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Muslims gather to pray for world peace
Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from around the world on Friday began a three-day annual Islamic prayer meeting outside the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, with politics banned and sermons set to call for world peace.
Islamic scholars and theologians will make sermons and recite and explain excerpts of verses from the Koran to show the holy book of Islam shuns violence and promotes peace, organizers said.
Nearly two million Muslims, including religious leaders and devotees from 65 countries, are expected to gather at Tongi, 20 km (12 miles) north of Dhaka, by the final day on Sunday.
“Some 3,000 representatives from 40 countries have already joined the session that began from the Fazr (dawn) prayer today,” said an official of Bangladesh Tablig Jamaat, the organizer of the 41st Biswa Ijtema, the biggest Muslim gathering in the world after the annual Haj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Over one and half million people have already gathered under makeshift tents constructed from jute sacks on an area covering 160 acres (64 hectares) on the banks of the river Turag.
The sermons will be delivered in Arabic, Bengali, English, Hindi, Urdu and other languages.
Organizers said no political statements would be included.
For two days, trucks and buses have been bringing faithful chanting Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest) to the venue.
“With unprecedented security measures, we have deployed some 6,000 uniformed and plain-clothed security as well as sniffer dogs,” a senior police officer said. Air force helicopters will maintain surveillance flights, he said.
Security has been tightened since Bangladesh has been rocked by several mysterious bomb blasts in the last few years.
I think they are doing great service for muslims and humanity.This is very good example for those who think that power or government is required for implementation of islam .This jamat is working in all countres of world even in Israel .This is the right method to deliver the message of islam to non muslims
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Hundreds of thousands of Muslims from around the world on Friday began a three-day annual Islamic prayer meeting outside the Bangladesh capital, Dhaka, with politics banned and sermons set to call for world peace.
Islamic scholars and theologians will make sermons and recite and explain excerpts of verses from the Koran to show the holy book of Islam shuns violence and promotes peace, organizers said.
Nearly two million Muslims, including religious leaders and devotees from 65 countries, are expected to gather at Tongi, 20 km (12 miles) north of Dhaka, by the final day on Sunday.
“Some 3,000 representatives from 40 countries have already joined the session that began from the Fazr (dawn) prayer today,” said an official of Bangladesh Tablig Jamaat, the organizer of the 41st Biswa Ijtema, the biggest Muslim gathering in the world after the annual Haj pilgrimage to Mecca in Saudi Arabia.
Over one and half million people have already gathered under makeshift tents constructed from jute sacks on an area covering 160 acres (64 hectares) on the banks of the river Turag.
The sermons will be delivered in Arabic, Bengali, English, Hindi, Urdu and other languages.
Organizers said no political statements would be included.
For two days, trucks and buses have been bringing faithful chanting Allahu Akbar (God is Greatest) to the venue.
“With unprecedented security measures, we have deployed some 6,000 uniformed and plain-clothed security as well as sniffer dogs,” a senior police officer said. Air force helicopters will maintain surveillance flights, he said.
Security has been tightened since Bangladesh has been rocked by several mysterious bomb blasts in the last few years.
I think they are doing great service for muslims and humanity.This is very good example for those who think that power or government is required for implementation of islam .This jamat is working in all countres of world even in Israel .This is the right method to deliver the message of islam to non muslims
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