by Rahul Karmakar, Hindustan Times.
Surrounded by hatred and fear in violence-hit western Assam, Jamaluddin Sheikh, 43, a relief camp inmate in the Muslim-majority Dhubri district, entrusted his 19-year-old daughter’s life to a Hindu he met for the first time at the camp and took an instant liking to. “I was worried for my daughter, Jasmina, who was feeling insecure in the relief camp. I confided in baapdai and he didn’t hesitate to take her home,” Sheikh said.
And baapdai (father of fathers) Balai Barman, 62, a respected figure in the nearby village of Hindu Bengalis and Rajbongshis, more than amply reciprocated that trust.
He found a suitable Muslim groom for Jasmina and got her married on August 18 — 29 days after the Bodo-Muslim violence erupted. Barman hosted the marriage in his house and paid much of the Rs. 35,000 spent on the nikaah ceremony and a modest feast for select villagers and camp inmates.
“It’s a weight off my chest,” he said on Friday.
Categories: Asia, Hinduism, India, Interfaith tolerance, Islam
AsSalamu Alaikum,
I have been writing every where not to abuse any person or any Religion. ALLAHA SWY’S mercy shines every where & the person who believes in the glorigfication of ALLAH SWT & say LAILAHA ILLAL LA MUHAMMEDAR RASULALLAH. He is A Muslim Be Ahmadi or others.I Am a Sunni Muslim without hating others though sometimes anger strikes me immediately afterwards I ask Gorgiveness of ALLAH SWT.
Please pray for me for my family.
May Allah bless you and reward you for your kind words.
Good people shine like stars wherever they are.
Or the are like flowers , their fragrances is felt everywhere. God Bless this man abundantly.Amen
He is angelic.