Hundreds of Tablighi Jamaat members were arrested across India last year after the pandemic struck, including Malaysian and Thai nationals. Many of them remain stranded and not able to return home
It has been more than 500 days since Muhammed Hafizuddin, 24, a Malaysian student, arrived in India to attend a religious congregation organised by Tablighi Jamaat —A religious journey intended for sixty days has now entered the eighteenth month, with Hafizuddin uncertain when the wait to return home will end.
For six months, he was behind bars in the central Indian state of Bihar, before being released on bail secured by the efforts of hisLocal members of Tablighi Jamaat take care of his lodging and food. To keep himself occupied, Hafizuddin is learning Urdu and leading prayer at gatherings."It's been long. My family calls me every day. They have faith that one day I'll come back. I miss them," he added.
The courts also observed that complaints against the foreign Tablighi Jamaat members were filed with “malicious” intentions. More than 1,000 foreign volunteers of the organisation slapped with various penal charges were subsequently released.Eleven Indonesian nationals jailed with him in Bihar pled guilty to the court to leave India at the earliest. However, Hafizuddin went on trial to prove the allegations against the group were “wrong”.
Apart from Hafizuddin, 18 Thai nationals associated with the Tablighi Jamaat are also stuck in India's largest state Uttar Pradesh for the last year and a half, as they continue to await judicial clearance. "They have been booked for having invalid visas and passports. The Royal Thailand embassy has written a letter to the court saying their visas and passports are valid. Yet, the case is lingering," Shakeel told TRT World.
"We have ensured that most of the people are back to their home countries. But because of certain technical issues, some of them are still stuck. Hopefully, we will get them out soon too," Fuzail Ahmed Ayyubi, a counsel for the Tablighi Jamaat in India's Supreme Court, told TRT World.
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