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This is a list of notable people who have been Muslims sometime during their lives but left Islam for another religion or a non-religious ideology. Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... There is also a collection of Hadith called Sahih Muslim A Muslim (Arabic: مسلم, Persian: Mosalman or Mosalmon Urdu: مسلمان, Turkish: Müslüman, Albanian: Mysliman, Bosnian: Musliman) is an adherent of the religion of Islam. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

Converted to a different Abrahamic religion

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Converted to Christianity

Albanian monarch, Skanderbeg converted from Christianity to Islam but reverted to Christianity later in life^[1]

• Magdi Allam - Italy's most famous Islamic affairs journalist.^[2]
• Hussain Andaryas - Afghan Christian activist and and tele-evangelist.^[3]
• Josephine Bakhita - Roman Catholic saint from Darfur, Sudan.^[4]
• Abo of Tiflis - Christian activist and the Patron Saint of the city of Tbilisi, Georgia.^[5]
• Utameshgaray of Kazan - Khan of Kazan Khanate.^[6]
• Yadegar Moxammat of Kazan - Last khan of Kazan Khanate. ^[7]
• Sayed Borhan khan - Khan of Qasim Khanate from 1627 to 1679. ^[8]
• Simeon Bekbulatovich - Khan of Qasim Khanate.^[9]
• The Sibirsky family - The foremost of many Genghisid (Shaybanid) noble families formerly living in Russia.^[10]
• The Shihab family - Prominent Lebanese noble family. The family originally belonged to Sunni Islam and converted to Christianity at the end of the 18th century.^[11]
• Jacob Frank - 18th century Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi, and also of King David. Frank publicly converted to Islam in 1757 and later to Christianity at Poland in 1759, but actually presented himself as the Messiah of a syncretic derivation of Shabbatai Zevi's Messianism now referred to as Frankism.^[12]
• Walid Shoebat - American author and former member of the PLO.^[13]
• Hassan Dehqani-Tafti - Anglican Bishop of Iran from 1961 to 1990.^[14]

Italian journalist Magdi Allam converted to Roman Catholicism during the Vatican's 2008 Easter vigil service presided over by Pope Benedict XVI^[2]

• Nonie Darwish - Egyptian-American writer and public speaker.^[15]
• Mehdi Dibaj - Iranian pastor and Christian activist.^[16]
• Eldridge Cleaver - Author, prominent American civil rights leader, and key member of the Black Panther Party. He converted to Mormonism.^{[17] [18]}
• Ghorban Tourani - Former Iranian Sunni Muslim who became a Christian minister. Following multiple murder threats , he was abducted and murdered on November 22, 2005.^[19]
• Jean-Bédel Bokassa - Central African Republic Emperor (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity).^[20]
• Patrick Sookhdeo - British Anglican canon^[21]
• Mark A. Gabriel- Egyptian Islamic scholar and writer^[22]
• Akbar Gbaja-Biamila - American football player.^[23][24]
• Alexander Kazembek - Russian Orientalist, historian and philologist of Azeri origin .^[25]
• Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila - American football player.^[26]
• Qadry Ismail - Former American football player.^[27]
• Raghib Ismail - Former American football player.^[28]
• Djibril Cissé - French international football player of Ivorian descent.^[29]
• Tunch Ilkin - Former American football player.^[30]
• Lina Joy - Malaysian convert to Christianity. The desire to have her conversion recognized was the subject of a court case in Malaysia.^[31]
• Carlos Menem - Former President of Argentina. Raised a Muslim but converted to Roman Catholicism, the official religion of Argentina, due to his political aspirations. ^[32]
• Marina Nemat - Canadian author of Iranian descent and former political prisoner of the Iranian government. Born into a Christian family, she converted to Islam in order to avoid execution but later reverted to Christianity.^[33]
• George Weah - Liberian soccer player (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity).^[34]
• Nazli Sabri - Queen consort of Egypt. ^{[35] [36]}

