Raiwind
Raiwind
رائیونڈ | ||
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Country Pakistan | | |
Province | Punjab | |
District | Lahore |
Raiwind (
History
During the
Population
The population according to the 1901 census was 1764. Today, it is over 150,0000.
Annual Tablighi Ijtema
Every year a
This gathering lasts for 3 days and then groups of 10 to 15 people in a "Jamaat" (Muslim Group) are made to go around the world to preach the message of
Tabligh Jamaat encourages its followers to follow the pattern of spending "an evening, one night, three days, a week, or forty days, 40 continuous days a year, and ultimately 120 days at least once in their lives engaged in tabligh missions". During the course of these tours, members are generally seen dressed in simple, loose-clothing. The Jamaat's walking on streets can be identified by its members carrying sleeping bags and packs of bare minimum cookery on their backs and walking in a straight line along the pathways and footpaths, when they are aiming to arrive at a destination by foot.[9] These members use mosques as their base during their stays but particular mosques, due to more frequent tablighi activities, have come to be specifically associated with this organisation. These mosques generally hold the periodic, smaller scale convocations for neighbourhood members.[10]
During their stay in mosques, these jamaats conduct a daily gasht, which involves visiting local neighbourhoods, preferably with the help of a local guide. Also the regular activities like eating, sleeping etc. are also carried out in the mosques.
Generally, the assumed role of these jamaat members cycle in a way that they may be engaged as a preacher, a cook or as a cleaner at other times. Among Tabligh Jamaat members, this is generally referred to as khidmat which essentially connotes to serving their companions and freeing them for tablighi engagements.[9] The members of the Jamaat are assigned these roles based on the day's mashwara. The markaz keeps records of each jamaat and its members, the identity of whom is verified from their respective mosques. Mosques are used to assist the tablighi activities of individual jamaats that voluntarily undertake preaching missions.[14][15] Members of a jamaat, ideally, pay expenses themselves so as to avoid financial dependence on anyone.[9] However, reverent members may at times also sponsor expenses of some of their "brothers" who might be devoted members but without necessary financial means.
See also
References
- ^ Towns & Unions in the City District of Lahore - Government of Pakistan Archived 2012-02-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Raiwind - Falling Rain Genomics
- ^ Raiwind - Imperial Gazetteer of India, v. 21, p. 63.
- ^
Angel Rabasa; Cheryl Benard; Peter Chalk; C. Christine Fair; Theodore W. Karasik; Rollie Lal; Ian O. Lesser; David E. Thaler (10 December 2004). The Muslim world after 9/11 (PDF). ISBN 978-0-8330-3534-9. Retrieved 15 May 2010.
Tablighi Jama'at has captured the attention of the global community and has been associated with being a "portal" for recruitment for extreme Islamist organizations.17 However, while Tablighi Jama'at does hold a massive gathering of the world's Muslims in Raiwind every year, it does not permit groups to set up recruitment booths.
- ^ Khalid Hasan (13 August 2006). "Tableeghi Jamaat: all that you know and don't". Daily Times. Retrieved 21 January 2010.
- ^ "600 couples wedded at Ijtema". Daily Times. 21 November 2004. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ "Raiwind Ijtema: Thousands head home as first session ends – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ "Religious conference: Second Raiwind Ijtema session ends – The Express Tribune". Tribune.com.pk. 28 November 2011. Retrieved 31 July 2014.
- ^ a b c Barbara, Metcalf (27 February 1996). "Islam and women: The case of the Tablighi Jama`at". Stanford University. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
- ^ Barbara, Metcalf. "Traditionalist" Islamic Activism: Deoband, Tablighis, and Talibs". Social Science Research Council. Retrieved 24 January 2010.
- ^ Howenstein, Nicholas; Dr. Eva Borreguero. "Islamist Networks: The Case of Tablighi Jamaat". Archived from the original on 16 July 2009. Retrieved 14 June 2007.
- ISBN 90-04-11622-2.
- ^ Masud 2000, p. 28
- ^ Burton, Fred; Scott Stewart (23 January 2008). "Tablighi Jamaat: An Indirect Line to Terrorism". Stratfor Intelligence. Archived from the original on 5 September 2014. Retrieved 10 August 2009.
- ^ Sameer Arshad (22 July 2007). "Tabligh, or the enigma of revival". Times of India. Retrieved 2 May 2009.