Constantly on the move

Islamic worshippers leaving from the three-day annual Tablighi Jama'at gathering in Raiwind, on the outskirts of Lahore, Pakistan, on Friday. This need to travel - which some of the members described as being on a state of permanent pilgrimage - lies at the core of what the Tabligh is as a movement of faith renewal, the writer says. - AFP

BY now alarm has been raised about the numbers of people who have been infected with the coronavirus after attending a large gathering of the Tablighi Jama’at religious movement at the Sri Petaling mosque complex in Malaysia.

The gathering, held on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur from Feb 27 to March 1, reportedly involved about 16,000 people from several countries who are devotees of the Tablighi Jama’at movement.