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delegation members from Malerkotla being honoured by SGPC officials for their
contribution to langar at Golden Temple in Amritsar on Friday.
AMRITSAR
:Muslims from Malerkotla town on Friday offered 330 quintals of wheat to Guru
Ram Das Langar, the community kitchen of Golden Temple here.
The
delegation that brought the foodgrain was led by Sikh-Muslim Sanjha Manch
president Nasir Akhtar. They paid obeisance at Darbar Sahib and also met acting
Akal Takht jathedar Giani Harpreet Singh. They also partook of langar at the
community kitchen.
For
offering the wheat, Golden Temple chief manager Mukhtiar Singh and additional
manager Rajinder Singh Ruby honoured the delegation members with siropas.
“Cooperation between Sikhs and Muslims has prevailed since the times of Gurus.
There is a dire need of enhancing the same,” said Akhtar, who was accompanied
by Anwar Khan, Shabir Khan, Mohammad Arphan, Mohammad Liyakat, Sadaq Ali and
Mohammad Hanif.
Appreciating
the services being rendered at the community kitchen for needy people, he said,
“The people irrespective of their faith, colour, caste and creed, are
distributed free food here. This is the greatness of Guru Darbar.”
Hailing the great
concept of langar, Dr. Naseer Akhtar said that the Muslims of Malerkotla were
happy to make a little contribution in the world’s largest community kitchen
where free of cost food is served to every human being irrespective of his
religion, caste, creed or ethnicity.
Anwar Khan, Shabeer
Khan, Mohammad Arfan, Mohammad Liaqat, Mohammad Akhtar, Sadiq Ali, Mohammad
Haneef, etc. were also a part of this group of Malerkotla based Muslims
Shiromani
Gurdwara Parbandhak Committee (SGPC) president Gobind Singh Longowal thanked
the delegation for their kind gesture saying, “The Muslim community of
Malerkotla has set a rare example and such efforts promote communal harmony.”
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