Every religion stands for peace and compassion

It is a friendship of deep emotional bond that comes from shared struggle for freedom, and for a voice and a place in the world

I carry the greetings of my Prime Minister Narendra Modiji and 1.3 billion Indians, including more than 185 million Muslim brothers and sisters. Our Muslim brothers and sisters are a microcosm of the diversity of India. They speak Tamil and Telugu, Malayalam and Marathi, Bangla and Bhojpuri or any of the numerous languages of India.

They have diverse culinary tastes, myriad choices of traditional attire, and they maintain strong cultural and linguistic heritage of the regions they love and have lived for generations. They practice their respective beliefs and live in harmony with each other and with their non-Muslim brethren.