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Monday 29 Jun 2015 - 13:32 Makkah mean time-12-9-1436
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Makkah, (IINA) - Around 220 Filipinos living in Saudi Arabia have converted to Islam after taking part in Iftar organized by the Islamic Guidance Office for Expatriates in Makkah, according to media reports.
The Filipino workers of a local company decided to embrace Islam after they were invited to the religion by the guidance office.
"They had Iftar with us for a few days, we then decided to invite them to Islam and they all agreed to embrace the religion," the Office Director Sheikh Salim Al Maabadi said, quoted by Sabq daily.
It is very common that individuals and companies all over Saudi Arabia offer free Iftar to people who are fasting, and the invitees included some non-Muslims. This act of goodness guided some non-Muslim guests on to the fold of Islam.
It is noteworthy that the rate of non-Muslims who embraced Islam this year during the holy month of Ramadan has increased.
Last week, 20 expatriate workers from the Philippines reverted to Islam at a ceremony held in a Riyadh mosque after taraweeh prayers.
Last April around 600 Chinese workers reverted to Islam, after being introduced to the tenets of Islam by Islamic scholars in Makkah.
Around 500 Chinese Muslims reverted to Islam after being touched by the “simplicity” of the funeral of the late King Abdullah bin Abdul Aziz in January this year.
SM/IINA
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