Kaladan News
Dated:
Ijtema (Religious Gathering) Began Yesterday in
Chittagong, Dec. 27: Biswa
Ijtema (world religious
gathering), a congregation of world Muslims organized by the Tablig Jamaat,
began at Tongi about 20 kms
north off the
Meanwhile, all arrangements have been made for the three-day annual gathering
and hundreds of thousands Muslims devotees from home and abroad have converged
on the bank of the river Turag, he further added.
It is the second largest gathering of Muslims after the Hajj on the planet.
Devotees from 65 countries are likely to join the Ijtema
being held regularly at the same place since 1966.
Several thousands loudspeakers have been installed on the ground to broadcast
the deliberations round the clock. The local administration directed hotel and
restaurant owners to refrain from providing unhygienic foods.
The local administration is also providing necessary logistics and has taken
adequate measures for maintaining law and order in the area during the Ijtema.
Various social and religious organizations have set up temporary medical camps
for providing emergency treatment to the devotees.
The Biswa Ijtema ends
on Monday morning through offering of the Akheri
Munajat (the last solemn request or
expression of thanks to God) or the concluding supplication.##
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