Stage all set in Bhopal, 63rd
International Tableeghi Ijtima begins
today
Saturday December 25, 2010 02:07:19 PM,
Pervez Bari, ummid.com
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Bhopal
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A tented
township is coming up near here for one of the world's largest
Muslim gatherings, the 63rd Aalmi Tablighi Ijtema, with special
arrangements for the stay of an estimated 400 physically
challenged people. The global
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Bhopal: Stage is all set for the for
the for the three-day 63rd “Aalami Tableeghi Ijtima” (World
Preachers Congregation) to be held here from December 25 to 27 on
the outskirts of Bhopal at Ghasipura in Eintkhedi village in the
Central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The Ijtima will conclude
on December 27 with mass “Dua” (prayer).
A tented city has come up at Ghasipura in Eintkhedi as people in
hordes from all over the country and abroad have started pouring
in to the Ijtima site. The trickle which started after the “Juma”
(Friday) prayers picked up slowly and gradually and after Isha
(night) prayers the rush of people became a tornado and would
continue the whole night.
More than half a million people from all over the world
participate in the Ijtima every year. Around 600 foreigners in
different Jamaats (Group of people) who have reached the Ijtima
site include from Kazakhstan, Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia and
Sri Lanka, Saudi Arabia, Iran, Kuwait, Egypt, South Africa,
Thailand, Philippines, Australia, the United Kingdom, China etc.
According to Janab Ateeq-ul-Islam, spokesman and member of the
organizing committee of the Tableeghi Ijtima, about 250 Nikahs
will get solemnized during the Ijtima when the elders of the
Tableeghi Jamaat in a simple manner in the spirit of Islam after
Asir (evening) prayers on December 26.
With the crack of dawn after Fajr prayers the Ijtima would start
unfolding. The opening sermon after Fajr prayers would be
delivered by Maulana Chiraghuddin of Rajasthan. The Namaz timings
at the Masjid Ghasipura during the Ijtima would be, Fajr at 0630
hours, Zohar at 1400 hours, Asir at 1635 hours, Maghrib at 1740
hours and the Isha Namaz would be offered after the completion of
Bayan (sermons).
In a bid to boost security in and around the venue CCTVs have been
installed at strategic points. Police have set up watchtowers and
hundreds of policemen are present on the spot. Apart from police,
the personnel of Rapid Action Force, (RAF), the Traffic police
will be in attendance along with hundreds of volunteers of
Tableeghi Jamaat to streamline the vehicular traffic. Special
buses are plying between the Capital and Eintkhedi village to take
citizens to the venue.
(pervezbari@eth.net)
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