t gr8 composer a r rahman was not born muslim .....he conv to islam after his fathers death...he'a a HINDU BRAHMIN by birth....he got his talent from his father...a musician...plz dnt provide wrong facts..A. S. Dileep Kumar is his birth name
RE:a r rahman was not born muslim
by Ahmad on Feb 27, 2007 03:56 PM Permalink
The great indian poet-philosopher of the times Dr. Allama Muhammad Iqbal (Sare jahan se achchha Hindositan Hamara...) was also Brahmin earlier... Who forced this gr8 philosopher for conversion..
RE:RE:a r rahman was not born muslim
by Shahryar Pax on Feb 27, 2007 05:24 PM Permalink
I am afraid you are mistaken - Mohammad Iqbal is a nonentity as a philosopher!
RE:RE:a r rahman was not born muslim
by Secular Indian on Feb 28, 2007 05:17 AM Permalink
Muhammad Iqbal's grandfather Sahaj Ram Sapru, a revenue collector, had embezzled funds and when his embezzlement was discovered the Afghan governor, Azim Khan, gave him the choice of death or conversion to Islam. Sahaj Ram Sapru chose Islam and moved to Sialkot in the Punjab.
It's interesting that you should raise this, it actually explains exactly the sort of thing the article is talking about.
