Entering the fold: 70 Bheels embrace Islam in Sindh

Qari Abdul Majeed converted the 37 men and 33 women and gave them new names.


Our Correspondent May 21, 2012

HYDERABAD: Some 70 people drawn from the Hindu Bheel community embraced Islam at the Madrasa Baitul Islam in Badin on Sunday. The families hailed from Golarchi in Badin, Raju Khanani in Tando Mohammad Khan, Shaikh Bhirkyo in Hyderabad and Thano Bula Khan in Jamshoro division. Qari Abdul Majeed converted the 37 men and 33 women and gave them new names.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 21st, 2012.

COMMENTS (7)

John B | 11 years ago | Reply

Need passport, job, government aid, want to be a president or prime minister of PAK -become a Muslim. This is called cultural genocide.

M Ali Khan | 11 years ago | Reply

They converted because they knew staying Hindu would not bode well for them.

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