Is Madge looking to make Malawi her own state with her religion?

London, April 21: The recent rumours of Madonna's desire to adopt another Malawi kid may be the harbinger of a more grave reality.

It is being speculated that by investing millions of pounds in orphanages in Malawi, the pop diva wants to spread the word of Kabbalah across the country.

Her interest in Malawi signifies that she wants to make the country her own state and spread her own religion.

"When you get down to it, she is looking to have her own state with her religion," the Daily Mail quoted a source, as saying.

And to spread her word, Madonna has hit the bull's eye. With 46 per cent of the population being under 14 years of age - and many of them orphans - the consequence of her evangelism could be profound.

As a generation of children grow up with the doctrines of Kabbalah, Malawi could, in effect, become Madonna's very own state.

Last year Madonna set up a charity, Raising Malawi, to help the nation's orphans. Her partner in the project was Michael Berg, the son of Philip Berg, rabbi and Dean of the Kabbalah Centre in America.

For the past six months, construction has been under way on her Raising Malawi orphan care centre at Mphandula, 30 miles outside the capital Lilongwe, which will offer day care for up to 4,000 children.

She is also providing funding for several other orphanages, care homes and villages in Malawi - in Mchinji, Salima and Blantyre, among other places.

Her charity is providing food, medical supplies, exercise books and other provisions for children at these centres.

But the critical point to note, the paper states, is that in return for their financial support, Madonna and Michael Berg have instructed staff to teach Kabbalah to the orphans in their care.

The poor villagers are perhaps not aware of the Material Girl's real intentions and thus are enormously grateful for her help and see her as a saintly figure

"We don't have TV and only a few of us have radios, so we didn't know much about her," the report quoted John Manway, a 32-year-old villager, as saying.

"The villagers were suffering from malaria very badly, but Madonna has provided us with netting over our beds and that has helped a great deal. She has promised to build a school and a hospital. She is a mother to us," he added.(ANI)