Maulana Saad: The Tablighi Jamaat cleric has a history of delivering controversial, ‘objectionable’ sermonsIndia
Times Now DigitalTimes Now DigitalUpdated Apr 02, 2020 | 10:17 IST
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The Jamaat sheltered more than 2000 followers from across the world, mostly Indians, during the Covid-19 lockdown period and Saad is at the centrepoint of the entire fracas.
Maulana saad Tablighi Jamaat Nizamuddin coronavirus Covid19 delhiSeveral people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin last month have tested positive for coronavirus in different parts of India. | File image | Photo Credit: PTIKEY HIGHLIGHTSThe Amir (chief) of the Jamaat has been a controversial cleric for years and claims to have more than 100 crore followers in around 200 countriesHe operates out of the Nizamuddin mosque that also serves as an international centre (Markaz) of the Jamaat
New Delhi: Maulana Saad has had a history of stoking controversies even before the Tablighi Jamaat saga unfolded. But, it is important to talk about the religious congregation first before delving deeper into his tryst with controversies.
The coronavirus pandemic was increasing rapidly in India over the past one week but the Islamic event in Delhi’s Nizamuddin Markaz added fuel to the fire and positive cases in India shot up from 1300 odd cases to over 2000 in a span of one day.
Despite strict warnings from the central government as well all religious bodies across the country, urging people to maintain social distancing and stay at home to avoid the spread of the pandemic, some groups continued to flout the lockdown protocol for their vested interests.
One such organisation is the Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic movement run by a person named Maulana Saad Khandhlawi.
The Jamaat sheltered more than 2000 followers from across the world, mostly Indians, during the Covid-19 lockdown period and Saad is at the centrepoint of the entire fracas.
The Amir (chief) of the Jamaat, however, has been a controversial cleric for years and claims to have more than 100 crore followers in around 200 countries. He operates out of the Nizamuddin mosque that also serves as an international centre (Markaz) of the Jamaat.
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Ruffling feathers
Saad bypassed the rules, regulations and rituals of the Tablighi Jamaat and ignored all the orders laid out by the Shura (central council) of the Jamaat to declare self as the Amir in order to seize the top post at the Nizamuddin Markaz way back in November 2015 as soon as he turned 50.
“He insulted the elders, scholars and the members of the Shura. The Amir is elected on the advice of the Shura but he (Maulana Saad) did not pay heed to any orders of the supreme council and decided on his own to take over the Jamaat,” news agency IANS quoted Maulana Idris of Shamli as saying.
Tablighi Jamaat Maulana Saad
Photo credit: Tablighi Jamaat
Interestingly, Saad’s family hails from Kandhla, a quaint town near Shamli district in western Uttar Pradesh, roughly 80 kilometres from Delhi.
The Tablighi Jamaat, considered by many as one of the most dominant and powerful movements in the Islamic world, was founded by Saad’s great grandfather –Maulana Muhammed Ilyas Khandlawi. The Jamaat is an offshoot of the famous Deoband movement and sees itself as the force that will revive true Islam as perceived and conceived by Prophet Mohammed.
Taking on other factions
Under his leadership, the Jamaat has run into several storms. After Saad’s self-proclamation as the Amir, a faction headed by Maulana Mohammad Zaihairul Hasan opposed his leadership; both are at loggerheads even today.
Darul Uloom Deoband: The famous Islamic university and seat of the Sunni Deoband movement, is also quite miffed with Saad’s way of functioning and his doctrines over the past three years. The Darul Uloom even went on to issue a fatwa against Saad for his provocative interpretation of the verses from the Holy Quran. Several noted Maulanas of the Deoband Sunni sect have also expressed their displeasure with Saad’s controversial statements. In a recent leaked audio tape that went viral on the social media, some excerpts of Maulana Saad’s speech were deemed ‘highly objectionable’.
A defiant Maulana Saad
The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed an FIR against Maulana Saad under the Epidemic Disease Act and the Indian Penal Code for violation of government orders and organising a massive religious gathering despite the coronavirus threat looming on the country.
“Our officers including the Station House Officer of Nizamuddin police station had repeatedly requested Maulana Sahab to disperse the crowd which had assembled in the six-storey mosque building of the Markaz...but he did not budge. It’s unfortunate that all talks failed to convince him,” an IPS officer in the Delhi Police told the news agency.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval had to eventually intervene. On the intervening night of March 27-28, NSA Doval went to the Markaz and convinced Maulana Saad to allow the occupants to be quarantined and tested for the Covid-19 virus.
However, it was too late by then, as several international followers who had gathered at the Markaz had infected the others and those contagious carriers took the disease to their respective hometowns and spread the virus.
Times Now DigitalTimes Now DigitalUpdated Apr 02, 2020 | 10:17 IST
https://www.timesnownews.com/india/article/maulana-saad-khandhlawi-tablighi-jamaat-nizamuddin-cleric-coronavirus-history-of-controversy-objectionable-sermons-covid19-india-delhi-news/572762
The Jamaat sheltered more than 2000 followers from across the world, mostly Indians, during the Covid-19 lockdown period and Saad is at the centrepoint of the entire fracas.
