Three million Muslims in Bangladesh for Islamic celebration

More than three million Muslims have gathered in Bangladesh for what's regarded as Islam's second-largest event after the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

Three million Muslims in Bangladesh for Islamic celebration
Mon, 16 Dec, 2002 - 11:15

More than three million Muslims have gathered in Bangladesh for what's regarded as Islam's second-largest event after the Hajj pilgrimage in Saudi Arabia.

Clerics, scholars, foreign visitors and Bangladeshis took part in the World Congregation of Islamic Preachers in the town of Tongi.

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