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Madonna turns scribe to extol the virtues of Kabbalah

Dina Kraft July 31, 2009.

Print: The Telegraph

Madonna has used a newspaper column to reveal that she was inspired to adopt African children by her conversion to the Kabbalah sect of Judasim. The U.S. pop star said learned of the plight of AIDS orphans in the southern African nation when she and a teacher at the Kabbalah Centre were seeking a project to help disadvantaged children.

Malaysia tackles child conversion

April 22, 2009.

Print: bbc.co.uk

Malaysia bans the religious conversion of children without both parents’ consent, in a major step to ease ethnic tensions. /// religious conversion

Egyptian Christian’s recognition struggle

Christopher Landau February 13, 2009.

BBC News

Maher al-Gohary has converted from Islam to Christianity. In spite of facing death threats, he’s engaged in a legal battle to have his changed religion recognised on his official Egyptian documents.

Church to debate conversion rules

February 10, 2009.

BBC

The Church of England is being asked to recognise explicitly its aim of converting people of other faiths to Christianity.