The Tabligh Jamaat faction led by Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi of India on Friday took control of the Kakrail Mosque for next two weeks as their rival group led by Zubair Ahmed left the place to avoid any untoward incident ahead of their annual congregation.
A huge number of law enforcement agency members were seen deployed in and around the Kakrail Mosque area amid several thousand followers of Saad taking to streets in a move to occupy the mosque as the followers of Zubair earlier announced that they would resist followers of Saad.
The group led by Saad took position in Kakrail mosque and its adjacent areas at about 8:00am and many left the area following jumma prayers, according to police and witnesses.
A tense situation was prevailing in and around the Kakrail area due to the presence of Saad followers.
A follower of Zubair, however, said that the government requested them to avoid any untoward incident ahead of the Bishwa Ijtema beginning at the end of January and so they left the mosque.
Saad-led Tabligh Jamaat group media coordinator Md Sayem told 抖阴精品 that they would stay in the mosque for the next 14 days.
鈥榃e have to take positions on streets today as many of us have rushed to the mosque from different areas and it is overflowing,鈥� Sayem said, adding that the Zubair group had been staying in the mosque for 28 days and the group allowed them to stay for 14 days for the past seven years ahead of the annual congregation.
鈥榃e will not allow any the discriminatory practices in Bangladesh,鈥� he said, alleging that Zubair group was a collaborator of fascist Sheikh Hasina.
He said that they would hold Bishwa Ijtema in the first phase beginning on January 31.
Ramna police station officer-in-charge Golam Faruk said that no untoward situation took place in the area as Tabligh group left roads after jumma prayers.
On November 5, the Islamic conference 鈥� organised by Ulemah Mashayekh Bangladesh aimed to protect Tabligh Jamaat, Qwami madrassahs and Islam 鈥� raised their nine-point demand, announced by Maulana Mahfuzul Haque.
The demands included declaring Ahmadiyyas as non-Muslims in Bangladesh and not allowing Indian Tabligh Jamaat chief Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi to come to Bangladesh, restricting the entry of Saad鈥檚 supporters at the Kakrail Mosque 鈥� Tabligh鈥檚 headquarters in Bangladesh.
Bishwa Ijtema is oragnised annually at Tongi on the outskirts of Dhaka.
After a deadly clash between the two groups in 2018, the congregation was organised separately by the two groups.
