11-10-2005, 01:45 AM
<b>Israel agrees not to convert 'lost tribe' in India </b><!--QuoteBegin-->QUOTE<!--QuoteEBegin-->Efforts to convert them by a specially despatched team of rabbis were called off after India, a major buyer of Israeli defence exports, voiced its displeasure.
"The Indian authorities, through official channels, told us they do not view positively initiated efforts at conversions to other religions," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said.
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Decades after being converted to Christianity by missionaries, descendants in various areas began to reconnect with Judaism in the 1970s.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->
"The Indian authorities, through official channels, told us they do not view positively initiated efforts at conversions to other religions," Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said.
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Decades after being converted to Christianity by missionaries, descendants in various areas began to reconnect with Judaism in the 1970s.<!--QuoteEnd--><!--QuoteEEnd-->