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What information do you have of Muslims and Jews converting to Christianity?
Reader comment on item: Conversions in Israel
Submitted by William Watson (United States), Jul 18, 2006 at 16:18
Do you have any data on conversions from Judaism and Islam to Christianity? I know of several Messianic congregations in Israel, and also numerous former-Muslims in the US, who are now evangelical Christians. Although I know of no animosity from Christians towards those who leave the faith, I am quite aware that both Jews and Muslims become quite angry at conversions from their faith to Christianity, as well as hostility toward apostates and missionary activity directed at them.
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| 85 | converted to hinduism. [128 words] | rahul. | Jan 5, 2012 11:07 | 192314 | |
| 29 |  congrats on your right decision [20 words] | puja | Jan 12, 2012 10:09 | 192314 | |
| 16 | example of miracle of hinduism [33 words] | aakash | Mar 8, 2012 10:47 | 192314 | |
| 9 | bold [61 words] | komal | Apr 25, 2012 01:54 | 192314 | |
| 4 | congratulations on this right dission [5 words] | jawahar | Aug 25, 2012 15:44 | 192314 | |
| 3 | Respect every religion [98 words] | Hareem | Dec 11, 2012 09:36 | 192314 | |
| 3 | Congrats to embrace hindusim [18 words] | crispy | Mar 7, 2013 23:57 | 192314 | |
| 7 | Rahul retrns to Hinduism. [78 words] | Proloy | Apr 2, 2013 07:15 | 192314 | |
| 1 | Welcome to the open sky of vedic sanatan dharm and true freedom to worship God. [116 words] | krishna kumar tiwari | Apr 18, 2013 04:16 | 192314 | |
| 4 | Your Change to Hinduism [58 words] | A Proud Hindu | Sep 25, 2013 10:26 | 192314 | |
| welcome [7 words] | kallyan | Sep 27, 2013 01:23 | 192314 | ||
| yahoo [11 words] | pujon | Oct 9, 2013 01:23 | 192314 | ||
| 5 | A respectful reply to Hareem Saheb [1060 words] | gtm | Oct 21, 2013 18:34 | 192314 | |
| 1 | wow [8 words] | dhiraj | Mar 6, 2014 11:36 | 192314 | |
| 2 | Great Escape [31 words] | Brown | Jun 26, 2014 02:19 | 192314 | |
| 1 | Respect for other Religion [64 words] | Brown | Jun 26, 2014 02:29 | 192314 | |
| 1 | Hnd Dripped in Blood [192 words] | Nalini | Jun 26, 2014 04:18 | 192314 | |
| Welcome [4 words] | Amatya | Aug 9, 2014 16:24 | 192314 | ||
| 42 | Hindus gave peace and prosperity for Muslim [426 words] | Islamic Ahimsa | Sep 11, 2011 00:51 | 189249 | |
| 1 | The problem with beliefs today [180 words] | Ramanhood | Sep 3, 2010 04:28 | 177620 | |
| 2 | respect all religions [131 words] | peace | Dec 12, 2009 16:21 | 165743 | |
| 2 | respect all religions [41 words] | Steadyfriend | Dec 29, 2009 14:42 | 165743 | |
| 23 | Nobody can convert you to Hinduism [238 words] | Martin Luther | Nov 21, 2007 01:45 | 114196 | |
| Good article [5 words] | Dipankar | Sep 26, 2008 06:19 | 114196 | ||
| 1 | conversion [238 words] | sekar | Apr 20, 2009 05:02 | 114196 | |
