St Thomas Visit and Chera King’s conversion to Islam
St Thomas Visit and Chera King’s conversion to Islam
— Dr MGS Narayanan
Renowned historian and former head of the Indian Council of Historic Research (ICHR), Dr MGS Narayanan has said that the visit of St Thomas to India and the Islamic conversion of King Cheraman Perumal are cock and bull stories propagated by Christians and Muslims. He was speaking at the Malayalam week celebrations of Kerala Sahitya Parishad.
“St Thomas is a direct disciple of Christ. That was during the first century. There was no Nampoothiri Community (Brahmin) in Kerala then. How can St Thomas convert Nampoothiri’s into Christianity when they were non-existent? Even Pope has not officialised St Thomas’ visit to India. The myth is that he visited Latin, Almaya, Syria, later went to Hindi, established link with Ghondakaras and proceeded towards east. Ghondakaras king ruled over present Afghanistan where Takshashila was thriving”.
“Only after Portughese rule, did Christianity come to Kerala i.e. after 15th century Even in Portughese ‘Suhahados’ St Thomas’ arrival has not been mentioned. To give more credence to Christianity’s ancient hierarchy, this false Nampoothiri lineage and St Thomas converting them is being trumpeted”
“Similarly Muslims are spreading the myth that Cheraman Perumal (Chera king) went to Mecca and was directly made Islamic by the Prophet. Prophet belonged to the 7th Century. Cheraman Kings ruled between 9th and 12th century. How can then Cheraman Perumal go to Mecca and adopted Islam after seeing prophet directly?”
Dr MGS lamented that the Indian Historical Congress has become a feeder-organisation of CPM, right from 1985, and all sorts of lies are being propagated, affecting the culture and traditions of Bharat. He blamed Sumit Sarkar for Marxising IHC.
(S Chandrasekhar)
