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* [[Yahya Birt]] - journalist and son of former BBC Director General [[John Birt]], also director of [[The City Circle]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1954909,00.html Question time]</ref> |
* [[Yahya Birt]] - journalist and son of former BBC Director General [[John Birt]], also director of [[The City Circle]].<ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/religion/Story/0,,1954909,00.html Question time]</ref> |
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* [[Art Blakey]] - Musician<ref>[http://www.artblakey.com/ Art Blakey official site] In 1948, Art told reporters he had visited Africa, where he learned polyrhythmic drumming and was introduced to Islam, taking the name Abdullah Ibn Buhaina.</ref> |
* [[Art Blakey]] - Musician<ref>[http://www.artblakey.com/ Art Blakey official site] In 1948, Art told reporters he had visited Africa, where he learned polyrhythmic drumming and was introduced to Islam, taking the name Abdullah Ibn Buhaina.</ref> |
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* [[Tawana Brawley]] (Maryam Muhammad) - African American, |
* [[Tawana Brawley]] (Maryam Muhammad) - African American, after an unsuccessful rape trial against several white men.<ref>[http://www.nycourts.gov/press/old_keep/brawley.htm]</ref><ref>[http://www.courttv.com/archive/legaldocs/newsmakers/tawana/][http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewCommentary.asp?Page=%5CCommentary%5Carchive%5C200603%5CCOM20060307a.html]</ref> |
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*[[Willie Brigitte]]- [[France|French]] convert to [[Islam]] who associated with [[al-Qaeda]] in [[Pakistan]] and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in [[Australia]].<ref name=TRIAL>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1841824.htm Brigitte terrorism trial nears] ABC News</ref> |
*[[Willie Brigitte]]- [[France|French]] convert to [[Islam]] who associated with [[al-Qaeda]] in [[Pakistan]] and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in [[Australia]].<ref name=TRIAL>[http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200702/s1841824.htm Brigitte terrorism trial nears] ABC News</ref> |
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*[[Dolores "LaLa" Brooks]] - American musician.<ref>[http://www.nico70ies.com/sakinah.html]</ref> |
*[[Dolores "LaLa" Brooks]] - American musician.<ref>[http://www.nico70ies.com/sakinah.html]</ref> |
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* [[Sarah Joseph]] - commentator on women's issues and founder of [[emel magazine]].<ref>''[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article576288.ece Putting a good glossy on the Muslim lifestyle]''. [[Times (magazine)|Times]]</ref> |
* [[Sarah Joseph]] - commentator on women's issues and founder of [[emel magazine]].<ref>''[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/article576288.ece Putting a good glossy on the Muslim lifestyle]''. [[Times (magazine)|Times]]</ref> |
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* [[Nuh Ha Mim Keller]] - from Catholicism to [[agnosticism]] to [[Sufism]], Islamic scholar.<ref>Keller, Nu Ha Mim. ''[http://www.islamfortoday.com/keller04.htm Becoming Muslim]''.</ref> |
* [[Nuh Ha Mim Keller]] - from Catholicism to [[agnosticism]] to [[Sufism]], Islamic scholar.<ref>Keller, Nu Ha Mim. ''[http://www.islamfortoday.com/keller04.htm Becoming Muslim]''.</ref> |
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* [[John Walker Lindh]] - the American |
* [[John Walker Lindh]] - the American soldier of the Taliban <ref><[http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,187564,00.html]</ref> |
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* [[Germaine Lindsay]] - participated and died in the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]]<ref>[http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=105681]</ref><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1898856,00.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=113]</ref> |
* [[Germaine Lindsay]] - participated and died in the [[7 July 2005 London bombings]]<ref>[http://www.financialexpress.com/latest_full_story.php?content_id=105681]</ref><ref>[http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1898856,00.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.ict.org.il/articles/articledet.cfm?articleid=113]</ref> |
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* [[Ingrid Mattson]] – [[Canadian]] scholar and current president of the [[Islamic Society of North America]] (2006)<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16242486/site/newsweek/ MSBC] Article's title says "Raised Catholic, this Muslim professor is bringing the moderate viewpoint to the world."]</ref> |
* [[Ingrid Mattson]] – [[Canadian]] scholar and current president of the [[Islamic Society of North America]] (2006)<ref>[http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16242486/site/newsweek/ MSBC] Article's title says "Raised Catholic, this Muslim professor is bringing the moderate viewpoint to the world."]</ref> |
