Religious Conversion at its peak; Over 37 families of ‘Vasava Hindu’ community in Gujarat converted to Islam
The tribals are economically very weak and the group took advantage of this aspect to convince them to convert to Islam.
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Ahmedabad, November 16: A case of foreign funding has been brought to the limelight as nine people have been accused of allegedly luring tribals from a village in Gujarat’s Bharuch district to convert to Islam. A case has been registered against these nine people by the Gujarat Police that includes a local man currently living in London.
The members of the ‘Vasava Hindu’ community were targeted by the group to embrace Islam by luring them with money, said the police. According to an official of Amod police station informed that over 100 members from 37 families of the community were targeted and made to convert to Islam by offering them money and other allurements. The tribals are economically very weak and the group took advantage of this aspect to convince them to convert to Islam.
"The accused persons took advantage of the weak economic condition and illiteracy among the members of the tribal community to lure them into conversion to Islam over a long period," an Amod police station official said. The nine accused are residents of Gujarat, except one person, who is currently residing in the United Kingdom and identified as Fefdawala Haji Abdul, Abdul has been accused of collecting funds from abroad and sending them to the group to help them lure the tribals to convert to Islam.
"The illegal religious conversion activity by Muslim fundamentalists using funds collected from abroad was going on for a long time at the village. The accused persons lured the Vasava Hindu community members by offering them money and other help to convert them fraudulently to Islam by entering into a criminal conspiracy hatched to spread animosity between members of two communities and affect peace," Bharuch police said in a statement.
The Gujarat Police have booked the nine persons under the Gujarat Freedom of Religion (Amendment) Act, as well as sections 120 (B) (criminal conspiracy), 153 (B)(C) (act likely to cause disharmony), and 506 (2) (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code.