Hisar: About 40 Muslim families consisting of 250 members from Bidhmira village in Haryana’s HIsar district embraced Hinduism on Friday.
One of the new converts, Satbir said his mother Phooli Devi died a natural death and the Muslim families of the village decided that since they lead the Hindu way of life, decided to do the cremation as per Hindu rituals.
He also said that he was belonged to the Doom caste and has heard of his Hindu ancestors accepting Muslim under the pressure of Mughal ruler Aurangzeb. Satbir also claimed that although all Hindu festivals are celebrated, last rites of the dead are done according to Muslim customs.
He also affirmed that no one has pressurized them to convert and no villager has misbehaved with anyone.
Another villager Majid said that earlier people were not knowing the old facts but now the people are educated and have convinced everyone to change religion.
However, Muslim Welfare Organization state president Harfool Khan Bhatti said that people are converting to avail the benefit of the scheduled caste category as they belong to the Doom Caste.