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* [[Richard Colvin Reid]] - Shoe Bomber (convicted terrorist) <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,203478,00.html]</ref> |
* [[Richard Colvin Reid]] - Shoe Bomber (convicted terrorist) <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,203478,00.html]</ref> |
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* [[Franck Ribéry]]- a French soccer player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal. <ref>http://worldcup.sportinglife.com/football/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/06/07/04/WORLDCUP_France_Ribery.html</ref> |
* [[Franck Ribéry]]- a French soccer player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal. <ref>http://worldcup.sportinglife.com/football/story_get.cgi?STORY_NAME=soccer/06/07/04/WORLDCUP_France_Ribery.html</ref> |
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* [[Yvonne Ridley]] - British journalist, converted from [[Anglicanism]] after being |
* [[Yvonne Ridley]] - British journalist, converted from [[Anglicanism]] after being after being treated kindly by the [[Taliban]]<ref> [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/3673730.stm "Yvonne Ridley: From captive to convert"], By Hannah Bayman, ''BBC News'' (online), 21 September, 2004</ref> |
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*[[Ahmed Santos (militant)|Ahmed Santos]] - [[Philippines|Filipino]], from [[Roman Catholicism]], fugitive, founder of the [[Rajah Solaiman Movement]] & suspected by Filipino authorities to be an [[Al Qaeda]] operative<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1128/p07s02-woap.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/philippines/110_philippines_terrorism_the_role_of_militant_islamic_converts.pdf]</ref><ref>[http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4690]</ref> |
*[[Ahmed Santos (militant)|Ahmed Santos]] - [[Philippines|Filipino]], from [[Roman Catholicism]], fugitive, founder of the [[Rajah Solaiman Movement]] & suspected by Filipino authorities to be an [[Al Qaeda]] operative<ref>[http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/1128/p07s02-woap.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.crisisgroup.org/library/documents/asia/philippines/110_philippines_terrorism_the_role_of_militant_islamic_converts.pdf]</ref><ref>[http://www.tkb.org/Group.jsp?groupID=4690]</ref> |
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*[[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]] - American [[rapper]]<ref>[http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/02/post_911_islam.php]</ref> |
*[[Scarface (rapper)|Scarface]] - American [[rapper]]<ref>[http://www.amren.com/mtnews/archives/2007/02/post_911_islam.php]</ref> |
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*[[Idris Tawfiq]] - British writer, who lives and works in Egypt, was a former Catholic priest<ref>[http://www. |
*[[Idris Tawfiq]] - British writer, who lives and works in Egypt, was a former Catholic priest<ref>* [[Idris Tawfiq]] - British writer, who lives and works in Egypt, was a former Catholic priest <ref>Tawfiq, Idris. [http://www.turkishweekly.net/news.php?id=45271 Measuring Success]. The Journal of Turkish Weekly. Retrieved June 9, 2007</ref></ref> |
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*[[Philippe Troussier]] - French, former football player & trainer of a Japanese football team<ref>[http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/23032006/3/french-coach-troussier-wife-convert-islam.html]</ref> |
*[[Philippe Troussier]] - French, former football player & trainer of a Japanese football team<ref>[http://uk.sports.yahoo.com/23032006/3/french-coach-troussier-wife-convert-islam.html]</ref> |
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* [[Abu Usamah]] - American-Born Imam of [[Green Lane Masjid]] in [[Birmingham]], [[UK]] accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims and has links to a suspected Al Qaeda operative [[Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri]].<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,244263,00.html American-Born Imam Spews Message of Hate in England] [[Fox News]]- January 18,2007</ref> |
* [[Abu Usamah]] - American-Born Imam of [[Green Lane Masjid]] in [[Birmingham]], [[UK]] accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims and has links to a suspected Al Qaeda operative [[Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri]].<ref>[http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,244263,00.html American-Born Imam Spews Message of Hate in England] [[Fox News]]- January 18,2007</ref> |
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*[[Christopher Paul]] (aka Paul Kenyatta Laws aka Abdulmalek Kenyatta) - American citizen, alleged member of al-Qaeda<ref>[http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=e1d5f4d5-1790-4403-ba27-4bf9b58c7aba&k=38654 Ohio man accused of joining al-Qaida, planning bomb plots in Europe]</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6553421,00.html U.S. Man Accused of Plot to Bomb Resorts]</ref> |
