The following is a list of notable converts to Islam. Religious conversion is the adoption of a new religious identity, or a change from one religious identity to another. ... For people named Islam, see Islam (name). ...

From Abrahamic religions

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From Christianity

• Thomas J. Abercrombie - photographer^[1]
• Éric Abidal (changed his name to Bilal) - French soccer player , converted to Islam after marriage.^[2]
• Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) - retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer^[3]
• Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson) - retired basketball player^[4]
• Tariq Abdul-Wahad (Olivier Saint-Jean) - originally from France, former basketball player for the Mavericks and Kings^[5]
• Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah) - former NFL football player^[6]
• Ivan Aguéli (Johan Agelii) - famous Swedish painter.^[7][8]
• Dawud Wharnsby Ali (David Wharnsby) - Canadian singer/poet.^[9][10]
• Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), to The Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam to Sufism,^[11] famous boxer
• Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley - British soldier and peer.^[12]
• Ryan G. Anderson - former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for Al Qaeda^[13][14]
• Nicolas Anelka - French football player^[15]
• Yasin Abu Bakr (Lennox Philip) - of Trinidad and Tobago, under trial for an attempted coup as of March 9, 2006^[16]
• Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (Philip Barker) - professor of Urdu, former chair of the University of Minnesota's Department of South Asian studies and creator of the Tékumel fantasy world.^[17]
• David Belfield - American, fled to Iran after assassinating Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian dissident,^[18] is charged with murder^[19]

Muhammad Ali- a convert to Islam.

• Józef Bem - Polish-Hungarian general, considered a national hero of Poland. ^[20]
• Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador to Venezuela (1963-1969), Spain (1973-1976) and Morocco (1976-1983)^[21]
• Yahya Birt - journalist and son of former BBC Director General John Birt, also director of The City Circle.^[22]
• Art Blakey - American Jazz musician^[23]
• Tawana Brawley (changed her name to Maryam Muhammad) - African American woman noted for claiming to have been raped by several white men, a claim determined to be a fabrication by a grand jury. Later in life she converted to Islam.^[24][25]
• 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.^[26]
• Dolores "LaLa" Brooks - American musician.^[27]
• Torquato Cardilli - Italian ambassador; converted from Catholicism.^[28]
• David Chappelle - comedian and television star^[29]
• Benjamin Chavis - controversial former head of the NAACP; joined the Nation of Islam^[30]
• Jimmy Cliff - Jamaican reggae musician.^[31][32]

Jimmy Cliff, Jamaican reggae musician

• Aukai Collins - Irish American, fought in Chechnya, paid FBI informant, author of an autobiographical book^[33]
• Jerôme Courtailler - one of two French brothers convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists^[34][35][36]
• Ian Dallas - Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi - sufi shaykh of scotish orgins.^[37]
• Muriel Degauque - Belgian suicide bomber^[38]
• Isabelle Eberhardt - from Lutheran Christianity, 19th century explorer & writer^[39]
• Yahiya Emerick - American Muslim scholar, president of the Islamic Foundation of North America, born into a Protestant family.^[40]
• C. Jack Ellis - Mayor of Macon, Georgia^[41]
• Keith Ellison - American, raised Catholic, Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district, first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress^[42]
• Yusuf Estes - former preacher and federal prison chaplain.^[43]

Yusuf Estes, a convert to Islam, is the National Muslim Chaplain for American Muslims.^[43]

