Citizens for Justice and Peace
Caste no bar: In this part of Punjab, Dalit cooks are family
02-Jan-2016
The school has students from the Rai Sikh community studying along with upper caste students including from the Jat Sikh community. Their mid-day meals are all cooked by Dalits. Written by Divya Goyal Ludhiana Published:Jan 2, 2016, 9:25 In a country where children have been told not to eat food from a Dalit cook and…
Muslim family gives shelter to 600 cows
01-Jan-2016
• 1 Jan 2016 • Hindustan Times (Mumbai) • Zakir Hussain letters@hindustantimes,com NAGAUR: With the country witnessing a fierce debate over perceived intolerance, a Muslim family in Rajasthan is doing its bit to maintain communal harmony, dedicating its life to the service of cows. Phule Khan and his family, who hail from Ledi village in…
Muslim group cleans flood-hit temples
08-Dec-2015
CHENNAI, December 8, 2015 Updated: December 8, 2015 08:22 IST The Hindu Members of the Jammat E Islami Hind clean a temple at Kotturpuram — Photo: Shaju John Among the heart-warming stories to have emerged from the Chennai floods is a cleaning drive undertaken by a Muslim organisation. Around 50 members of Jammat E Islami…
Chennai floods: Saved by Muslim man, Hindu couple names newborn after rescuer
08-Dec-2015
December 08, 2015 18:23 IST Among tales of humanity emerging from rain-battered Chennai is a story of a Hindu couple who have named their newborn after a Muslim who came to their rescue when the crisis blew them over. Chitra and Mohan, hailing from Urapakkam which suffered one of the worst flooding in the city’s…
Muslims collect Rs 50k to bail out Hindu convicts
26-Nov-2015
Mrigank Tiwari | TNN | Nov 26, 2015, 08.46 PM IST BAREILLY: As the controversy rages over “intolerance” in the country, here is a group of Muslim men who have quietly done for 15 Hindu men what even their own kin could not. The Muslim men pooled in money to be able to pay a…
In Kerala, a mosque where Hindu martyr was interred
03-Nov-2015
Nov 03 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) TP Nijeesh At a time when the country is witness ng cases of religious intolerance, a mosque here continues to be an epitome of communal harmony . Kunhelu, a Hindu martyr was buried at the Valiyangadi Juma Masjid here centuries ago. The mosque continues the tradition…
Cops set communal harmony example
27-Oct-2015
Oct 27 2015 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) TIMES NEWS NETWORK Keeping the tradition of a police inspector performing a havan (religious ritual) at a temple in Rakhial for prosperity and peace of the area, Barkatali Chavda, a Muslim and inspector of the area, performed the rituals for the second consecutive year. “When I…
Tripura Muslims celebrate Durga Puja
22-Oct-2015
At Durgapur village in this sub-division where Muslims constitute 90 per cent of the population, the community actively participated in the puja in making idols. By: PTI | Agartala | Published:October 22, 2015 2:39 pm Setting an example of harmony amid the country’s communal tension, several Durga Pujas in Tripura are being organised by the…
Muslims lead from the front this Ramleela
21-Oct-2015
LUCKNOW: Come Navratri and the Ramleela fervour reaches its zenith with artistes and Ramleela committees trying to put in their best while enacting the epic Ramayana. However, in Mumtaz Nagar village, barely eight kilometres from Ayodhya — the land of Lord Ram — the Ramleela is unique. The play here is organised by Muslims. Majid…
Hindu-Muslim groups set example of harmony
21-Oct-2015
Oct 21, 2015 – Shahab Ansari | mumbai In a heart-warming show of communal harmony, residents of Kurla-Kajupada have decided not to play dandiya this year so that Muslims in the area can organise Muharram sermons for 10 days. As a return gesture, Muslims have decided to refrain from waaz (discourse) on Dussehra. According to…