Tablighi Jamaat members held for ‘spreading COVID’ stuck in India

Muslims from several nations underwent trials for ‘spreading the virus’ and were vilified by the BJP and Indian media.

New Delhi, India – In March last year, 23-year-old Malaysian student Muhammad Hafizuddin landed in India for a two-month journey to “explore more about his spirituality”. Little did he know he would be stranded in the country for more than 12 months – nearly six of which he spent in jail. Living in a mosque now in the Kishanganj district of eastern India’s Bihar state, Hafizuddin is still waiting to go back to his home in Johor, Malaysia, where his parents and siblings are eagerly waiting for him.