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She can convert. And her husband can convert with her
Reader comment on item: Conversions in Israel
in response to reader comment: Conversuion to Judiasm!
Submitted by Malkiel (United States), Aug 15, 2008 at 12:55
Because if he does not convert, he will probably kill her. Seriously, you should discuss it with your husband and if he wants to do it, do it together. Generally, however, Jews do not seek out converts.
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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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