On St George's Day, 2005 Bosnian film director Emir Kusturica left Islam and was baptised into the Serb Orthodox Church^[37]

• Tuğçe Kazaz - Turkish model who was Miss Turkey in 2001.^[38]
• Begum Samru - Powerful lady of north India, ruling a large area from Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh.^[39]
• Abdul Rahman - Afghan convert to Christianity who escaped the death penalty because of foreign pressure.^[40]
• Mathieu Kérékou- President of Benin (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity).^[41]
• Emily Ruete - (born Sayyida Salme) Princess of Zanzibar and Oman. ^{[42] [43][44]}
• Ahmed the Calligrapher - 17th century Christian martyr and official of the Ottoman Empire.^[45]
• Emir Kusturica - Bosnian filmmaker and actor.^[37][46]
• Daniel Ali- Iraqi Kurdish Christian author, speaker and Islamic scholar.; evangelizes in Catholic, Protestant and Messianic Jewish circles. ^[47][48]
• Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky - Russian officer of Circassian origin who led the first Russian military expedition into Central Asia.^[49]
• Umar ibn Hafsun - Leader of anti-Ummayad dynasty forces in southern Iberia. Hafsun converted to Christianity with his sons and ruled over several mountain valleys for nearly forty years, having the castle Bobastro as his residence.^[50]
• Aurelius and Natalia - Christian martyrs who were put to death during the reign of Abd ar-Rahman II, Caliph of Córdoba for apostasy.^[51]
• Johannes Avetaranian - (born Muhammad Shukri Efendi), Christian missionary and Turkish descendent of Prophet Muhammad.^[52]
• Hamid Pourmand - Former Iranian army colonel and lay leader of the Jama'at-e Rabbani, the Iranian branch of the Assemblies of God church in Iran. ^[53]
• Donald Fareed - Iranian Christian tele-evangelist and minister.^[54]
• Daveed Gartenstein-Ross- Counter-terrorism expert and attorney (from Judaism to Islam to Christianity).^[55][56]
• Ibrahim Abdullah - American former PLO terrorist. ^[57]
• Zachariah Anani - Former Sunni Muslim Lebanese militia fighter ^[58]
• Malika Oufkir - Author, activist and former prisoner of the Moroccan Royal Family. ^[59]

Argentine president, Carlos Menem converted to Roman Catholicism due to his political aspirations ^[32]

Al Qaeda terrorist Ramzi Yousef is said to have left Islam and embraced Christianity while in prison ^[60][61]

