Ulama-Mashayekh Bangladesh Demands Justice for 2018 Bishwa Ijtema Violence Victims, Sets Government Ultimatum for April 2025
Dhaka, Bangladesh – On December 1, 2024, members of Ulama-Mashayekh Bangladesh convened at the National Press Club, drawing attention to unresolved injustices stemming from a violent outbreak in 2018 during the Bishwa Ijtema, one of the world’s largest Muslim congregations, held near the Turag River in Tongi. Mufti Amanul Haq narrated the harrowing details of the assault, which targeted followers of the Tablighi Jamaat. Leading the condemnation, Mufti Haq recounted how an armed faction, allegedly …