| 2 | Thats true! [76 words] | SANDEEP | Oct 26, 2009 00:07 | 114196 | |
| 6 | response to FRANKLIN MUMBAI [346 words] | Rachit Pandey | Apr 16, 2010 03:06 | 114196 | |
| 1 | thats true [20 words] | ashish | Apr 14, 2011 11:45 | 114196 | |
| 3 | Great for future of mankind [50 words] | Vikram | May 6, 2011 08:33 | 114196 | |
| 1 | Yes [19 words] | debashis | Sep 11, 2011 11:10 | 114196 | |
| Dalit, Christianity and "Caste" [667 words] | gtm | Oct 21, 2013 17:38 | 114196 | ||
| if more black muslims studied judaism they would see more in common.. [203 words] | david pitts | Sep 30, 2007 01:23 | 109933 | ||
| 2 | Deport them. [19 words] | Anand Nair | Jan 19, 2007 10:59 | 73636 | |
| 1 | One possible answer for the difference in conversion rates ... [60 words] | Sean | Jul 21, 2006 17:00 | 50485 | |
| Difficulties in converting to Judaism [206 words] | Fred Schlomka | Jul 25, 2006 08:58 | 50485 | ||
 What information do you have of Muslims and Jews converting to Christianity? [78 words] | William Watson | Jul 18, 2006 16:18 | 50079 | ||
| 2 | Conversions in India [21 words] | Mahendra | Jul 17, 2006 07:52 | 49898 | |
| to Mahendra on Muslims converting ot Hinduism [33 words] | Anubhav Singh | Jul 24, 2006 02:55 | 49898 | ||
| 1 | Reverts to Islam [154 words] | Chandrajeet Padhy | Nov 24, 2006 11:18 | 49898 | |
| Life of Converts in Israel [59 words] | Amir Ali Tayyab | Nov 29, 2006 18:26 | 49898 | ||
| 119 | i am now Usha Kumari, formerly known as Salma Noor [248 words] | Salma Noor | Jan 21, 2007 08:23 | 49898 | |
| 8 | Hinduism [7 words] | Amir | Jan 31, 2007 05:50 | 49898 | |
| 15 | Welcome to Hinduism, and wishing you all the very best [249 words] | Gopal Kamat | Jan 31, 2007 09:52 | 49898 | |
| 19 | You have done the best decision [102 words] | s.aziz | Mar 3, 2007 18:47 | 49898 | |
| 1 | Don't forget, the origins of your faith [76 words] | Efraim | Mar 9, 2007 03:22 | 49898 | |
| 6 | to Salma Noor [123 words] | Mohamed | Apr 8, 2007 14:21 | 49898 | |
| 9 | Usha Kumari - Have a blissful life!!! [59 words] | Jaladhi | Apr 9, 2007 15:13 | 49898 | |
| 12 | to mohamed's reply to salma [129 words] | doodle | May 4, 2007 19:46 | 49898 | |
| 3 | Salma- please refrain from such comments. [11 words] | ABHILASH PILLAI | May 21, 2007 06:19 | 49898 | |
| 12 | USHA KUMARI IS AN EXAMPLE ONLY [359 words] | kishor kumar | May 23, 2007 09:07 | 49898 | |
| 12 | HINDUISM [416 words] | surfer | Jun 12, 2007 10:57 | 49898 | |
| 6 | Thanks Miss Usha Kumari [238 words] | rudra | Jul 16, 2007 09:50 | 49898 | |
| 4 | funny [43 words] | sara | Jul 20, 2007 12:46 | 49898 | |
| 5 | Please Know Hindu Religion Properly... [357 words] | Thanks! A good writing... | Jul 21, 2007 20:43 | 49898 | |
| Is leaving islam punishable by death in the koran or other Muslim books? [14 words] | Joseph | Sep 25, 2007 00:38 | 49898 | ||
