Teacher of Doomdooma town passes message of religious harmony & brotherhood

HT Correspondent
MARGHERITA, Oct 6: A teacher from Assam, Rubia Ahmed, who passes message of religious harmony and brotherhood to the world and takes part in religious rituals of Durga Puja
In a very rare occurrence, Rubia Ahmed, a teacher of Doomdooma town was seen taking part at the Doomdooma Axomia Pooja aru Natya Mandir Xamiti which was established in 1904 on Maha Navami.
Offering pushpanjali to Goddess Durga with a Bhasma-Tilak on her forehead, Rubia Ahmed claims that she has done all this for the sake of humanity in India and across the world.
Rubia Ahmed, a teacher in a school with her action here gave a message of ‘Manava-Dharma’.
“We should follow ‘Manava -Dharma’ first to make this world beautiful,” she said to this correspondent.
“We should read religious books, grasp the good things from them, respect each other and love each other. It will bring back faith and peace among people of different beliefs. People have to understand the value of each other. If they do so, there will be no chaos (in society),” she added.
Rubia is an assistant school teacher at Hoonlal Ucchtar Madhyamik Vidyalaya at Doomdooma town in upper Assam’s Tinsukia district.
She further said that her family belongs to inter-religion compositions. They visit each other’s house and help each other.
“We cannot think of religious divisions. We visit doul (temple), take part in Kali Puja and offer dakshina (donations). We have visited sattras. I also light earthen lamps at mandirs.”
When asked if according to Islam, worshipping Idols is ‘jahalat mushrikana’, she said, “I think it is a ritual of shakti. If someone is taking something symbolically, nothing to say. I say clearly what I think. If one is firm that we the human beings are one, no one can change him or divert to the wrong path.”
When she visits pilgrims across India, she visits the sacred places of all faiths.
It may be mentioned here that Assam has a good number of Muslim population and they having living here since centuries together with love and friendship. The recent Islamophobia has no impact on the people here which is being injected in India and across the world.
Her husband Dr Abdul Quadir, a retired principal of Doomdooma College says, “God is one whether you call him Allah or Ishvara.”
Arjun Barua, president of Tinsukia Zilla Sahitya Sabha, a veteran journalist of Tinsukia district and advisor of Doomdooma Axomiya Puja and Natya Mandir Committee said, “People of all faiths and communities come here during the festivities.”
Deben Deka, a renowned person of the town and a member of Doomdooma Axomiya Puja and Natyamandir Committee, said, “A very good example by Rubia Madam.”