Tablighi Jamaat: A Society of Preachers

The Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic organisation, has been at the centre of controversy after hundreds of people who attended a religious congregation organised by the group at its headquarters in Delhi in March and those who came in their contact across the country, tested positive for COVID-19.

  • Tablighi Jamaat, which literally means a society for spreading the faith, is a Sunni Islamic missionary movement.
  • The proselytising movement aims to reach out to ordinary Muslims and revive their faith, particularly in matters of ritual, dress, and personal behaviour.
  • Its roots lie in the Deobandi version of the Hanafi school of jurisprudence. It ....
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