Staff Correspondent

Tens of thousands of people on Sunday thronged the capital’s Suhrawardy Udyan as the spiritual hub of Mazbhandar Darbar staged a massive rally to celebrate the birth anniversary of Prophet Mohammad (PBUH) – Eid-e-Miladunnabi with a spirit of inclusiveness and religious festivity.

Ministers, politicians across party lines and foreign Islamic and Sufi scholars alongside Bangladeshi ones addressed the rally analyzing holy Prophet’s (PBUH) teachings and ideals and Quranic principles and messages describing him as the blessings for the mankind, transcending the followers of Islamic faith or Muslims alone.

Incumbent leader of of Mazibhandar Darbar Syed Saifudding Ahmed Maizbhandari chaired the rally, preceded by a colourful street march, when the devotees chanted hymns praising Allah and his Prophet (PBUH).

Senior Awami League leaders Amir Hossain Amu, Information and Broadcasting Minister Hassan Mahmud, Liberation War Affairs Minister AKM Mozammel Haque, Kalyan Party chairman major general (retd) Syed Mohammad Ibrahim, Islamic Shashantantra Andolon leader Misbahur Rahman, were among, the political figures who spoke on the occasion.

Foreign spiritual figures from the United States, Morocco, Turkey and India spoke at the rally lighting the Prophet Mohammmad’s (PBUH) role as the binding factor of the diversified human society as well as the symbol of peace and harmony in worldly life and as the means to secure divine blessings and height in spiritual realm.

“The essence of Miladunnabi is specially significant today to negate religious extremism and militancy . . . our greatest weapon to fight militancy is the ideals of the Holy Prophet (PBUH),” Amu told the rally.

Hassan Mahmud called Prophet Mohammmad (PBUH) as the blessings for the entire mankind while he sought effective activation of the international conscience to end the plight of distressed humanity in different parts of the world including those of the Palestinians and Rohingyas.

Ahead of leading a special Miladunnabi prayers and Milad Mahfil Syed Saifudding Ahmed explained the mission and devotion of Maizbhandar Darbar throughout ages.

He particularly recalled the role of great Sufi saint Syed Moinuddiin Ahmed Maizbhandari until his physical demise over a decade ago in instilling a sense of harmony and inclusiveness among the Muslims and followers of other faiths igniting spiritual feelings in the mind of individuals.