Conversions

TOI has learnt that Vicky, now 52 years old, was released from the Dubai prison on November 15, 2012, after his life sentence was reduced on account of his model conduct. While in prison he had converted to Islam, and married Mamta.

Members of Pakistan's minority Hindu community staged a protest in southern Sindh province after a Hindu woman converted to Islam and married a Muslim man in Islamabad.

Mumbai : The Home Department of Maharashtra Government has proposed to pass an Act for prevention of conversions of tribals, uneducated people being carried out under the name of propagation of religion. In terms of this Act, cognizable offence can be registered against a person who forces another person for conversion of religion.

Kashmir’s Grand Mufti Bashir-ud-Din tells Riyaz Wani that missionary activities have to be halted to ensure communal harmony

Islamabad: A Pakistani preacher, who has converted 108,000 people to Islam since 1989, has said he desires everyone to become Muslim.

Hundreds of Hindus in the area have converted to Islam in the past few years, courtesy seminaries, mosques and self-styled preachers.

Mr. Arun Kulkarni, a seeker of Sanatan Sanstha was travelling in a train from Kopar to Thane when he saw an advertisement displayed in his train compartment. A contact number was given in the advertisement; therefore, he contacted the number and realized that it was a ploy of conversion.

Hundreds of people, including Hindus, staying in flood relief camps run by a front organization of the Jamaat-ud-Dawa in Sindh province are being "peppered liberally" with Islamic teachings , according to a report

Alert devout Hindus thwarted the ploy of a Muslim to convert two minor Hindu boys working in his bakery. Mr. Uday Javkar, taluka-chief of Shiv Sena for Dapoli and Mr. Naresh Salvi of HJS took initiative in this case.

Shegaon (Dist. Buldhana, Maharashtra): Two Muslims from here were arrested for attempting to convert Mr. Hemant Pillai, Vice President of Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) of Buldhana district.

A complaint has been lodged with Sillod Gramin Police Station at Dongargaon by Balu Sandu Maid that his two brothers have been converted after luring and then threatening them.

The number of Britons choosing to become Muslims has nearly doubled in the past decade, according to a study by an inter-faith think tank.

A 13-year-old Dalit girl was kidnapped and apparently forced to convert to Islam in the Pakistani port city of Karachi, according to a media report on Saturday.

Libyan leader Moamer Gaddafi's visit to Rome to mark the second anniversary of a friendship treaty with former coloniser Italy stumbled into controversy on Monday after he said Europe should convert to Islam.

Mumbai: A Muslim group has produced some books on 'Quran' on comparative study of various Holy Hindu Scriptures and ‘Quran’. These books are given free to Hindus as a ploy to convert them.