| read [24 words] | sara | Sep 26, 2007 01:34 | 49898 | ||
| 1 | Yes, muslim apostates from Islam are often killed, beaten, or receive death threats [193 words] | sara | Sep 26, 2007 17:21 | 49898 | |
| Is leaving the faith of Islam punishable by death. [101 words] | Joseph | Sep 28, 2007 10:43 | 49898 | ||
| 8 | ISLAM AND LAST PROPHET [198 words] | AJAY RATHORE | Nov 12, 2007 04:17 | 49898 | |
| 8 | Usha Kumari [123 words] | Subrata | Jan 18, 2008 11:28 | 49898 | |
| 1 | to usha [58 words] | Scenic1 | Jan 23, 2008 07:16 | 49898 | |
| 5 | Usha [34 words] | shreya | Jan 30, 2008 22:50 | 49898 | |
| 3 | You are loved [178 words] | Shavi | Feb 19, 2008 15:17 | 49898 | |
| 3 | to mohamed [65 words] | ayush | Apr 17, 2008 08:38 | 49898 | |
| 8 | Congratulations SISTER! [99 words] | Bharat Sinha | Aug 1, 2008 20:39 | 49898 | |
| 9 | Future [210 words] | vijay | Sep 16, 2008 09:46 | 49898 | |
| 34 | Muslim Conversions in India [234 words] | Gaurav | Sep 24, 2008 16:07 | 49898 | |
| 15 | Muslims converting to Hinduism [156 words] | Mahendra | Sep 24, 2008 19:02 | 49898 | |
| 13 | to mohammed [189 words] | Riddhima | Sep 25, 2008 15:08 | 49898 | |
| 2 | surfer [28 words] | Riddhima | Sep 25, 2008 15:17 | 49898 | |
| Then where is the problem? [86 words] | Dip | Sep 26, 2008 06:17 | 49898 | ||
| 1 | @ mohammed [29 words] | kumar | Sep 27, 2008 06:37 | 49898 | |
| Welcome [22 words] | Vin | Sep 27, 2008 20:29 | 49898 | ||
| 4 | Fastest growing religion in which parameter? [39 words] | Ashish | Sep 28, 2008 11:50 | 49898 | |
| 2 | Please Became Muslim Usha Kumari, formerly known as Salma Noor [20 words] | Fahad Qadri | Oct 10, 2008 02:05 | 49898 | |
| ayush [23 words] | Fahad Qadri | Oct 11, 2008 04:51 | 49898 | ||
| 6 | Why convert out of islam? [237 words] | dudeasp | Oct 15, 2008 09:35 | 49898 | |
| 5 | hinduism [21 words] | suhail | Oct 24, 2008 08:36 | 49898 | |
| Converting or becoming ex-Muslims! [240 words] | Mahendra Mathur | Nov 6, 2008 20:08 | 49898 | ||
| 4 | conversion [18 words] | suhail | Nov 20, 2008 02:14 | 49898 | |
| There is no compulsion in religion [75 words] | Arshad | Feb 19, 2009 05:01 | 49898 | ||
| 5 | Certain bad verses in Quran are not the problem [563 words] | Abhi | May 15, 2009 00:31 | 49898 | |
| 1 | A forlorn hope [155 words] | Mahendra Mathur | May 15, 2009 23:12 | 49898 | |
| 2 | wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [8 words] | Rugved | May 27, 2009 09:51 | 49898 | |
| 2 | HOW CAN U CRITISIZE A RELIGION [60 words] | MESSENGER OF HINDUISM | Jun 27, 2009 02:44 | 49898 | |
| On Islam & Other Faiths [225 words] | Steadyfriend | Sep 21, 2009 16:53 | 49898 | ||
| 4 | Becoming Ex-muslims [179 words] | Mahendra Mathur | Sep 23, 2009 12:38 | 49898 | |
| 1 | Islam and last prophet [164 words] | Mohd Imtiyaz Khan | Nov 15, 2009 07:28 | 49898 | |
| 1 | Bless on you [326 words] | Fasih | Dec 14, 2009 10:53 | 49898 | |