Chris Eubank British boxer

• Chris Eubank - British boxer^[44]
• Sultaana Freeman - sued the state of Florida for niqab restrictions.^[45]
• Adam Yahiye Gadahn - spokesperson for Al-Qaeda; on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list^[46][47]
• Roger Garaudy - French philosopher, befor converting to Islam Marxist and member of the French Communist Party, later found guilty of holocaust denial.^[48]
• George XI of Kartli - Saffavid commander.^[49]
• René Guénon - French Author in the field of metaphysics ^[50]
• Naveed Afzal Haq- notable for committing the Seattle Jewish Federation shooting on July 28, 2006. Converted to Christianity in 2005 but reverted by the time of the shooting.^[51]
• Ryan Harris- football player for the Denver Broncos ^[52]
• Murad Wilfred Hofmann - from Catholicism, NATO official^[53]
• Knud Holmboe - Danish journalist and explorer; converted from Catholicism.^[54]
• Bernard Hopkins - American boxer^[55]
• Ahmed Huber- Swiss Neo-nazi journalist, holocaust denier and terrorist supporter^[56]
• Silma Ihram - Australian pioneer of Muslim education in the West, founder and former school Principal of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College', campaigner for racial tolerance, and Author.^[57]
• Jermaine Jackson (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) - former member of The Jackson 5 and brother of popstars Michael and Janet Jackson.^[58]
• Sarah Joseph - commentator on women's issues and founder of emel magazine.^[59]
• Nuh Ha Mim Keller - from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sufism, Islamic scholar.^[60]
• Michael Muhammad Knight - American novelist, writer, and journalist.^[61]
• John Walker Lindh - the American Taliban (convicted terrorist) ^[62]

Raised Roman Catholic, John Walker Lindh later converted to Islam, joined the Taliban and was captured in Afghanistan fighting against Americans.^[63]

Richard Colvin Reid known as the "shoe bomber" was a convert to Islam.^[46]

Malcolm X- famous Muslim convert and civil rights leader

Keith Ellison American, raised Catholic, Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district, first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress^[42]

Hamza Yusuf, head of the Zaytuna Institute

Timothy Winter is a prominent British lecturer at the University of Cambridge

American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the U.S.A. in the Philippines, Mohammad Webb was a convert.

• Germaine Lindsay - participated and died in the 7 July 2005 London bombings^[64][65][66]
• Alexander Litvinenko - former Russian spy converted to Islam on his deathbed.^{[67] [68]}
• Vincenzo Luvineri - American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks; converted from Roman Catholicism.^[69]
• Ingrid Mattson - Canadian scholar and current president of the Islamic Society of North America (2006)^[70]
• 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.^[71]
• Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood - British author.^[72]
• Iyasu V - Ethiopian emperor.^[73]

• Jacques-Francois Menou - French general under Napoleon I of France.^[74]
• Bruno Metsu - French coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup^[75]
• Daniel Moore - poet ^[76]
• Preacher Moss - American comedian and comedy writer.^[77]
• Matthew Saad Muhammad (formerly Matthew Franklin) - from Catholicism, former boxer.^[78]
• Peter Murphy - vocalist of the rock group Bauhaus. Converted from Catholicism.^[79]
• Sheila Musaji - founder of The American Muslim magazine.^[80]
• Ibrahim Muteferrika (original name not known) - From Unitarian Christianity, an early example of a Muslim publisher and printer.^[81]
• John Nelson - first recorded Englishman to become a Muslim.^[82]
• Queen Noor of Jordan (formerly Lisa Najeeb Halaby)^[83]
• Omar Pasha - Ottoman general. Converted from Serbian Orthodoxy.^[84]
• Emin Pasha - physician, naturalist, and Egyptian governor.^[85]
• Judar Pasha - conqueror of the Songhai Empire.^[86]
• Bilal Philips - Islamic scholar and author^[87]
• Poncke Princen - Dutch soldier, later human rights activist.^[88]
• St. John Philby - Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence operative; converted from Anglicanism.^[89]
• Marmaduke Pickthall - famous translator of the Quran.^[90]
• William Abdullah Quilliam - poet, ambassador & journalist.^[91]
• Radu cel Frumos - was the younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş (Dracula) and prince of the principality of Wallachia. Converted from Catholicism.^[92]
• Ilie II Rareş - prince of Moldavia.^[93]
• Ahmad Rashād - Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former American football wide receiver.^[94][95]
• Richard Colvin Reid - shoe bomber (convicted terrorist) ^[96]
• Franck Ribéry- a French soccer player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal. ^[97]
• Yvonne Ridley - British journalist, from Anglicanism. She converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban.^[98][99]
• Ahmed Santos - Filipino, from Roman Catholicism, fugitive, founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement & suspected by Filipino authorities to be an Al Qaeda operative^{[100][101][102]}
• Sana al-Sayegh, dean of the Science and Technology Faculty at Palestine International University, converted to Islam in August 2007. Fatah has accused its political rival Hamas of forcing the professor to convert from Christianity, a charge Hamas denies. ^[103]
• Scarface - American rapper^[104]
• Mario Scialoja - Italian ambassador and President of the World Muslim League.^[105]
• Betty Shabazz - wife of Malcolm X; former Methodist.^[106]
• Zaid Shakir - African-American Muslim speaker and intellectual in the United States.^[107]
• Rudolf Carl von Slatin - Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan.^[108]
• Suleiman Pasha - French-born Egyptian commander.^[109]
• Joe Tex - soul singer and recording artist.^[110]
• Joseph Thomas - Australian convert, acquitted of terrorism charges, placed under a control order under the Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005, currently pending retrial.^[111][112]
• Danny Thompson - English double bass player; converted from Catholicism.^[113]
• Richard Thompson - British musician, best known for his guitar playing and songwriting.^[114]

