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A Hindu youth has hosted an iftar party at a mosque in the southwest Indian state of Karnataka.
J Chandrashekar, who got married on April 24, hosted the iftar party in communally sensitive Dakshina Kannada district, reports news agency Press Trust of India.
Amid the outcry over hijab, halal, azan and the call for boycotting shops belonging to Muslims, the youth emerged as a symbol of communal harmony through his action.
As Muslims are celebrating Ramadan this month, many of his friends in the community could not enjoy the feast at the wedding ceremony.
Chandrashekar then decided to host an iftar party for his Muslim friends at Jalaliya Juma Masjid in Vittal of Bantwal taluk to mark his wedding celebration, the report said.
The youth, however, was felicitated by the imam and office-bearers of the mosque. All the people who attended the iftar blessed the newly-wed couple as well.
