இந்து மதத்திற்கு மாறிய மவுல்வி ஹசன்

இந்து மதம் திரும்பி கமல ஹாசனானார், ஹசன் மவுல்வி. இவருடன் இன்னும் இரு முஸ்லீம்களும் இந்து மதத்திற்கு மீண்டனர். இஸ்லாமிய கல்வியை முறைப்படி பயின்ற இந்த மவுல்வி, முஸ்லீம்களின் கொலை மிரட்டலையும் மீறி போலீஸ் பாதுகாப்புடன், இந்துவாக மதம் மாறியுள்ளார்.

Muslim scholar embraces Hinduism

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM, April 6 (UNI) — Amid tight security and chanting of mantras, young Muslim scholar Hassan Palakkode and two others, including a woman, today embraced Hinduism at a ceremony held here according to vedic rites.

After the "Ganapati havan" and purification ceremony, the trio, Hassan Palakkode, Akbar and Jama, were formally converted to Hinduism and adopted new names Kamala Hassan, Raju and Uma respectively. The ceremony, organised by the state unit of the Shiv Sena, was held under the leadership of Acharya Yogananda Swami. It was attended by sanyasis from several ashrams.

A large posse of policemen stood guard outside the venue, near the famous Sree Padmanabha Swami Temple, as Hassan, who completed a course to be eligible to become a maulvi, had attracted the wrath of Muslim fundamentalists for writing "secular" articles and questioning polygamy. He is reportedly facing threats to his life after he announced his decision to embrace Hinduism.

While the woman, Jama, is a Christian married to a Hindu, Akbar is Hindu-converted Muslim.

Thirty-year-old Hassan is the first Muslim intellectual in the state to change faith. His adoption of a new name Kamala Hassan evokes memories of a recent high profile conversion in the state-that of noted writer Kamala Das into Surayya.

Mr Hassan said though he had embraced Hinduism, he would never force his parents, wife, children or brothers to change faith. He would try his best to cooperate with them.


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