Anil Kumar had converted to Islam a few months ago and taken on the name Faisal. Faisal, who belonged to an upper-caste Hindu Nair family, converted to Islam eight months ago while he was in Riyadh. Local sources in the Muslim community said Faisal wanted his mother Meenakshi to convert too. “Since he was to leave for Saudi Arabia on Sunday, he asked a local Muslim leader to make arrangements for mother’s conversion,’’ sources said. He was the only Hindu student in that Arabic class,’’ said a local Muslim leader.

Source: Indian Express November 20, 2016 22:28 UTC