| Fasih's waffle [257 words] | Mahendra | Dec 16, 2009 15:13 | 49898 | ||
| Treason [143 words] | Fareed | Jan 5, 2010 08:26 | 49898 | ||
| 2 | Muslims and koran [75 words] | Jitendra | Feb 28, 2010 11:26 | 49898 | |
| 1 | Hinduism [88 words] | Good Friend | Mar 1, 2010 02:03 | 49898 | |
| Quran's call to kill non-muslims [71 words] | Mahendra | Mar 1, 2010 07:56 | 49898 | ||
| Fithna [64 words] | Fareed | Mar 1, 2010 13:14 | 49898 | ||
| thanks [7 words] | nikantha | Mar 3, 2010 11:21 | 49898 | ||
| Changes [21 words] | Tom Dundee | Mar 3, 2010 12:58 | 49898 | ||
| Fitnah - your own interpretation of Koran [27 words] | Mahendra | Mar 3, 2010 14:07 | 49898 | ||
| Origin of the Qur'an [52 words] | Fareed | Mar 4, 2010 13:45 | 49898 | ||
| Quran's exhortion to kill non-muslims [262 words] | Mahendra | Mar 5, 2010 13:56 | 49898 | ||
| Submitted by Mahendra [283 words] | Fareed | Mar 6, 2010 14:00 | 49898 | ||
| YOU ARE WRONG [61 words] | Ameen | Mar 7, 2010 03:00 | 49898 | ||
| Advice [197 words] | Kamala Ram | Apr 13, 2010 06:13 | 49898 | ||
| 1 | HINDUS DO NOT believe in CONVERSION [83 words] | C PAUL S | Apr 19, 2010 06:01 | 49898 | |
| 3 | i feel sorry for usha but her decision is great in reality. [45 words] | meghna raj | Apr 21, 2010 19:14 | 49898 | |
| thank u very much sister [17 words] | AMIT B PATEL | Apr 25, 2010 05:47 | 49898 | ||
| 1 | War against non-believers by Muslims [368 words] | Mahendra | Apr 29, 2010 22:01 | 49898 | |
| Fighting the unbelievers [165 words] | fFareed | May 2, 2010 02:40 | 49898 | ||
| Violence and Koran [87 words] | Mahendra | May 4, 2010 22:04 | 49898 | ||
| obsolete [153 words] | Fareed | May 15, 2010 14:40 | 49898 | ||
| War against non-believers [137 words] | Mahendra | May 24, 2010 08:42 | 49898 | ||
| 1 | misconception on islam [92 words] | parvez abdullah | May 26, 2010 09:11 | 49898 | |
| 2 | Violence and Islam [147 words] | Mahendra | May 28, 2010 17:12 | 49898 | |
| Kaaba is not an Idol, its Qibla which means direction [86 words] | Mighty Windows | Jun 2, 2010 21:36 | 49898 | ||
| 3 | Kaaba - idol or not [75 words] | Mahendra Mathur | Jun 5, 2010 22:30 | 49898 | |
| Myth [139 words] | fareed | Jun 11, 2010 15:28 | 49898 | ||
| Jehad [863 words] | Mahendra | Jun 12, 2010 10:52 | 49898 | ||
| 1 | @qadri... [275 words] | almighty | Jul 18, 2010 01:50 | 49898 | |
| Hindus are Victim of Islamic terror from ancient time [160 words] | debashis | Sep 11, 2011 11:06 | 49898 | ||
| 10 | I consider myself a hindu as i have full belief on it. [76 words] | rahul | Dec 29, 2011 10:21 | 49898 | |
| may goddess bless you [54 words] | kumar | Mar 13, 2012 09:40 | 49898 | ||
| 210 | mumnai pathan girl, tired of islamic hypocrisy of hindu hatred, embraced hinduism [792 words] | ayesha khan to asha chattopadhyay | May 13, 2012 02:48 | 49898 | |
| 1 | Another miracle of hinduism.i love it [12 words] | Samrat maurya | Jul 23, 2012 10:35 | 49898 | |
