Report shows 248 people embraced Islam in Riyadh last month

The number of persons who declared that they had embraced Islam from various nationalities last month in the Saudi Capital City, Riyadh, reached 248 new Muslims, according to the Communities' Call, Guidance and Awareness Office in northern Riyadh. The office chairman, Mohammed bin Fahd Al-Dossary, said that the number of new Muslims almost doubled during the first three months this year. In the month of Muharram the number was 108, in Safar 122 and in Rabi I the number was 187 new Muslims. In Rabi II the number was 248, including 199 men and 49 women at an average rate of eight new converts per day. Al-Dossary pointed out that most new-convert Muslims during the month of Rabi II were Filipinos, including 180 males and 24 females, followed by Sri Lankans, including 20 females and 4 males, then Indians, 13 men and women, then two Kenyan women and one Kenyan man and two women from Madagascar and one US citizen.