Faizel Patel, Radio Islam News – 13-04-2017
The largest gathering of Muslims in Southern Africa officially kicks of today at the Laudium sports ground in Pretoria north of Johannesburg.
Thousands of people are expected to attend the Laudium Ijtima which takes from the 14th of April until the 17th of April 2017.
The three-day event hosted by the Tabligh Jamaat was revived in 1926 by Moulana Muhammad Ilyas Khandhlawi in the rural Mewat villages surrounding New Delhi in India after he became distressed by the lack of Islamic knowledge and practice amongst people.
Expected to draw more than 30,000 people for Jumuah (Friday) alone, Radio Islam’s Moulana Obeidullah Boja says the core focus of the Ijtima is to bring Muslims together for the purpose of promoting the importance, imbibing, learning and practicing of Islam.
“The objective of the Ijtima is we can revive the Islamic spirit and conscientize the believers of their responsibility. The most important of all is to connect the creation to the creator and by doing this Insha’Allah it is hoped that this objective can be achieved by the masses of people attending.”
During the Ijtima, senior Islamic scholars from across the country as well as an international contingent address the masses towards self-reformation and adherence to an Islamic way of life as espoused by the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH).
Traffic into the venue is expected to be particularly congested throughout the weekend with people attending the Ijtima being advised to exercise patience.
Radio Islam International will be broadcasting live from the Ijtima
For more information please visit http://www.ijtima.co.za/
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