Caring has no religion, ask this Jamaat chief in a Cuddalore corner
Caring has no religion, ask this Jamaat chief in a Cuddalore corner
Caring has no religion, ask this Jamaat chief in a Cuddalore corner
In Cuddalore, the second hardest-hit town in Tamil Nadu when the killer waves came, a masjid and the local jamaat have emerged as the rallying point for thousands of fisherfolk�almost all of them Hindus and Christians. There are hardly any Muslim fishermen in Cuddalore, and most of the local Muslims are either traders�which explains the Hindi�or have NRI sons in the Gulf. There have been no Muslim casualties.
��We came to know when people came running to the masjid, minutes after it happened. We decided to do what we could do,�� says Mohammed Younus, president of the United Islamic Jamaat. ��Isme kya badi baath hai?�� he asks