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Metropolis Report-
The first phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema began on Friday morning after two years of Covid hiatus on the bank of the River Turag in Tongi.
The 56th edition of the World Congregation of Muslims began with the a’mbayan (general sermons) of Pakistani Islamic scholar Maulana Ziaul Haque after Fajr prayers.
Thousands of devotees from home and abroad – including India, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Syria, Chad, Tajikistan, Turkey, Afghanistan, Palestine, the UK, and the US – thronged the bank of Turag to listen to scholars reciting.
The first phase of Ijtema will end on Sunday with Akheri Munajat (final prayers).
Tabligh Jamaat has been organising the congregation at the venue since 1967.
