KOLKATA: As the country celebrated the festival of Diwali and Kali Puja, a mosque in West Bengal’s Birbhum district was busy celebrating communal harmony as they inaugurated a Hindu temple in the vicinity. The temple, dedicated to the Hindu goddess Kali, was inaugurated on Sunday evening amid Kali Puja revelry in Basapara, located in the…
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Hindu Muslim Unity: Kashmiri Muslims take care of Hindu orphans
“Villagers have helped the family and we will keep doing this. They are like our own children and we will not let them suffer in any way”
Bali or Bhakti: Animal Sacrifice in Hinduism
Some claim that for Kali and Durga meat is mahaprasad. But are blood offerings and animal sacrifice necessary to please God?
Hindu Muslim Unity: Nepali childhood friends of different faiths become blood brothers
I am Muslim but my “blood brother” is a Hindu. A special friendship decided by our grandmothers over 24 years ago as part of a unique Nepali tradition.
Hindu Muslim Unity: Stories of Communal Harmony
Examples of peace and harmony continue to exist all over the country in small gestures. It is these simple acts, prompted by generosity and large-heartedness which keeps our country from splintering violently. Check out some of these acts in the past, which will simply touch your heart. Read more: Communal Harmony
Hindu Muslim Unity: Muslim woman delivers baby at Hindu temple
“My wife was close to delivering the baby and all we could see was a Ganpati mandir. As soon as we got down outside the temple, some women rushed to help us. “
Hindu Muslim Unity: Pakistan’s Muslims celebrate Diwali
PESHAWAR: Muslims, Christians and Sikhs joined Hindus in a rare Diwali celebrations in Peshawar, the capital of Pakistan’s Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. The event was organised by All Pakistan Hindu Rights Movement Chairman Haroon Sarab Diyal at the premises of ancient Gor Khattree monument here on Saturday night. Diyal said the “objective of holding this unique gathering was…
Hindu Muslim Unity: Sikhs and Hindus buy land and help build mosque
Nazim approached temple administrators and told them: “You Hindus will soon have your new temple. But we Muslims have no place to worship…would you give us a small area of your land?”
Hindu Muslim Unity: Nepali Muslims join Daishan celebrations
“Just as Hindu people and their leaders participated in our Eid celebration, we are also celebrating the Hindu festival called Dashain.”
Hindu Muslim Unity: Muslim students observe Navratri fast
“Dadi always says that no religion talks ill of other religion. Unless we start respecting each other (Hindu and Muslims), outsiders will draw advantage. It’s high time that we get united.”
Hindu Muslim Unity: How Indus River cultures shaped Sufism
The strand of Sufism which emerged on the banks of Indus, consciously eschewed religious orthodoxy and, at times, even rebelled against it.
