Citizens for Justice and Peace
Bihar’s Muslims donate land for world’s largest Hindu temple
19-May-2015
IANS | May 19, 2015, 07.47 PM IST PATNA: Muslims in Bihar, in a stellar demonstration of communal harmony, have donated land to help build the world’s largest Hindu temple which will have the capacity to seat a staggering 20,000 people. “Muslims have not only donated land, they have also provided land at a nominal…
Barriers broken as Dalits brush shoulders with swamijis at Sahapankti Bhojana
10-May-2015
Correspondent It is was unusual experience for the residents of Dr. B.R. Ambedkar Nagar, an exclusive Dalit locality with more than 200 houses, to brush shoulders with saffron-clad swamis of different religious mutts and share the food prepared by them. In a district like Yadgir where the caste system still rules the roost, the heads…
Hindu funds for Muslim weddings cement goodwill
27-Feb-2015
TIMES NEWS NETWORK As many as 15 Muslim couples will get married at a mass marriage ceremony at Godhra on Friday , the anniversary of the Sabarmati Express carnage that left 59 dead. But what makes the event stand out is the fact that a majority of donors for the event are Hindus. The event…
U.P. villagers reject communal politics
16-Feb-2015
Nayagaon Akbarpur Chhendri (Kanth), February 16, 2015 Mohammad Ali A loudspeaker was installed in a small temple at Kanth in Moradabad last Friday. Muslim and Hindu villagers sat together with the local authorities and agreed to install it for a few days on the occasion of Mahashivratri. What happened in just an hour of discussion…
Vadodara feels warmth of communal harmony
12-Feb-2015
Vadodara: TIMES NEWS NETWORK 150 Hindu Widows Were Invited To Dargah For Urs Muslims and Hindus came together at Khadim-e-Dargah Sharif in Panigate area to mark the sandal-e-urs of Hussain Shahid Mastan Bawa. Nearly 150 Hindu widows were invited to attend the event held at one of the communal hotspots of the city.
A 100-yr-pact for communal amity in Konkan village
09-Feb-2015
Hindus and Muslims in Burondi, a village in Ratnagiri district — located 228 km from Mumbai — have signed a 100-year pact between themselves to maintain communal harmony. The pact, which has been notarised, lays down a code of conduct for members of both the communities to avoid communal strife in the village that has…
Muslim couple marries off adopted Hindu daughter
19-Jan-2015
A Muslim couple performed the marriage of a Hindu girl on the premises of Ramjanki temple, situated on the banks of Narmada river at Budhni ghat in Sehore district of Madhya Pradesh. Anup Dutta Bhopal, January 19, 2015 | UPDATED 10:53 IS At a time when the two main communities in the country lose no…
Hindus to lead Muharram procession in Trilokpuri
01-Nov-2014
Staff Reporter In a bid to restore communal harmony in Trilokpuri, the Hindus have offered to lead the Muharram procession on Tuesday. The volunteers of the ‘Aman committee’, working for communal harmony in the area, have come forward with the idea after a discussion with senior officers of the Delhi Police. Permission given Confirming the…
Intermarriage is not jihad, it is India by Saif Ali Khan
15-Oct-2014
I am the son of a sportsman, I grew up in England, Bhopal, Pataudi, Delhi and Mumbai, and I am more Indian than any Hindu or Muslim I know because I am both. I wrote this piece not to comment on the masses or the problems of communalism in India and its villages, but because…
Godhra Muslims earn living by crafting ‘dandiyas’ for Navratri
25-Sep-2014
A large number of Muslim craftsmen in Godhra city, which was the epicenter of the 2002 riots, earn livelihood by making ‘dandiyas’ (wooden sticks) for Navratri, Gujarat’s most popular festival of the Hindus. Several Muslim families in Godhra, about 60 kms from here, start preparing the dandiyas, used by men and women in the traditional…