World Sunni Movement ( bn, বিশ্ব সুন্নী আন্দোলন) is a

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ic religious organization in

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. The organization was founded in 1979 in Bangladesh by Syed Imam Hayat. The chief advisor of the organization is the Islamic scholar and researcher of Hadith Syed Mohammad Saifur Rahman Nizami. The secretary-general of the organization is Raihan Rahbar. Besides Bangladesh World Sunni Movement organize their activities in

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Beliefs

World Sunni Movement is based on the principles of

particularly Ahle Sunnat or Barelvi movement contrary to Wahabi-Deobandi ideologies. Their faith is there is no direct light, knowledge, blessing, forgiveness from God without their dearest Prophet

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. According to

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is a complete code of life. So, they believe Islam is not only spiritual but also political and their political philosophy is Khilafat-e-Insaniyat and in their language, it is the representative authority of life & humanity beyond any discrimination, the flow of truth & wealth, the structure of right & freedom, state and world of peace-safety & universal humanity under the light of divine values; given by

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, the source of all blessing-love-humanity. They celebrate Eid-e-Azam which means Greatest Joy in

Hijri year The Hijri year ( ar, سَنة هِجْريّة) or era ( ''at-taqwīm al-hijrī'') is the era used in the Islamic lunar calendar. It begins its count from the Islamic New Year in which Muhammad and his followers migrated from Mecca to Yathrib ...

12th day of Rabi al-Awwal as the holy welcome celebration of the messenger of

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which is the greatest blessing from God and the source of all blessings for them. They celebrate Eid-e-Merajunnabi which means joy for the meeting of the Islamic prophet Mohammad with God in Hijri year 26th

Rajab Rajab ( ar, رَجَب) is the seventh month of the Islamic calendar. The lexical definition of the classical Arabic verb ''rajaba'' is "to respect" which could also mean "be awe or be in fear", of which Rajab is a derivative. This month is re ...

because they believe the meeting of the prophet is the practical proof of the existence of God through the prophet. They also celebrate Martyr Day in Hijri year 10th al-Muharram. On this day prophet's beloved

Husayn ibn Ali Abū ʿAbd Allāh al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Abī Ṭālib ( ar, أبو عبد الله الحسين بن علي بن أبي طالب; 10 January 626 – 10 October 680) was a grandson of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a son of Ali ibn Abi ...

was killed by the army of Umayyad ruler

Yazid I Yazid ibn Mu'awiya ibn Abi Sufyan ( ar, يزيد بن معاوية بن أبي سفيان, Yazīd ibn Muʿāwiya ibn ʾAbī Sufyān; 64611 November 683), commonly known as Yazid I, was the second caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate. He ruled from ...

Role of woman

Both men and women participate in all the programs of the organization. Women participate and lead in

seminar A seminar is a form of academic instruction, either at an academic institution or offered by a commercial or professional organization. It has the function of bringing together small groups for recurring meetings, focusing each time on some parti ...

, meeting, rally, human chain, etc. along with men. They believe the

human Humans (''Homo sapiens'') are the most abundant and widespread species of primate, characterized by bipedalism and exceptional cognitive skills due to a large and complex brain. This has enabled the development of advanced tools, culture, ...

entity is beyond gender and Islam gives the identity of Muslims beyond gender. According to

Islam is a complete code of life. So, they believe excluding women or men there is no completeness. The organization is the opposite of the woman's extreme veil where women are kept at home and can't go outside for education, job by name of Islam. In Islam, seeking knowledge is an obligation for every Muslim. When

Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh ( bn, হেফাজতে ইসলাম বাংলাদেশ) is an Islamic Advocacy group of madrassah teachers and students. In 2013, it submitted to the government of Bangladesh a 13-point charter, which inc ...

chief

Shah Ahmad Shafi Shah Ahmad Shafi ( bn, শাহ আহমদ শফী) (1916 – 18 September 2020) was a Bangladeshi Sunni Islamic scholar, the chief of Hefazat-e-Islam Bangladesh, Rector of Al-Jamiatul Ahlia Darul Ulum Moinul Islam Hathazari and also the c ...

has advised the parents not to send their daughters to educational institutions and not to educate above class four or five then World Sunni Movement organized several peaceful human chains against the speech of

Activities

Eid-e-Azam

They celebrate Eid-e-Azam which means Greatest Joy in

, the 12th day of Rabi al-Awwal. In Syed Imam Hayat's language, “Great holy welcome of beloved Rasul to us is coming of life to our dead soul, coming of light to our dark life, coming of love-kindness-wisdom-humanity-freedom-liberty & peace against falsehood-oppression-cruelty-terrorism-injustice & destruction.”