• Ruffa Gutierrez - Filipina actress, model and former beauty queen (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity)^[62]
• Fadhma Aït Mansour - Mother of French writers Jean Amrouche and Taos Amrouche. ^[63]
• Imad ud-din Lahiz - Prolific Islamic writer, preacher and Quranic translator.^[64]
• Dr. Nur Luke - Uyghur Bible translator. ^[65]
• Hakan Tastan and Turan Topal - Two Turkish Christian converts who went on trial in 2006, on charges of "allegedly insulting 'Turkishness' and inciting religious hatred against Islam".^[66]
• Mohammed Hegazy - First Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity to seek official recognition of his conversion from the Egyptian Government.^[67]
• Francis Bok - Sudanese-American activist, convert to Islam from Christianity; but later returned to his Christian faith.^[68]
• Josef Mässrur - (born Ghäsim Khan) missionary to Chinese Turkestan with the Mission Union of Sweden.^[69]
• Gulshan Esther - Pakistani convert from Islam to Christianity.^[70]
• Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh - Brother of Zaynab bint Jahsh, the wife of Prophet Muhammad and one of the male Sahaba (companions of the Prophet).^[71]
• Jabalah ibn al-Aiham - last ruler of the Ghassanid state in Syria and Jordan in the seventh century AD. After the Islamic conquest of Levant he converted to Islam in AD 638. He reverted to Christianity later on and lived in Anatolia until he died in AD 645.^[72]
• Constantine the African - Baghdad-educated Muslim who died in 1087 as a Christian monk at Monte Cassino. ^[73][74]
• Estevanico - Berber originally from Morocco and one of the early explorers of the Southwestern United States.^[75]
• Abraham of Bulgaria - Martyr and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. ^[76]
• St. Adolphus - Christian martyr who was put to death along with his brother, John, by Abd ar-Rahman II, Caliph of Córdoba for apostasy. ^[77]
• Nasir Siddiki - Canadian evangelist, author, and business consultant.^[78]
• Matthew Ashimolowo - Nigerian-born British pastor and evangelist.^[79]
• Stefan Razvan - Gypsy prince who ruled Moldavia for six months in 1595.^[80]
• Skanderbeg - Albanian monarch and military leader. Skanderbeg converted to Islam from Christianity but reverted back to Christianity later in life. ^[1]
• Amir Sjarifuddin - Indonesian socialist leader who later became the prime minister of Indonesia during its National Revolution. ^[81]
• Dr.Thomas Yayi Boni - President of Benin. ^[82]
• Al-Mu'eiyyad - Abbasid prince and third son of Abbasid caliph, Al-Mutawakkil. He was converted to Christianity along with his three confidants by St. Theodore of Edessa, accepting the name "John" upon baptism.^[83][84]
• Aben Humeya - (born Fernando de Valor) Morisco Chief who was crowned the Emir of Andalusia by his followers and led the Morisco Revolt against Philip II of Spain.^[85]
• Sheikh Ahmed Barzani - Head of Barzani Tribe in Iraqi Kurdistan and older brother of Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish nationalist leader. He announced his conversion to Christianity in 1931 during the anti-government uprising.^[86]
• Ramzi Yousef - Al Qaeda member and the main participant in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. ^[60][61]
• Rudolf Carl von Slatin - Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan.^[87]
• Shams Pahlavi - Iranian princess and the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran.^[88]
• Saye Zerbo - President of the republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) ^[89]

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Converted to Judaism

• Reza Jabari - Israeli of Iranian birth who hijacked a flight between Tehran and the Iranian resort island of Kish in September, 1995 while working as a flight attendant for Iranian carrier Kish Air flight 707.^[90]

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Converted to the Bahá'í Faith

Mishkín-Qalam was a prominent Bahá'í and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, as well as a famous calligrapher of 19th century Persia.^[91]

These were mostly people who were followers of the Bahá'u'lláh at the time he founded the Bahá'í Faith. They were formerly Muslims. This article is about the generally recognized global religious community. ... Mishkín-Qalam Mírzá HÌ£usayn-i-Isfahání (d. ... This article is about the generally recognized global religious community. ...

• Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl - Foremost Bahá'í scholar who helped spread the Bahá'í Faith in Egypt, Turkmenistan, and the United States. One of the few Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh who never actually met Bahá'u'lláh.^[92]
• Mishkín-Qalam- Prominent Bahá'í and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, as well as a famous calligrapher of 19th century Persia.^[91]
• Táhirih- Persian poetess and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran.^[93]
• Nabíl-i-A`zam- Bahá'í historian and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh^[94]
• Hají Ákhúnd- Eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause, and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.^[94]
• Ibn-i-Abhar - appointed a Hand of the Cause, and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.^[94]
• Mírzá Mahmúd - Eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.^[94]
• Núrayn-i-Nayyirayn - two brothers who were beheaded in the city of Isfahan in 1879.^[94]

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Part of an unorganized religion or no religion

Became atheists

Salman Rushdie, author of The Satanic Verses. ^[95]

Former Muslim and Dutch politician Ehsan Jami was one of the two founders of the Central Committee for Ex-Muslims^[96]

• Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Somali-born Dutch feminist, writer, and politician.^[97]
• Ali Soilih - Comorian socialist revolutionary and president of the Comoros.^[98]
• Aziz Nesin - Popular Turkish humorist and author of more than 100 books.^[99]
• Zackie Achmat - South African anti-HIV/AIDS activist; founder of the Treatment Action Campaign.^[100]
• Humayun Azad - Bangladeshi writer and scholar.^[101][102]
• Turan Dursun - Turkish writer and Islamic scholar. He was once a Turkish mufti and later authored many books critical of Islam.^[103]
• Ehsan Jami - Dutch politician and founder of the Dutch Central Committee for Ex-Muslims.^[96]
• Enver Hoxha - Communist dictator who declared Albania the first atheist state, and who has been identified as an "arch-atheist."^[104]
• As'ad Abu Khalil - Lebanese professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus. He describes himself as an "atheist secularist".^[105][106]
• Al-Ma'arri - Blind Arab philosopher, poet and writer.^[107]
• Sarmad - 17th century mystical poet and sufi saint, arrived from Persia to India, beheaded for assumed heresy by the Mughal emperor, Aurungzebe. Sarmad renounced Judaism, briefly converting to Islam and then Hinduism. He later denounced all religions and rejected belief in god.^[108][109]
• Lounès Matoub - Algerian Berber Kabyle singer.^[110]
• Barack Obama, Sr. - Kenyan economist and father of Illinois Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama. ^[111]
• Ramiz Alia - Albanian communist leader and former president of Albania. ^[112]
• Salman Rushdie - British-Indian novelist and essayist. ^[95]
• Seema Mustafa - Indian journalist, Political Editor and Delhi Bureau Chief of The Asian Age newspaper.^[113][114]
• Hassan Bahara – Moroccan-Dutch writer. ^[115]
• Hafid Bouazza - Moroccan-Dutch writer. ^[116][117]
• Hossein Derakhshan - Iranian-Canadian journalist and weblogger.^[118]
• Ismail Kadare - World-renowned Albanian writer.^[119]
• Omar Sharif - Academy Award-nominated Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films.^[120]
• Naguib Mahfouz - Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature and is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature.^[121]

Atheist redirects here. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Sir Ahmed Salman Rushdie (born June 19, 1947) is an Indian-British novelist and essayist. ... For the verses known as Satanic Verses, see Satanic Verses. ... Ehsan Jami (Mashad, 20 April 1985) is a Dutch politician. ... The Central Committee for Ex-Muslims is a Dutch committee that aims to aide Muslims who wish to abandon their faith through the constitutional right of freedom of religion. ... Ayaan Hirsi Ali, MA ( ; Somali: ; born Ayaan Hirsi Magan 13 November 1969[2] in Mogadishu, Somalia) is a Dutch feminist and political writer, daughter of the Somali scholar, politician, and revolutionary opposition leader Hirsi Magan Isse. ... Ali Soilih (January 7, 1937 - May 29, 1978) was a Comorian socialist revolutionary and political figure. ... Aziz Nesin (December 20, 1915—July 6, 1995) was a popular Turkish humorist and author of more than 100 books. ... Zackie Achmat (born Abdurazzack Achmat in 1962) is a South African activist of Malay Muslim descent, most widely known as founder and chairman of Treatment Action Campaign. ... The Treatment Action Campaign is a South African grassroots pressure group which was founded by Zackie Achmat, an HIV-positive activist who refused anti-retroviral treatment (ARVs) until they were universally available. ... Humayun Azad (Bangla: হুমায়ুন আজাদ) (Rari Khal, Bangladesh, 28 April 1947 - Munich, Germany, 11 August 2004) was a prolific Bangladeshi author and scholar. ... The Peoples Republic of Bangladesh (Bangla: গনপ্রজাতন্ত্রী বাংলােদশ) is a country in South Asia that forms the eastern part of the ancient region of Bengal. ... Turan Dursun (1934–1990), was a Turkish scholar of Islam and a mufti who later turned atheist and wrote several books critical of Islam in the Turkish language. ... A Mufti (Arabic: مفتى ) is an Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law (Sharia), capable of issuing fataawa (plural of fatwa). // Role of a Mufti in governments In theocracies like Saudi Arabia and Iran, and in some countries where the constitution is based on sharia law, such... Ehsan Jami (Mashad, 20 April 1985) is a Dutch politician. ... The Central Committee for Ex-Muslims is a Dutch committee that aims to aide Muslims who wish to abandon their faith through the constitutional right of freedom of religion. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Asad Abu Khalil (born March 16, 1960) is a renowned professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus and visiting professor at University of California, Berkeley. ... 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Sarmad,سرمد, whose name derives from the Arabic word for eternal or everlasting, was a Persian mystic, poet and saint in India during the 17th century. ... Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. ... For other uses of this term see: Persia (disambiguation) The Persian Empire is the name used to refer to a number of historic dynasties that have ruled the country of Persia (Iran). ... The Mughal Empire (alternative spelling Mogul, which is the origin of the word Mogul) of India was founded by Babur in 1526, when he defeated Ibrahim Lodi, the last of the Delhi Sultans at the First Battle of Panipat. ... Aurangzeb (Persian: ), also known as Alamgir I (Persian: ), (November 3, 1618 – March 3, 1707) was the ruler of the Mughal Empire from 1658 until his death. ... Matoub Lounès (in the middle) with his friends, notably Mourad Nechab known to be his favorite, and family in Kabylie. ... 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Secular

