Tabligh Jamaat conflict over Saad Kandhalvi ends

Two factions of the Tabligh Jamaat have resolved a conflict over its Delhi-based Supreme Council member Saad Kandhalvi, reports bdnews24.com.

Kandhalvi will stay away from Tabligh Jamaat's annual event Biswa Ijtema, the largest Muslim congregation after the hajj.

The decision came after a two-hour meeting that started around 3:30pm. Home Minister Asaduzzaman Khan mediated between the two factions.

Kandhalvi arrived in Dhaka from New Delhi Wednesday amid protests just outside the Dhaka airport by more than 500 people loyal to one of the factions.

The protests crippled traffic on one of the busiest roads in the city, which leads to some national highways.

Kandhalvi was taken to Dhaka's Kakrail Mosque, the headquarters of Tabligh Jamaat's Bangladesh chapter.

Police tightened security in and around the mosque at the heart of the city after a group of protesters gathered in front of it.

Kandhalvi will stay in the mosque for some more days before his departure from Bangladesh to India, according to Khan.

Both factions agreed on the decision.

On Thursday morning, Dhaka Metropolitan Police's Joint Commissioner Krishna Pad Roy visited the area, after which the police said Kandhalvi would not attend the Ijtema, set to start on Friday. The Rapid Action Battalion made a similar statement.