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Dec 29, 2014 · AHMEDABAD: Exactly 78 years ago, the complex issue of ‘conversion’ to another faith presented itself before Mahatma Gandhi. His eldest son, Harilal, 48, had accepted Islam on May 29, 1936 at the Jumma Masjid in what was then Bombay.
In May 1936, at the age of 48, Harilal publicly converted to Islam and named himself Abdullah Gandhi. [9] Later on he re-converted to Hinduism. [10]
Gandhiji’s views on religious conversion were published in Harijan, 22.3.1935 under the heading – ‘Deploring Conversion’. “Conversions are but one small result of the disease. Remove the cause, and the conversions will cease, as also many worse results.” (60:327) * * *.
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Apr 17, 2024 · His respect for Islam and its followers influenced his actions and decisions profoundly. Gandhi's deep connection with Islam even led his elder son, Harilal Gandhi, to convert to Islam at one point, although he ultimately returned to their ancestral religion due to familial pressure.
In the late 1930s or early 1940s, Harilal embraced Islam and adopted the name Abdulla Gandhi. It is said that he did this because the Muslim leaders had promised to settle his debts. The leaders of the Pakistan Movement took him all across the country dressed in Muslim attire and made him abuse his father.
Apr 28, 2007 · (1 869-1944) and Mohandas' son, Harilal. Gandhi has written, in his autobiography, about his ministrations to the dying Karamchand Gandhi (1822-1885) and how at the precise moment of his father's last breath the dutiful son had been called away by connubial passion. "The poor mite" is the expression used by Gandhi to describe the then 17-year ...
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Oct 1, 2017 · “Harilal returned to Hinduism on November 14, 1936, after havan. It was without any fanfare, unlike when he embraced Islam on May 14, 1936, at the Jama Masjid in what was then called Bombay,” informs Dr Ravi Sharma, secretary of Diwan Hall and a prominent Arya Samaj leader.
