7713 REVERTED TO ISLAM IN 5 YEARS IN KERALA

The Chief Minister of Kerala, Ooman Chandy, has recently given the figures related to conversions in state legislature against a written question of KK Latika, a CPI (M) legislator. According to the figure provided by the CM, a total number of 7713 persons reverted to Islam during the period of 2006-2012 as against 2803 reversions…

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The Chief Minister of Kerala, Ooman Chandy, has recently given the figures related to conversions in state legislature against a written question of KK Latika, a CPI (M) legislator. According to the figure provided by the CM, a total number of 7713 persons reverted to Islam during the period of 2006-2012 as against 2803 reversions to Hinduism. He further added that there was no statistics available in regard with conversion to Christianity during the period. Among those reverted to Islam during 2009-12, as many as 2667 were young women of which 2195 were Hindus and 492 were Christians. While the number of those who converted to Christianity and Hinduism in this period was 79 and two respectively. The CM further added that there was no information regarding the original religions of women who converted to Hinduism and Christianity.