Till date, 682 foreign nationals from 35 different countries, who were chargesheeted in the case, have been granted bail by the court.
The Chief Metropolitan Magistrate Ggranted the relief to the foreigners on furnishing a personal bond of Rs 10,000 each.
In April, COVID-19 cases across the country spiked after hundreds of many Tablighi Jamaat members, who had attended the religious congregation at Nizamuddin Markaz event, tested positive.
According to the charge sheets, all the foreign nationals have been booked for violating visa rules, violating government guidelines issued in the wake of Covid-19 pandemic and regulations regarding Epidemic diseases Act, Disaster Management Act.
The action has been taken by the home ministry after various state governments provided details of the foreigners who were found to be illegally living in mosques and religious seminaries across the country.
So far, the Crime Branch has named more than 900 foreign nationals in the case pertaining to a congregation at Banglewali Masjid in Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin
A bakery owner in Chennai has been arrested for an advertisement that gave a wrong impression about Muslims.
The ‘apolitical’ piety that Tabligh claims to preach fits into the broader discussion on Islamic Revivalism, which constitutes both Social and Political Islam.
A gathering held at Tablighi Jamaat's headquarters at Nizamuddin in Delhi in mid-March, which was attended by delegates from across India and also abroad, had become a key source for the spread of COVID-19.
Mohammad Usman, who belongs to Bijnor in Uttar Pradesh and was on a two-month duty at the Tablighi Jamaat Markaz at Hazrat Nizamuddin, Delhi, was instrumental in convincing Jamaat volunteers to donate blood plasma.
Several cases of Coronavirus were reported from Tablighi Jamaat congregation held in March in Delhi's Nizamuddin area.
The BJP MLA defended his remarks and said that he was merely responding to the complaints of the people who alleged that Muslims vendors spit on vegetables to spread Coronavirus.
In Tamil Nadu, where the state government awaits the Centre’s nod to collect plasma, over 450 Tablighi Jamaat volunteers having already registered for donation.
So far, the police have served two notices and we have already responded to both. If, and when, the police require me or any volunteer to appear before them, it will happen without any delay, Maulana Muhammad Saad tells Outlook's Qaiser Mohammad Ali.
According to the Pakistan government, in March the Tablighi Jamaat went ahead with its annual congregation in Raiwind, Lahore against its ‘advice’ that the gathering might spread the virus.
The Enforcement Directorate will probe the funds being received by Saad to organise Tablighi Jamaat congregations and other activities.
Kandhalvi had organised the religious gathering at Nizamuddin Markaz last month against the social distancing protocol imposed by the Centre to curb the spread of the deadly disease.
The recent Tablighi Jamaat incident cracked open the leadership question among the Muslims once again... This situation has given us an opportunity to overhaul our thought process, writes Raamish Siddiqui.
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