British Pakistani secularist author Ibn Warraq at the 2007 Secular Islam Summit^[122]

• Mirza Fatali Akhundov - Azerbaijani author, playwright and philosopher.^[123]
• Cenk Uygur - Main host of the liberal talk radio show The Young Turks. He is an agnostic.^[124]
• Wafa Sultan - Syrian-born American psychiatrist and controversial critic of Islam. She describes herself as a "Secular Humanist"^[125][126]
• Ibn Warraq - British Pakistani secularist author and founder of the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society^[122]
• Mina Ahadi - Iranian-born pacifist, founder of the German apostate-organization "Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime"^[127]
• Maryam Namazie - Iranian communist, political activist and leader of the British apostate-organization "Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain"

^[128] This article concerns secularity, that is, being secular, in various senses. ... This article should belong in one or more categories. ... Ibn Warraq (born 1946) is a secularist author of Pakistani origin and founder of the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society and a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry[1][2] [3] focusing on Quranic criticism [4][5] Warraq gathered world notice through his controversial historiographies... Year 2007 (MMVII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. ... Mirza Fatali Akhundov (1812-1878) was the great Azerbaijanian prose writer, dramatist, philosopher, founder of the modern realist school and literary criticism. ... Cenk Uygur is the main host of The Young Turks, a regular blogger on The Huffington Post, and an attorney. ... Progressive Talk (or Liberal Talk) is a talk radio format devoted to expressive progressive/liberal viewpoints of issues. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Wafa Sultan on Al Jazeera February 2006. ... Until the 20th century and the founding of the French mandate of Syria, the term Syrian referred exclusively to Levantine Christians. ... Ibn Warraq (born 1946) is a secularist author of Pakistani origin and founder of the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society and a senior research fellow at the Center for Inquiry[1][2] [3] focusing on Quranic criticism [4][5] Warraq gathered world notice through his controversial historiographies... This article should belong in one or more categories. ... The Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society (ISIS) is an organization of scholars and writers that promotes the ideas of rationalism, secularism, democracy and human rights within Islamic society. ... Mina Ahadi Mina Ahadi (born 1956) is an Iranian Communist political activist and current member of the Central Committee and Politburo of the Worker-Communist Party of Iran. ... Maryam Namazie is a world-renowned Communist activist of Iranian descent. ...

• Anwar Shaikh - British author of Pakistani descent.^[129]
• Zohra Sehgal - Indian actress who has appeared in several Hindi and English language films.^[130]

Mohammad Anwar Shaikh (born June 1, 1928 as Haji Mohammad - November 25, 2006) was an Indian-born Pakistani author residing in Cardiff[1]. He was born into a religious Shiite muslim family of Kashmiri ancestry in Gujrat, Punjab. ... Zohra Sehgal (born 1912,Rampur, Uttar Pradesh, British India) is an Indian actress. ...

