Many people who attended the notorious Tablighi Jamaat congregation at Nazimuddin earlier last month are still reportedly hiding in different parts of Assam. Meanwhile, a couple of masjid committees have called upon the Muslim community to prevent entry of these Tablighis in their respective areas. The first one to make such a call was the Rajahouli Masjid of Baligaon near Jorhat, on April 5. The Rajahouli Masjid not only prohibited entry of Tablighi members to the masjid, but also warned that action would be taken if any of its member was found participating in Tablighi Jamaat activities. The Old Balibat Purana Masjid of Jorhat followed suit two days later, saying it won’t spare any member who carries out any Tablighi Jamaat activity. What however is surprising is that not many masjid committees of Assam have actually raised their voice against the notorious Tablighi Jamaat, a global cult, which has been identified as an epicentre of a massive spread of the deadly COVID-19 virus across India. In Guwahati, for instance, only one masjid committee has raised its voice against the Tablighi Jamaat till date. On the contrary, most masjid committees have apparently adopted a kind of wait-and-watch policy, especially after the government had sealed the Athgaon Kabarstan Masjid in the heart of Guwahati and declared it as a containment zone for having allegedly held a gathering of over 100 persons on March 12 which was attended by several Nizamuddin returnees. At least three of them have later tested COVID-19 positive. While it is a fact that the AIUDF has been trying to allegedly give a communal colour to the government’s action against the Tablighis (one of its prominent MLAs has been already arrested and sent to jail), it is surprising that the prominent Assamese Muslims have preferred to remain aloof from the developments. A few of them have however raised their individual voices in different social media platforms, asking all right-thinking Muslims of Assam to make their position clear with conviction. One such person has very clearly stated in a social media post that the Muslims of Assam can be divided into two groups, – one which has been following every directive of the government in letter and spirit, and the other which has been trying to complicate things and cause everybody to suffer by frustrating all efforts of the government to stop COVID-19 from spreading further.