*[[Christopher Paul]] (aka Paul Kenyatta Laws aka Abdulmalek Kenyatta) - American citizen, alleged member of al-Qaeda<ref>[http://www.canada.com/topics/news/world/story.html?id=e1d5f4d5-1790-4403-ba27-4bf9b58c7aba&k=38654 Ohio man accused of joining al-Qaida, planning bomb plots in Europe]</ref><ref>[http://www.guardian.co.uk/worldlatest/story/0,,-6553421,00.html U.S. Man Accused of Plot to Bomb Resorts]</ref> |
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*[[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] - former boxing world heavyweight champion.<ref>[http://www.sjmagazine.net/(A(ILAFmrAGbKfoamELNmpmRn49xa0O4togSSYuy26o_L5q3990bY4WSFhUehm_aDSsz0cnqz7jVgQl8wcceyV4BLkCqQolcdUeLfdL_iSQRng1)S(wvpkd245irsj2wml2vv21521))/articles.aspx?aid=110&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1]</ref> |
*[[Dwight Muhammad Qawi]] - former boxing world heavyweight champion.<ref>[http://www.sjmagazine.net/(A(ILAFmrAGbKfoamELNmpmRn49xa0O4togSSYuy26o_L5q3990bY4WSFhUehm_aDSsz0cnqz7jVgQl8wcceyV4BLkCqQolcdUeLfdL_iSQRng1)S(wvpkd245irsj2wml2vv21521))/articles.aspx?aid=110&AspxAutoDetectCookieSupport=1]</ref> |
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* [[William Abdullah Quilliam]] - from Christianity, poet, solicitor, ambassador & journalist.<ref>[http://www.isle-of-man.com/manxnotebook/people/law/whqllm.htm William Henry ('Sheikh Abdullah') Quilliam, 1856-]</ref> |
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*[[Jack Roche]] - convicted of involvement in an al-Qaeda plot to blow up the Israeli embassy in Canberra.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3757017.stm Jack Roche: The naive militant]</ref> |
*[[Jack Roche]] - convicted of involvement in an al-Qaeda plot to blow up the Israeli embassy in Canberra.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3757017.stm Jack Roche: The naive militant]</ref> |
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* [[Carlos (Ilich Ramírez Sánchez)|Ilich Ramírez Sánchez]] - aka "Carlos the Jackal", convicted murderer and terrorist, currently in prison in France<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3022358.stm]</ref> |
* [[Carlos (Ilich Ramírez Sánchez)|Ilich Ramírez Sánchez]] - aka "Carlos the Jackal", convicted murderer and terrorist, currently in prison in France<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3022358.stm]</ref> |
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*[[Divine Styler]] - American hip-hop musician.<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-30232586_ITM]</ref> |
*[[Divine Styler]] - American hip-hop musician.<ref>[http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-30232586_ITM]</ref> |
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* [[Apisai Tora]] - [[Fijian]] politician<ref>[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_world_story_skin/193221 Tvnz.co.nz]</ref> |
* [[Apisai Tora]] - [[Fijian]] politician<ref>[http://tvnz.co.nz/view/news_world_story_skin/193221 Tvnz.co.nz]</ref> |
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*[[Mike Tyson]] (''Malik Abdul Aziz'') - former heavyweight boxing champion of the world |
*[[Mike Tyson]] (''Malik Abdul Aziz'') - former heavyweight boxing champion of the world.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/614507.stm]</ref><ref>[http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_m1077/is_n11_v50/ai_17362107]</ref> |
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* [[Abdul Waheed (suspected aircraft bomb plotter)|Abdul Waheed]] (Don Stewart-White) - accused of participating in the [[2006 transatlantic aircraft plot]]<ref>[http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,432835,00.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/12/world/europe/12suspects.html?ex=1313035200&en=861a0571fd02082a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss]</ref> |
* [[Abdul Waheed (suspected aircraft bomb plotter)|Abdul Waheed]] (Don Stewart-White) - accused of participating in the [[2006 transatlantic aircraft plot]]<ref>[http://service.spiegel.de/cache/international/spiegel/0,1518,432835,00.html]</ref><ref>[http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/12/world/europe/12suspects.html?ex=1313035200&en=861a0571fd02082a&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss]</ref> |
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* [[Jason Walters]] - of the [[Netherlands]], member of the [[Hofstad Network]], convicted on charges of terrorism<ref>[http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/38526281/Pinverbod_voor_terrorist.html Pinverbod voor terrorist], the dutch foreign minister bans convicted Hofstadgroep terrorists from any financial transactions, by Rien Meijer and Bart Mos, [[De Telegraaf]], [[April 20]], 2006 (Dutch)</ref> |
* [[Jason Walters]] - of the [[Netherlands]], member of the [[Hofstad Network]], convicted on charges of terrorism<ref>[http://www.telegraaf.nl/binnenland/38526281/Pinverbod_voor_terrorist.html Pinverbod voor terrorist], the dutch foreign minister bans convicted Hofstadgroep terrorists from any financial transactions, by Rien Meijer and Bart Mos, [[De Telegraaf]], [[April 20]], 2006 (Dutch)</ref> |
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This is a list of notable people who have converted to Islam sometime during their lives.