Rationalist or free-thinker

Bangladeshi writer Taslima Nasreen declares herself as a “secular humanist”.^[131]

• Younus Shaikh - Pakistani medical doctor, human rights activist, rationalist and free-thinker. ^[132]
• Ibn al-Rawandi - early skeptic of Islam.^[133]
• Taslima Nasrin - Bangladeshi author, feminist, human rights activist and secular humanist.^[131]

Freethought is a philosophical viewpoint that holds that beliefs should be formed on the basis of science and logical principles and not be compromised by authority, tradition, or any other dogma. ... Image File history File links Taslima_nasrin. ... Image File history File links Taslima_nasrin. ... Taslima Nasrin, also known as Taslima Nasreen, (born 25 August 1962 in Mymensingh, Bangladesh) is a writer. ... This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Freethought is a characteristic of individuals whose opinions are formed on the basis of an understanding and rejection of tradition, authority or established belief. ... An early skeptic of Islam and religion in general within the Muslim world, Ibn al-Rawandi (3rd century A.H., 9th century C.E.) became one of Islams most notorious heretics for his denial of the phenomenon of prophecy. ... Taslima Nasrin Taslima Nasrin (Bengali: ), also spelled Taslima Nasreen and popularly refrerred to as Taslima, her first name rather than Nasreen (born 25 August 1962 in Mymensingh, Bangladesh) is a Bengali Bangladeshi author, feminist human rights activist and secular humanist exiled in Kolkata, India. ...

Converted to a Dharmic religion

map showing the prevalence of Dharmic (yellow) and Abrahamic (purple) religions in each country. ...

Converted to Buddhism

• Tillakaratne Dilshan- Sri Lankan cricketer.^[134]
• Wong Ah Kiu- Malaysian of mixed Chinese and Malay descent. She was raised as a Buddhist.^[135]
• Kenneth Pai- Chinese American writer of Hui descent.^[136]

Buddhism is a Dharmic religion and philosophy[1] with between 230 to 500 million adherents worldwide. ... Tillakaratne Dilshan (born October 14, 1976 in Kalutara) is a Sri Lankan cricketer. ... Wong Ah Kiu, legally known as Nyonya binti Tahir, was a Malaysian convert from Islam to Buddhism. ... Kenneth Hsien-yung Pai (白先勇, pinyin: Bái Xiānyǒng, born July 11, 1937) is a writer who has been described as a melancholy pioneer. ... A Chinese American is an American who is of ethnic Chinese descent. ... Look up Hui in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ...

Converted to Hinduism

Harilal Gandhi converted to Islam, adopted the name "Abdullah Gandhi", but later reverted to Hinduism. ^[137]

• Annapurna Devi - surbahar (bass sitar) player and music teacher in the North Indian classical tradition^[138]
• Asha Gawli - (born Aisha) Wife of Arun Gawli, notorious gangster turned politician from Mumbai, India.^[139]
• Bukka I - King of Vijayanagara empire who converted to Islam, then reverted to Hinduism.^[140]
• Harihara I - King of Vijayanagara empire who converted to Islam, then reverted to Hinduism.^[140]
• Haridas Thakura - Prominent Vaishnavite saint, instrumental in the early appearance and spread of Hare Krishna movement. ^[141]
• Harilal Mohandas Gandhi - Son of Mahatma Gandhi. Upon converting to Islam he adopted the name Abdullah Gandhi, but later reverted back to Hinduism.^[137]
• Hassan Palakkode - Malayali writer and Islamic scholar. ^[142]
• Ifa Sudewi - Chief judge for the 2002 Bali bombing trials. ^[143]
• Mirza Salih - Prominent Mughal official and member of the Darbar of emperor Akbar^[144]
• Mohammad Umer - Bhopal resident whose interfaith marriage was upheld by the Supreme Court of India.^[145]

