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Tablighi Jamaat
2009 Annual Congregation of Tablighi Jamaat
Sepang Selangor,Malaysia
Total population
200 million[1]
Founder
Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi[2]
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Deobandi Islam[2][3][4]
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Tablighi Jamaat(Urdu:تبلیغی جماعتlit. 'Society of Preachers',[5][6]also translated as "propagation party" or "preaching party" )[2][3][4]is an internationalIslamic religious movement[2][3]focuses on exhortingMuslimsto be more religiously observant[1]and encouraging fellow members to return to practising their religion as per theIslamic prophet Muhammad,[7]and secondarily givedawah(calling) to non-Muslims.[4]"One of the most widespread Sunni"islah(reform)[4]and called "one of the most influential religious movements in 20th-century Islam,"[8]the organization is estimated to have between 12 and 80 million adherents worldwide,[1]spread over 150 countries,[3][4][9][10]with the majority living inSouth Asia.[11][12]

The group encourages its followers to undertake short-term preaching missions (khuruj), lasting from a few days to a few months in groups of usually forty days and four months, to preach to Muslims reminding them of "the core teachings of the Prophet Muhammad" and encourage them to attend mosque prayers and sermons. Members "travel, eat, sleep, wash and pray together in the mosques and often observe strict regimens relating to dress and personal grooming".[1]

Established in 1926 byMuhammad Ilyas al-Kandhlawi,in theMewatregion ofBritish India,it has roots in the revivalist tradition of theDeobandischool,[4]and developed as a response to the deterioration of moral values and the neglect of aspects of Islam.[2]The movement aims for thespiritual reformation of Islamby working at the grassroots level.[9][13]The teachings of Tabligh Jamaat are expressed in "Six Principles":Kalimah(Declaration of faith),Salah(Prayer),Ilm-o-zikr(Reading and Remembrance),Ikraam-e-Muslim(Respect for Muslims),Ikhlas-e-Niyyat(Sincerity of intention), andDawat-o-Tableegh(Proselytization).[14]

Tablighi Jamaatdenies any political affiliation,involvement in debate over political or Islamic doctrine such asfiqh,[15][16][17] let alone terrorism.[15]It maintains its focus is on the study of thesacred scriptures of Islam:theQuranand theHadith,[16][18]and that the personal spiritual renewal that results will lead to reformation of society.[1]However, the group has been accused of maintaining political links,[9]and being used by members ofIslamic terrorist organizationsto recruit operatives.[3][4][11][15]

History[edit]

The emergence of Tablighi Jamaat also coincided closely with the rise of various Hindu revivalist movements such asShuddhi(purification) andSanghatan(consolidation) launched in the early twentieth century to reconvert Hindus who had converted to Islam and Tablighi Jamaat has been called a "missionary offshoot" of the revivalistDeobandimovement ofIndia.[19]

Origin[edit]

Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi

Muhammad Ilyas Kandhlawi,the founder of Tablighi Jamaat, wanted to create a movement that would enjoin good and forbid evil as theQurandecreed,[20][21]as his teacherRasheed Ahmad Gangohidreamed of doing. The inspiration for this came to Ilyas in a dream during his secondpilgrimagetoMeccain 1926.[22]

Ilyas abandoned his teaching post atMadrasah Mazahir UloominSaharanpurand became a missionary for reforming Muslims (but he did not advocate preaching to non-Muslims). He relocated nearDargah Hazrat Nizamuddinin Delhi, where this movement was formally launched in 1926,[23]or 1927.[24]When setting the guidelines for the movement, he sought inspiration from the practices adopted by Muhammad at the dawn of Islam.[21]Muhammad Ilyas put forward the slogan,Urdu:"!اﮮ مسلمانو! مسلمان بنو","O Muslims, become [true] Muslims!". This expressed the central focus of Tablighi Jamaat: their aim to renew Muslims by socially by trying to unite them in embracing the lifestyle ofMuhammad.The movement gained a following in a relatively short period and nearly 25,000 people attended the annual conference in November 1941.[23]

At the time, some Muslim Indian leaders feared that Muslims were losing their religious identity and were heedless of Islamic rituals. The movement was never given any name officially, but Ilyas called itTahrik-i Imaan.[25][26]Muhammad Ilyas died in 1945 and he himself is buried in the Nizām Ad-Dīn Mosque.

