There is serious anger towards the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia after the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Dawah, and Guidance issued an order against Tablighi Jamaat and called it “one of the gates of terrorism”.
After the order was issued, Darul Uloom Deoband, one of the most influential Islamic schools of thought which is also the inspiration for the Taliban issued a statement on Sunday (December 12) criticising Saudi Arabia’s decision.
The Islamic seminary said that linking Tablighi Jamaat with bidat (religious invention) and terrorism is baseless and called on Saudi Arabia to review the ban.
Darul Uloom Deoband Vice-Chancellor Shaikhul Hadith Maulana Mufti Abul Qasim Nomani said Tablighi Jamaat was only working for the well-being of the Muslim society and improving the religious observance and the Saudi stricture was wrong as the
“Despite small differences, the Jamaat is working on its mission and is popular across the globe. Allegations of polytheism, heresy and terrorism against the Tablighi Jamaat in general and groups or individuals associated with it are absolutely meaningless”, The Economic Times quoted Nomani.
The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia which had once given away hundreds of millions of dollars to organisations like Tablighi Jamaat asked all Imams to preach about the dangers the Tablighi Jamaat poses to society.
As per the order any association with the Tablighi Jamaat is prohibited in the Kingdom.
The Ministry of Islamic Affairs said, “His Excellency the Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dr. Abdullateef Al-Sheikh, the preachers of mosques in which Friday prayers are held, are instructed to dedicate the next Friday sermon 6/5/1443 AH to warn against (the Tablighi and Da’wah group).”
It said, the preachers are directed to talk about four major points about the group:
The Tablighi Jamaat is an ultra-conservative Sunni Islamic missionary movement started in 1926 and now it has many members of the Pakistan cricket team who travel all over the world to spread the word of Islam.
It has about 400 million followers globally and as per a report, the US Government has been closely monitoring the Tablighi Jamaat after the 9/11 terror attack because the teachings and beliefs of the Tablighi Jamaat push Muslims towards radical Muslim organisations.
Even Russia has warned about the dangers of the Tablighi Jamaat and in February last year, authorities cracked down on the centres run by the Jamaat.
In March last year, during the spread of the Wuhan virus, the Union government announced a lockdown to prevent and hundreds of Tablighi members were detained from a mosque in Nizamuddin that included many foreign members of the Jamaat.
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