• Ahmad Thomson - British barrister and writer and also a member of the Murabitun movement.^[115]
• Top Topham - rock guitarist from England.^[116]
• Gabriele Torsello - Italian freelance photojournalist based in London who was abducted in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.^[117]
• Philippe Troussier - French, former football player & trainer of a Japanese football team^[118]
• Mihnea Turcitul - was a Prince (Voivode) of Walachia. Converted from Eastern Orthodox Chrisitianity.^[119]
• Abu Usamah - controversial American-born Imam of Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, UK. Accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims in a UK Television documentary.^[120]
• Siraj Wahaj - African-American Imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate Brooklyn's drug problems.^[121]
• Danny Williams - British boxer^[122]
• Malcolm X - American, from Christianity to Nation of Islam to mainstream Islam, African-American civil rights leader.^[123]

• Khalid Yasin - Executive Director of the Islamic Teaching Institute, and a Shaykh currently residing in Australia.^[124]
• James Yee - former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain.^[125]
• Mohammad Yousuf - from Catholicism, Pakistani cricketer. Known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year.^[126]
• Hamza Yusuf - American convert from Greek Orthodox; head of the Zaytuna Institute.^[127]
• Alexander Russell Webb - American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the U.S.A. in the Philippines.^[128]
• Suhaib Webb - American Islamic activist and speaker.^[129]
• Abdulla Webster - former Sergeant First Class in the United States Army who refused to deploy to Iraq.^[130]
• John Whitehead - an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.^[131]
• Timothy Winter - prominent British Islamic thinker and scholar, and a lecturer in Islamic studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.^[132]

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• Mohammed Zakariya - an American master of Arabic calligraphy, best known for his work on the popular Eid U.S. postage stamp.^[134]
• Omar Sharif - Academy Award-nominated Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films; converted from Catholicism.^[135]
• Thierry Henry - France Football Star

Mohamed Zakariya Eid U.S. postage stamp, September 1, 2001 Mohamed Zakariya (Arabic: ), born 1942 in Ventura, California, is an American master of Arabic calligraphy. ... The stylized signature of Sultan Abdul Hamid I of the Ottoman Empire was written in an expressive calligraphy. ... The word Eid can mean several things: There are two Islamic festivals of Eid: One is called Eid ul-Fitr (Arabic: عيد الفطر) that marks the end of the holy month of Ramadan, The other is Eid ul-Adha (Arabic: عيد الأضحى) or Eid-e Qurban (Persian: عید قربان) which is celebrated to commemorate Prophet Ibrahim... A selection of Hong Kong postage stamps A postage stamp is evidence of pre-paying a fee for postal services. ... For the Pakistani actor of the same name, see Umer Sharif. ... Although he never won an Oscar for any of his movie performances, the comedian Bob Hope received two honorary Oscars for his contributions to cinema. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ... ... Thierry Daniel Henry, born 17 August 1977 in Paris, France, is a French football player. ...

