Authorities race against time as infections escalate after mass gatherings in multiple countries. FMTNews Tablighi
About 20,000 Tablighis are now in quarantine facilities in Pakistan, 600 have tested positive.
The Tablighi movement — which espouses a return to “true” Islam as observed by the Prophet Mohammed — held an event outside Lahore in eastern Pakistan with about 100,000 participants. In recent days, authorities in Pakistan and India have launched massive manhunts for attendees, trying to test or quarantine them to slow the spread of Covid-19.
“They will have to reconsider their policies. Countries like Malaysia had been very sympathetic towards them. But they won’t be in the future,” he said Infections in a number of other locations — including Gaza, Indonesia, Cambodia and Brunei — have been linked to the congregations.Founded in northern India in 1927, the movement has grown since the death of founder Mohammed Ilyas Kandhlawi in 1944, and has millions of followers.
Jaffar Ahmed, a researcher based in Karachi, said authorities should have done more to stop Tablighi gatherings.“They should have been stopped at their place of arrival. They shouldn’t have been given visas — they are not the kind of people who would have protested.”
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