It's hard to put much credence in an Arab media's report of Islamic conversion by an anonymous priest.
Rub a dub dub, so long bud!
Anybody converted?
Pure BS...Or...He's a spy for the Vatican!
No, wait, it's when you convert FROM the religion of tolerance and peace TO Christianity that you get sentenced to death. I just get so confused. It's SO counter-intuitive.
I know there's a mosque in Rome. Off hand can anybody tell me how many Christian churches there are in Mecca? Just asking ...
I guess he never saw the Ayatollah Khomeni's funeral
How anyone could view the filth known as islam and be moved by it, is beyond me...
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http://flanstein.blogspot.com
That's funny. I can't find any record of him ever being a priest, just a diplomat:
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=it&u=http://www.esteri.it/eng/4_29_190_94_142_203.asp&prev=/search%3Fq%3DTorquato%2BCardilli%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26rls%3DRNWE,RNWE:2005-01,RNWE:en
Also this:
Rome's Envoy to Saudi Arabia Converts to Islam
By Luke Baker
ROME (Reuters) - Italy's ambassador to Saudi Arabia has converted to Islam, the
second time in seven years that an envoy of Rome to the land of Mecca has
adopted its religion.
Torquato Cardilli, a career diplomat from overwhelmingly Roman Catholic Italy,
revealed his decision to Saudi newspapers Saturday, his 59th birthday. Italian
diplomatic sources confirmed the announcement Monday.
His official conversion was made on the eve of the Islamic holy fasting month
of Ramadan, which began on November 16 in Saudi Arabia. Cardilli himself could
not be reached for comment but an employee at his embassy in Riyadh confirmed
the reports.
The Saudi embassy in Rome said it planned a statement later. An embassy
spokeswoman said there was no record of any Saudi ambassador to Italy ever
converting to Catholicism.
Italy's Foreign Ministry had no comment.
The conversion of Cardilli -- who is married with two children -- follows the
move to Islam made by Mario Scialoja, Italian ambassador to the Arab kingdom in
1994-95, who has since left the foreign service and is head of Italy's Muslim
League.
Scialoja's decision came as a shock, made while he was Rome's permanent
representative to the United Nations (news - web sites) in New York and long
before he was posted to Riyadh.
Cardilli's change of faith follows years of study of Islam. A graduate in
oriental culture and languages from the University of Naples, Cardilli has
spent much of his 33-year diplomatic career in the Muslim world.
Following postings in Sudan, Syria, Iraq and Libya, he took over the embassy in
Riyadh in October last year. Cardilli has also served as ambassador to Albania
and Tanzania.
His personal move comes at a sensitive time, with Italy a member of the U.S.-
led coalition fighting the hardline Islamic Taliban movement in Afghanistan
(news - web sites) and barely two months after Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi
offended the Muslim world by saying Western Christian civilization was
superior .
Corriere della Sera newspaper said Cardilli had been recalled to Rome ``for
consultations.'' Some 3,000 to 5,000 Italians have converted to Islam from
Catholicism in recent years, according to figures from the Union of Islamic
Organizations and Communities. A spokesman for the Italy-based group said it
welcomed Cardilli's entry into the Muslim community, saying of his conversion:
``The ways of the Lord are infinite.''
Source: http://www.cafearabica.com/wwwboard/social/messages/5264.html
Maybe he was a priest a long time ago, I can't find any record though... and I have a directory.
If you find it, ping me.
Obviously his faith was not strong if he could ditch his for such a superficial reason...
Maybe he converted, thinking he will do better with the young boys under islam.
Seems to be a shared cultural thing, priests and arabs.
"was impressed by the lack of pomp and pageantry in the royal funeral"
What this "priest" don't realize is that all of Islam is "a lack of pomp and pageantry", kind of like living in the 7th century.
as u've started this, I suppose I should address u now and I believe everybody else will read this too. I think my mission here is finished and I have nobody else to debate with as none of u have been able to provide any logical, clear and sensible arguments to me. besides, I'm flying out to Europe tomorrow morning InshaAllah and I don't think I'll be able to check Internet there for the next 3 weeks as I am scheduled to be quite busy. however, if anybody wants to offer their arguments or to confute mine, I'll be glad to continue talking to more or less intelligent people in a decent manner when I come back in 3 weeks. just give me a shout. Assalamu Aleikum (peace to u) and bye-byeeee!