Ex Shia waqf board chief, Rizvi converts to Hinduism

Waseem Rizvi, former chairman of the Uttar Pradesh Shia Waqf Board today officially converted to Hinduism from Islam. The rituals were carried out by the head priest of Dasna Devi temple in Ghaziabad, Swami Yati Narsinghanand Saraswati. Rizvi has chosen to adopt the Tyagi sect and will now be known as Jitendra Narayan Singh Tyagi.

Asserting that the development not be seen as a matter of religious conversion, Rizwi said it was a matter of personal choice. “When I was expelled from Islam, then it’s my choice which religion I accept. Sanatan Dharm is the world’s first religion and there is so much goodness and humanity in Hinduism which is not found in any other religion. I don’t consider Islam a religion,” said Rizwi.

He claimed that after every Friday’s prayers, fatwas are issued to behead him and Yati Narsinghanand and the prize money on the duo’s heads is increased.