| 1 | not muslim [18 words] | mohammad | Aug 8, 2012 17:48 | 49898 | |
| 1 | People judge a religion based on the general conduct of its practioners. [261 words] | Gunal | Nov 5, 2012 06:24 | 49898 | |
| 1 | misconception that she has become a sanatani hindu [26 words] | nakhan | Dec 6, 2012 03:01 | 49898 | |
| 3 | Comments on Fahad's posting [43 words] | ben | Dec 11, 2012 11:32 | 49898 | |
| Conversion [196 words] | Nasir Khan | Dec 12, 2012 13:21 | 49898 | ||
| Ben's Comment [25 words] | ben | Dec 13, 2012 11:19 | 49898 | ||
| well done! welcome to hinduism [22 words] | JaiHind | Dec 24, 2012 23:49 | 49898 | ||
| 1 | Complete made-up rubbish ! [145 words] | Nadia | Jan 26, 2013 17:17 | 49898 | |
| conversion in hinduism [16 words] | iam now usha kumari | Feb 8, 2013 04:11 | 49898 | ||
| 2 | Muslim invaders [133 words] | Raj | Feb 27, 2013 15:08 | 49898 | |
| comments to imtyaz khan [5 words] | fasih | Mar 12, 2013 05:11 | 49898 | ||
| LET SEE [7 words] | aram | Mar 25, 2013 03:20 | 49898 | ||
| Welcome to open sky of universe i.e. Sanatan Vedic Dharm of universal law and true God - braham & your self [77 words] | kkTiwari | Mar 29, 2013 09:45 | 49898 | ||
| 2 | Welcome to your open sky of vedic dharma with universal law and truth of univers the God & YOU. [207 words] | krishna kumar tiwari | Apr 18, 2013 05:29 | 49898 | |
| Ghengis Khan [28 words] | A human being | Jun 7, 2013 14:22 | 49898 | ||
| 8 | Thanks. ASHA , Very Proud that you left "ISLAM" [125 words] | Ex-Muslim ABDULLAH MAHMUD | Jun 15, 2013 02:38 | 49898 | |
| 4 | I KNOW, ISLAM ... Proud that Left ISLAM. [72 words] | EX-MUSLIM ABDULLAH BODHI | Jun 15, 2013 02:47 | 49898 | |
| Freedom [18 words] | Dale | Jun 25, 2013 17:51 | 49898 | ||
| 2 | islam is best [70 words] | ZUBAIR | Jul 20, 2013 08:11 | 49898 | |
| why [98 words] | sam | Aug 25, 2013 20:56 | 49898 | ||
| to mohamed [42 words] | sundar | Sep 11, 2013 05:56 | 49898 | ||
| to pervez abdulla [62 words] | sujoy | Sep 11, 2013 09:26 | 49898 | ||
| to imtiaz khan [43 words] | sujoy | Sep 11, 2013 09:48 | 49898 | ||
| 2 | I SALUTE YOU... [8 words] | deep | Sep 22, 2013 12:28 | 49898 | |
| 2 | well done [8 words] | akshay | Sep 30, 2013 00:49 | 49898 | |
| 1 | Namaste, Asha Chattopadhyaya [115 words] | gtm | Oct 21, 2013 17:07 | 49898 | |
| A matter of opinion only [1541 words] | gttm | Oct 24, 2013 14:42 | 49898 | ||
| 2 | Genuine Decision [38 words] | narendra | Jan 1, 2014 07:15 | 49898 | |
| realy i feel you are unfit to be a muslim [21 words] | m.mohamme duvaiss | Feb 10, 2014 03:45 | 49898 | ||
| 6 | muslim hypocrisy and hate of all non muslims. jews hindu and Christians. [44 words] | fatima | Apr 4, 2014 15:52 | 49898 | |
| jai shri ram [12 words] | ashok kumar | Jun 21, 2014 06:05 | 49898 | ||
| Regarding change of religion [72 words] | imtiaz | Jul 21, 2014 05:19 | 49898 | ||
