Deobandi clerics meet to avoid Tablighi Jamaat´s crisis
(WorldNews Pakistan)

As the annual three-day congregation of Tablighi Jamaat is set to start in Karachi’s Orangi Town on January 31, prominent Deobandi clerics from across the country gathered this week at the Jamia Daruluoom seminary to chalk out a strategy to save the Tablighi Jamaat from longstanding disputes that have split the apolitical and proselytising organisation in Bangladesh, India and United Kingdom. The Tablighi Jamaat, which concentrates on individual piety, has split in recent years over leadership issue, especially in Bangladesh, India and the United Kingdom. The differences among the leaders turned into violent clashes during Bangaldesh’s Bishwa Ijtema in early December over...