Word: convert
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...India's right-wing Hindu groups and political parties allege that Christian groups are forcing Hindus to convert against their will, in an effort to change the nature of India. "They want to convert people to Christianity and convert the country into a Christian land," Swami Laxmananand Saraswati, head of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (World Hindu Council), one of India's biggest Hindu nationalist groups, told Indian reporters. "We are opposed to that and that is the source of all disputes and fights." Other low-caste groups and so-called "tribals" - ethnic minorities who stand outside the caste system...
Over the next year, Payack says that he plans to launch a poetry project at the Longfellow School in Cambridge working with students to write poems and convert them into “wearable art” using a button machine...
...because of Mormonism - some Evangelicals consider the Church of Latter Day Saints to be a cult - said he liked the speech and ultimately decided, "I'm not voting for a pastor, I'm voting for a President and I believe [Romney] when he says he wouldn't try and convert people from the White House...
After failing to convert its first power play, the Crimson regained momentum momentarily following a penalty against BC’s Anthony Aiello. Just ten seconds after Aiello entered the box, freshman forward Michael Biega bounced a shot off of BC goalie John Muse and into the net, following assists from junior forward Brian McCafferty and Michael’s older brother, sophomore defenseman Alex Biega...
...charge that Romney will say and do anything to get elected ignores the fact that he never has flip-flopped on his supposedly largest liability: his Mormon faith. Attacks on his religious beliefs and news of evangelicals declaring their opposition to Mormonism haven’t caused Romney to convert. Rather, he declared in his speech, “Faith in America,” last week, “Some believe that such a confession of my faith will sink my candidacy. If they are right, so be it.” With the Iowa caucuses (where voters...