TheMewatregion where Tablighi Jamaat started near Delhi[24]was inhabited by theMeos,an ethnic group native to the region, most of whom had converted to Islam, and then had adopted Hindu traditions and attitudes when Muslim political power declined in the region, lacking the necessary acumen (according to one author,Roger Ballard) required to resist the cultural and religious influence of majority Hindus, prior to the arrival of Tablighi Jamaat.[27]

Expansion[edit]

Bishwa IjtemainBangladesh

The group began to expand its activities in 1946. The initial expansion within South Asia happened immediately after the partition of India in 1947, when the Pakistan Chapter was established in the hinterlands ofRaiwindtown nearLahore,Pakistan. The Pakistan Chapter remained the largest until Bangladesh became independent from Pakistan in 1971. Today, the largest Chapter is Bangladesh followed by the second largest in Pakistan. Within two decades of its establishment, the group reached Southwest and Southeast Asia, Africa, Europe, and North America.[28]The Tablighi Jamaat's aversion to politics, and also its lack of any direct and practical economic-political-social viewpoints, helped it enter and operate in societies, especially western countries and societies where politically active religious groups faced restrictions.[8]

Foreign missions[edit]

The first foreign missions were sent to theHejaz(westernSaudi Arabia) and Britain in 1946.[29]The United States followed and during the 1970s and 1980s the Tablighi Jamaat also established a large presence in continental Europe.[25]In France it was introduced in the 1960s, and grew significantly in the two decades following 1970.[30]

In France, as of 2004, it was represented on theFrench Council of the Muslim Faith.[25]During the first half-decade of the 21st century Tablighi Jamaat went through a major revival in France, reaching 100,000 followers by 2006.[31]However, the United Kingdom is the current focus of the movement in Europe, primarily due to the large South Asian population that began to arrive there in the 1960s.[32]By 2007, Tablighi Jamaat members were situated at 600 of Britain's 1,350 mosques.[33]

After the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the movement made inroads into Central Asia. As of 2007, it was estimated that 10,000 Tablighi Jamaat members could be found inKyrgyzstan.[34]

Pew Research Centerestimates there are between 12 and 80 million adherents, spread across more than 150 countries.[10]By some measures this made Tablighi Jamaat the largest Muslim movement in the World.[citation needed]The majority of the followers of the Tablighi Jamaat live in South Asia.[9][12]It is estimated that nearly 50,000 members of Tablighi Jamaat are active in the United States.[9]

Beliefs and objectives[edit]

Members of Tabligh Jamat are allowed to follow their ownfiqhas long as it does not deviate fromSunniIslam.[16][32]Tablighi Jamaat defines its objective with reference to the concept ofDawah,the proselytizing or preaching of Islam. Tablighi Jamaat interpretsDawahasenjoining good and forbidding evilonly and defines its objective within the framework of two particular Qur'anic verses which refer to this mission.[35]Those two verses are:[36]

And whose words are better than someone who calls ˹others˺ to Allah, does good, and says, “I am truly one of those who submit.”?

— Surah Fussilat41:33

Let there be a group among you who call ˹others˺ to goodness, encourage what is good, and forbid what is evil—it is they who will be successful.

— Surah Al Imran3:104

Six Attributes (Sifāt)[edit]

Six Principles of Tabligh Jamaat

When Tablighi Jamaat visits a village or neighborhood, it invites the local Muslims to assemble in the mosque to hear their message in the form of "Six Attributes". These six Attributes were derived from the lives of the companions of Muhammad, since Muslims believe Sahabah (companions) are the best human beings after Muhammad—It is stated in one hadith, "My Sahabah (companions) are like [guiding] stars, whosoever follows [any] one of them will be guided."[37][38]The Six Sifāt are basically a discussion about six special Attributes that when achieved, will just make it easy to follow the entireDīn.These objectives are:

  1. Kalimah— "An article of faith in which the tabligh accepts that there is no god but Allah and the Prophet Muhammad is His messenger" (lā ilāha illā -llāh Muḥammadur rasūlu -llāh);[11]
  2. Salah(akaNamaz) — Performing the five daily prescribed ritual prayers "that are essential to spiritual elevation, piety, and a life free from the ills of the material world";[11]
  3. IlmwithZikr(knowledge and remembrance of Allah) — This involves "sessions in which the congregation listens to preaching by the emir, performs prayers, recites the Quran and reads Hadith". The congregation will also use In addition the congregation will eat meals together during these sessions to foster "a sense of community and identity";[11]
  4. Ikram al-Muslim(Honoring Muslims) — Treating fellow Muslims "with honor and deference";[11]
  5. Ikhlas-i-Niyyah(Monotheism and Intention) – "Reforming one's life in supplication to Allah by performing every human action for the sake of Allah and toward the goal of self-transformation";[11]
  6. Dawah&Tabligh(Invitation and Conveyance), alsoTafrigh-i-Waqt(sparing time) — Inviting and Preaching – "The sparing of time to live a life based on faith and learning its virtues, following in the footsteps of Muhammad, and taking His message door to door for the sake of faith",[11]

Activities, traditions, methodology[edit]

Dry-dock parable:
Man is a ship in trouble in tumultuous sea. It is impossible to repair it without taking it away from the high seas where the waves of ignorance and the temptations of temporal life assail it. Its only chance is to come back to land to be dry-docked. The dry-dock is the mosque of the jamaat.