Maulana saad Tablighi Jamaat Nizamuddin coronavirus Covid19 delhiSeveral people who attended the Tablighi Jamaat event in Nizamuddin last month have tested positive for coronavirus in different parts of India. | File image | Photo Credit: PTIKEY HIGHLIGHTSThe Amir (chief) of the Jamaat has been a controversial cleric for years and claims to have more than 100 crore followers in around 200 countriesHe operates out of the Nizamuddin mosque that also serves as an international centre (Markaz) of the Jamaat
New Delhi: Maulana Saad has had a history of stoking controversies even before the Tablighi Jamaat saga unfolded. But, it is important to talk about the religious congregation first before delving deeper into his tryst with controversies.
The coronavirus pandemic was increasing rapidly in India over the past one week but the Islamic event in Delhi’s Nizamuddin Markaz added fuel to the fire and positive cases in India shot up from 1300 odd cases to over 2000 in a span of one day.
Despite strict warnings from the central government as well all religious bodies across the country, urging people to maintain social distancing and stay at home to avoid the spread of the pandemic, some groups continued to flout the lockdown protocol for their vested interests.
One such organisation is the Tablighi Jamaat, an Islamic movement run by a person named Maulana Saad Khandhlawi.
The Jamaat sheltered more than 2000 followers from across the world, mostly Indians, during the Covid-19 lockdown period and Saad is at the centrepoint of the entire fracas.
The Amir (chief) of the Jamaat, however, has been a controversial cleric for years and claims to have more than 100 crore followers in around 200 countries. He operates out of the Nizamuddin mosque that also serves as an international centre (Markaz) of the Jamaat.
RELATED NEWS
Nizamuddin Markaz Covid-19 DelhiNizamuddin coronavirus scare: Markaz cleric Maulana Saad goes missing as police name 7 in FIR
People showing symptoms of COVID-19 are taken to various hospitals across New Delhi.Tablighi Jamaat linked to multiple COVID-19 cases in India and abroad – What is the religious group?
Nizamuddin Tablighi JamaatTablighi Jamaat congregation: State-wise list of Nizamuddin event attendees
Ruffling feathers
Saad bypassed the rules, regulations and rituals of the Tablighi Jamaat and ignored all the orders laid out by the Shura (central council) of the Jamaat to declare self as the Amir in order to seize the top post at the Nizamuddin Markaz way back in November 2015 as soon as he turned 50.
“He insulted the elders, scholars and the members of the Shura. The Amir is elected on the advice of the Shura but he (Maulana Saad) did not pay heed to any orders of the supreme council and decided on his own to take over the Jamaat,” news agency IANS quoted Maulana Idris of Shamli as saying.
Tablighi Jamaat Maulana Saad
Photo credit: Tablighi Jamaat
Interestingly, Saad’s family hails from Kandhla, a quaint town near Shamli district in western Uttar Pradesh, roughly 80 kilometres from Delhi.
The Tablighi Jamaat, considered by many as one of the most dominant and powerful movements in the Islamic world, was founded by Saad’s great grandfather –Maulana Muhammed Ilyas Khandlawi. The Jamaat is an offshoot of the famous Deoband movement and sees itself as the force that will revive true Islam as perceived and conceived by Prophet Mohammed.
Taking on other factions
Under his leadership, the Jamaat has run into several storms. After Saad’s self-proclamation as the Amir, a faction headed by Maulana Mohammad Zaihairul Hasan opposed his leadership; both are at loggerheads even today.
Darul Uloom Deoband: The famous Islamic university and seat of the Sunni Deoband movement, is also quite miffed with Saad’s way of functioning and his doctrines over the past three years. The Darul Uloom even went on to issue a fatwa against Saad for his provocative interpretation of the verses from the Holy Quran. Several noted Maulanas of the Deoband Sunni sect have also expressed their displeasure with Saad’s controversial statements. In a recent leaked audio tape that went viral on the social media, some excerpts of Maulana Saad’s speech were deemed ‘highly objectionable’.
A defiant Maulana Saad
The Delhi Police on Tuesday filed an FIR against Maulana Saad under the Epidemic Disease Act and the Indian Penal Code for violation of government orders and organising a massive religious gathering despite the coronavirus threat looming on the country.
“Our officers including the Station House Officer of Nizamuddin police station had repeatedly requested Maulana Sahab to disperse the crowd which had assembled in the six-storey mosque building of the Markaz...but he did not budge. It’s unfortunate that all talks failed to convince him,” an IPS officer in the Delhi Police told the news agency.
National Security Advisor Ajit Doval had to eventually intervene. On the intervening night of March 27-28, NSA Doval went to the Markaz and convinced Maulana Saad to allow the occupants to be quarantined and tested for the Covid-19 virus.
However, it was too late by then, as several international followers who had gathered at the Markaz had infected the others and those contagious carriers took the disease to their respective hometowns and spread the virus.
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