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From Christianity
- Thomas J. Abercrombie - Photographer[1]
- Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) - American, from Christianity, retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer[2]
- Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson) - American, from Christianity, retired basketball player[3]
- Tariq Abdul-Wahad - originally from France, former basketball player for the Mavericks and Kings[4]
- Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah) - American, from Christianity, former NFL football player[5]
- Michel Aflaq - Iraqi politician (deathbed conversion rumored by media)[6]
- Ivan Aguéli - Artist[7]
- Dawud Wharnsby Ali - Canadian Singer/poet, from Christianity.[8][9][verification needed]
- Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), American, from Christianity to NOI to Sunni Islam to Sufism,[10] SI's Sportsman of the Century
- Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley - British soldier and peer.[11]
- Ryan G. Anderson - former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for Al Qaeda[12][13]
- Nicolas Anelka - French football player[14]
- Yasin Abu Bakr - of Trinidad and Tobago, under trial for an attempted coup as of March 9, 2006[15]
- Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker - professor of Urdu, former chair of the University of Minnesota's Department of South Asian studies and creator of the Tékumel fantasy world.[16]
- David Belfield - American, fled to Iran after assassinating Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian dissident,[17] is charged with murder[18]
- Józef Bem - Polish-Hungarian general, considered a national hero of Poland. [19]
- Yahya Birt - journalist and son of former BBC Director General John Birt, also director of The City Circle.[20]
- Art Blakey - Musician[21]
- Tawana Brawley (Maryam Muhammad) - African American, after an unsuccessful rape trial against several white men.[22][23]
- Willie Brigitte- French convert to Islam who associated with al-Qaeda in Pakistan and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia.[24]
- Dolores "LaLa" Brooks - American musician.[25]
- Torquato Cardilli - Italian ambassador; converted from Catholicism.[26]
- David Chappelle – Comedian & television star[27]
- Benjamin Chavis - Controversial former head of the NAACP; joined the Nation of Islam[28]
- Jerôme Courtailler and David Courtailler - two French brothers, convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists[29][30][31]
- Muriel Degauque - Belgian suicide bomber[32]
- Jerald F. Dirks - author of several Islamic books and former Christian minister.[33]
- Isabelle Eberhardt - from Lutheran Christianity, 19th century explorer & writer[35]
- C. Jack Ellis - from Christianity, Mayor of Macon, Georgia[36]
- Keith Ellison - American, raised Catholic, Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district, first Muslim to be elected to Congress[37]
- Yusuf Estes - from Christianity, former preacher and federal prison chaplain.[34]
- Chris Eubank - British boxer[38]
- Adam Yahiye Gadahn - spokesperson for Al-Qaeda; on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list[39][40]
- George XI of Kartli - Saffavid commander.[41]
- René Guénon - from Christianity, French Author in the field of metaphysics [42]
- Murad Wilfred Hofmann - from Catholicism, NATO official[43]
- Knud Holmboe - Danish journalist and explorer; converted from Catholicism.[44]
- Bernard Hopkins - Boxer[45]
- Ahmed Huber- Swiss Neo-nazi journalist, holocaust denier and terrorist supporter[46]
- Jermaine Jackson (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) - former member of The Jackson 5 and brother of popstars Michael and Janet Jackson.[47]
- Sarah Joseph - commentator on women's issues and founder of emel magazine.[48]
- Nuh Ha Mim Keller - from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sufism, Islamic scholar.[49]
- John Walker Lindh - the American soldier of the Taliban [50]
- Germaine Lindsay - participated and died in the 7 July 2005 London bombings[51][52][53]
- Ingrid Mattson – Canadian scholar and current president of the Islamic Society of North America (2006)[54]
- Iyasu V – Ethiopian emperor.[55]
- Bruno Metsu - French coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup[56]
