After Nizamuddin fiasco, several mosques in Assam ban Tablighi Jamaat activities; say group's 'superstitious ways' impossible to follow in 21st Century
FirstpostThe worry over the missing Tablighi members has left the society divided and hate mongers in the social media went on overdrive to take the tension to a whole new level. A number of mosques in Assam have banned Tablighi Jamaat activities in their premises after a meeting organised at the congregation’s headquarters in Delhi’s Nizamuddin became an epicentre of coronavirus pandemic. “Fake news were spread in the social media labelling persons as Markaz Nizamuddin returned, whereas these persons have no recent travel hitory to Markaz,” Rubul Rahman a person based out of Barpeta district said. But Rafik Ahmed Neog, the President of Kokilamukh Masjid Committee in Jorhat district, which is one of the first two mosques in Assam to ban Tablighi Jamat said to Firstpost that the decision was not made under any pressure. Mridul Rahman, Advisor to the Rojahauli Masjid Committee, another committee to ban Tabligh Jamaat told Firstpost, “The kind of practices the Jamaat follow cannot be accepted in the 21st century.” “They abstain from watching television and using sanitisers and also persuade others to do the same.