He is speaking from his own experience, but will nonetheless be smeared as an “Islamophobe” for doing so.
https://twitter.com/WasimRizvi_IND/status/1467775058839961601
“Islam a ‘terrorist unit,’ says Waseem Rizvi as he embraces Hinduism; critics call it ‘opportunism,’” by Puja Awasthi, The Week, December 6, 2021:
Former Uttar Pradesh Shia waqf board chairman Waseem Rizvi denounced Islam as a “terrorist unit” while professing allegiance to Sanatan dharma. On Monday, Rizvi declared that he accepted Hinduism.
“There is no question of my having given up Islam as I had already been banished from it,” he said.
Rizvi’s conversion has been facilitated by Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati, the head priest of Ghaziabad’s Dasna Devi Temple in Ghaziabad. The temple made it to the news earlier this year when a 14-year-old Muslim boy was beaten up for entering the premises to drink water from a tap.
Saraswati said, “His (Rizvi) entry into Hinduism is very welcome. He has returned to his origins”.
Rizvi’s new name will be Jeetendra Narayan Singh Tyagi. It is a name of uncertain caste origins.
“Muslims have been misled into believing that Hinduism is a discriminatory religion on the basis of caste,” said Saraswati….
Rizvi’s political rise from a municipal corporator to chairmanship of the Shia waqf board, in a relatively short timespan is attributed to the proximity he cultivated with political powers of the day. He was once very close to Azam Khan, a founding member of the Samajwadi Party who has various charges, including that of recruitment to the state’s water works body against him.
Rizvi said his change of religion could not be termed a “conversion” as he was simply embracing the “oldest religion of the world.”
In 2018, Rizvi had been ‘excommunicated’ from Islam for not accepting a fatwa issued by a Shia cleric. He had then said no one could oust him from Islam, no matter how senior the cleric was.
His critics said his conversion was a matter of political opportunism as he wanted to escape the fallout of a numerous cases lodged against him for corruption during his tenure as the waqf board chairperson….
Criticism of Islam is not new to Rizvi. He had earlier this year, filed a PIL asking for removal of 26 verses from the Quran which he said promoted violence….
gravenimage says
India: Muslim threatened with death for noting violence in Qur’an accepts Hinduism, says Islam is ‘terrorist unit’
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Yes–this happens all the time–people are threatened with violence for noting that Islam is violent, thus proving their point.
But pious Muslims don’t care–they are liek the mob, their only concern is ensuring that everyone “respects” Islam.
Waseem Rizvi is a brave and principled man. I hope he finds peace as a Hindu.
His ancestors were certainly Hindu as well, before the violent invasion of Muslims into India.
mortimer says
‘Waseem Rizvi is a brave and principled man.’ Agreed.
He says, ‘Islam is a terrorist unit.’
Islam is a terrorist army. Islam is not benign to the kafir.
gravenimage says
Thank you, Mortimer. Agreed.
Infidel says
No, his ancestors were not Hindus: he claims to be a ‘syed’, so his ancestors were either Arab or Iranian (since he was shi’a). If you recall, he made it to the news when he suggested that 26 ayats be removed from the qur’an in India, and that’s when the death threats started. However, there is nothing that says that only the descendants of Hindus can be Hindu, so he is welcome into the religion
He recently wrote a book called ‘Muhammad’ in Hindi, so hopefully it gets traction for people who don’t know English and can’t read RS’ books. Also, he’s been associating w/ Swami Yati lately, and the conversion was administered by the latter at the Dasna temple
gravenimage says
Infidel–with the greatest respect–lots of Muslims in India (and Pakistan and Bangladesh) claim direct descent from the “Prophet”, but this is mostly bs. Most Muslims on the subcontinent come from families that were at one time Hindu.
And even those few Muslims in the region where this might be true have still intermarried (or something uglier) and have ancestors who were Hindu. How many Muslims, unless recent immigrants from somewhere like Saudi Arabia, are entirely Arab? Few to none, I would think.
In any case, I am glad that he has embraced Hindiusm now.
