Conversions

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.

A total of 57 Hindus have converted to Islam since May 14 in Sialkot.

A substantial number of prisoners in UK jails have converted to Islam to gain the advantages of being part of powerful Muslim gangs including special food and time-out for Friday prayers in jails.

A Punjabi Hindu girl from Pakistan has been kidnapped and is being held in a madrassa where she is being forced to convert to Islam.