From Judaism

• Abdullah ibn Salam - 7th century sahabi said to have been a rabbi of aristocratic stock. ^[136]
• Sultan Rafi Sharif Bey (Yale Singer) - a pioneer in the development of Islamic culture in the United States.^[137]
• Rashid al-Din - 13th century Persian physician^[138]
• Jemima Khan (Jemima Goldsmith) - ex-wife of cricketer Imran Khan, British socialite, and a UK ambassador for UNICEF.^[139][140]
• Leila Mourad - Egyptian singer and actress who rose to fame in the 1940s and 1950s.^[141]
• 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. ^[142]
• Jacob Querido - 17th century successor of the self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah Sabbatai Zevi.^[143]
• Sarmad - 17th century mystical poet and sufi saint, arrived from Persia to India, beheaded for assumed heresy by Aurungzebe.^[144]
• Muhammad Asad (Leopold Weiss) - Viennese journalist who became Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations^[145]
• Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari - 9th century Persian scholar physician (a hakim), who produced the first encyclopedia of medicine.^[146]
• Yaqub ibn Killis - 10th century Egyptian vizier under the Fatimids.^[147]

This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Abdullah ibn Salam ibn al-Harith or Abdullah ibn Salaam (Arabic: ) (43 AH (663–664) [1]) was a sahabi said to have been a rabbi of aristocratic stock before converting to Islam [2]. He is credited with a large corpus of Judaic traditions (Arabic: Israiliyat) [1], many of which... In Islam, the SÌ£aḥābah (Arabic: ‎ companions) were the companions of Muhammad. ... For the town in Italy, see Rabbi, Italy. ... Rafi Yahya Abdullah Sharif-Bey (February 28, 1940–March 2, 2006) was a pioneer in the development of Islamic culture in the United States. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ... Rashid al-Din Tabib also Rashid ad-Din Fadhlullah Hamadani (1247 - 1318), was a Persian physician, writer and historian, who wrote an enormous Islamic history volume, the Jami al-Tawarikh, in the Persian language. ... Persia redirects here. ... Jemima Khan, also known as Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith (born January 30, 1974, London), ex-wife of cricketer Imran Khan, is a British socialite and a UK ambassador for UNICEF.[1] // Goldsmith is the daughter of billionaire Sir James Goldsmith and aristocrat Lady Annabel Vane-Tempest-Stewart. ... For the cricketer of the same name from the West Indies, see Imran Khan (Trinidad and Tobago cricketer). ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... UNICEF Logo The United Nations Childrens Fund or UNICEF (Arabic: ; French: ; Spanish: ) was established by the United Nations General Assembly on December 11, 1946. ... Leila Mourad Leila Mourad (Arabic:ليلى مراد) (February 17, 1918- November 21, 1995) was an Egyptian singer and actress . ... For other uses, see Singer (disambiguation). ... Actors in period costume sharing a joke whilst waiting between takes during location filming. ... Lev Nussimbaum (1905 - 1942) was a prolific, ethnically Jewish writer who reinvented himself as a Muslim under the pseudonyms Essad Bey and Kurban Said. ... Nazism in history Nazi ideology Nazism and race Outside Germany Related subjects Lists Politics Portal         Nazism or National Socialism (German: Nationalsozialismus), refers primarily to the ideology and practices of the Nazi Party (National Socialist German Workers Party, German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei or NSDAP) under Adolf Hitler. ... Jacob Querido (d. ... This is a list of people who have been said to be a messiah either by themselves, or by their followers. ... For other uses, see Jew (disambiguation). ... In Judaism, the Messiah (Hebrew: , Standard  Tiberian ; Aramaic: , ; Arabic: , ; the Anointed One) at first meant any person who was anointed with oil on rising to a certain position among the ancient Israelites, at first that of High priest, later that of King and also that of a prophet. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... 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). ... For other uses, see Heresy (disambiguation). ... 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. ... Muhammad Asad (born Leopold Weiss in July 1900 in what was then Polish Lemberg in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Lviv in Ukraine; died 1992) was a Jew who converted to Islam. ... For other uses, see Journalist (disambiguation). ... UN and U.N. redirect here. ... Ali ibn Sahl Rabban al-Tabari (ca 838 - ca 870) was a scholar physician in who produced the first encyclopedia of medicine. ... 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). ... Hakim is a title in various oriental languages, derived from two separate Arabic words, both transcribed into English as Hakim: // حكيم ħakÄ«m It means wise man or physician Furthermore, al-Hakim the Wise is #47 of names of Allah revealed to man حاكم ħākim It means a ruler, governor, or judge. ... Cyclopedia redirects here. ... Yaqub ibn Killis, (b. ... ik ben jaaapie A Vizier (Persian,وزير - wazÄ«r) (sometimes also spelled Vazir, Vizir, Vasir, Wazir, Vesir, or Vezir - grammatical vowel changes are common in many oriental languages), literally burden-bearer or helper, is a term, originally Persian, for a high-ranking political (and sometimes religious) advisor or minister, often to... The Fatimid Empire or Fatimid Caliphate ruled North Africa from A.D. 909 to 1171. ...

