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Bareilly Muslims raise Rs 50,000 to free 15 Hindu prisoners
Led by Haji Yasin Qureshi, the group paid fines and bail that poor families of the inmates could not afford.
In 2015, a group of Muslim men in Bareilly, Uttar Pradesh, raised about Rs 50,000 to secure the release of 15 Hindu prisoners. The men, led by Haji Yasin Qureshi, paid the fines and bail amounts the inmates' families could not afford. Most were held for minor offences such as ticketless travel. For one of them, Nand Kishore, the only thing standing between him and release was a Rs 1,000 fine.
Read full story at The Better India
Morena Muslims give land and Rs 50,000 for Ram temple
Muslim residents of a Morena village helped their Hindu neighbours build the Sri Ram Janki Temple with land and money.
Muslim residents of a village in Morena district, Madhya Pradesh, gave land to their Hindu neighbours to build the Sri Ram Janki Temple, Zee News reported in February 2016. The community also collected about Rs 50,000 and handed it over to help meet construction costs. The report, carried with a video, did not name the village or the families who contributed. The channel called it an example of communal harmony.
Read full story at Zee News
Hindu inmates keep Ramzan fast in Muzaffarnagar jail
Sixty-five Hindu prisoners fasted alongside 1,150 Muslim inmates on the first day of Ramzan in 2016.
In June 2016, 65 Hindu inmates at the district jail in Muzaffarnagar, Uttar Pradesh, kept the roza on the first day of Ramzan alongside 1,150 Muslim inmates. Jailor Satish Tripathi shared the figures with PTI. The jail made arrangements for prayers, sehri before dawn and iftar in the evening. Fasting inmates were given seasonal fruits, dates, 500 grams of milk and snacks.
Read full story at Ummid.com (PTI)
Kerala priest donates kidney to Muslim woman from Thrissur
Father Shibu Kuttiparichel of Wayanad gave a kidney to Kairunnissa after her own mother turned out not to be a match.
Father Shibu Kuttiparichel, 39, of Cheengery St Mary's Jacobite Syrian Church in Wayanad, Kerala, donated a kidney to Kairunnissa, a 29-year-old Muslim woman from Thrissur, hospital authorities said in December 2016. She had lived with kidney disease for four years and needed repeated dialysis. Her mother was willing to donate but was not a match. The priest's blood group matched, and the transplant was done at a private hospital. Both were reported to be doing well.
Read full story at Zee News
Lucknow clerics shift Friday namaz timings for Holi
Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahli and Maulana Kalbe Jawwad moved prayer times so worshippers and Holi revellers would not clash.
Ahead of Holi in 2018, Maulana Khalid Rasheed Firangi Mahli, Imam of the Lucknow Eidgah, moved Friday prayers there by an hour to 1.45 pm so worshippers would not clash with people playing colours. He asked imams in sensitive areas to shift namaz by 30 minutes to an hour. Shia cleric Maulana Kalbe Jawwad also moved prayers at the Asifi mosque from 12.20 pm to 1 pm.
Read full story at Zee News
Brahmins give land and Sikhs fund mosque in Barnala village
In Moom village, Brahmin families donated land and Sikh residents paid for a mosque for local Muslims.
Brahmin families in Moom village of Punjab's Barnala district donated about two marlas of land so local Muslims could build a mosque, The Better India reported in February 2018. Sikh residents gave funds and helped with construction. Muslims had been praying in two rooms at the shrine of Baba Momin Shah. Pandit Purshotam Lal, an Ayurveda practitioner, rallied Brahmin support. Najim Khan and his brother Jasvir Khan supervised the work.
Read full story at The Better India
Lucknow youth who saved cow from 60-foot well honoured
A young Muslim carpenter from Aishbagh went down a deep well to rescue a cow and was felicitated by officials.
In October 2015, a young Muslim carpenter from Aishbagh in Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, climbed down a 60-foot-deep well to rescue a cow that had fallen in. He hurt his leg during the rescue. Three days later, the Lucknow district administration honoured him for his bravery. Senior officials gave him an appreciation certificate and a bouquet. They also recommended help from the chief minister's discretionary fund for his father's medical treatment.
Read full story at Hindustan Times
Raigarh’s Salim Niyariya has led Durga Puja committee since 1992
Sheikh Salim Niyariya heads the Handi Chowk Durga Committee, where Muslims and Hindus organise the festival together.
Sheikh Salim Niyariya, a 50-year-old municipal corporator, had led the Handi Chowk Durga Committee in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, since 1992, Zee News reported in October 2015. Niyariya, then Speaker of the Raigarh Municipal Corporation, installed the goddess's idol and started the procession held on Navmi before immersion. The 25-member committee has three Muslim office bearers, and Muslim artisans help decorate the pandal. He also set up a Hanuman temple in the area.
Read full story at Zee News
Muslim Sumra potters in Ahmedabad supply pots to Hindu traders
More than 100 Sumra potters from Mehsana work at Sarkhej Roza each year, selling mainly to Hindu wholesale dealers.
Every September, more than 100 Muslim Sumra potters from Mehsana district villages such as Kheralu move to Sarkhej Roza in Ahmedabad, as reported in October 2017. They stay about eight months, renting shanties on trust without deposits. Clay comes from lake beds at Sanand. Their main buyers are Hindu wholesale dealers, and pots also go to Rajasthan and Maharashtra. Girish Prajapati, a Hindu potter and wholesaler from Vejalpur, said he always buys from a Sumra.
Read full story at YourStory
Local Muslims welcome Pandit devotees at Khir Bhawani mela in Tullamulla
Despite a record low turnout in 2017, Muslims in Tullamulla kept their tradition of serving milk to Kashmiri Pandit pilgrims.
Local Muslims in Tullamulla, Ganderbal district, welcomed Kashmiri Pandit devotees with milk at the Khir Bhawani mela on 2 June 2017. Not more than 300 devotees came, a record low, which authorities blamed on false propaganda on social media. The shrine of goddess Mata Ragnya, about 29 km from Srinagar, hosts the most important festival of Kashmiri Pandits. Most Pandits left the valley in the early 1990s but many return each year for the mela.
Read full story at IANS (via Social News XYZ)
Malappuram temple hosts vegetarian iftar for Muslims who helped restore it
Vettichira's Lekshmi Narasimha Murthy Vishnu Temple thanked about 300 Muslim families who helped fund its renovation.
The Lekshmi Narasimha Murthy Vishnu Temple at Vettichira in Malappuram district hosted an iftar during Ramzan in June 2017. About 400 Muslims and 100 people from other communities attended. Nearly 300 Muslim families had helped fund the temple's restoration. The meal was a vegetarian Kerala sadhya, served at the house of Mammu Master as the temple could not hold the crowd. Temple committee secretary PT Mohanan said the response was overwhelming.
Read full story at The News Minute
HMG Basha donates land for Hanuman temple in Hosakote village
The 65-year-old transport businessman gave 1.5 guntas worth up to Rs 1 crore so the small temple could be expanded.
HMG Basha, a 65-year-old Bengaluru transport businessman, donated 1.5 guntas of family land to a Hanuman temple at Valagerepura in Hosakote taluk, Bengaluru Rural, as reported in December 2020. The land, beside Old Madras Road, is valued between Rs 80 lakh and Rs 1 crore. Villagers had asked for one gunta, but Basha offered more after seeing devotees short of space. The temple trust plans to rebuild the shrine for about Rs 1 crore.
Read full story at The News Minute