Kerala filmmaker Ali Akbar to convert to Hinduism, says have lost faith in religion.

Kerala: : Angry over smileys on posts related to CDS Bipin Rawat’s death, filmmaker Ali Akbar, wife to convert to Hinduism; to be named Ramasimhan.

Anantha Narayanan | TNN |  Kochi | Dec 11, 2021:: Filmmaker Ali Akbar said that he and his wife Lucyamma will convert to Hinduism and will no longer be Muslims.

Akbar said that he decided to renounce his Islamic faith following the alleged incidents of several Muslims putting smiley emoticons below the posts and comments in social media related to the death of Chief of the Defence Staff (CDS) in a helicopter crash.

Akbar said that he will be named Ramasimhan after the conversion. He is looking into the process and doing the required formalities for the conversion. However, his wife’s name after the conversion is not yet decided.

Akbar said that that even the top leaders of Islam are not opposing such actions by “anti-nationals” who dishonored a brave military officer and he could not accept it. He said he has lost faith in the religion and he posted a video on his Facebook page on Wednesday about the same.

“Today, I am throwing away an attire I received by birth. From today onwards I am not a Muslim. I am an Indian. That is my reply to those people who posted thousands of smiling emoticons against India,” Akbar said in the video.
The post has attracted severe criticism from Muslim users in Facebook and some even used abusive language to comment. Akbar too was seen using abusive words to reply to some of those comments.

Meanwhile, several users came in with posts supporting Akbar and slamming the ones who abused him.

Though the post later “vanished” from Facebook, it is widely being circulated in Whatsapp. Later Akbar made another post in which he said “the nation should identify those who smile at the death of the CDS and punish them.” This post too saw hundreds of supportive and abusive comments from users.

Speaking to TOI, Akbar said that several anti-national activities happen on social media and smiling on Rawat’s death was the latest example.

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“Majority of the users who commented with smiling emoticons and celebrated the news of Rawat’s death were Muslims. They did this because Rawat has taken several actions against Pakistan and militants in Kashmir. Despite seeing these public posts, which insulted a brave officer and the nation, any of the top Muslim leaders did not react. I cannot live being part of such a religion,” he said.

He said that though he and wife Lucyamma will convert to Hinduism and would do the procedures to change the religious details in their official records, he will not force his two daughters to convert. “It is their choice and I let them decide”. he said.

Ali Akbar, who was the state committee member of Bharatiya Janata Party, quit the post in October following some disagreement with the party leadership.

Earlier in 2015, Akbar, has made a sensational revelation that he was sexually abused by an “Usthad” during his time in Madrasa.

Akbar is in the process of making a film about the Malabar rebellion of Kerala.

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Courtesy: TOI | ET | ABP News.