From Dharmic religions

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

From Buddhism

• Mahmud Ghazan - seventh ruler of the Ilkhanate.^[148]
• Mubarak Shah - head of the ulus of the Chagatai Khanate (1252-1260, March-September 1266).^[149]
• Tarmashirin - Khan of the Chagatai Khanate following Duwa Timur.^[150]

A statue of the Sakyamuni Buddha in Tawang Gompa, India. ... Mahmud Ghazan (original Mongol name: Ghazan Khan, b. ... Khanates of Mongolian Empire: Il-Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty), Golden Horde The Ilkhanate (also spelled Il-khanate or Il Khanate) was one of the four divisions within the Mongol Empire. ... Mubarak Shah was head of the ulus of the Chagatai Khanate (1252-1260, March-September 1266). ... The four successor Khanates of the Mongol Empire: Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty), Golden Horde, Il-Khanate and Chagatai Khanate Chagatai Khan (alternative spellings Chagata, Chugta, Chagta, Djagatai, Jagatai), a son of Genghis Khan (1206–1227), controlled the part of the Mongol Empire which extended from the Ili... For broader historical context, see 1250s and 13th century. ... The magnificent Cathedral of Chartres was dedicated in 1260. ... For broader historical context, see 1260s and 13th century. ... Tarmashirin Khan (Ruled 1326 AD - 1334 AD) was the Khan of the Chagatai Khanate following Duwa Timur. ... The four successor Khanates of the Mongol Empire: Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty), Golden Horde, Il-Khanate and Chagatai Khanate Chagatai Khan (alternative spellings Chagata, Chugta, Chagta, Djagatai, Jagatai), a son of Genghis Khan (1206–1227), controlled the part of the Mongol Empire which extended from the Ili... Duwa Temür was khan of the Chagatai Khanate for a period in 1326. ...

From Hinduism

• Salma Arastu - Indian artist living in North America. ^[151]
• Dhiren Barot - convicted terrorist, who confessed to planning "to detonate a dirty bomb and launch an attack on London's Tube".^{[152][153][154]}
• Sumita Devi - Bengali actress and filmmaker.^[155]
• Pir Mangho - 14th century Sufi pir.^[156]
• A. R. Rahman (formerly A. S. Dileep Kumar) - famous Indian music composer^[157]
• Parameswara - Malay prince of Palembang Hindu descent from Srivijaya that founded the Sultanate of Malacca around 1402.^[158]
• Abdul Wahid Pedersen - Danish cleric.^[159]
• Sahaj Ram Sapru - the grandfather of the British-Indian Muslim Philosopher, Sir Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, who was an official in Kashmir during the administration of the Afghan Governor Azim Khan. ^[160]
• Kamala Suraiyya (formerly Kamala Das) - Anglo-Malayalam writer^[161]
• Sharmila Tagore - renowned Indian film actress from Bengal.^[162]

