George Clooney has been fascinated with the Islamic world for a while now – his movies Three Kings and Syriana come to mind. But conversion talk really began with his

, the 27-year old niece of Pakistan’s assassinated Prime Minister Mrs. Benazir Bhutto. The National Inquirer ran the story, describing Ms. Bhutto as a “brainy foreign beauty” and sent newspapers across the Subcontinent into a tizzy of speculation. While never confirmed, it’s not hard to see why Clooney would find Ms. Bhutto appealing, for both the “exotic” aspect as well as her political dynasty. But being an international playboy is one thing; converting to a religion quite another. Still, Clooney almost does the beard as well as Liam Neeson.