{"id":3673,"date":"2014-06-02T05:37:14","date_gmt":"2014-06-02T05:37:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=3673"},"modified":"2014-06-02T05:37:14","modified_gmt":"2014-06-02T05:37:14","slug":"indian-actress-reverts-to-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2014\/06\/02\/3673\/","title":{"rendered":"Indian Actress Reverts to Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"images\/stories\/news3\/indianActress-Reverts-to-Islam.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin: 5px;\" \/>Famous young Indian actress Monica has decided to leave the life of lights behind her back, choosing to revert to Islam, don Islamic headscarf and quit the film industry, Times of India reported on Saturday, May 31.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI don\u2019t convert for the reason of love or money, am not such a person. I like Islam principles so that I converted as an Islam,\u201d she was quoted by Muslim Mirror.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cHereafter I won\u2019t act in the film, it gives some pain but I don\u2019t change my mind,\u201d the young actress added.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">According to Indian media, Monica\u2019s decision was announced during a news conference on Friday in which she released photos showing her wearing traditional modest costume and a hijab.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Changing her name to MG Rahima However, she did not reveal reasons behind her decision to join the world\u2019s fastest growing religion.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Azhagi actress started her career as a child artiste in Tamil cinema and has acted in more than 50 films. She is also the popular face in other South Indian film industries like Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monica, who had won Tamil Nadu State Award as a best child actor for her performance in Vijaykanth starrer En Aasai Machan, is known for few of the Tamil movies like Azhagi, Imsai Arasan 23m Pulakesi and Silandhi.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">In 2001, Monica had changed her name a Paravana for Malayalam film industry. The actress was last seen in Tamil film Jannal Oram, which was released in 2013, November.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Monica is not the first Indian celebrity to revert to Islam this year.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Earlier in February, reports said that both musicians AR Rahman and Yuvan Shankar Raja have taken the same decision to revert to Islam.<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">There are some 180 million Muslims in Hindu-majority India.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Source:<em><strong> OnIslam <\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Famous young Indian actress Monica has decided to leave the life of lights behind her back, choosing to revert to Islam, don Islamic headscarf and quit the film industry, Times of India reported on Saturday, May 31.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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