— from the bookTravellers in Faith[39]

The activism of Tablighi Jamaat can be characterised by the last of the Six Principles. This principle,Tafrigh-i-Waqt(English: sparing of time) justifies the withdrawal from World, though temporarily, for travelling. Travel has been adopted as the most effective method of personal reform and has become an emblematic feature of organisation. They describe the purpose of this retreat as to patch the damages caused by the worldly indulgence and occasionally use the dry-dock parable to explain this.[39]

These individualjamaats,each led by anameer,are sent from each markaz across the city or country to remind people to persist on the path of God. The duration of the work depends on the discretion of eachjamaat.A trip can take an evening, a couple of days or a prolonged duration.[9][40]

Khurūj(proselytising tour)[edit]

Tabligh Jamaat encourages its followers to follow the pattern of spending "ten nights a month (Ashra),120 continuous days a year (Teen Chilla), and ultimately 150 days (5 Maah- Beroon) in tabligh missions". During the course of these tours, members are generally seen dressed in simple, white, loose-clothing, carrying sleeping bags on their backs.[40]These members use mosques as their base during this travel but particular mosques, due to more frequent tablighiyat activities, have come to be specifically associated with this organisation. These mosques generally hold the periodic, smaller scale convocations for neighbourhood members.[41]

During their stay in mosques, thesejamaatsconduct a dailygasht,which involves visiting local neighbourhoods, preferably with the help of a guide called as rehbar.[32]They invite people to attend theMaghribprayer at their mosque and those who attend are delivered a sermon after the prayers, which essentially outlines the Six Principles. They urge the attendees to spend time in tabligh for self reformation and the propagation of Islam.[42]

Generally, the assumed role of thesejamaatmembers cycle in a way that they may be engaged as a preacher, a cook or as a cleaner at other times. Among Tabligh Jamaat members, this is generally referred to askhidmatwhich essentially connotes to serving their companions and freeing them for tablighi engagements.[40]The members of the Jamaat are assigned these roles based on the day'smashwara.The markaz keeps records of eachjamaatand its members, the identity of whom is verified from their respective mosques. Mosques are used to assist the tablighi activities of individualjamaatsthat voluntarily undertake preaching missions.[9][12]Members of ajamaat,ideally, pay expenses themselves so as to avoid financial dependence on anyone.[40]

Ijtema(annual gathering)[edit]

Bishwa Ijtema(World Gathering) of Muslims at Tongi, Bangladesh

An annual gathering of followers, calledijtema,is summoned at headquarters of the respective countries. A typicalijtemacontinues for three days and ends with an exceptionally long prayer.[31]These gatherings are considered moments of intense blessings by Tabligh Jamaat members and are known to attract members in excess of 2 million in some countries.[41]The oldest ijtema of the World started in Bhopal, capital city of Madhya Pradesh, India. It attracts people from all over the world. Almost 2 million people gather for this annual gathering.[citation needed]One of the largest of such annual gatherings is held in Bangladesh. TheBengaligathering, calledBishwa Ijtema(World Gathering), converges followers from around the world inTonginearDhaka,Bangladesh, with an attendance exceeding 2 million people.[43][44]The second largest Tabligh Jamaat gathering takes place inRaiwind,Pakistan which was attended by approximately 1.5 million people in 2004.[45]In 2011 Pakistan divided the Ijtema into two parts and a total of 1 million people attended each of the two Ijtema.[46][47]

Methodology[edit]

The method adopted by Muhammad Ilyas was to organise units (calledjamaats,Arabic:جماعاتِmeaningAssembly) of at least ten persons and send them to various villages or neighborhoods to preach. These outings,Dawahtours (see below), are now organised by Tablighi Jamaat leaders.[48]In these tours, emphasis is laid on "Ahadithabout virtues of action "(imitating Muhammad). In the ahadith (reported sayings of Muhammad) offazail(virtues) these has been calledEemaan(faith) andIhtisab(for the sake of Allah) and Tablighi Jamaat believes this is the most vital deriving force for reward inakhirah(afterlife). The Tablighi Jamaat founder Ilyas preached that knowledge of virtues andA'amalu-Saliha(Good Deeds and Actions) takes precedence over the knowledge ofMasa'il(jurisprudence). Knowing jurisprudence detail (Fara'id (mandates) and Sunan (traditions) of Salat) is useful only if a person is ready to perform rituals such as offeringSalat.[49] They insist that the best way of learning is teaching and encouraging others, with the books prescribed by Tabligi Jamaat Movement in the light of Quran and Hadith stories of Prophets,Sahaba(Companions of Prophet) andAwliaAllah( "Friends of Allah" ).[41][Note 1]A collection of books, usually referred asTablighi Nisaab(Tablighi Curriculum), is recommended by Tabligh Jamaat elders for general reading. This set includes four books namely (Hayatus Sahabah,Fazail-e-Amaal,Fazail-e-SadqaatandMuntakhab Ahadith).[51]

In its early days and in South Asia, the Tabligh movement aimed to return to orthodoxy and "purify" the Muslim religio-cultural identity of heterodox or "borderline" Muslims who still practised customs and religious rites connected with Hinduism. Especially to counteract the efforts of Hindu proselytising movements who targeted these often recently converts from Hinduism.[52]Unlike common proselytising movements, Tablighi Jamaat has mostly focused on making Muslims 'better and purer' and ideally "religiously perfect",rather than preaching to the non-Muslims. This is because (it believes) dawah to non-Muslims will only be effective (or will be much more effective) when a Muslim reaches" perfection ".[52][53]

Organisation[edit]

Kakrail Mosque,Dhaka.The Tablighi Jamaat movement inBangladeshis mostly based here.

