The followers of Saad Kandalvi, a leader of Tabligh’s Delhi-based supreme council, will join the second phase. Gazipur City Corporation Mayor Zahangir Alam escorted Shafi by his car from the helicopter to the Ijtema grounds on the bank of the Turag River where they joined the Juma prayers. Shafi, who did not attend the congregation of Sunni Muslims for a few years, sat at the place designated for foreigners. “He has joined the congregation despite illness to increase participation of Islamic scholars,” Hifazat’s Gazipur district unit chief Maulana Fazlul Haque told bdnews24.com. Shafi will return to Chattogram after attending Akheri Munajat, or the “final prayers”, of the first phase on Saturday, Haque said.

Source: bd News24 February 15, 2019 16:41 UTC