The directions were issued by the Education Department of the Latur District Administration based on the memorandum submitted by Nationalist Congress Party (NCP) leader Vikram Vasantrao Kale. He said that many Islamic scholars were slated to attend the Ijtema on December 5 and 6 and that it would be better if the administration declared two days off in all the schools and colleges across the district.
Delhi's Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya Dargah's Dewan claimed that during the past year, the number of Hindu visitors to the Dargah has decreased by almost 60%
On December 6, the Saudi Arabia government warned its citizens about Tablighi Jamaat and declared that affiliation with religious partisan groups of Tablighi and Da’wah is prohibited in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.