Before coronavirus, there was a ring of suspicion around Tablighis

WikiLeaks memos, based on the interrogation of al-Qaeda operatives detained at Guantanamo Bay, quoted them as saying that they used a New Delhi-based organisation, Tablighi Jamaat, as cover to obtain travel documents and shelter. The leaked memos said at least three detained persons stayed at the organisation’s facilities in Delhi and around.

The Tablighi Jamaat is in news recently after a congregation at its Nizamuddin Markaz in New Delhi led to a sudden rise in the number of positive coronavirus cases across India. Similar events in several countries in Southeast Asia led to many Covid-19 cases there.

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