The report being discussed here has been published in The Times of India (26 December, 2025) and has been written by Shariq Majeed. This report is about a village Jakhwali located in Fatehgarh Sahib district of Punjab. This is a village with a mixed population of various religions and people of all religions have been living here with harmony and with a spirit of mutual help and cooperation. People of various communities here participate freely in the religious events of each other and extend their help. However the Muslim community here does not have a mosque and goes to the nearby village for namaz. In this situation an elderly Sikh lady Bibi Rajinder Kaur has donated land for constructing a mosque while other Sikh and Hindu families are giving financial donations as well as providing other help to their Muslim friends for mosque construction. This work has already started.
Former sarpanch of this village Ajaib Singh, belonging to BJP, told the TOI reporter that when a temple was built Muslims and Sikhs had also helped in this and when a gurdwara was built both Hindus and Muslims had helped in this. He added, “This is how we live. We will contribute till the last brick is laid and the mosque is complete.”
by Bharat Dogra
29/12/2025