Tablighi Jamaat follows an informal organisational structure and keeps an introverted institutional profile. It has been described as "a free-floating religious movement with minimal dependence on hierarchy, leadership positions, and decision-making procedures."[54] It keeps its distance from the mass media and avoids publishing details about its activities and membership. The group also exercises complete abstinence from expressing opinions on political and controversial issues, mainly to avoid the disputes that would accompany these endorsements.[55][56]As an organisation, Tabligh Jamaat does not seek donations and is not funded by anyone; in fact, members have to bear their own expenditures. Since there is no formal registration process and no official membership count has ever been taken, the exact membership statistics remain unknown.[28]The movement discourages interviews with its elders and has never officially released texts, although there are publications associated with the movement (usually referred to asTablighi Nisaab[Tablighi Curriculum]). The emphasis has never been on book learning but rather on first-hand personal communication.[41][57]

The organisation's activities are coordinated through centers calledMarkaz.It also has country-wise centers in over 200 countries to coordinate its activities. These centers organize volunteer, self-funding people in groups (calledjamaats), averaging ten to twelve people, to remind Muslims to remain steadfast on the path of Allah.[12]Thesejamaatsand preaching missions are self-funded by their respective members.

Ameeris the title of supervisor (doyen) in the Tabligh Jamaat, and the attribute largely sought is the quality of faith rather than the worldly rank.[40]The ameer of Tabligh Jamaat is appointed for life by a central consultative council (shura) and elders of the Tabligh Jamaat.[57]The firstemirwasMuhammad Ilyas Kandhalawi,later succeeded by his sonMaulana Muhammad Yusuf Kandhalawiand then byInamul Hasan Kandhlawi,and the current emir isMuhammad Saad Kandhlawi.Sometime in 1992, 3 years before the time of his demise, Inamul Hasan Kandhlawi formed a 10-member advisory committee to appoint an emir (ameer). This 10-member advisory committee consisted of Saeed Ahmed Khan, Mufti Zainul Abideen,Muhammad Umar Palanpuri,Izhar-ul-Hasan Kandhlawi,Zubair-ul-Hassan Kandhlawi,Miyaji Mehraab,Haji Abdul Wahhab,Haji Abdul Muqeet, Haji Afzal, Muhammad Saad Kandhlawi, and Khalid Siddiqui Aligarhi.[58]

Role of women[edit]

In Tablighi Jamaat, women are encouraged to stay at home, and to choose a life of "segregation between female and male". However they also engage in proselytizing activities, discussing among themselves in small groups the basics of Tabligh and traveling with their husbands (or anothermahram) on proselytizing trips.[59]Tabligh inculcates in them that dawah is also important alongside taking care of their spouses or taking care of their children.[59]

According to a 1996 study by Barbara Metcalf,[40]the Tablighi Jamaat has encouraged women to participate since the beginning of the movement. Some scholars objected to the participation of women, but Muhammad Ilyas slowly gained their support and the firstjamaatof women was formed in Nizamuddin, Delhi.[40]Accompanied by a close male relative, (mahram), women are encouraged to go out in jamaats and work among other women and family members while following the rules of modesty, seclusion and segregation. They observe hijab by covering their faces and hands.[31][40]Jamaatsof women sometimes participate in large annual meetings; otherwise, they commonly hold neighbourhood meetings.

Tablighi Jamaat tends to blur the boundaries of gender roles and both genders share a common behavioural model and their commitment to tabligh. The emphasis is on a common nature and responsibilities shared by both genders. Just as men redraw the gender roles when they wash and cook during the course ofda'watours, women undertake the male responsibility of sustaining the household.[40]Women do not play any role in the higher echelons of the movement,[31]but their opinions are taken into due considerations. Women and the family members are being to told to learn Quran and follow 5 Amaals in everyday life, Taleem of Ahadees, Quran recitation, 6 Points muzakera, and mashwara for daily life work and fikr for the whole world as people from around the world will be coming and they are the one who has to learn before they teach.[40]

Mushawara after Bayan Subh at Tablighi Jamaat center in Cot Goh,Montasik,Aceh Besar,Aceh

Criticism and controversy[edit]

Lack of political activism[edit]

