A mass wedding ceremony will be held at the Biswa Ijtema ground today afternoon, to be conducted by Maulana Zubair Hasan.
More that 100 couple will be married to day, without dowry, and in the presence of the brides’ and grooms’ families. A special prayer for the newly-weds will follow afterwards.
The first phase of Biswa Ijtema, one of the biggest congregations of Muslims in the world, started at Tongi on the bank of Turag River yesterday, attended by thousands of Muslim devotees from 32 districts in Bangladesh as well as several countries in the world.
Maulana Gias Uddin, chief maulana of Biswa Ijtema, said Maulana Shawkat Ali, Omar Ali and Abdur Rashid from Bangladesh, Maulana Saad from India, and Maulana Md Ehsan from Pakistan are giving sermons this year, among others.
Sermons at the Ijtema are delivered in several languages to cater to the attendees coming from different countries.
Several organisations, such as Tongi Hospital and the Gazipur civil surgeon’s office, have set up medical camps for the Ijtema attendees.
Dr Mahbubur Rahman Chowdhury from Tongi Hospital said some patients are already being treated for cough, cold, dysentery and asthma.
Around 10,000 members of police and RAB will be in charge of security during the Ijtema.
