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Hyderabad constables hold down prayer mats during Eid namaz
Two Kalapathar police constables kept wind from scattering worshippers' mats during Eid-ul-Fitr prayers in Hyderabad.
Two constables from Kalapathar Police Station, Venkatesh Naik and V Pratap Singh, helped worshippers at Eidgah Mir Alam in Hyderabad during Eid-ul-Fitr prayers in June 2017. The crowd was praying on the road using cardboard sheets, which the wind kept blowing away. The two men put the sheets back in place, and Naik placed his uniform cap on one to hold it down. A citizen sent the video to Hyderabad City Police and it was widely shared.
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Hindu-majority village in Bhaderwah elects Muslim man as panch
Bhelan-Kharothi chose Chowdhary Mohammad Hussain, head of its only Muslim family, unopposed in the 2018 panchayat polls.
Residents of Bhelan-Kharothi, a Hindu-majority village of about 450 people in Hanga panchayat of Bhaderwah block, elected Chowdhary Mohammad Hussain unopposed as panch in December 2018. Hussain, 54, is a Gujjar from a family of cattle rearers and heads the village's only Muslim family. Local resident Duni Chand said the village takes pride in its shared brotherhood. Hussain said road connectivity to the village would be his first priority.
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Thrissur temple offers its hall for Eid prayers after floods
With Kochukadavu Juma Masjid still under water, Purappillikavu Rakteshwari Temple hosted Muslims for Bakrid namaz in 2018.
The Purappillikavu Rakteshwari Temple in Thrissur district opened its hall for Eid al-Adha prayers in August 2018, after the nearby Kochukadavu Juma Masjid remained submerged in flood water. PA Khalid, president of the mosque's Mahallu Committee, said they had hoped the water would recede in time. When that looked unlikely, temple office-bearers offered their hall at once. A temple official said they see themselves as human first.
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Mumbai schoolgirl Maryam Siddiqui wins ISKCON Bhagavad Gita contest
The 12-year-old from Mira Road topped an inter-school Gita test, saying humanity is the ultimate religion.
Maryam Asif Siddiqui, a 12-year-old Class VI student of Cosmopolitan High School in Mira Road, Mumbai, won first prize in ISKCON's Gita Champions League in 2015. She scored full marks in the 100-mark test held in January, competing with over 4,500 students from 195 schools. She prepared for about a month with ISKCON material and help from teacher Sapna Brahmandkar. Her father Asif said the family respects all religions.
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Razzak Khan performs Hindu last rites of friend Santosh Singh in Baitul
When his friend's family could not afford a funeral, Razzak stayed by him and cremated him with Hindu rites.
Razzak Khan, a Muslim man, performed the last rites of his Hindu friend Santosh Singh, who lived in Baitul district of Madhya Pradesh, after Santosh died on 20 September 2015. Santosh had been seriously ill with a heart condition, and his family did not have money for a proper funeral. Razzak stayed with his friend until the end and then cremated him following Hindu rituals. The two had been friends for many years.
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How IPS officer Suresh Khopade’s mohalla committees kept Bhiwandi peaceful
Neighbourhood committees of Hindus and Muslims, set up by police in 1988, helped Bhiwandi avoid deaths in the 1992-93 riots.
Suresh Khopade, posted as DCP in Bhiwandi near Mumbai in 1988, set up 70 mohalla committees of about 50 members each, roughly half Hindu and half Muslim. Led by constables, they met fortnightly in neighbourhoods to settle small disputes over water, garbage and family matters. His successor Gulabrao Pol continued them. During the December 1992 to January 1993 riots, when Mumbai saw heavy loss of life, Bhiwandi recorded no deaths.
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Hindu mason Ramveer Kashyap cares for 120-year-old mosque in Muzaffarnagar
For about 25 years, Ramveer has looked after the mosque in Nanheda village, which has no Muslim families now.
Ramveer Kashyap, a 54-year-old Hindu mason, has looked after a roughly 120-year-old mosque in Nanheda village of Muzaffarnagar district for about 25 years, as reported in September 2018. When rioters tried to demolish it, he gathered villagers who defended the mosque. He sweeps it daily and whitewashes it before Ramzan. Village head Dara Singh said the last Muslim family left nearly 50 years ago. Ramveer said it is a place of worship that deserves respect.
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