Tabligh Jamaat has been criticised—especially byHizb ut-TahrirandJamaat-e-Islami—for its neutral political stance and failure to assist Islamist forces in the fight against secular or non-Islamist opponents. Specifically they criticise the Tabligh Jamaat's neutral position towards issues in South Asia such as the introduction of anIslamic constitution in Pakistan(1950s), Islam vs socialism (1969–1971), communal riots in India in the 1970s and 1980s, the Khatm-e-Nabuwwat Movement (1974), andNizam-e-Mustafa Movement(1977).[60]The Tablighi Jamaat, in response, states that it is only by avoiding the political debates that the Tablighi Jamaat has been successful in reawakening the spiritual conscience of the followers. The apolitical stance also helped it operate in difficult times, such as during the governments ofAyub Khan(1960s) andIndira Gandhi(1975–77), when other sociopolitical Islamic groups faced restrictions.[61][60]

The difference of opinion regarding political participation also marks the fundamental difference between the Tablighi Jamaat and Islamist movements. While the Islamists believe that the acquisition of political power is the absolute requirement for the establishment of an Islamic society, the Tablighi Jamaat believes that mere political power is not enough to ensure effective organisation of the Islamic social order.[62]The exclusive focus of the Tablighi Jamaat's attention is the individual, and members believe the reformation of society and institutions will only be effective through education and reform of individuals. It insists that nations and social systems exist by the virtue of the individuals who form them; therefore, the reform must begin at the grass-roots with individuals and not at the higher level of political structure.[63]

Nasiruddin Albaniin his book "Darsush Shaikhul Albani" talks about Tabligh Jamaat's aloofness from politics,[64]

Question: The first question we were asked was about a critical issue, so may Allah reward you well, because you have done the mental labor of giving your opinion on many critical issues of Tabligh Jamaat, but here are some more critical issues related to other points of view, which are answered. We would like to know, first briefly, then in detail, may God have mercy on you: The questioner said: What do you say about a principle of the Tabligh Jamaat, in which they say: We do not talk about four things when we go out (in da'wah work), because talking about those four things causes fitna. Because of the creation, these are: politics, jurisprudence, disagreement or ikhtilaf and party differences? Answer: And we pray to Allah, may Allah guide them! Initially we agree with them (Tabligh Jamaat) on politics, but not on the whole. The way we see it, I've said it many times before. We were interrogated in Syria, and there we were questioned by the intelligence agencies, unfortunately as they do in every Muslim country: you are gathering, partying, etc. etc. And I said: This party is for reform, not for politics, and after a long discussion of more than an hour when this Bathist (Bath Partyor Hizbul Bas, a political party in Syria) interrogator did not find any way to be considered from a legal point of view, He said: Go then, go and give your dars (teachings), but do not talk about politics, although I explained to him: We call upon ourselves by calling for reform, that is to return to the Qur'an and the Sunnah as you have always heard and all your life. Stay, and I've explained it before, but now you go back to that: But don't get involved in politics. So this forces me to point out a few things to you. It is true that we do not engage in politics. Because getting involved in politics is not part of Islam, it is not right. Politics is part of Islam, and some Islamic scholars are familiar with Ibn Taymiyyah's book "Siyasah Shariah, Qadiman wa Hadisan" (Politics/policy of Shariah, Past and Present). The Islamic state does not fall outside politics, and what is the meaning of the word politics (siyasat)? That is: the policy of the people (siyasatun nas, b. in Arabic both policy and politics both are understood by the word siyasat) and establishing solutions to their problems, according to their present and future interests. We do not deny the need to involve ourselves in politics, but we have seen - and we have proof of this - that leaving politics is part of politics (ايّها المتأسلمون: من السياسه ترك السياسه) (Min as-Siyasah Taraqa al-Siyasah, from Politics (comes) to leave politics (the matter of)/the matter of leaving politics comes/came from politics). One has to participate in politics temporarily or temporarily, but it cannot be abandoned, otherwise how can a Muslim state be established without such politics? But those who should participate in politics must be scholars, scholars must be scholars according to the correct understanding of the Book (Qur'an) and Sunnah (ideology of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad) and according to the understanding of the Salaf al-Saliheen, etc., and that is why we agree with them (the Tabligh Jamaat) on this issue, we agree with them in general, but we do not agree with them in detail, so now we say: leaving politics is part of politics.

