Religion and Spirituality

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?

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Hindu Muslim Unity: Interfaith Spouses Celebrate Ismaili Imamat Day

“The common thread which bonded interfaith families was their love for family and humanity.”

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Hindu Muslim Unity: Sikh engineer creates Ramadan app

Kuldeep Singh Saini, a mechatronics engineer developed the app Ramadan 2016 which helps keep a track of the direction of prayer, iftar (meal after sunset), sehri (pre-dawn meal), prayer timings, and has been downloaded more than 500,000 times.

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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.

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Hindu Muslim Unity: Hindu Family makes Tazias for Muharram

A tazia is a replica of Imam Hussain’s tomb. In Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh, a Hindu family makes Tazias during Muharram.

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Hindu Muslim Unity: Muslim girls chant Sanskrit hymns

It’s a language traditionally associated with sacred Hindu texts. But about 100 Muslim girls in two Jharkhand schools have shattered the stereotype about Sanskrit, choosing the classical language over Urdu and Persian, saying it is much easier to learn and score good marks in.

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Hindu Muslim Unity: Imam performs and fasts for Durga puja

Shahid Ali, a Muslim priest, performs rituals for Durga, fasts for Navratri, and is familiar with Hindu shastras

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Hindu Muslim Unity: Ganesh celebrations that take place in mosques

“the past 40-50 years we have been celebrating…Muharram, Ganpati, Navratri together with religious amity.”

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Hindu Muslim Unity: Krishna’s birthday celebrated at Narhar Dargah

A Muslim shrine has hosted Krishna’s birthday celebrations for over 300 years

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Hindu Muslim Unity: Muslims undertaker performs last rites for Kashmir Hindus

“A Hindu goddess commanded me to restore her temple in the cremation ground”

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Hindu Muslim Unity: Hindu pilgrims led by Muslim guide

A bidi-smoking Muslim taxi driver helps Hindu travelers complete their pilgrimage

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Hindu Muslim Unity: Teen Muslim saves Hindu classmate from kidnappers

15 year old Nazia was awarded for saving 6 year old Hindu girl from kidnappers