Sabarimala Jayakanthan after reading the contents of the Quran
REPUBLIKA.CO.ID, NEW DELHI – Indian human rights activist, Sabarimala Jayakanthan has converted to Islam after reading the contents of the Quran.
He is a prominent motivator and social activist in India South. Same as reported Global Village space On Thursday (4/28/2022) after embracing Islam, Sabarimala immediately went to Mecca perform Umrah to coincide with the holy month of Ramadan.
In a video shared widely on social media, Sabarimala reads the two sentences of the creed while standing in the doorway Masjidil Haram in the city of Makkah. Even after that, she changed her name to Fatima Sabarimala.
“I changed my name to Fatimah out of love and respect for the daughter of the Prophet Mohammed SAW,” he explained in a video taken inside the Grand Mosque in Makkah.
In another video, Sabrimala explains why she decided to convert to Islam. Sabrimala revealed how drawn she was to the Quran.
“I wondered why there was so much hatred towards Muslims in our country, and I started reading the Koran, out of curiosity and without prior prejudice, and then I knew the answer. Now I love Islam more than myself,” he said.
Sabrimala narrated herself using the name Fatimah which is the name of the daughter of Prophet Muhammad SAW is to respect and love Prophet Muhammad.
Sabrimala asks Muslims to present Al-Quran in the world. He wondered why many people only hide the Quran at home. Sabrimala also encouraged the world to read the Quran.
Sabrimala embraced Islam amid growing hostility and persecution against Muslims in India.
As global scholar and activist Noam Chomsky puts it, Islamophobia has taken its deadliest form in India, turning some 250 million Indian Muslims into a persecuted minority.
“Islamophobic pathology is growing across the West, taking its deadliest form in India,” Chomsky, who is also a professor emeritus at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), said in a video message during a webinar. organized by the Indian American Council. of Muslims (IAMC) a Washington-based advocacy organization.