Ideological opposition[edit]

Tablighi Jamaat has received criticism in the Indian subcontinent from theBarelvimovement. One of the main criticisms against them is that the men neglect and ignore their families, especially by going out onda'watours. Tablighi Jamaat participants, in response, argue that both genders should be equally engaged in Tabligh. They further say that women, like men, are also urged to carry the responsibility of Tabligh and that men should facilitate women's participation by providing childcare.[40]

Tablighi Jamaat has been criticised for being retrogressive. The women in the movement observehijabfor which the movement has been accused of keeping women "strictly subservient and second string".[31]

Before the rule of Prince Muhammad bin Salman,SalafistandWahhabiulema in Saudi Arabia issued rulings "declaring Tablighis to be deviants and forbidding participation in Tablighi activities unless the reason for the participation is to criticize" the alleged deviancy.[9]They also issued fatwa prohibiting Tablighi literature and preaching in that country.[9]

Allegations of extremism[edit]

Denials of extremism

Tablighi Jamaat focuses on religion and generally avoids political activities and debates,[15]claiming that the reformation of society will be achieved through personal spiritual renewal.[1]It has been criticized by some Muslims for being too pacifist/quietist.[15] Its leaders have denied any links with terrorism,[15]denounced Al-Qaeda,[65] but admit to not controlling its membership.[66]

At least three western experts on Islam have testified to its apolitical, quietist and/or peaceful character:

According to theAmerican Foreign Policy Council(AFPC), the Tablighi Jamaat teaches thatjihadis "primarily as personal purification rather than as holy warfare".[73]Because of its disavowal of violent jihad, the Tablighi activities have been banned in Saudi Arabia and some Islamist groups have accused the Tabligh of weakening support for jihad amongst Muslims.[74]

Fred Burton, Scott Stewart, Mumtaz Ahmad, and Shireen Khan Burki explain the connection between TJ and jihadism by the opinions that

  • TJ shares much with groups that have been accused of breeding jihadis --Salafis,Wahhabisand other 'revivalist' Islamist movements. They share the same conservative Islamic values and lifestyle, strict Islamic belief system and rejection of secularism;[75][76][9]they "share the same core ideology and ultimate objectives (the expansion ofDar al Islamand the establishment of a globalCaliphate) ".[77][73]According to US officials (the U.S. Government has closely monitored Tablighi Jamaat since September 2001),[15]though the Tablighis do not have a direct link with terrorism,[15][78]the teachings and beliefs of Tablighi Jamat have been a cornerstone for joining in radical Muslim groups.
  • By asking Muslims to "shun politics and public affairs", TJ leaves "a gap" in members' worldview/belief system; since "some people find they cannot ignore what is happening in the world around them, especially when that world includes wars". When jihadist groups "offer religiously sanctioned prescriptions as to how 'good Muslims' should deal with life's injustices", some TJ members listen.[9]
  • In addition, Mumtaz Ahmad notes, its "apolitical stance" has helped reassure Muslim and non-Muslim states, governments and others who put severe restrictions on politically activist Islamic groups; it allows TJ to penetrate and operate in these societies.[8]
  • Thus TJ provides "a cover, a conduit and a fertile recruiting ground for jihadi organizations such as Al Qaeda and Lashkar-i-Taiba".[77]TJ has been said to enable Al-Qaida "by supporting recruitment in radical madrassas and fundraising at mosques all over Pakistan."[79]Law enforcement officials says that Tablighi Jamaat's presence all around the world and its apolitical stance have been exploited by militant groups.[65]A former homeland security employee described Tablighi Jamaat as a "trans-national Islamist network".[80]According to Alex Alexiev, "perhaps 80% percent of the Islamist extremists have come from Tablighi ranks, prompting French intelligence officers to call Tablighi Jamaat the 'antechamber of fundamentalism.'"[67][81][82]
  • In addition, some argue Tablighi Jamaat is not as apolitical as it might first appear. According to Patrick Sukhdeo, TJ is an extremely secretive group and the core of the group does not disclose how it operates. Despite claims of being apolitical, it has ties with the political and military sector of countries such as Pakistan and Bangladesh.[77][67]

The Tablighi Jamaat operates in every sense as a secret society in this country [Britain], as much as elsewhere [...] Its meetings are held behind closed doors. We don't know who attends them. How much money it has. It publishes no minutes or accounts. It doesn't talk about itself. It is extremely difficult to penetrate.[83]

Some have compared the group's ideology toKhawarijwhereas others point out that the Tablighi Jamaat takes a "traditionalist" approach to Islam in contrast to Khawarij'sextremistand often heretical approach.[84][76][85][unreliable source?][77]

The Tablighi Jamaat tried to expand theAbbey Mills Mosqueinto the largest mosque in the United Kingdom. The plan attracted controversy,[86]and the Tabligh was denied permission.[87]

Bans of the group in different countries[edit]

Tablighi Jamaat has been banned in Iran, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, Russia and Saudi Arabia. In some Central Asian countries such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan, where its puritanical preachings are viewed as extremist.[88]In February 2020, a counter-terrorism operation in Russia led to the arrest of seven Tablighis and dismantled the terrorist cell affiliated to the Tablighi Jamaat. According to Russian intelligence, the terrorist cell was involved in dissemination of materials and radicalization. The Tablighi Jamaat has been banned in Russia since 2009. The Supreme Court of Russia also recommended the Tablighi Jamaat to be included into the list of terrorist groups monitored by the Kremlin.[89]On 10 December 2021,Saudi Arabiafurther warned against Tablighi Jamaat, calling it a "danger to society" and "one of the gates of terrorism", while all forms of innovated Islamic preaching are already banned in the kingdom. The announcement was made by the country's Minister of Islamic Affairs,Abdullatif Al Al-Sheikh.[90]All other Arab countries specifically Gulf Arabic countries including United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain and Oman have Tablighi Jamat Maraakez (centres) and many locals are openly involved in Tabligh activity.[citation needed]

