Mumbai: Muslims donate blood to Hindu wounded
Muslims lined up for hours to donate blood to Hindu citizens who were wounded in the train bombings in Mumbai.
Thursday, July 13, 2006
by MISNA

Muslims lined up for hours to donate blood to Hindu citizens who were wounded in the train bombings in Mumbai. It was a rare signal of harmony just as fears were increasing that the attacks – likely the responsibility of Kashmir separatists – had re-ignited religious tensions.

“We do not care if a Muslim or a Hindu receives our blood the important thing is that it saves lives,” said Abdul Khan, one of dozens of Muslims waiting to donate blood in in the lineup in front of the Siddarth hospital, near the Jogeshwari hospital, where one of seven explosions took place.

“Whoever tried to break our harmony has failed” said Pasha Mian Sheikh who opened the doors of the ‘Islamia Arabia’ mosque to offer shelter, food and water. “Hundreds of Muslims," he added, "showed courage and harmony yesterday helping their Hindu brothers.”

This feeling was shared by Manohar Kargaonkar, a Shiv Shena Hinduist party cited by ‘Reuters’: “Hindus and Muslims yesterday walked hand in hand. Reading a newspaper, you always find that a Muslim terrorist is responsible for subversive activities. But these people are showing us what brotherhood is.”

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subhanAllah, may Allah have mercy on the people who passed away, and may those who are helping be rewarded.