
Tablighi Jamat seeks to revitalize Muslims around the world. It is claimed that their ideology and practices are in strict accordance with Qur'an and Sunnah.
Despite their affiliation and influence of the prominent scholars of Deoband, they do not focus any particular sect or community. It gathers its members and aids in community activities such as mosque building and education.
TJ maintains an international headquarters, the Markaz, in Nizamuddin, Delhi and has several national headquarters to coordinate its activities in over 80 countries. Throughout its history, it has sent its members to travel the world, preaching a message of peace and tolerance. It organizes preachers in groups. Each group, on average, consists of 10 to 12 Muslims who fund themselves in this preaching mission.
The second largest gathering of Muslims after the Hajj (the pilgrimage to Makkah, which is obligatory to each able Muslim at least once in a lifetime) is known as Bishwa Ijtema, a non-political gathering of Muslims from all over the world hosted by the leaders of "International Tabligh Jama'at". It takes place in Tongi, which is on the outskirts of Dhaka, Bangladesh.
The well-known scholar Maulana Ilyas (Maulana Muhammad Ilyas Kandhelvi) in the Mewat province of India founded the TJ in the late 1920s. The inspiration for devoting his life to Islam came to Ilyas during his second pilgrimage to the Hejaz in 1926. Maulana Ilyas put forward the slogan, ‘Aye Musalmano! Musalman bano’ in Urdu, which translates 'O Muslims! Become Muslims' (in English). This expressed the central focus of TJ, which has been renewing Muslim society by renewing Muslim practice in those it feels have lost their desire to devote themselves to Allah swt and the Prophet Mohammad saw.
Maulana Ilyas was a prominent member of the movement and throughout TJ's history, there has been a degree of association between scholars of Deoband and TJ. Tabligh was formed at a time in India when some Muslim leaders feared that Indian Muslim were losing their Muslim identity to the majority Hindu culture.
In 1978, construction of the Tabligh mosque in Dewsbury, England commenced. Subsequently, the mosque became the European headquarters of TJ.
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