Saudi Arabia has banned the Taliban and they have called it a gateway to terrorism and a threat to society. The population of Saudi Arabia is around 35 million and recently Saudi Arabia has imposed restrictions on Tablighi Jamaat.
It has been tweeted on Twitter by the Ministry of Islamic Affairs of Saudi Arabia.
His excellency the ministry of Islamic affairs Dr. #Abdullatif Al – Alsheikh directed the mosques’ preachers and the mosque that held the Friday prayer temporary to allocate the next Friday sermon 5/6/1443 H to warn against (the Tablighi and Da’wah group) which is called (Al Ahbad). Relatively you can say that Tablighi Jamaat is a young Islamic movement. If you look at Islam, its history is very old, its history is about 1500 years old. But Tablighi Jamaat movement was a Sunni Islamic movement, started with the missionary movement in 1926.
Saudi Arabia has banned the Taliban and they have called it a gateway to terrorism and a threat to the society
Let us tell you what is translated in English “ Tablighi Jamaat”. It is said to be in English as “The society of preachers” and it was founded by a Deobandi Islamic scholar Mohammed Ilyas at kandhlawi in Mewat, India in 1926. It did not start in Pakistan or Saudi Arabia, it was started in India. You must have heard a name, Mewat is a district in Haryana. And the main focus of these people was the foundation of Islam and on its basis. They said that Muslims have to go along with the core values of Islam. And follow the instructions of the Prophet Mohammed. Just like the clothes the Prophet Mohammed used to wear, the same clothes a Muslim should wear, in the same way, they would have to keep a beard, everything basically would have to follow the Prophet Mohammed from all sides.
Tablighi Jamaat emphasized this point a lot. And, If you look at today’s time the population of America will get as many followers all over the world of Prophet Muhammad. You will get to see the presence of Tablighi Jamaat in 150 countries. The group of people is likely to have between 350 to 400 million adherents worldwide, with the greater living in South Asia. Their presence is tested in 150 countries. Tablighi Jamaat is spread all over the world, it also has its features in many countries. But, in some countries, they have also been controversies. If you look in Central Asia countries such as Uzbekistan, Tajikistan, and Kazakhstan, where its puritanical preaching is viewed as extremist. The policy of the Central Asia country is a little different. Now it will be a very strange thing that Tablighi Jamaat is banned in Central Asia countries but a country will be found around Central Asia, Pakistan is very famous there. Tablighi Jamaat has many professional cricketers in Pakistan such as Shahid Afridi Mohammed (former “youhana”) Yusuf and the former cricketers Saqlain Mushtaq, Inzamam ul – Haq, Mushtaq Ahmed, Saeed Anwar, and Saeed Ahmed are active members.
When did Tablighi Jamaat start linked with terrorism?
The people of Tablighi Jamaat themselves say that these people do not promote terrorism. But WikiLeaks reported in 2011 that al-Qaeda had used the Tablighi Jamaat to obtain Visas. If you see the data of WikiLeaks, then they claim that there is no direct link of Tablighi Jamaat to terrorism. But, there are some suspicious people who have been associated with the Tablighi Jamaat. Because of this, America has always been very cautious about the Tablighi Jamaat. In 2001, when was 9/11 serious terrorist attack in America. Since then, the US has kept Tablighi Jamaat on the watchlist.
