Bhubaneswar/ Ghaziabad: Former chairman of Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board Wasim Rizvi accepted Hinduism (Sanatan Dharma) in a ceremony held at Ghaziabad’s Dasna Devi temple in UP.
He offered milk on the Shiva Linga installed at Dasna Devi temple as part of the ritual. The ceremony took place in the presence of the chief priest of Dasna Devi temple Narsinghanand Saraswati. Vedic hymns were chanted as Rizvi quit Islam and entered Hinduism after a yagna. He will be associated with the Tyagi community. His new name is Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi. After the ceremony, Rizvi called the Sanatan Dharma as the world’s purest religion. He added that he chose the holy day of December 6 to convert to Hinduism as on this day, the Babari mosque was demolished in 1992.
Rizvi was in the eye of the storm after releasing a book title ‘Muhammad’ last month. Many clerics in Uttar Pradesh condemned the cover of the book that portrays a man with a semi-naked woman. They also accused Rizvi of making objectionable comments against Prophet Muhammad. Some of the religious organisations, including the All-India Shia Personal Law Board (AISPLB), served notices on him, while a few approached the UP government seeking an FIR in the matter