Md Joynal Abedin Khan :
The first phase of the Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, is scheduled to begin on the bank of the river Turag on the outskirt of Dhaka on January 12-14 next year while the second phase will be held from January 19 to 21.
People from 33 districts, including part of Dhaka, will take part in the first two phases, while those from the remaining 32 districts will participate in the second phases. But foreigners will be able to join in every phase.
Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic non-political organization, has been organising Biswa Ijtema, also called the World Muslims’ Congregation, every year since 1946.
In 2011, the organisers split the congregation into two phases for better management and security.
The law enforcing agencies, including Police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will undertake special measures to overcome the fear of attack by militant organizatons, mainly new-JMB, during the observation of the Bishwa Ijtema, Home Ministry sources said.
They said that massive security measures will be taken specially for the foreign devotees (mainly India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Panama, Egypt, Oman, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iran, Japan, Canada, Cambodia, Mozambique,
Russia, the USA, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, Kenya and New Zealand) as they perform their prayers and necessary sermon (A’m bayan), they said.
Law enforcers will also guard the foreign guests from airports and Ijtema ground and its adjacent areas, they.
The detectives also have cautioned surveillances on recent ‘trouble making devotes of two factional groups in the city’s ‘Kakrail Markas Mosque’, recently of Tabligh Jamaat, the organizer of the Bishwa Ijtema.
According to an unofficial sources, the first phase enlisted districts are Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Noakhali, Chandpur, Brahmanbaria, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Kishoreganj, Mymensingh, Tangail, Gazipur, Manikganj, Faridpur, Shariatpur, Gopalganj, Rangpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Dinajpur, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon, Pabna, Joypurhat, Jessore, Meherpur, Kushtia, Satkhira, Barisal and Barguna.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Tuesday said in a meeting ahead of the security issue of arranging Bishwa Ijtema, “Several control rooms, watchtowers and a number of closed, circuit cameras will be set up in and around the Ijtema ground while a couple of bomb disposal units and dog squads will be on board during the Iltema to ensure foolproof security.”
He said that the law enforcers would keep a close eye on the security of the foreign nationals who would come to join the Ijtema congregation.
Special initiative will also be taken to ease the traffic congestion during Iijtema, said IGP said.
Earlier, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that the government would install fire service control room and deploy an emergency medical team for the healthcare service of the devotees during the congregation.
Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque, Public Security Division Secretary Mostafa Kamal Uddin, Director General of RAB Benazir Ahmed, DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah and other concerned officials were present during the meeting.
Mohammad Gias Uddin, a senior member of the organizing committee, said, like the past, the next Ijtema will also be held in two phases with the first phase beginning on January 12 and ending on January 14. Then after a four day break, the second phase will begin on January 19 and end on January 21.
Ijtema is being held in two phases from 2012 to ease accommodation problem, he said.
Earlier, the dispute among Tabligh leaders over establishing dominance reached a new height, after two factions of the organisation engaged in a violent clash on Kakrail Mosque premises on November 15, according to sources from the Tabligh,
They said that scuffles between the two factions are becoming a regular occurrence. Seven people are leading the Bangladesh chapter of Tabligh Jamaat as Faisal (Ameer). Syed Wasif Islam is one of the ameers and also a Majlis-e-Shura member of the organization, they added.
The first phase of the Bishwa Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after Hajj, is scheduled to begin on the bank of the river Turag on the outskirt of Dhaka on January 12-14 next year while the second phase will be held from January 19 to 21.
People from 33 districts, including part of Dhaka, will take part in the first two phases, while those from the remaining 32 districts will participate in the second phases. But foreigners will be able to join in every phase.
Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic non-political organization, has been organising Biswa Ijtema, also called the World Muslims’ Congregation, every year since 1946.
In 2011, the organisers split the congregation into two phases for better management and security.
The law enforcing agencies, including Police and Rapid Action Battalion (RAB) will undertake special measures to overcome the fear of attack by militant organizatons, mainly new-JMB, during the observation of the Bishwa Ijtema, Home Ministry sources said.
They said that massive security measures will be taken specially for the foreign devotees (mainly India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, Panama, Egypt, Oman, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Iran, Japan, Canada, Cambodia, Mozambique,
Russia, the USA, Sweden, Belgium, Italy, Kenya and New Zealand) as they perform their prayers and necessary sermon (A’m bayan), they said.
Law enforcers will also guard the foreign guests from airports and Ijtema ground and its adjacent areas, they.
The detectives also have cautioned surveillances on recent ‘trouble making devotes of two factional groups in the city’s ‘Kakrail Markas Mosque’, recently of Tabligh Jamaat, the organizer of the Bishwa Ijtema.
According to an unofficial sources, the first phase enlisted districts are Dhaka, Cox’s Bazar, Bandarban, Rangamati, Khagrachhari, Noakhali, Chandpur, Brahmanbaria, Moulvibazar, Habiganj, Kishoreganj, Mymensingh, Tangail, Gazipur, Manikganj, Faridpur, Shariatpur, Gopalganj, Rangpur, Nilphamari, Lalmonirhat, Kurigram, Dinajpur, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon, Pabna, Joypurhat, Jessore, Meherpur, Kushtia, Satkhira, Barisal and Barguna.
Inspector General of Police (IGP) AKM Shahidul Hoque on Tuesday said in a meeting ahead of the security issue of arranging Bishwa Ijtema, “Several control rooms, watchtowers and a number of closed, circuit cameras will be set up in and around the Ijtema ground while a couple of bomb disposal units and dog squads will be on board during the Iltema to ensure foolproof security.”
He said that the law enforcers would keep a close eye on the security of the foreign nationals who would come to join the Ijtema congregation.
Special initiative will also be taken to ease the traffic congestion during Iijtema, said IGP said.
Earlier, Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan Kamal said that the government would install fire service control room and deploy an emergency medical team for the healthcare service of the devotees during the congregation.
Inspector General of Police AKM Shahidul Hoque, Public Security Division Secretary Mostafa Kamal Uddin, Director General of RAB Benazir Ahmed, DMP Commissioner Asaduzzaman Miah and other concerned officials were present during the meeting.
Mohammad Gias Uddin, a senior member of the organizing committee, said, like the past, the next Ijtema will also be held in two phases with the first phase beginning on January 12 and ending on January 14. Then after a four day break, the second phase will begin on January 19 and end on January 21.
Ijtema is being held in two phases from 2012 to ease accommodation problem, he said.
Earlier, the dispute among Tabligh leaders over establishing dominance reached a new height, after two factions of the organisation engaged in a violent clash on Kakrail Mosque premises on November 15, according to sources from the Tabligh,
They said that scuffles between the two factions are becoming a regular occurrence. Seven people are leading the Bangladesh chapter of Tabligh Jamaat as Faisal (Ameer). Syed Wasif Islam is one of the ameers and also a Majlis-e-Shura member of the organization, they added.
