Tablighi Jamaat and allegations of terrorism

The Tablighi Jamaat movement is an Islamic missionary and revival movement founded in India in the early twentieth Century, as a response to Christian evangelists working among poor and poorly educated Muslims in British India.
Nicholas Howenstein, [http://www.usip.org/pubs/usipeace_briefings/2006/1011_islamist_networks.html Islamist Networks: The Case of Tablighi Jamaat] , "United States Institute of Peace",
Nicholas HowensteinOctober 2006] [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_5_20000-20254.pdf Murat Kurnaz ARB] , "Department of Defense", pages 93-95] [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_5_20000-20254.pdf Murat Kurnaz ARB] , "Department of Defense", pages 96-98] [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Transcript_Set_5_20000-20254.pdf Murat Kurnaz ARB] , "Department of Defense", pages 103-105] In recent years, allegations and concerns have risen about whether, or how much, the organization is linked to Islamic terrorist groups, such as Al Qaeda." prior to 11 September 2001.
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Abdul Rahman Nashi Badi Al Hataybi || JTF GTMO || unknown |
*One of the allegations, during his Administrative Review Board hearing, stated: "The detainee is a member of Jama’at al Tablighi "" (JT)." [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_mar05.pdf Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf)] prepared for Ahmed Hassan Jamil Suleyman's "Combatant Status Review Tribunal" - September 28 2004 page 189]
**"Many al Qaida operatives joined the religious organization Jama'at al-Tabligh ""." [http://www.dod.mil/pub/foi/detainees/csrt_Mar05.pdf Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf)] prepared for Fayad Yahya Ahmed's "Combatant Status Review Tribunal" - October 14 2004 - page 124 ]
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Ghallab Bashir || JTF GTMO || unknown |
*One of the allegations, during his Administrative Review Board hearing, stated: "The detainee was smuggled from Iran into Afghanistan and then on to Quetta, Pakistan with assistance from the Tablighi (JT: Jama’at Tablighi) office in Zahedan, Iran." [http://www.defenselink.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt/ARB_Factors_Set_2_1046-1160.pdf Factors for and against the continued detention (.pdf)] of Ghallab Bashir "Administrative Review Board" - page 103]
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Hussein Salem Mohammed || JTF GTMO || unknown |
*One of the allegations, during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal hearing, stated: "The detainee visited the Tablighi headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan." [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_mar05.pdf Summary of Evidence memo (.pdf)] prepared for Hussein Salem Mohammed's "Combatant Status Review Tribunal" - December 8 2004 page 261]
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Khalid Mahomoud Abdul Wahab Al Asmr || JTF GTMO || NLEC
freed |
*One of the allegations, during his Combatant Status Review Tribunal hearing, stated: "The detainee is associated with Jamat al Tabligh "". [http://www.dod.mil/pubs/foi/detainees/csrt_mar05.pdf CSRT Summary of Evidence memoranda (.pdf)] prepared for Lufti Bin Swei Lagha's "Combatant Status Review Tribunal" - October 15 2004 - page 143]
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Majid Abdallah Husayn Muhammad Al Samluli Al Harbi || [JTF GTMO || Reptriated |
*During his first annual Administrative Review Board Al Harbi faced the allegations]
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Mohammad Sidique Khan || MI5 || suicide bomber |
*Daily India reportscite news
url=http://www.indiadaily.org/entry/suspected-terrorists-for-recent-uk-terror-plot-keep-faith-in-tablighi-jamaat/
title=Suspected Terrorists for Recent UK Terror Plot Keep Faith in Tablighi Jamaat
author=Pratyush Pratyush
date=August 18, 2006
publisher=India Daily
accessdate=2007-07-05] :but can we blame a whole movement merely because any one or two who participated in its meeting has engaged in terrorism.There are other lakhs of people who attended the meeting and also is against terrorism

ee also

*Wahabism

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