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ROME ENVOY CONVERTS TO ISLAM Italy's ambassador to Saudi Arabia has converted to Islam from Roman Catholicism -- becoming the second such Roman envoy to become a Muslim in seven years. Career diplomat Torquato Cardilli, a graduate in oriental culture and languages from the University of Naples, had studied Islam for years, and served as a diplomat in Sudan, Syria, Iraq and Libya before his posting in Riyadh last year. . . . In 1994, s ambassador Mario Scialoja converted to Islam, then left the foreign service to head up the Muslim League in Italy. (Thanks, John David Powell)
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