'Rain Prayer' Unites India Muslims, Hindus

-- With arms up and eyes glued to the sky, a group of Muslim farmers in Satbarwa village in India's eastern state of Jharkhanda are praying to Allah for rainfall. A distance far, a group of Hindu farmers are ringing the temple bells, hoping to catch the ear of the rain god.

"There has been no rain so far this year," Abdul Sakur, a Muslim farmer from Khola village, told the BBC on Saturday, August 1.
"We have not been able to sow rice. Our corn crop has been destroyed by pests. We have nothing to eat. We have nothing to feed our cattle. There is a pond in our village. But it has no water. It's all dry."
Satbarwa and surrounding villages have been suffering a shortage of rainfall this season. This has turned the life of the residents into a nightmare, as 80 percent of the population is dependent on farming.
"We are in the throes of a famine," Vinod Thakur a Hindu resident of Makri village said, adding that "Water shortage is our biggest problem. We have had no rains this year so we can't grow rice."
There are some 140 million Muslims in Hindu-majority India. Hindus make up 80 percent of India's 1.1 billion populations, followed by Muslims at 13 percent.
Source: Islam Online