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The 3-Day Biswa Ijtema Ends Today with Final Prayer
Chittagong, December 05: The 3-day Biswa
Ijtema ( world religious gathering) in the suburban town of Tongi
about 30 km off Dhaka is set to end today with akheri munajat
( final prayer), said Tin Soe, Kaladan Press Staff, who participated
the gathering.
More than 3 million people
including President Iajuddin Ahamed,
Prime Minister Khaleda Zia
and other cabinet members, and leader of the opposition Sheikh Hasina and other opposition leaders joined in the last
prayer led by Maulana Jobayer
Hasan of
Thousands of women also take part
in the munajat from rooftops of nearby mills,
factories and high rises and houses in Uttra and Tongi and was also attending the solemn annual function
staying at their relatives’ homes, said Sayed who
also take part in the Ijtema.
The second largest Muslim
congregation after the Hajj organized by Tablig Jamat took off Friday with over 1.5 million devotees
offering the Juma prayer together yesterday; he added
quoting the Organizing Committee of Tablig Jamat.
A total of 3,733 foreigners from
54 countries were participated in this year’s Ijtema.
At least 127 couples were solemnized without dowry in Ijtema,
Tin Soe said, according to Tablig
Jamat.
More than 15 thousand security
personnel including 6,500 police and 1,000 troops of Rapid Action Battalion
(RAB) are deployed in the area to maintain law and order. The law agencies
arrested 127 people for fraud and pick pocketing in the area. An identified man
about 65 years died on Friday apparently of cardiac arrest in the Ijtema ground. Besides, 3 others received serious burn injuries
while cooking as kerosene-stone suddenly burst and 40 sick others have been
sent to nearby hospitals for medical treatment, said Tin Soe
after inquiring from duty police officer.
Maulana
M. Mostakim from New Delhi, Maulana
Ismail Sudarail from Pakistan, Maulana
Jobayerul Hassan and Maulana Sha’d, are the key
lecturers in the Ijtema, said A. Karim
who participated the Ijtema.
The government agencies concerned have arranged special bus,
train, and ferry services for the Ijtema
participants. ##
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