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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TMC MLA Humayun Kabir apologises for claiming 'coterie' influencing Mamata's decisions
Kolkata (PTI): Trinamool Congress MLA Humayun Kabir has apologised to the party's leadership for his recent comment that a "coterie" was influencing Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee's key decisions.
Kabir, the MLA of Bharatpur in West Bengal's Murshidabad district, expressed his apology on Friday in reply to a show cause notice issued by the party's disciplinary committee.
"Yes, I have sent a reply. I will certainly follow party discipline. But I think being a person from the rural belt, not conversant with the ways of the city, I faced this situation for speaking my mind. However, I had not said anything against my party or its leadership," he told reporters.
"Our CM epitomises the spirit of 'Maa-Mati-Manush' and being a person of the grassroots level, I always stay rooted to the ground. Maybe I should have been more careful about my way of expressing," he said.
A senior member of the TMC's legislative disciplinary committee said the reply to the show cause letter was received, and a decision on it will be communicated soon.
Kabir, however, said some other TMC MPs had on earlier occasions made comments against party colleagues but were not censured.
On Thursday, he met the CM in the assembly's lobby where she had asked him to reply to the show-cause notice first.
On November 26, Kabir had said a coterie within the party was taking certain decisions to cement their position and was influencing the CM's key decisions for their short-term gains.
He had said this a day after the TMC national executive meeting where the party had categorically asked its leaders not to make comments in public against any internal decision and formed disciplinary committees at different levels.
Kabir had earlier advocated for giving more responsibility to TMC national general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, reiterating that the Diamond Harbour MP was undoubtedly the number two in the party's hierarchy and those trying to undermine his influence would not succeed.
