Mangaluru, Oct 3: Religious and community leaders belonging to different faiths in this coastal city of Mangaluru today got together to exhort the people to promote communal harmony and establish peace in the society.
The event was Sahuaarda Samaagama, a communal amity meet organised by the Dakshina Kannada district committee of the Karnataka Muslim Jamaat at Hotel Ocean pearl in the city.
Presiding over the meet, Y Abdulla Kunhi, chancellor of Yenepoya University and president of the committee, said that it was the responsibility of every individual to strive for the establishment of peace in the society. He said that education is one of the means to establish peace and peace will lead to progress.
Shafi Sa’adi, general secretary of Karnataka Muslim Jamaat, said that eradicating the misconceptions among people is an important mission towards establishing a peaceful and harmonious society. He said forcible conversion and terrorism have no place in Islam.
Esha Vittala Dasa Swami of Kemaru Mutt said that all religions encourage their followers to help the needy and solving the problems of people irrespective of their religion, caste and race.
Rev Fr Ravi Santhosh Kamath SJ said that in a plural society like India Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains and followers of other faiths should live like the members of a same family.
V H P leader Prof. M B Puranik said that misinformation and misunderstandings about other religions lead to confrontations and hence people should remove misconceptions about other religions.
Committee’s working president S M Rasheed Haji welcomed. Secretary B M Mumtaz Ali proposed vote of thanks.
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