Around 250 Muslims belonging to approximately 40 families in Bidhmira village of Hisar District, turned to Hinduism and decided to follow Hindu customs, reported the Times of India.
On Friday, the last rites of 80-year old Phooli Devi was conducted based on Hindu traditions. Phooli Devi had died a natural death and the Muslim families of the village decided that since they lead a Hindu way of life, it is time that they declare themselves as Hindus and do the cremation as per Hindu rituals.
Satbir, the son of Phooli Devi noted that they belonged to the Doom caste. He said that he had heard of his ancestors embracing Islam under pressure during the times of Aurangzeb. He added that the entire village celebrates Hindu festivals and only the last rites were conducted according to Muslim traditions.
He said that there was no pressure on them to reconvert back to Hinduism from anyone. Majid, a youth of the village said that earlier, the people of his community were not educated and didn’t know about things. “Now many people are educated and they have convinced everyone to do this.” Times of India had quoted. He further added that they decided to convert for the future of their children.
Quoting Harfool Khan Bhatti, state president of Muslim Welfare Organization, TOI reported that while Mr. Khan knew about another incident that happened in Danoda Kalan village, he was unaware of this one. He had told that the 35 members of 6 Muslim families converted on April 18 to avail the benefits of reservation.