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[ Subject: Property row drives Muslim family to Hinduism
[ From: "shiv ram"
[ Date: 17 Sep 2004
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Property row drives Muslim family to Hinduism
By Amita Verma
Lukhnow, Sept. 16 - A property dispute has made a Muslim
family of 11 members to embrace Hinduism at Gauhaniya
village, in the Ghurpur police station area of Allahabad
district.
Mohammed Hasan (now Ram Chandra), his wife Akhtari Begum
(Sita Devi), four sons, two daughters-in-law and three
grandchildren were being tormented by a neighbouring
Muslim family in the village over a property dispute.
Mohammed Hasan sought help from his community members but
no one seemed ready to help.
"I was disgusted by the apathetic attitude of my own
community members. Everyone said that I was right but no
one was ready to extend support. My Hindu friends, on the
other hand, were supportive of me and would even take
care of my family when I went out of the village. It was
then that I decided to embrace Hinduism because it was
the Hindus who were helping me in crisis," Hasan told
reporters in Allahabad on Wednesday.
The family, according to Hasan, discussed the issue
threadbare and finally agreed to covert to Hinduism. "We
did not pressure anyone and allowed each member to have
his way. Finally, when everyone was ready, we submitted
an affidavit to the district magistrate on September 10
in this regard," said Mohammed Hasan.
The family has rechristened itself and each member now
has a new Hindu name. Hasan is now called Ram Chandra
while his wife Akhtari Begum is Sita Devi. His sons too
have taken on Hindu names. Jawed Alam is Mohan Lal,
Khursheed Alam is Radhey Shyam, Shah Alam is Jai Shankar
while Mehtab Alam is Shiv Shankar. The daughters-in-law
followed suit, and Rehana is now called Radha Devi while
Shahana Begum is Shiva Devi. The grandchildren are called
Sadhana, Pawan and Meera.
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