The Muslims of West Bengal’s Kharagpur area set up an extraordinary example of communal harmony by cancelling Muharram procession to help a Hindu neighbor suffering from Cancer.

Samaj Sangha Club, which organises Muharram procession in Kharagpur’s Puratan Bazar took pledge to raise Rs 50,000, the amount needed for the celebration, for Abir Bhunia (35), a mobile recharge shop owner who is suffering from Hodgkin’s lymphoma, a cancer of the immune system. They have already given him Rs 6,000 for his treatment.

Bhunia needs Rs 12 lakh for a treatment that includes bone marrow transplantation.

Amjad Khan of Samaj Sangha said that their first priority is to save a life and Muharram procession can be organized every year.

 “We have started raising money. On Friday, after the namaz we will ask the imam in the mosque to announce a donation drive for Abir. We hope to raise a bigger amount than the budget for our procession,” said Khan.

An overwhelmed Bhunia is full of gratitude for his neighbours. “I don’t know whether I will be cured finally. But what my neighbours did for me have touched my heart,” he said.

There are a lot of examples when Muslims set extraordinary examples of communal harmony.

In MP, Muslim gifted Sound system to a temple

Local Muslim Teohar Committee donated the sound system to Abhaydata Hanuman Mandir, located on the Indore Road, on Sunday.

“Thieves broke into the temple and stole the loudspeaker about five days back. A police complaint was also lodged. Some Muslim brothers donated a new sound system on Sunday. I thank them on behalf of the temple committee,” said Deepak Uprit, a priest of Hanuman Mandir said.

The shrine’s donation box was also stolen, but it has been recovered by police. Committee president Shahid Khan said he noticed there was no sound of devotional songs coming from the temple and came to know the sound system was stolen some days back.

Muslim family in Bihar donated land for temple

A Muslim family had donated their land for upgradation of a temple in Bihar’s Gopalganj district.

Tabarak Dewan and his son Manu Dewan, residents of Ahirauli Dubauli Tola Takia under Gopalpur police station, have donated their land near the NH 28, for construction of the main gate of the historical temple at Bathanakuti.