Eid-e-Merajunnabi

According to Islam Hijri year, 26th

Islamic prophet

directly and physically met with God heavenly which is called miraj or ascension to heaven. World Sunni Movement celebrates Eid-e-Merajunnabi on this day as they believe it is God's great favor of direct meeting, & eye witnessing Him by His messenger on behalf of whole mankind which is unimaginable & beyond everyone's knowledge and it is an infinite blessing for all of mankind to know the truth & destination of life.

Martyr Day

10th al-Muharram of Hijri year the organization celebrates The National Martyr Day of whole Muslims Muslim nation as Islamic Prophet's beloved

was killed by the army of Umayyad Caliphate Umayyad ruler

who was nominated as successor by his father

Muawiyah I Mu'awiya I ( ar, معاوية بن أبي سفيان, Muʿāwiya ibn Abī Sufyān; –April 680) was the founder and first caliph of the Umayyad Caliphate, ruling from 661 until his death. He became caliph less than thirty years after the deat ...

before his death. The appointment of Yazid I as a successor by his father was against the Islamic rule, and Husayn ibn Ali refused to pledge allegiance to Yazid I. Husayn ibn Ali is an important person in Islam as he was a member of the Household of Prophet Mohammad (

Ahl al-Bayt Ahl al-Bayt ( ar, أَهْل ٱلْبَيْت, ) refers to the family of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, but the term has also been extended in Sunni Islam to apply to all descendants of the Banu Hashim (Muhammad's clan) and even to all Muslims. ...

Dark Day

World Sunni Movement celebrates Dark Day on 23 September. On September 23, 1932, Ibn Saud established the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. The royal House of Saud demolished most of the old the Islamic heritage such as mosques,

Jannat al-Baqi ''Jannat al-Baqīʿ'' ( ar, ٱلْبَقِيْع, "The Baqi'") is the oldest and the first Islamic cemetery of Medina in the Hejazi region of present-day Saudi Arabia. It is located to the southeast of the Prophet's Mosque, which contains the gr ...

Jannat al-Mu'alla Jannat al-Mu'alla ( ar, جَنَّة ٱلْمُعَلَّاة, Jannah al-Muʿallāh, lit=The Most Exalted Paradise), also known as the "Cemetery of Ma'la" ( ar, مَقْبَرَة ٱلْمَعْلَاة, link=no ') and ''Al-Ḥajūn'' ( ar, ٱل ...

, the tomb of companions of the Prophet, etc. They condemn and protest against all the terrorist attacks by the name of religion. They condemned and protested against the terrorist attacks in

2017 London bridge attack On 3 June 2017, a terrorist vehicle-ramming and stabbing took place in London, England. A van was deliberately driven into pedestrians on London Bridge, and then crashed on Borough High Street, just south of the River Thames. The van's three occ ...

November 2015 Paris attacks The November 2015 Paris attacks () were a series of coordinated Islamist terrorist attacks that took place on Friday, 13 November 2015 in Paris, France, and the city's northern suburb, Saint-Denis. Beginning at 9:15p.m., three suicide bombers ...

2019 Sri Lanka Easter bombings On 21 April 2019, Easter Sunday, three churches in Sri Lanka and three luxury hotels in the commercial capital, Colombo, were targeted in a series of coordinated ISIS-related terrorist suicide bombings. Later that day, there were smaller expl ...

, etc. They also protest when someone insults and blows in their religious sentiment.

References

{{Reflist Sunni Islamist groups Islamic organisations based in Bangladesh Islamic organizations established in the 1970s