Wikipedia has a posting on a movement within Islam that I had never heard of before, Tablighi Jamaat
Since it is a pacifistic group, no doubt it can form common cause with Christian pacifistic groups. Mohatma Gandhi received tremendous, indeed critical help from Moslem pacifists in his effort to rid India of Brits. The story can be found here:
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Tablighi Jamaat follows an informal organizational structure and keeps an introvert institutional profile. It keeps its distance from mass media and avoids publishing details about its activities and membership. The group also exercises complete abstinence from expressing opinions on political and controversial issues mainly to avoid the disputes which would accompany these endorsements.[32][33] As an organization, Tabligh Jamaat does not seek donations and is not funded by anyone, in fact members have to bear their own expenditures. Since there is no formal registration process and no official membership count has ever been taken, the exact membership statistics remain unknown.[34] The movement discourages interviews with its elders and has never officially released texts. Even though there are publications associated with the movement, particularly by Zakariya Kandahalwi, the emphasis has never been on book learning, but rather on first-hand personal communication.[6][35] A collection of books, usually referred as Tablighi Nisaab(Tablighi Curriculum), is recommended by Tabligh Jamaat elders for general reading. This set includes four books namely (Hayatus Sahabah, Fazail-e-Amaal, Fazail-e-Sadqaat and Muntakhab Ahadith).[36]
The organization's activities are coordinated through centers and headquarters called Markaz. Tablighi Jamaat maintains its international headquarters, called Nizamuddin Markaz, in the Nizamuddin West district of South Delhi, India, from where it originally started. It also has country headquarters in over 213 countries to coordinate its activities. These headquarters organize volunteer, self-funding people in groups (called jamaats), averaging ten to twelve people, for reminding Muslims to remain steadfast on path of God.[25] These jamaats and preaching missions are self funded by their respective members.
Since it is a pacifistic group, no doubt it can form common cause with Christian pacifistic groups. Mohatma Gandhi received tremendous, indeed critical help from Moslem pacifists in his effort to rid India of Brits. The story can be found here:
Please feel free to share this post with three of your friends.
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