Read more conversion stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/19365/conversion.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 5:55:30 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/74156/gadhafi-hires-200-hot-italian-women-tries-to-convert-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMoammar Gadhafi hired a couple of hundred attractive Italian women for the night, headed to the Libyan ambassador's place in Rome, shepherded them into a room, and ... tried to convert them to Islam. The Libyan dictator offered $75 for the evening, causing most of the women to assume they’d be...http://www.newser.com/story/74156/gadhafi-hires-200-hot-italian-women-tries-to-convert-them.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 16 Nov 2009 14:23:06 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/67047/why-gingrich-became-catholic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagNewt Gingrich shrugged off religious issues while in office, and was recently seen reading a novel before Mass—so why his sudden conversion to Catholicism? Some analysts say he converted this spring to position himself for the Republican nomination in 2012. Joining other high-profile conservatives on the road to Rome,...http://www.newser.com/story/67047/why-gingrich-became-catholic.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSun, 16 Aug 2009 17:20:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/60871/foiled-robber-leaves-store-with-40-bread.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA man approached a Long Island convenience store counter with a baseball bat, demanding cash; the shop owner whipped out his shotgun, prompting the man’s tearful pleas for mercy. The impassioned display worked, Newsday reports: Mohammad Sohail took pity on the robber and gave him $40 and a loaf of...http://www.newser.com/story/60871/foiled-robber-leaves-store-with-40-bread.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 03 Jun 2009 10:19:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/59546/us-army-burned-bibles-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe US military burned bibles sent to Afghanistan by an American church, reports CNN. Officials feared the bibles, sent last year, would cause problems if they were used in a campaign to convert Muslims to Christianity. The unsolicited bibles were printed in the two most popular Afghani languages. Ironically, Taliban...http://www.newser.com/story/59546/us-army-burned-bibles-in-afghanistan.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 20 May 2009 2:13:54 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/58874/john-paul-iis-attacker-wants-vatican-baptism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe man who shot Pope John Paul II gets out of prison in January—and when he does, he wants to be baptized at the Vatican, his lawyer says. Over the years, Mehmet Ali Agca has claimed to be the Messiah or Jesus Christ, fueling speculation about his mental health...http://www.newser.com/story/58874/john-paul-iis-attacker-wants-vatican-baptism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 13 May 2009 13:46:02 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/53972/pope-to-angolans-convert-witchcraft-believers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Pope urged Catholics in Angola to reach out and convert witchcraft believers frightened by “evil powers,” the AP reports. “In today's Angola, Catholics should offer the message of Christ to the many who live in the fear of spirits,” a fear that can lead them to “condemn street children...http://www.newser.com/story/53972/pope-to-angolans-convert-witchcraft-believers.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 21 Mar 2009 8:47:09 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/52278/lilo-takes-up-judaism-for-sam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagLindsay Lohan apparently thinks her relationship with Samantha Ronson is strong enough to warrant a change in religion, the New York Post reports. The pair recently attended Ronson’s half-brother’s bar mitzvah, and Lohan, raised Catholic, now wants to convert to Judaism. LiLo’s dad? Not convinced: “She’s explored the Church of...http://www.newser.com/story/52278/lilo-takes-up-judaism-for-sam.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 03 Mar 2009 9:05:01 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/47837/oy-caramba-cubans-turn-to-judaism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagCuba's Jewish community is growing for the first time in decades, the Wall Street Journal reports. The country's Jewish population dwindled to 1,000 by the late 1980s but has now hit 1,500. Hundreds of other Cuban Jews have recently emigrated, landing in Israel, Canada, and the US. Many...http://www.newser.com/story/47837/oy-caramba-cubans-turn-to-judaism.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagWed, 14 Jan 2009 8:25:56 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/45329/christians-secretly-target-converts-in-north-africa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagIslamic leaders in north Africa say they are incensed by the tactics of Christians bent on secretly converting their followers, Reuters reports. Religious authorities gripe that missionaries in Morocco and Algeria are using “unethical” methods, such as spreading false information and preying on the weak. “People respond positively when they...http://www.newser.com/story/45329/christians-secretly-target-converts-in-north-africa.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 15 Dec 2008 12:03:01 CST