Back on March 20, when the Indian government was asking its 1.3 billion citizens not to congregate in large groups and cancel all events e in large groups and cancel all events and ceremonies, the head of the worldwide Tablighi Jamaat, Maulana Mohammad Kandhlawi, refused to cancel an international conference of his followers at his headquarters in Nizamuddin in the heart of Delhi.Urging Muslims to defy the Indian government, the hereditary head of the Jamaat said: “They (the government) say, ‘Don’t pray in mosques, pray at home.’ … “Never, never. Muslims are the essence of this universe. Kafirs (infidels) are not the essence of this universe.”