India’s Maulana Md Zobairul Hassan conducted the 21-minute Akheri Munajat (final prayer), starting around 12:55pm on Sunday. Thousands of Muslims joined the prayer at the Biswa Ijtema grounds and ...

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Devotees from various Indian states are arriving in Bangladesh through the Benapole border to participate in the final prayer of the first phase of the 58th Bishwa Ijtema. However, the number of ...

Billed as the largest annual Islamic event after the Hajj, the Bishwa Ijtema or the World Congregation of Muslims ended on Sunday with the Akheri Munajat (final prayers) at Gazipur's Tongi. Indian ...

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TONGI – Tens of thousands of people gathered on a riverbank near Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to listen to sermons by Islamic scholars at the Biswa Ijtema, or global congregation of Muslim devotees.

Tens of Thousands of Muslims Attend Annual Biswa Ijtema Event in Bangladesh TONGI, Bangladesh (AP) — Tens of thousands of people gathered on a riverbank near Bangladesh’s capital on Friday to listen ...