Muslims, have joined hands to organise the Rath Yatra every year for nearly 100 years now. In fact, the village headman, Mohammed Zamiullah, takes upon himself the task of organising the widely celebrated Hindu festival.
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Hindu Muslim Unity: Hindu parents raise foster daughter as Muslim
“We never forced our religion on her but allowed the girl to perform ‘namaz’, read the Quran and observe fast during Ramzan,” says foster father Madhava Reddy.
Hindu Muslim Unity: Muslims construct Shiva temple
“Muslims are not only donating money for temple construction, they are also actively involved in ensuring that it should come up soon,” Rajkishore Raut, president of the Shiva Temple Construction Committee.
Hindu Muslim Unity: Muslims participate in yearly Hindu yatra
Muslims come out of their homes and line up to see a yearly Hindu Rath Yatra. The photographs present a beautiful picture of Hindu-Muslim brotherhood.
Hindu Muslim Unity: Religious leaders meet in Texas for interfaith discussion
In an effort to promote peace and tolerance, leaders from different religious backgrounds met in Midland on Wednesday night for an interfaith discussion. St. Nicholas’ Episcopal Church played host to leaders of the Baptist, Hindu, Jewish, Muslim and Mormon faiths, and more than a hundred listeners.
Saints and Seekers: Inayat Khan
All these different scriptures and ways of worship and of contemplating God are given for one purpose: the realization of Unity
Hindu Muslim Unity: paying tribute at mausoleum
“People of different religions, be it Hindus or Muslims come here. All the devotees are guests of baba and thus they are our guests too. We serve them. They buy flowers, holy chadars and prasad from us.”
Saints and Seekers: Swami Sivananda
God is intangible. Whatever we know of Him in temples, mosques, synagogues and churches is only created by man
Hindu Muslim Unity: Madrasa teaches class on Gita and Quran
Holding the Quran in one hand and the Bhagavad Gita in the other, Mukhtar Ahmad conducts “a class of communal harmony” at a madrassa
Hindu Muslim Unity: Hindu paints Quran verses
Anil Kumar Chowhan, an artist by profession, has been offering his services to paint Koranic verses and supplications in mosques for more than a decade.
Hindu Muslim Unity: Muslims construct Durga temple
Muslims have helped build a Hindu temple dedicated to goddess Durga in Bihar’s Gaya district, not just by making donations but also by supervising its construction
Hindu Muslim Unity: feasting together on Diwali and Eid
“We organised Eid and Diwali Milan on the same day to give a message to the outside world that we are still together and we will be together, no matter what,”