Hinduism (known as in modern Indian languages[1]) is a religious tradition[2] that originated in the Indian subcontinent. ... Arabic calligraphy reading Muhammad, Messenger of Allah. Salma Arastu (born 1950, Ajmer, India) is an Indian artist, living in in North America. ... Dhiren Barot (a. ... Sumita Devi (1936 - January 6, 2004) was a Bangla] film and tv actress. ... Pir Mangho (Urdu: پیر منگھو) is the popular name for Sufi Pir Haji Syed Sakhi Sultan. ... This 14th-century statue from south India depicts the gods Shiva (on the left) and Uma (on the right). ... Sufism (Arabic تصوف taṣawwuf) is a system of esoteric philosophy commonly associated with Islam. ... A Pir (Persian: پیر) meaning Old Man. ... Allah Rakha Rahman (Tamil: ஏ.ஆர்.ரஹ்மான்) (born on January 6, 1966 as A. S. Dileep Kumar in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India) is an award-winning composer, record producer and musician. ... Parameswara or Sultan Iskandar Shah (1344-1414) was a Malay prince of Palembang Hindu descent from Srivijaya that founded the Sultanate of Malacca around 1402. ... Location of Palembang Palembang is a city in the south of the Indonesian island of Sumatra. ... Bhavna says there are 300 million gods in Hinduism. ... Map of Southeast Asia at end of 12th century. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Abdul Wahid Pedersen (b. ... Sahaj Ram Sapru was the grandfather of the British-Indian Muslim Philosopher, Sir Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, who was an official in Kashmir during the administration of the Afghan Governor Azim Khan (1809-1819). ... Sir Muhammad Iqbāl (Urdu/Persian: ‎ ) (November 9, 1877 – April 21, 1938) was an Indian Muslim poet, philosopher and politician, whose poetry in Persian and Urdu is regarded as among the greatest in modern times. ... Kashmir (or Cashmere) may refer to: Kashmir region, the northwestern region of the Indian subcontinent India, Kashmir conflict, the territorial dispute between India, Pakistan, and the China over the Kashmir region. ... Azim Khan was the Afghan governor of Kashmir during the period 1810-1816. ... Kamala Suraiya, better known as Kamala Das, is a well-known female Indian writer writing in English as well as Malayalam, her native language. ... See Tagore for disambiguation Sharmila Tagore (Bengali: ) is a renowned Indian film actress from Bengal, who as of April 2005 heads the Indian Film Censor Board. ... This article is about motion pictures. ... For other uses, see Bengal (disambiguation). ...

From Sikhism

• Ubaidullah Sindhi - religious leader and political activist.^[163]

Sikhism (IPA: or ; Punjabi: , , IPA: ) is a religion that began in fifteenth century Northern India with the teachings of Nanak and nine successive human gurus. ... Maulana Ubaidullah Sindhi (Urdu: مولانا عبیداللہ سندھی) was a noted religious leader and political activist. ...

Other

From Paganism

• David Myatt - from Paganism, former Neo-Nazi-activist^[164]
• Atik Sinan - Ottoman architect^[165]

See also: List of Sahaba

Pagan and heathen redirect here. ... David Myatt David Wulstan Myatt (born 1950), also known as Abdul-Aziz ibn Myatt, is a British Muslim and former neo-Nazi, and the author of numerous pamphlets and articles advocating Islamism, neo-Nazism and what he calls The Numinous Way of Folk Culture. ... Pagan and heathen redirect here. ... The terms Neo-Nazism and Neo-Fascism refer to any social or political movement to revive Nazism or Fascism, respectively, and postdates the Second World War. ... Sinan-i Atik also known as Azadli Sinan and Atik Sinan (Old Sinan to distinguish him from Koca Mimar Sinan Agha), born in Byzance (Byzantine) was an Ottoman architect for Mehmed II and Mustafa III during the 15th Century. ... . ...

