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POST TIME: 18 January, 2016 00:00 00 AM / LAST MODIFIED: 17 January, 2016 11:55:23 PM
2nd phase Ijtema ends with Akheri Munajat
UNB

2nd phase Ijtema ends with Akheri Munajat

Devotees coming from different parts of the country and abroad to join the 2nd phase of Biswa Ijtema gather in Tongi Station Road area, after the main venue on the bank of the River Turag gets filled up, before the Akheri Munajat yesterday. Photo: Azizur Rahman Sumon

The second phase of Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest congregations of Muslims in the world, concluded yesterday with the Akheri Munajat at Tongi on the outskirt of the capital, reports UNB.
Eminent Islamic scholar of India Moulana Muhammad Sa’ad conducted the 28-minute Akheri Munajat which began around 11:05am.
The gathering of devotees of all ages spilled over into the roads and areas around the Ijtema venue as the Akheri Munajat started.
The devotees in their thousands joined the munajat from the rooftops and terraces of nearby houses, roads and open fields.
Seven devotees, including a foreigner, died in separate incidents on the Ijtema ground from Thursday to Saturday night.
The three-day congregation began on the Turag bank after Fazr prayers on Friday with delivery of religious sermons.
The Ijtema is being held in two phases from 2012 to ease accommodation problem.