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Converted to Sikhism

• Kuldeep Manak - (born Latif Mohammed) Famous Punjabi singer who, after his conversion, released a number of Sikh devotional tracks.^[146]

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Other

Religious founders

Mughal emperor Akbar proclaimed that no single religion possessed the absolute truth. This inspired him to create the Dīn-i Ilāhī in 1581^[147]

• Salih ibn Tarif - Second king of the Berghouata. He proclaimed himself a Prophet/Mahdi and came out with his own Qur'an.^[148]
• Akbar the great - Mughal emperor and founder of Dīn-i Ilāhī, a religious movement whose followers never numbered more than 19 adherents.^[147]
• Kabir - 15th century mystical poet and founder of the Kabirpanthi. Born to a Hindu Brahmin widow but adopted and raised as Muslim by a childless Muslim couple, later denouncing both Hinduism and Islam.^[149].^[150]
• Musaylimah - False prophet of the Banu Hanifa tribe who lived during and after the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad.^[151]
• Báb - the founder of Babism. Virtually all his followers upon his death accepted Bahá'u'lláh.^[152]
• Bahá'u'lláh - claimed to be the prophet the Báb spoke of, thereby founding the Bahá'í Faith.^[94]
• Dwight York - African American author, black supremacist leader, musician, convicted child molester and founder of the religious doctrine called Nuwaubianism.^[153]

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Undetermined current belief system

Iranian activist Parvin Darabi was born a muslim, but later left Islam.^[154]

• Parvin Darabi- Iranian born American activist, writer and woman's rights activist.^[154]
• Khalid Duran - Specialist in the history, sociology and politics of the Islamic world.^[155]
• Wesley Snipes - American actor, film producer, and martial artist. Snipes converted from Christianity in 1978 and left Islam in 1988. ^[156]
• Charles Bronson - British criminal and self-styled "most violent prisoner in Britain".^[157]
• David Hicks - Australian-born Guantanamo Bay detainee who converted to Islam^[158] and was notorious in his homeland for his once support of radical Islam and for the circumstances surrounding his incarceration, is believed to have renounced Islam whilst incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay.^[159]

Image File history File linksMetadata Parvin_Darabi. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Parvin_Darabi. ... Parvin Darabi - image from a 1960s newspaper Dr. Parvin Darabi (born 1941; Tehran) is an Iranian born American activist, writer and an internationally recognized defender of women’s rights. ... Parvin Darabi - image from a 1960s newspaper Dr. Parvin Darabi (born 1941; Tehran) is an Iranian born American activist, writer and an internationally recognized defender of women’s rights. ... Khalid Durán is a specialist in the history, sociology and politics of the Islamic world. ... Wesley Trent Snipes (born July 31, 1962) is an American actor, film producer, martial artist. ... Year 1978 (MCMLXXVIII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1988 (MCMLXXXVIII) was a leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar). ... Charles Bronson (born 1955) is the adopted name, of Michael Peterson, british criminal. ... For the American chaplain, see David Hicks (chaplain). ...

See also

• Apostasy
• Apostasy in Islam
• Criticism of Islam
• List of converts to Islam
• Pseudonymity
• Religious conversion

For other uses, see Apostasy (disambiguation). ... Apostasy in Islam (Arabic: ارتداد, irtidād or ridda) is commonly defined as the rejection of Islam in word or deed by a person who has been a Muslim. ... (Arguments critical to religion in general, or specific to Monotheism, such as the Existence of God, not dealt with here. ... The following is a list of notable people who converted to Islam from a different religion or no religion. ... Pseudonymity is a word derived from pseudonym, meaning false name, and describes a state of disguised identity resulting from the use of a pseudonym (also called nym). ... Religious conversion is the adoption of a new religious identity, or a change from one religious identity to another. ...

Other apostasy-related lists

• List of former atheists
• List of former Protestants
• List of ex-Roman Catholics
• Former Latter-day Saints
• List of former Christians

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