- Preacher Moss - American comedian and comedy writer.[57]
- Matthew Saad Muhammad (formerly Matthew Franklin) - from Catholicism, former boxer.[58]
- Queen Noor of Jordan (formerly Lisa Najeeb Halaby)[59]
- Emin Pasha - physician, naturalist, and Egyptian governor.[60]
- Judar Pasha - conqueror of the Songhai Empire.[61]
- Bilal Philips - from Christianity, Islamic scholar & author[62]
- Poncke Princen – Dutch soldier, later human rights activist.[63]
- Marmaduke Pickthall - famous translator of the Quran.[64]
- Ilie II Rareş – prince of Moldavia.[65]
- Kanuri Qawi - Activist who fought for the rights of violent mentally ill patients to refuse medication, recently charged with murder[66]
- Richard Colvin Reid - Shoe Bomber (convicted terrorist) [67]
- Franck Ribéry- a French soccer player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal. [68]
- Yvonne Ridley - British journalist, converted from Anglicanism after being after being treated kindly by the Taliban[69]
- Ahmed Santos - Filipino, from Roman Catholicism, fugitive, founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement & suspected by Filipino authorities to be an Al Qaeda operative[70][71][72]
- Scarface - American rapper[73]
- Idris Tawfiq - British writer, who lives and works in Egypt, was a former Catholic priestCite error: A
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- Abu Usamah - American-Born Imam of Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, UK accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims and has links to a suspected Al Qaeda operative Ali Saleh Kahlah al-Marri.[75]
- Siraj Wahaj - African-American Imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate Brooklyn's drug problems.[76]
- Danny Williams - British boxer[77]
- Malcolm X - American, from Christianity to NOI to mainstream Islam, African-American civil rights leader.[78]
- James Yee - Former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain.[79]
- Mohammed Yousuf - from Catholic, Pakistani cricketer. Known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year.[80]
- Hamza Yusuf - American Islamic scholar.[81]
Undetermined Former Religion
- Mumia Abu-Jamal - Journalist, Black Panther, political activist, convicted murderer [82][83]
- Claude Alexandre de Bonneval - French noble[84]
- Hasan Akbar- sentenced to death for the murder of two fellow soldiers during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq[85]
- Elaine Atkinson - British public figure.[86]
- Kevin Barrett - University lecturer, 9/11 conspiracy theorist.[87]
- Robert "Kool" Bell - musician.[88]
- Ronald Bell - musician.[89]
- Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador.[90]
- Khaled Edward Blair - banker, member of the Royal Family of Jordan.[91]
- Bizzy Bone - American rapper.[92]
- Omar Bongo - Gabonese, President of Gabon[93]
- Charles Brooks, Jr.- convicted murderer- first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States[94]
- H. Rap Brown - civil rights activisit.[95]
- Jackiey Budden - mother of Jade Goody[96]
- Titus Burckhardt - Swiss writer and scholar.[97]
- Amir Butler- Author, Engineer and Islamic activist[98]
- Kérim Chatty- Swedish suspected aircraft hijacker[99]
- Jimmy Cliff - Jamaican raggae musician.[100]
- Aukai Collins - Irish American, fought in Chechnya, paid FBI informant, author of an autobiographical book[101]
- Common - American rapper.[102]
- Jill Courtney - Australian, girlfriend of convicted killer and drug trafficker Hassan Kalache, arrested on March 26, 2006 for attempted murder of unnamed people[103][104][105][106]
- Robert D. Crane - former Presidential advisor and ambassador.[107]
- Ice Cube - Gangsta rapper and actor[108]
- Bob Denard - French mercenary.[109]
- Jeffrey Mark Deskovic - served 15-year wrongful imprisonment sentence.[110]
- Isabelle Eberhardt - explorer and writer.[111]
- Baron omar Rolf von Ehrenfels - Austrian anthropologist and orientalist.[112]
- Everlast - Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter.[113]
- Sultaana Freeman - sued the state of Florida for niqab restrictions.[114]
- Christian Ganczarski- Head of "al Qaeda in Europe".[115]
- Jemima Goldsmith - British socialite, upon marrying Imran Khan[116]
- Gigi Gryce - American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator.[117]
- Walt Hazzard - former NBA player.[118]
- David Hicks- Convicted Australian terrorist[119]
