An act that offered hope after the riots.
| | | | | | | Ravi Parashar recalls the moment an elderly Muslim cleric with a flowing white beard turned to the group of Hindus who had gathered near a mosque and pleaded, “Bhai, could someone help, please?”
Abdur Raziq, general secretary of an Islamic organisation called Jamia Ulama-i-Hind, was asking for help to remove the statue of Hindu god Hanuman and take down the saffron flag that rioters had hoisted above the Allah Wali Masjidin Karawal Nagar on 25 February, as communal violence consumed the neighbourhoods of northeast Delhi last week.
Parashar, whose family says he is “soft-hearted,” wanted to volunteer right away, but hesitated. As Parashar stood in the rubble in front of his brother’s house two days after the carnage, mulling over whether he should stick his neck out, some men in the crowd refused to help the cleric and walked away.
While the rest of the group remained silent, Parashar said the words just tumbled out of him.
He ended up saying, “I will help you. I will go with you and remove the flag.” |
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