A Muslim devotee prays during the first phase of the three-day Biswa Ijtema, or the World Congregation of Muslims, at the ...

This is the first phase of Biswa Ijtema ... below this ad On Friday, Muslims joined the weekly afternoon prayers as many more continued to stream toward the venue from across Bangladesh.

Biswa Ijtema, one of the largest global gatherings of Muslim devotees, commenced near Dhaka, Bangladesh. The three-phase event, dating back to the 1950s, gathers thousands for sermons and prayers on ...

About 2,150 foreign Muslims from 72 countries were among the tens of thousands of Bangladeshis who joined the first phase of the congregation, said Habibullah Raihan, a spokesman of the organizing com ...