Mangaluru: Muslim community stand in solidarity with Christians during Sunday prayers at Church
The campaign was organised in the wake of Sri Lanka terror attacks
Mangaluru: Hundreds of Muslims of Mangaluru on Sunday morning gathered at the Milagres Church during the Sunday prayers here to express their solidarity with the Christian community in the wake of Sri Lanka terror attacks that rocked the Churches and hotels in the Island nation on Easter Sunday, earlier last month.
Muslim volunteers held placards expressing their solidarity and their stand against terrorism, while also distributing sweets and drinking water after the prayers at the Church ended.
Fr. Valerian D’ Souza, Parish Priest of Milagres Church, lauded the efforts of Muslims in joining in solidarity against terrorism and thanked the organisers for calling for a such 'a wonderful gesture' in the wake of recent terror attacks in Sri Lanka.
Speaking to Vartha Bharati, Fr. Vareian D’ Souza said “We all know what happened on the Easter day and we all as a family of the victims condemn such acts. We are really happy to have our Muslim brothers standing in Solidarity with us here at Milagres Church today. With this, they have proved that we all stand united against such acts. I am grateful for all the organisers of this campaign who have come up with this idea of expressing solidarity”.
“Though we did not had any speeches here today, but the message was really powerful that we all stand for peace. We should together now work for building peace and love in the society to make it a society of love and society of peace” he added.
The campaign also drew good response from the devotees who were present at the Church. They lauded the efforts of the Muslim community in joining together in solidarity.
A lady present at the Church added “No religion teaches terrorism, so it is baseless to associate such acts to one particular religion or community. We don’t support it and we are glad that our Muslim brothers have also joined us against it”.
Asif Deals, Saif Sultan and others were present during the campaign at the Church.
“The event was not organised by any particular organisation or any particular banner. It was organised by the whole Muslim community of Mangaluru” Asif said after the event.
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Notices issued to Himachal conductor, driver for anti-Rahul Gandhi audio clip playing in govt bus
Shimla, Nov 30: After finding itself in soup over a CID enquiry on "missing samosas", the Himachal Pradesh government is again in a tight spot for issuing notices to a state roadways conductor and driver after an audio clip with defamatory remarks against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi was allegedly played in their bus.
A man in his complaint to the Chief Minister's Office said defamatory words were used against Congress leader Rahul Gandhi, Samajwadi Party (SP) chief Akhilesh Yadav and other leaders in an audio clip which was played in the Himachal Road Transport Corporation (HRTC) bus plying between Shimla and Sanjauli on November 5.
In a letter to the conductor and driver of the bus on November 25, the HRTC sought explanation from them. The letter went viral on the internet.
Talking to reporters on Friday, HRTC Managing Director Rohan Chand Thakur said a routine complaint was received from a customer after which a fact finding enquiry was initiated. The enquiry was closed as the allegations were found baseless.
However, the wording of the explanation sought could have been better and the officers have been verbally conveyed to improve in the coming times, he added.
The defamatory words were allegedly used in a debate being played in the audio clip.
Reacting sharply to the letter, BJP MLA from Dharamshala, Sudhir Sharma, said the government should appoint marshals to stop audios being played in buses.
"Such decisions of the government are damaging the reputation of the state government as well as the state," he added.
Earlier, the state CID department had ordered an internal enquiry on the samosas which were brought for Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu during a function and by mistake were served to the his security staff. A senior police official had termed the faux pas as an anti-CID and ant-Government act.