Countrywide Ban
# Country Banned since Note Reference
1 Iran [91]
2 Uzbekistan [91]
3 Turkmenistan [92]
4 Tajikistan 2006 [91][93]
5 Kazakhstan 2013 Designated as extremist in Kazakhstan and now considered illegal. [94][95]
6 Russia 2009 Banned bySupreme Court of Russia [89]
7 Saudi Arabia 2021 Warned against byMinistry of IslamicAffairs ofSaudi Arabia [90]

COVID-19 pandemic[edit]

Further information:COVID-19 pandemic in Asia

Tablighi Jamaat attracted significant public and media attention during theCOVID-19 pandemic.[96][97][98]

Malaysia[edit]

Further information:2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Malaysia

Between 27 February and 1 March 2020, the movement organised an international mass religious gathering at theMasjid JamekinSri Petaling,Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia. The Tablighi Jamaat gathering has been linked to more than 620COVID-19cases, making it the largest-known centre of transmission of the virus in Southeast Asia.[99][100]The Sri Petaling event resulted in the biggest increase inCOVID-19 cases in Malaysia,with almost two thirds of the 673 confirmed cases in Malaysia linked to this event by 17 March 2020.[101]Most of the COVID-19 cases inBruneioriginated here, and other countries includingIndonesia,Singapore,Thailand,Cambodia,Vietnamand thePhilippineshave traced their cases back to this event.[102][103][104]By 20 May 2020, Director-General of HealthNoor Hisham Abdullahconfirmed that 48% of Malaysia's COVID-19 cases (3,347) had been linked to the Sri Petaling tabligh cluster.[105]

Indonesia[edit]

Further information:COVID-19 pandemic in Indonesia

Despite the outbreak, Tablighi Jamaat organised a second international mass gathering on 18 March inGowa RegencynearMakassarinSouth Sulawesi,Indonesia. Though the organisers initially rebuffed official directives to cancel the gathering, they subsequently complied and cancelled the gathering.[106][107]

Pakistan[edit]

Further information:COVID-19 pandemic in Pakistanand2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Pakistan

Yet another gathering was organised in Pakistan near Lahore atRaiwind,for 250,000 people.[108]The event was "called off" in response to the officials' requests, but the participants had already gathered and communed together. When they returned, the virus travelled with them, including two cases in theGaza strip.[109]During testing, around 40 members of the Tablighi Jamaat were found to be COVID-infected. Another 50 people including four Nigerian women, suspected to be the carriers of the virus were quarantined 50 km from Lahore. InHyderabad, Sindh,38 members of the organisation were found to be positive for coronavirus. Raiwind, the place where the event was held has been locked down by Pakistani authorities and the police arrested Tablighi Jamaat members from their offices in Sindh and Punjab for violating the law.[110]

Ninety-four more Tableeghi Jamaat members tested positive for the coronavirus on 31 March 2020 in Hyderabad, in the Sindh province.[111]

India[edit]

Further information:COVID-19 pandemic in Indiaand2020 Tablighi Jamaat COVID-19 hotspot in Delhi

The Tablighi Jamaat wanted to arrange the program somewhere inVasai,Maharashtra. After the outbreak ofCOVID-19in Maharashtra, theGovernment of MaharashtraandMumbai Policecalled off the meeting. After the rejection from the Government of Maharashtra, the Nizamuddin faction the Tablighi Jamaat held the religious congregational program (Ijtema) inNizamuddin West,Delhi.[112][113][114][115][116]There were also other violation of rules by foreign speakers including misuse of tourist visa for missionary activities and not taking 14-day home quarantine for travellers from abroad.[117]

TheNizamuddin Markaz Mosqueadded that the officials there "met the Ld. DM and apprised him of the stranded visitors and once again sought permission for the vehicles arranged by us," to clear the Markaz premises and take the devotees back home.[118]

"Under such compelling circumstances there was no option for Markaz Nizamuddin but to accommodate the stranded visitors with prescribed medical precautions till such time that situation becomes conducive for their movement or arrangements are made by the authorities," the Tablighi Jamaat HQ said.[118]

On 21 March the Markaz directed everyone "not to venture out until 9 PM as desired by the Prime Minister of India, therefore the plans to move back to their native places by way of means other than railways also did not materialise."[118]

