Ijtema

This year the organisers have divided the Ijtema ground into 33 sections.

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In his message, President Zillur Rahman said the Ijtema has been playing an important role in establishing good relations among all members of the Muslim Ummah and spreading the teachings of Islam.

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The Ijtema features sermons on fundamental issues of Tablig, prayer for spiritual adulation, exaltation and welfare of the Muslim community.

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Tens of thousands of devotees with winter clothes and blankets and cooking apparatus from across the country have gathered at the Ijtema venue, some 20km north of Dhaka city, to seek divine blessings of Allah.

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Sermons already started yesterday morning although the Ijtema officially starts after Fazr prayers today.

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The electrification work and installation of 500 special loudspeakers at the Ijtema ground has been completed, said the organisers.

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Readers obviously heard many a time the names of Nabi Sulaiman and Nabi Doud from the mouth of Bangladeshi, Pakistani, and Indian Maulanas (they often come to Tongi to participate in tafsir and boyan during yearly Ijtema).

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Law enforcement agencies have set up nine observation towers to watch people's movement while 60 CCTVs have been installed across the venue including 18 entrance points to monitor the Ijtema ground.

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Citing Benapole immigration officials, a correspondent from Benapole reports that about 3,700 devotees from different countries entered Bangladesh through Benapole check post in the last seven days to attend the Ijtema.

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