Team News Riveting
Ghaziabad, December 6
The controversial former Uttar Pradesh Shia Central Waqf Board Chairman Wasim Rizvi has embraced Hinduism in conversion from Islam in a ritual ceremony on Monday.
According to reports, Rizvi was formally converted to Hinduism by Mahant Narasimha Ananda Sarawati of the Dasna temple located in Ghaziabad today morning.
The former Shia Waqf Board chief has been in controversies after he filed a petition in the Supreme Court for the removal of 26 verses from the Quran, which he alleged promoted terrorism and Jihad. Rizvi had feared for his life as several radical Islamic outfits had called for his beheading, he revealed in a video message.
In his petition, Rizvi claimed that the objectionable verses have been added to the holy Quran much later. However, the top court had called the petition frivolous and had imposed a cost of Rs 50,000 on him.
In his will, Rizvi had mentioned that his body should be cremated according to the traditional Hindu ritual, and not buried after his death. Rizvi also mentioned that his funeral pyre should be lit by a Hindu seer Narasimha Ananda Sarawati of the Dasna temple in Ghaziabad.
According to media reports, Rizvi will now be known as Jitendra Narayan Tyagi.
