Biswa Ijtema ends seeking world peace

FE Team | Published: January 21, 2018 23:40:46

Thousands of devotees raise hands in prayer at the concluding Akheri Munajat of the second-phase Biswa Ijtema on the Turag banks at Tongi in Gazipur on Sunday. — Focus Bangla

GAZIPUR, Jan 21 (UNB): The second phase of Biswa Ijtema concluded on Sunday with the Akheri Munajat on the bank of the Turag River at Tongi, on the outskirts of the capital.
Huge Muslim devotees, both from home and abroad, converged on the congregation venue and attended the concluding prayers seeking world peace, divine forgiveness, blessings for the Muslim Ummah.
Hafez Mohammad Zubayer, the Imam of Kakrail Mosque in Dhaka, conducted the 27-minute Akheri Munajat which began around 10:18am.
He recited the final prayers in Bangla like the first phase of Biswa Ijtema held on January 12-14.
President Md Abdul Hamid joined the Akheri Munajat (concluding prayers) of the second phase of the three-day Bishwa Ijtema from his official residence Bangabhaban.
Apart from the Ijtema venue, thousands of devotees joined the munajat from the rooftops and terraces of nearby houses, roads and open fields.
Islamic scholars from different countries delivered sermons on various aspects of Islam at the Ijtema. The second phase of the three-day Ijtema, the second largest congregation of Muslims after the hajj, began after Fazr prayers earlier on Friday.
Around 4,000 foreign devotees from 79 countries joined the second phase of Ijtema.
Meanwhile, Mohor Ali, 60, a devotee hailing from Jamalpur, and Shahidullah, 65, hailing from Keraniganj, died at the Ijtema ground early in the morning.
With this, a total of six devotees died in the two phases of Ijtema.