Leaders of Tabligh Jamaat (Saad) on Wednesday said ninety percent of participants on Tuesday’s Islamic conference organised by Ulama-Mashayekh at Suhrawardy Udyan never participated in the Dawat and congregation.
The group’s leaders said in a written statement that attempts were being made to destabilize the situation by creating issues, despite having no connection with Dawat and Tabligh Jamaat.
They said that most participants were madrasa students.
They said this while sharing their preparations for the World Ijtema at the National Press Club.
They also presented five-point demands, including ensuring the smooth presence of Maulana Saad Kandhalvi, the World Amir of Tabligh Jamaat in the World Ijtima to be held in Bangladesh.
Tuesday’s Islamic Conference organised by Ulama-Mashayekh concluded with the announcement of nine-point demands, including the imposition of restrictions on the entry of Saad’s supporters at the Kakrail Mosque and officially declaring the Qadianis as non-Muslims in Bangladesh.
They also demanded justice for the recent attacks on innocent students allegedly by Saad Kandhalvi’s supporters at the Tongi Ijtema venue and the prevention of self-declared Amir Saad’s entry into Bangladesh.
Their other demands are restricting the entry of Saad’s supporters at the Kakrail Mosque and officially declaring the Qadianis as non-Muslims in Bangladesh.
The group (Saad) also demanded the speedy disposal of the cases filed against the supporters of Jubayer who allegedly killed two supporters of Saad in Tongi and injured more than 400 followers in Dhaka’s New Market area in 2018.
Mentioning Dawat Tabligh as a non-political, neutral and peaceful organization worldwide, they said that millions of people have gained respect for Islam through these dawat activities.

It is an important part of Bangladesh’s history, heritage and reputation, which is being appreciated globally with the extensive support of the government and administration.
They claimed that a certain faction is trying to destabilize the country ahead of the upcoming World Ijtima while a vested group of the so-called ‘pro-Zubayr’ Tabligh is destroying religious harmony by misleading some of the country’s ulema and using young madrasa students.
They also said numerous false and misleading information had been presented from the program organized by them at Suhrawardy Udyan on Tuesday, which has created confusion among the public.
But they said that they had called for the unity of the scholars of the country on Sunday through the national media and social media.
On the other hand, the supporters of Zubair, some short-sighted scholars are spreading misleading information on the issue of Tabligh and World Ijtima without coming to a compromise solution and are indulging in a desperate attempt to destabilize the situation.
Darul Uloom Deoband spokesperson Maulana Syed Arshad Madani Hafizullah said: “Both sides of Tabligh are right. Darul Uloom Deoband approaches both sides and both sides belong to Darul Uloom Deoband, comes closer.”
Pakistan’s Sheikhul Islam Mufti Taqi Usmani also said a few days ago: “Both sides of Tabligh are our brothers. Just like the Hanafi and Shafi’i Madhhabs. Anyone can work with whomever they want.”
Before this, he twice called upon the scholars of Bangladesh to avoid violence.
The annual conference of this global dawa organization or Biswa Ijtima has been held on the banks of Turag River at Tongi for about 57 years.