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When his eldest son Harilal got himself converted to Islam, Gandhiji was very upset. He felt that Harilal's acceptance to Islam was a matter of convenience, to satisfy his greed of wealth and sensual pleasures. He had no objection if Harilal's conversion to Islam was from his heart and free from desire for material benefit. On another occasion ...
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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.
Religious conversions. [edit] 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] Gandhi's letters. [edit] In June 1935, Mahatma Gandhi wrote a letter [11] to Harilal, accusing him of "alcohol and debauchery".
Gandhi's responses to Islam should be studied in the context of the eclectic influences to which he was exposed from his child hood days. His father hailed from a liberal Vaishnava background, which enabled him to interact freely with Jains, Parsis and Muslims. While in England, Gandhi was influenced by the Gita and the Bible, which brought
Several state governments have enacted freedom of religion laws that ban certain forms of conversion to Christianity or Islam and require registration of converts. In recent years, the issue has gained international attention, with interventions by the United Nations, the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, and the Pope.
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Apr 28, 2007 · central to it - Gandhi's eldest son, Harilal (1888-1948). Gandhi was, essentially, a passionate man. But if there was someone who inherited that passion from him, ex-perienced both the excitement and the perils of its intensity, that was Kasturba (1 869-1944) and Mohandas' son, Harilal. Gandhi has written, in his autobiography,
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Gandhi had other disagreements with Islam. He questioned Islam's prosely-tizing zeal. Some of his Muslim friends tried to convert him to Islam. To them, he said: "I can pay full respect to the Koran and the Prophet, why do you ask me to reject the Vedas?" (CWMG 25:179). Muslims disappointed him for another rea-son.
