{"id":2221,"date":"2012-09-01T08:41:20","date_gmt":"2012-09-01T08:41:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=2221"},"modified":"2012-09-01T08:41:20","modified_gmt":"2012-09-01T08:41:20","slug":"jamaat-e-tabligh-movement-a-study-by-two-western-scholars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/","title":{"rendered":"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh Movement; a Study by Two Western Scholars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/magazine\/jamaat-e-tabligh.jpg\" border=\"0\" align=\"right\" \/>Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh<\/em> is a global movement for propagation of Islam. This group has devoted itself to bring the alienated Muslims back to the bosom of Islam. At the same time the purpose of the Tablighi activists is to strengthen their own faith too. This movement has claimed that it is a non-political movement.\u00a0   <!--more-->  <br \/>The founder of this movement -Maulana Ilyas- would prefer to call his group as Mission for Motivating the Faith. Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh essentially has a global agenda. According to the most comprehensive research work available in English, this movement by early 1970s was operating in 34 countries ranging from Indian subcontinent, to Arab world, Africa, and Southeast Asia. By late 1980s, its activities were extended to approximately 90 countries including Muslim minority countries such as Canada and the US. The presence of this movement in Brittan is highly apparent. <br \/>Whatever its attraction could be, the main feature of this movement is that it is a cosmopolitan phenomenon. One of the important impressions this movement has left on me is that the activists of this movement emphasize that they don\u2019t have any prerequisites for membership, and there is also no compulsion for the Muslim to join it. However, their deep and silent thinking on Allah and an ideal Islamic life attract many Muslims to become part of it. <br \/> Maulana Ilyas formulated some principles that emphasized upon the following points. 1- The centrality of Tawhid. 2- Observance of prayers which aims to help faithful Muslims in avoiding evil acts. 3- Right behavior toward fellow Muslims even at the cost of one\u2019s own rights. 4- Strong adherence to the idea that all Muslims should do their best for the sake of Allah\u2019 satisfaction.<br \/>In his last days, Maulana Ilyas emphasized on the Dhikr (recalling Allah) and knowledge. He believed that knowledge without Dhikr develops evil desires and deviation from the instructions of Allah; and Dhikr without knowledge would lead to darkness and doom. In a sense the method of Tabligh is non-fundamentalist as it deals with religion in the private sphere of life. Even in the Islamic countries Tabligh movement does not get involved in politics. However, they follow traditional version of Islam and adopt new methods without rejecting the past. Flexibility of Islam is something that so many people I have talked to, have emphasize upon it. <\/p>\n<p><em>Summarized by Neday Islam Magazine<\/em><\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh is a global movement for propagation of Islam. This group has devoted itself to bring the alienated Muslims back to the bosom of Islam. At the same time the purpose of the Tablighi activists is to strengthen their own faith too. This movement has claimed that it is a non-political movement.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2221","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-c89-selected-articles-of-neday-islam-magazine"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh Movement; a Study by Two Western Scholars - SunniOnline<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh Movement; a Study by Two Western Scholars - SunniOnline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh is a global movement for propagation of Islam. This group has devoted itself to bring the alienated Muslims back to the bosom of Islam. At the same time the purpose of the Tablighi activists is to strengthen their own faith too. This movement has claimed that it is a non-political movement.\u00a0\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"SunniOnline\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2012-09-01T08:41:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"majed\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"majed\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/01\\\/2221\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/01\\\/2221\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"majed\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/26da0e970ff572e94f1b7d9009ab39be\"},\"headline\":\"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh Movement; a Study by Two Western Scholars\",\"datePublished\":\"2012-09-01T08:41:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/01\\\/2221\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":401,\"commentCount\":0,\"articleSection\":[\"Selected Articles of Neday Islam Magazine\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/01\\\/2221\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/01\\\/2221\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/01\\\/2221\\\/\",\"name\":\"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh Movement; a Study by Two Western Scholars - SunniOnline\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2012-09-01T08:41:20+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/26da0e970ff572e94f1b7d9009ab39be\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/01\\\/2221\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/01\\\/2221\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/2012\\\/09\\\/01\\\/2221\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh Movement; a Study by Two Western Scholars\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/\",\"name\":\"SunniOnline\",\"description\":\"The Official Website of Sunni Community in Iran\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/26da0e970ff572e94f1b7d9009ab39be\",\"name\":\"majed\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d14a5567692b3eb9bd620c2cb94ec98fcf8d44e4ec418fc172b76b04163a7ee9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d14a5567692b3eb9bd620c2cb94ec98fcf8d44e4ec418fc172b76b04163a7ee9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/d14a5567692b3eb9bd620c2cb94ec98fcf8d44e4ec418fc172b76b04163a7ee9?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"majed\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/sunnionline.us\\\/english\\\/author\\\/majed\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh Movement; a Study by Two Western Scholars - SunniOnline","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh Movement; a Study by Two Western Scholars - SunniOnline","og_description":"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh is a global movement for propagation of Islam. This group has devoted itself to bring the alienated Muslims back to the bosom of Islam. At the same time the purpose of the Tablighi activists is to strengthen their own faith too. This movement has claimed that it is a non-political movement.\u00a0","og_url":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/","og_site_name":"SunniOnline","article_published_time":"2012-09-01T08:41:20+00:00","author":"majed","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"majed","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/"},"author":{"name":"majed","@id":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/26da0e970ff572e94f1b7d9009ab39be"},"headline":"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh Movement; a Study by Two Western Scholars","datePublished":"2012-09-01T08:41:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/"},"wordCount":401,"commentCount":0,"articleSection":["Selected Articles of Neday Islam Magazine"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/","url":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/","name":"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh Movement; a Study by Two Western Scholars - SunniOnline","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/#website"},"datePublished":"2012-09-01T08:41:20+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/26da0e970ff572e94f1b7d9009ab39be"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2012\/09\/01\/2221\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Jama\u2019at-e-Tabligh Movement; a Study by Two Western Scholars"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/#website","url":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/","name":"SunniOnline","description":"The Official Website of Sunni Community in Iran","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/#\/schema\/person\/26da0e970ff572e94f1b7d9009ab39be","name":"majed","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d14a5567692b3eb9bd620c2cb94ec98fcf8d44e4ec418fc172b76b04163a7ee9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d14a5567692b3eb9bd620c2cb94ec98fcf8d44e4ec418fc172b76b04163a7ee9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/d14a5567692b3eb9bd620c2cb94ec98fcf8d44e4ec418fc172b76b04163a7ee9?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"majed"},"url":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/author\/majed\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2221"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2221\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2221"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2221"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2221"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}