Citizens for Justice and Peace
Hindus lend a hand for Muslim wedding
11-Oct-2015
Oct 12, 2015 | PTI| Dadri (UP) Shaken by the beef lynching episode, the troubled Bishada village in the district is agog with activity on Sunday, with Hindus joining their Muslim brethren in making preparations for the wedding of two girls belonging to the minority community. Bishada resident Hakeem, who till a few days ago…
Harmony triumphs in Dadri: Hindus fund and organise wedding for Muslim family
11-Oct-2015
The village that made headlines over the lynching incident, came out and gave the perfect example of communal harmony with the wedding on Sunday Bishada (UP): Dispelling rumours of communal tension and hatred, the Hindu community of Dadri’s Bishada village came together on Sunday to organise a wedding for the daughters of a Muslim family.…
Bisada’s Hindus, Muslims unite in prayer for peace
09-Oct-2015
Oct 09 2015 : The Times of India (Mumbai) Dadri:In the aftermath of the Bisada lynching episode, people from the Hindu and Muslim communities in the village are praying in the temple and the mosque for restoration of peace and harmony in the area. The administration too held a peace meeting in Dadri.Villagers have demanded…
Hindus And Sikhs Help Repair And Rebuild An Old Mosque In Punjab
08-Oct-2015
Hindus And Sikhs Help Repair And Rebuild An Old Mosque In Punjab October 8, 2015 Inspirational, News When we can see the sharp lines drawn between Hindus and Muslims after the case of Dadri lynching. There are many people who have reached their boiling point because of that case. But that incident has not stopped…
B’luru imams to preach against ISIS, jehad
06-Oct-2015
Tuesday, 06 October 2015 | Kestur Vasuki | Bengaluru In a bid to avert Islamic State’s (ISIS) influence on Muslim youth, all Bengaluru mosques have started sermons against ISIS and terrorism in their weekly prayers. According to Imam of Jamia Masjid of Bengaluru, around 150 mosques across the city will give sermons against ISIS and…
Hindu devotees help Muslim woman give birth in Ganpati temple
04-Oct-2015
Date published: Sunday, 4 October 2015 – 5:49pm IST | Agency: dna webdesk Apparently, the woman was forced out of her after the taxi driver panicked that she was going to give birth in his car. While the nation might be consumed by news of communal hatred, as a man in Dadri was allegedly killed…
Muslim youth rescues cow
04-Oct-2015
Sanjay Pandey Lucknow, Oct 04, 2015, DHNS Amid the politicking over the murder of a man at Dadri following rumours that his family was eating beef, a Muslim youth in the state capital rescued a cow from a deep well. According to an eyewitness account, the cow accidentally slipped into the well, situated in Aishbagh…
Muslim woman bridges divide with delicacies
01-Oct-2015
Oct 01 2015 : The Times of India (Ahmedabad) Ankur Tewari Ahmedabad: Amid a growing veg and non-veg divide in the country , a 27-year-old Muslim woman is connecting communities through her lip-smacking non-vegetarian delicacies in Ahmedabad. Tanzin Makwada comes from a conservative Muslim family where not many women get a chance to realize their…
Kashmiris help Pandit neighbour rest in peace with a smile
30-Sep-2015
Ishfaq-ul-Hassan @ishfaq72 Srinangar: When the entire Kashmir was drenched in Eid fervour, a south Kashmir Muslim village was mourning the death of 80-year-old Kashmiri Pandit, who stuck to his roots despite his community migrating to Jammu at the onset of militancy. Trademark Kashmiryat (pluralistic culture) was in full flow when the local Muslim youth left…
Sikh youth removes turban, saves four from drowning
30-Sep-2015
Sangrur (Punjab), Sep 29, 2015 (PTI) A 24-year-old Sikh set aside religious code by removing his turban to save four youth from drowning in a canal here. Four youths, aged between 18-25 years, of Sarafa Bazaar Market had gone to a canal to immerse Ganesha idol on Friday last when a gush of water made…