Tablighi Jamaat and allegations of terrorism

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The Tablighi Jamaat movement is an Islamic missionary and revival movement founded in India in the early twentieth Century, as a response to Christian evangelists working among poor and poorly educated Muslims in British India.^[1][2][3][4] In recent years, allegations and concerns have risen about whether, or how much, the organization is linked to Islamic terrorist groups, such as Al Qaeda.^[5] However Tablighi followers insist that they do not preach violence and have denied any involvement with terrorist groups.^{[6] [7]}