Posted on 04/09/2020 6:01:39 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Islamabad (AFP) - An Islamic missionary movement is at the centre of a growing controversy in South Asia after it repeatedly held massive gatherings despite warnings about the coronavirus.
Hundreds of followers of the fundamentalist Tablighi Jamaat have tested positive for COVID-19 since attending congregations last month, but the group is still sending proselytisers door-to-door -- sometimes without observing social distancing guidelines.
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.
Thousands more congregated at separate meetings in India and Malaysia even as the risks of coronavirus infections were evident.
The Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain had described the gathering in India -- held at the movement's global headquarters -- as a "grave crime".
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.
In Pakistan, about 20,000 Tablighis are now in quarantine facilities. More than 600 have tested positive for the coronavirus.
At least 10 people from the Indian gathering have died from COVID-19.
A health ministry official said that of the country's 4,067 coronavirus cases, some 1,445 were linked to that gathering.
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Pressure?
Pshaw. No.
Media is a bit more measured in tone about 100,000 Muslims gathering together in this time than it is towards 50 Christians who want to gather for Easter
100,000! Wow.
If this doesn’t blow up into a huge center of infection, it will give me hope for the 2021 Super Bowl.
We should encourage ‘slimes to gather in massive groups (with a couple of Apaches on close overwatch). And run a couple of goats into the melee for them to pass around. Allah smiles on those who share.
Will they be using toilet paper, or the Left Hand of Darkness?
which espouses a return to “true” Islam as observed by the Prophet Mohammed
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We’ve seen that, they called themselves ISIS.
Just keep them out of my country.
“”which espouses a return to “true” Islam as observed by the Prophet Mohammed “”
I thought that is what they already believe and practice...beheadings, massacres etc.
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