At least 24 of the attendees had tested positive for the virus among the 300 who showed symptoms by 31 March 2020.[119]It is believed that the sources of infection were preachers from Indonesia.[120]Many had returned to their states and also housed foreign devotees without the knowledge of local governments.[121]and eventually started local transmissions especially inTamil Nadu,Telangana,Karnataka,Jammu and KashmirandAssam.The entire Nizamuddin West area has been cordoned off by the police as of 30 March, and medical camps have been set up.[122]After evacuation from the markaz, of the scores of jamaat attendees, 167 of them were quarantined in a railway facility in south east Delhi amid concerns over their safety and transmission of the virus. The Tablighi Jamaat gathering emerged as one of India's major coronavirus hotspots in India,[123]after 1445 out of 4067 cases were linked to attendees according to the Health Ministry.[124][125]On 18 April 2020, Central Government said that 4,291 cases (or 29.8% Of the total 14,378 confirmed cases of COVID-19 in India) were linked to the Tablighi Jamaat, and these cases were spread across 23 states and Union Territories.[126]

Questions have been raised as to how the Delhi Police, which under direct control of the Union Home Ministry headed by the Home Minister & the thenBharatiya Janata PartypresidentAmit Shahallowed this event to proceed in the midst of a pandemic,[127]while a similar event was prohibited in Mumbai by theMaharashtra Police.[128]Once the COVID lockdown came into effect in Delhi from 22 March onwards, the missionaries remaining in the Nizamuddin Markaz were trapped, and the functionaries began to seek assistance from the authorities for their evacuation.[129]As of 4 April, more than 1000 cases, representing 30% all confirmed cases in India, were linked to the Nizamuddin event. Some 22,000 people that came in contact with the Tablighi Jamaat missionaries had to be quarantined.[130]On 31 March 2020, anFIRwas filed againstMuhammad Saad Kandhlawiand others by Delhi Police Crime Branch.[131][132][133]On 8 April 2020, the Delhi Police traced Tablighi Jamaat leader Maulana Saad Kandhalvi in Zakirnagar in South-East Delhi, where he claimed to be under self-quarantine.[134]

People associated with the rulingHindutva-aligned Bharatiya Janata Party called outIndian Hindusto socially boycottIndian Muslims.[135]This drew criticism from Arab leaders and theOrganisation of Islamic Cooperation;the Prime MinisterNarendra Modiresponded: "the virus did not discriminate between people on the basis of faith, community, race or nationality".[136][137]

On 12 October 2020, Mumbai court discharged the members with the order stating they didn't act negligently to spread COVID and didn't disobey to the orders of the Indian authorities.[138]

Notable members[edit]

The Tablighi Jamaat has no membership lists nor formal procedures for membership, which makes it difficult to quantify and verify affiliations.[139]

The former chief minister of the Pakistani province of Punjab,Pervaiz Elahiis also a strong supporter of the Tablighi Jamaat. During his tenure in 2011, 75kanalsof land (3.8 ha,9.4 acres) were purchased for a Tablighi Jamaat mosque at theRaiwind Markaz.[140]

In India,Munawar Faruqui,an Indian stand-up comedian, andSana Khan,an ex-Bollywood star, and Arif Khan, an ex-Bollywood actor, are associated with Jamaat.[citation needed]

The Former Pakistan Presidents-Farooq LeghariandMuhammad Rafiq Tararwere believed to be associated with the movement, the Indian presidentDr Zakir Hussainwas also affiliated with tabligh jammat[141]

Singers, actors and models, includingAttaullah Essa Khailwi,[142]Gulzar Alam,[143]Bacha,[140]Alamzeb Mujahid,[144]andJunaid Jamshedare also affiliated with the movement.

FormerLieutenant Generaland head ofInter-Services IntelligenceJaved Nasirand GeneralMahmud Ahmedof thePakistan Armyboth became members of Tablighi Jamaat during their service.[145]The Tablighi Jamaat also has a notable following among Pakistani professionalcricketers:Shahid Afridi,Mohammad (formerly "Youhana" ) Yousufand the former cricketersSaqlain Mushtaq,Inzamam-ul-Haq,Mushtaq Ahmed,Saeed AnwarandSaeed Ahmedare active members.[146]Mohammad Yousuf's conversion from Christianity to Islam is widely attributed to the influence of the Tabligh Jamaat.[147]

In Malaysia, prominent actors and singers such asAzmil Mustapha,Nabil Ahmad,Aliff Aziz,Anuar Zain,Amar Asyraf,Dato' NashandDr Samhave all been involved with Tablighi Jamaat. One of Malaysia's most prominent actressNeelofa,has also participated in Tablighi Jamaat's Tours with her husband (PU Riz), as a result of which she now dons the Islamic face veil ever since.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

Notes[edit]

  1. ^In this background Tablighi Jamaat suggest a series of books comprisingRiyadus Saliheen,Muntakhab Ahadith(Collection of authentic Ahadith without commentary),Hayatus SahabaandFadhaa'il A'maalVol 1 & 2[49]and other books.[50]' etc.

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