| to my sister [3 words] | joy | Sep 2, 2014 14:58 | 49898 | ||
| 16 | Hyderabadi Muslim Girls forced to Prostitution by Arab Agent Owaisi MIM [203 words] | Khaleda Shaikh Hyderabadi | Aug 16, 2015 02:43 | 49898 | |
| is it tru [22 words] | aram | Mar 21, 2016 07:37 | 49898 | ||
| 1 | know about the mahabharata [26 words] | ranvir | Nov 26, 2016 00:49 | 49898 | |
| 1 | advice to you [19 words] | arjun | Jan 14, 2017 11:49 | 49898 | |
| Hadith supports that mosques should be built where idols could be found. Does hadith belong to the words of Allah? [48 words] | zuma | Jul 14, 2017 04:36 | 49898 | ||
| Why should a mosque be built at the place where idols were placed since it seemed to be idolatry? [290 words] | Mahendra Mathur | Jul 17, 2017 16:50 | 49898 | ||
| Quranic disaster? Read Q3:18 and laugh [79 words] | dhimmi no more | Jul 18, 2017 06:33 | 49898 | ||
| fake [8 words] | Assam | Jun 28, 2018 04:38 | 49898 | ||
| Ayesha khan to ASHA chattopadhyay [35 words] | SHUBHRAJIT CHAKRABORTY | May 20, 2021 03:22 | 49898 | ||
| 3 | Muslims converting to Judaism in Israel!!! [97 words] | Romesh Chander | Jul 16, 2006 19:26 | 49839 | |
| No Fatwas in Israel [216 words] | Fred Schlomka | Jul 17, 2006 01:05 | 49839 | ||
| Really? [78 words] | David Pitts | Sep 30, 2007 01:27 | 49839 | ||
| Fred Shlomka's comments re: conversion to Judaism in Israel [531 words] | Mike | Sep 20, 2008 22:42 | 49839 | ||
| Islam, the religion of truth [62 words] | The son of Islam | Feb 15, 2009 14:26 | 49839 | ||
| Conversions in Israel - food for thought [246 words] | Fred Schlomka | Jul 16, 2006 04:31 | 49780 | ||
| conversion in israel? [33 words] | Anubhav Singh | Jul 17, 2006 04:27 | 49780 | ||
| 1 | a question for Anubhav Singh [122 words] | concerned | Jul 22, 2006 09:27 | 49780 | |
| response to concerned [237 words] | Anubhav Singh | Jul 24, 2006 03:16 | 49780 | ||
| thanks, Anubhav [73 words] | concerned | Jul 25, 2006 06:27 | 49780 | ||
| 8 | how can a palestinian-muslim born in the united states convert to judaism [21 words] | Hatem K | Jul 29, 2006 23:00 | 49780 | |
| Conversuion to Judiasm! [35 words] | Saif | Aug 3, 2008 12:48 | 49780 | ||
| Contact any orthodox synagogue in the United States and make an appointment with the rabbi [56 words] | Malkiel | Aug 15, 2008 12:52 | 49780 | ||
| She can convert. And her husband can convert with her [37 words] | Malkiel | Aug 15, 2008 12:55 | 49780 | ||
| Conversion [78 words] | AD | Nov 11, 2009 18:08 | 49780 | ||
| Answer [72 words] | Dylan | Jun 28, 2010 20:31 | 49780 | ||
| 11 | Our ancestor's land kashmir [261 words] | debashis | Sep 12, 2011 00:01 | 49780 | |
| Conspicuous absence of data on Muslim and Jewish conversions to Xianity [28 words] | Mark James | Jul 15, 2006 18:31 | 49755 | ||
| Consipicuous absence indeed [8 words] | l.d. | Mar 15, 2007 10:27 | 49755 |
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