Distribute sweets, wear Santa hats to spread message of harmony, brotherhood
Scores of Kashmiri Muslims Sunday thronged the Catholic church in Srinagar city to celebrate the Christmas with their Christian brothers and sisters and to spread a message of interfaith harmony. Christmas is being celebrated all over the world right now.
To spread cheer and commemorate the event, Muslim community members gave out candy, greeted their Christian brothers and sisters, and donned Santa hats.
A cleric Maulana Abdullah said that they had come to the Church to celebrate the festival with their Christian brothers and sisters as well as to convey the message of intergroup harmony, brotherhood, and peace.
In order to prevent the small community from feeling alone on such joyous events and to spread a message of communal harmony and brotherhood, he stated, “I along with a group of other Muslims came here to celebrate this festival with them because this is a small community here and they feel lonely on such celebratory times.”
He claimed that some people with vested interests have falsely propagated the idea that minorities are not safe in our Kashmir, which is untrue.
Without regard to our respective religions, he continued, “We came here today to bust that narrative and wanted to show the world that we are one and we belong to one god as well.
Father Brito said Christmas is a message of love, joy and happiness.
“Our Muslim brothers have always stood by us on these occasions and Christmas is an occasion which gives us an opportunity to share that joy, happiness and brotherhood with each other,” he said.
(With Inputs from KNO)