Infidel says
Graven
I agree that a lot of the claims about being descendants of Mohammed are bs. However, that doesn’t imply that they’re not Arabs. A lot of muslims in the subcontinent are not descendants of Hindu converts, but rather, descendants of Arab, Turkish and Iranian invaders of India over 800 years
As for the claims, I think that muslims only follow their male family tree, and ignore all the maternal branches of each generation. I don’t believe that he is a descendant of Mohammed (impossible to be if Mohammed was an imaginary, composite character as RS describes) but I do believe him when he claims that his origins are outside the subcontinent
gravenimage says
Infidel, even if Muslims only follow the male side of descent for inheritance purposes, he would still have ancestors who were Hindu on the female side of the family. As I’ve said, I think there are *very few* Muslims in the subcontinent who remain entirely ethnically Arab after 800 years.
But I will leave this matter here now–it is not something I want to belabor. Just glad he left Islam.
mortimer says
What ‘VIOLENCE’ in the Koran, say the Muslims.
Answer: The Koran’s 164 Jihad Verses: K 2:178-179, 190-191, 193-194, 216-218, 244; 3:121-126, 140-143, 146, 152-158, 165-167,169, 172-173, 195; 4:71-72, 74-077, 84, 89-91, 94-95,100-104; 5:33, 35, 82; 8:1, 5, 7, 9-10, 12, 15-17, 39-48, 57-60, 65-75; 9:5, 12-14, 16, 19-20, 24-26, 29, 36, 38-39, 41, 44, 52, 73, 81, 83, 86, 88, 92, 111, 120, 122-123; 16:110; 22:39, 58, 78; 24:53, 55; 25:52; 29:6, 69; 33:15, 18, 20, 23, 25-27, 50; 42:39; 47:4, 20, 35; 48:15-24; 49:15; 59:2, 5-8, 14; 60:9; 61:4, 11, 13; 63:4; 64:14; 66:9; 73:20; 76:8.
– “Oh, THAT violence in the Koran … you are taking it out of context!”
Ben says
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Infidel says
Puja Awasthi has not been following the news lately around the Hindu priest
‣Swami Yati Narasinghnand Saraswati recently got promoted to the head of a Hindu priest organization called ‘Juna Akhara’, and w/ that, he got a new name – Swami Yati Narasinghnand Giri. ‘Saraswati’ is no longer a part of his name
‣The story about a 14-year old muslim being beaten up for entering the premises to drink water is fake news for several reasons, listed below:
1. The boy in question had a track record of desecrating the temple by stealing from the donation box, urinating on the shrine and so on. It was b’cos of his and others’ activities of this sort that the temple put on a notice at the gate stating that ‘Muslims are banned from entering this temple’
2. There was a faucet outside the temple where he could have drank water from, even if he couldn’t read the above notice
3. The reason he was beaten was that he was caught by one of the temple guards and asked to confess to the police exactly what he had been caught doing. But when confronted by the cops, he changed his story, and it was in response to that that the guard slapped him
Essentially, ‘The Week’ is a leftist rag, and chances are that Puja Awasthi is yet another Leftist shill for islam, much like Twitter’s new CEO Parag Agrawal
Infidel says
One more thing I forgot to add: December 6th yesterday was the 29th anniversary of the demolition of the Babri mosque in Ayodhya, and Waseem Rizvi chose that day to convert to Hinduism
Bikinis not Burkas says
The Quran tells Muslims,
Who to kill,
When to kill,
Where to kill,
Why to kill and
How to kill.
The Quran must be banned as a TERRORIST DOCUMENT!
Ben says
?????
James Lincoln says
Bikinis not Burkas says,
“The Quran must be banned as a TERRORIST DOCUMENT!”
There may be a better alternative:
Make it required reading – with a basic factual and evidence-based written test to follow – for all Americans serving in local/state/national government positions – ether elected or civil service as applicable.
And all members of the military.
gravenimage says
All Infidels should read the vicious Qur’an.
Ben says
Smart man to leave that murderous death cult in his rear view mirror.
“How dreadful are the curses which Muhammadism lays on its votaries! .. Individual Muslims may show splendid qualities, but the influence of the religion paralyses the social development of those who follow it. No stronger retrograde force exists in this world.” – Winston Churchill|