![]() ![]() Deobandis teach and practice a fundamentalist, exclusivist form of Islam, which blends easily with extremism and terror. TIJ is an offshoot of the fundamentalist and hardline Deobandi sect of Islam. In February last year, it cracked down on the centers run by the Jamaat. Also, the Russian authorities have warned about the dangers of the Tablighi Jamaat as well. ![]() officials, the teachings and beliefs of the TIJ have been a starting point for pushing their members to join the radical Muslim organizations. The US government has been closely monitoring the Tablighi Jamaat since 9/11. That might be the case if we see the movement in its face value and not in toto. And they are a peaceful, non-political, egalitarian, and devotional movement that stresses individual faith and the overall spiritual development of Muslims. TIJ claims that their sole objective is to focus on fellow Muslims, who have been distracted by worldly affairs. Which originated from the Darul Uloom Deoband a renowned Islamic Seminary in the Uttar Pradesh state of India. The roots of this movement which is believed to be active in more than 150 countries and is the largest Islamic missionary movement today can be traced back to the Deobandi tradition. The Jamaat is a Sunni Islamic missionary movement that was launched in the Mewat region of North India in 1927 by the Islamic scholar and teacher Maulana Muhammad Ilyas, who coined the slogan “Oh Muslims! Become Muslims”. Its worth noting that Saudis who themselves follow Wahhabism an ultra-conservative form of Islam and which is also the official state-sponsored form of Sunni Islam in Saudi Arabia have been forced to ban TIJ. The movement is also prohibited in countries including Iran, Russia, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, and Uzbekistan. In 2013, Kazakhstan banned the Tablighi Jamaat and designated it as an extremist group. Saudi Arabia is not the only country to ban TIJ. The Islamic scholars delivering the religious sermons were instructed to mention that affiliation with partisan groups including the Tablighi Jamaat is prohibited in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. And to mention their prominent mistakes and how they are dangerous to society. Abdullatif Al Alsheikh directed the mosques preachers and the mosques that held Friday prayer temporary to allocate the next Friday sermon to warn against the Tablighi and Da’wah group.” The statement issued by the Ministry mentioned that the minister has directed that the sermon delivers in the mosques should cover topics including the declaration of misguidance, deviation and that it is one of the gates of terrorism, even if they claim otherwise. In a tweet on December 6, the country’s Ministry of Islamic Affairs said, “His Excellency the Minister of Islamic Affairs, Dr. Saudi government official statement called Jamaat as a danger to society and one of the gates of terrorism. ![]() Tablighi Jamaat (TIJ) is currently grabbing the headlines for getting banned by Saudi Arabia. ![]()
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