If you look out, you will find many people who have been facing many adversities and going through terrible anguish. By Hafiz Shaban Ali Nadvi I was resting in my room, having been unwell for some days. At around two in the morning, I stepped out and into the streets. I wanted to breathe outside…
Venkatji and his organization called Swabhimaan have been working in a vast slum area near Koramangala, in Bangalore, for many years, among the poor of different communities. By Shaban Ali It was 28th September, when we decided to meet Mr. Venkat Iyer, a social worker in his 60s who has devoted himself to serving people…
At a time when several flood relief collection units in Kerala are struggling to find enough materials, Noushad, an ordinary street vendor in Ernakulam’s famous Broadway market, has set an example by donating his entire stock to those in relief camps in Nilambur and Wayanad. A resident of Malippuram near Vypeen in Kochi, Noushad had…
By Kamaldeep Singh Brar Amritsar: An Akal Takht Jathedar (clergy) urged to the Sikh community to come forward and make it their “religious duty” to defend and protect the honour of Kashmiri girls who were being humiliated by certain political leaders and others on the social media after special status for Jammu and Kashmir under…
Muslim cleric who hid Christians during attacks honoured The US government is honoring an 83-year-old Muslim cleric who hid 262 Christians in his home and mosque during an attack in central Nigeria. Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, along with four religious leaders from Sudan, Iraq, Brazil and Cyprus, were awarded the 2019 International Religious Freedom Award, which…
It were Sikhs from Dehradun to Chandigarh, who restored Kashmiri’s faith in humanity. True to their faith, and also a minority that has seen and experienced targeted violence, Sikhs across India have come to the rescue of stranded and hounded Kashmiris. Nanak Naam Chardi Kala, Tere Bhane Sarbat Da Bhala” – the last line in…
In the 1890s, due to the unavailability of permanent treatment, leprosy patients from different parts of Jammu and Kashmir were taken away from their family and friends and housed in a former Mughal fort in Bahrar area of Srinagar on the banks of Nigeen Lake by the British missionaries. Since then, it has come to…
JUH Maharashtra bears all marriage expenses of girl whose father was lynched by a mob. By Imran Inamdar On July 1, 2018, the family of Bharat Bhonsle were left stunned, broken and distraught after they were informed that Bharat along with four other men had been mob lynched on suspicion of being child traffickers. Three…
The Indonesian government has recognized a national Catholic women’s organization with an award for its efforts in promoting and preserving diversity in society. The Catholic Women of the Republic of Indonesia (WKRI) received the 2018 Best Mass Organization Award recently in the category of Long-Life Achievements for its contribution to the protection of national sovereignty…
Sanghati Abhijan (SA), a voluntary group recently initiated its ‘Open-a-Door’ campaign to stop discrimination against potential Muslim tenants. By Tannistha Sinha Kolkata: After being turned away by several landlords for months, Aftab Alam and his three friends, all of them doctors, finally found a place to rent in south Kolkata. Their elation, however, was short-lived.…