- Craig Hodges - former NBA player.[120]
- Ibrahim Hooper (Douglas Hooper) - Islamic activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)[121]
- Abdullah Ibrahim - South African Jazz musician.[122]
- Umar Islam - one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom[123]
- Tiara Jacquelina - Malaysion actress.[124]
- Ahmad Jamal - Jazz pianist.[125]
- Jan Janszoon - Dutch pirate.[126]
- Larry Johnson - retired American professional basketball player.[127]
- Vladimir Khodov- leader of the Beslan school hostage crisis- converted in prison[128]
- Ghostface Killah - member of the Wu-Tang Clan.[129]
- Johann von Leers - advisor to Muhammad Naguib known for his anti-Semitic polemics[130][131][132]
- Lee Boyd Malvo - convicted of capital murder and arrested for the Beltway sniper attacks, for being involved in 16 murders and 7 additional attempted murders.[133]
- Jacques-Francois Menou - French general[134]
- John Allen Muhammad - convicted serial killer, known as the Beltway Sniper[135][136]
- Anthony Mundine - Australian Boxer[137]
- José Padilla - the respondent in Rumsfeld v. Padilla currently on trial as an alleged al-Qaida operative, converted while in prison for aggravated assault[138]
- Christopher Paul (aka Paul Kenyatta Laws aka Abdulmalek Kenyatta) - American citizen, alleged member of al-Qaeda[139][140]
- Dwight Muhammad Qawi - former boxing world heavyweight champion.[141]
- William Abdullah Quilliam - from Christianity, poet, solicitor, ambassador & journalist.[142]
- Jack Roche - convicted of involvement in an al-Qaeda plot to blow up the Israeli embassy in Canberra.[143]
- Ilich Ramírez Sánchez - aka "Carlos the Jackal", convicted murderer and terrorist, currently in prison in France[144]
- Ibrahim Savant - one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom[123]
- Divine Styler - American hip-hop musician.[145]
- Apisai Tora - Fijian politician[146]
- Mike Tyson (Malik Abdul Aziz) - former heavyweight boxing champion of the world.[147][148]
- Abdul Waheed (Don Stewart-White) - accused of participating in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot[149][150]
- Jason Walters - of the Netherlands, member of the Hofstad Network, convicted on charges of terrorism[151]
- John Ward- (Yusuf Reis) pirate known for raiding ships in the Mediterranean.[152]
- Rakan Ben Williams- Suspected al-qaeda terrorist[153]
- Michael Wolfe - American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation.[154]
- Michael X - civil rights activist in the United Kingdom and convicted murderer.[155]
From Paganism
- Abu Bakr - the first Muslim Caliph[156]
- David Myatt - from Paganism, Neo-Nazi-activist[157]
- Atik Sinan - Ottoman architect.[158]
From Hinduism
- Dhiren Barot- Convicted terrorist from the United Kingdom.[159][160]
- Sumita Devi - Bengali actress and filmmaker.[161]
From Judaism
- Rashid al-Din – 13th century Persian physician[162]
- Maryam Jameelah - from Reform Judaism, essayist, poet, journalist & author[163]
- Lev Nussimbaum - prolific author on the topics of Middle East and Russian history; the Nazi propaganda ministry included his works on their list of "excellent books for German minds" before discovering he was an ethnic Jew. [164]
- Leopold Weiss (Muhammad Asad) - Viennese journalist who became Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations[165]
- Sabbatai Zevi – 17th century mystic and pseudo-Messiah, given choice between conversion and execution.[166]
From Non-Religious to Islam
- Charles le Gai Eaton - British diplomat and writer.[167]
- Yusuf Islam (formerly Cat Stevens) - British musician and singer (nominally Christian upbringing, but never a believer in it)[168]
- Jeffrey Lang - American, Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kansas. (Raised Catholic, but atheist from age 18 to conversion)[169][170]
- A. R. Rahman (formerly A. S. Dileep Kumar) - famous Indian music composer[171]
- Kamala Suraiyya (formerly Kamala Das) - Anglo-Malayalam writer of Hindu background[172]
See also
- Anusim of Mashhad
- Religious conversion
- List of notable converts to Christianity
- List of notable converts to Hinduism
- List of notable converts to Judaism
- List of notable converts to Sikhism
- List of people by belief
- Lists of Muslims
- List of former Muslims
- Devshirmeh
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