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.
According to the tradition, a maulvi reads out excerpts from the Quran to mark the beginning of the celebrations at the Chennakeshava temple. Recently, as the spectre of communal tension loomed large over Karnataka, Right-wing activists had urged the district administration and temple authorities to bar Muslim traders from taking part in the festival. However, the state endowment department had directed the temple administration not to bar any non-Hindu traders and allowed them to set up stalls and participate in the celebrations, according to senior officials of the department. “Accordingly, around 15 Muslim traders had set up their shops,” a senior official told The Indian Express…
SECULARISM IN A HOUSE OF GOD
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 click here. 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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