The good news - Karnataka: Belur temple continues tradition of starting festival with Quran recitation / Hindus protected mosque during Ramnavmi procession in Bihar / ‘This is Hindustan’: Hindu woman protected Muslim shopkeepers during riots in Rajasthan
“Reading excerpts from the Quran is a tradition but this year, there was a confusion as the temple authorities had initially issued a notice barring Muslim traders from setting up stalls. However, the endowment department took the suggestion of various priests and decided to go ahead with the tradition,” an official from the Endowment department told The Indian Express.
Hindus protected mosque during Ramnavmi procession in Bihar
An Incident of human unity was seen in Bihar as some other parts of the country were mired in communal violence over the pelting of stones on the procession of Ram Navami festival and its counter-reaction. In the land where Gautam Buddha received enlightenment, a scene of communal harmony was witnessed in the Katihar district when Hindus formed a human chain in front of a mosque to protect it from a possible attack from the mob. A Twitter user named Owais Sultan Khan posted the picture of that scene and wrote that during the Ram Navami procession in Katihar, Bihar, people from the majority community formed a human chain in front of Jama Masjid to protect it....
Apart from this, Aurangabad in Maharashtra also witnessed some such examples of communal harmony. A procession of Ram Naomi was being taken out in Aurangabad, but when the procession passed in front of a mosque, the DJ playing in the procession was stopped due to religious sentiments..
‘This is Hindustan’: How a Hindu woman protected Muslim shopkeepers during riots in Rajasthan
On April 2, Madhulika
Rajput was faced with an angry mob outside the market complex in Rajasthan’s
Karauli town where her family owns a number of shops. The men in the mob
carried saffron flags, wore saffron scarves and chanted “Jai Sri Ram” – victory
to lord Ram. They demanded to inspect the area for “other men who may be
hiding”.
“I told them I would
not let anyone inside,” 48-year-old Rajput recounted. “They asked if anyone was
hiding, but I said no one was here. I did not want the riot to spread further.
No one can say anything to me here. No one can force me to do anything I do not
want.”..
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