By IINA,
Karachi : Members of 40 families of the Hindu Bheel community – including 80 women and 70 children – have embraced Islam during a ceremony conducted by a local religious leader at Gulzar Khalil village in Umerkot district. The Hindus recited the “Kalima” and embraced Islam, APP reported. All the persons are residents of Gul Mohammad Laghari village in Tando Mohammad Khan district.
Representatives of the Bheel community, including Bachal Bheel, Sajan Bheel, Basar Bheel and Munshi Bheel, told reporters that they were impressed by Islam while working as laborers for landlord Gul Mohammad Sarewal in the village. They told their landlord about their willingness to embrace Islam and he arranged their meeting with the local religious leader who converted them. The community said they had embraced Islam without any fear or pressure, adding they were now Muslims and had no links with the Hindu religion. Local leaders of the Jamiat Ulema-e-Pakistan attended the ceremony.