtema: World's second-largest Muslim gathering begins

UNB
13 January, 2023, 03:30 pm
Last modified: 13 January, 2023, 03:33 pm
A file photo of Bishwa Ijtema gathering in Gazipur's Tongi. Photo: UNB
A file photo of Bishwa Ijtema gathering in Gazipur's Tongi. Photo: UNB

The first phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, billed as the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, began Friday morning on the bank of the River Turag river in Tongi after two years of Covid-induced hiatus.

The 56th edition of the annual Biswa Ijtema (World Congregation) began with the a'mbayan (general sermons) of Pakistani Islamic scholar Maulana Ziaul Haque after Fajr prayers.

Thousands of devotees from home and abroad – including India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Syria, Chad, Tajikistan Turkey, Afghanistan, Palestine, the UK, and the US – thronged the bank of Turag to listen to scholars reciting and explaining verses from the Quran and to renew their commitment to Islamic values.

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In the afternoon, the country's largest Jumah prayers, led by Maulana Hafez Zobair Ahmad, leader of a faction of Tabligh Jamaat, will be held at Ijtema ground.

Gazipur Metropolitan Police Commissioner Mollah Nazrul Islam said additional police personnel have been deployed in and around the Ijtema venue to ensure the security of the devotees. The venue has been brought under closed-circuit television (CCTV) camera surveillance.

Also, the government set up health camps for the devotees to provide them with treatment like the previous years.

Meanwhile, another devotee died today at the Ijtema venue due to complications of old age. On Thursday, two devotees died from cold-related illness.

The first phase of Ijtema will end Sunday with Akheri Munajat (final prayers).

Tabligh Jamaat has been organising the congregation at the venue since 1967. 

In 2011, it divided Ijtema into two phases to accommodate a large number of attendees.

The second phase of Ijtema will be held from 20 to 22 January this year.

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