From the Rastafari Movement

• Jackiey Budden - mother of Jade Goody^[166]

Haile Selassie I Rasta, or the Rastafari movement, is a religion that accepts Haile Selassie I, the former Emperor of Ethiopia, as God incarnate, whom they call Jah. ... Jackiey Budden (born April 1958 and also known as Jackiey Luckens and Jackiey Goody) is the mother of reality TV star Jade Goody by Andrew Goody. ... Jade Cerisa Lorraine Goody[2] (born 5 June 1981) is a British reality television celebrity, who became famous after appearing on the Channel 4 reality show Big Brother in 2002 when she was 21 years old. ...

From non-religious to Islam

• Zhang Chengzhi - contemporary Hui Chinese author; raised as an atheist.^[167]
• Charles le Gai Eaton - British diplomat and writer.^[168]
• Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - British musician and singer (had a nominally Christian upbringing, but never was a believer)^[169]
• Jeffrey Lang - American, Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kansas. (Raised Catholic, but atheist from age 18 to conversion)^[170][171]
• Martin Lings - a widely acclaimed British scholar. He was raised as a Protestant, became an atheist, and later converted to Islam.^[172]
• Mos Def - American rapper and actor. ^[173]

Zhang Chengzhi is a contemporary Hui Chinese author. ... The Hui (回) ethnic group is unrelated to the Hui (徽) dialects. ... Charles Le Gai Eaton was born in Switzerland and raised as an agnostic by his parents [1]. He received his education at Charterhouse at King’s College, Cambridge. ... Yusuf Islam Yusuf Islam (born July 21, 1948) was a British singer-songwriter. ... Yusuf Islam[2] (born Steven Demetre Georgiou on 21 July 1948 in London), who was known as Cat Stevens from 1966 to 1978, is an English musician, singer-songwriter, educator, philanthropist and prominent convert to Islam. ... Dr. Jeffrey Lang is currently an associate professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kansas. ... Martin Lings Martin Lings (Abu Bakr Siraj Ad-Din) (January 24, 1909 – May 12, 2005) was a lifelong student and follower of Frithjof Schuon and a British scholar of Sufism. ... Mos Def (born Dante Terrell Smith on December 11, 1973 in Brooklyn, New York City, U.S.), is an American rapper and actor. ... Rapping is one of the elements of hip hop and the distinguishing feature of hip hop music; it is a form of rhyming lyrics spoken rhythmically over musical instruments, with a musical backdrop of sampling, scratching and mixing by DJs. ... For other uses, see Actor (disambiguation). ...

Undetermined former religion

• Abd al Malik - birth name Régis Fayette-Mikano - French rapper of Congolese origins.^[174]
• Mumia Abu-Jamal - journalist, Black Panther, political activist, convicted murderer.^[175][176]
• B.G. Knocc Out - American west coast rapper.^[177]
• Claude Alexandre de Bonneval - French noble.^[178]
• Hasan Akbar (born Mark Fidel Kools) - American sentenced to death for the murder of two fellow soldiers during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.^[179]
• Kevin Barrett - university lecturer and member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.^[180]
• Maurice Béjart - French choreographer.^[181]
• Robert "Kool" Bell - musician.^[182]
• Ronald Bell - musician.^[183]
• Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador.^[184]
• Khaled Edward Blair - British barrister, later married Princess Badiya bint El Hassan of Jordan.^[185]
• Bizzy Bone - American rapper.^[186]
• Omar Bongo - Gabonese, President of Gabon.^[187]
• Charles Brooks, Jr. - converted while serving a sentence for murder; first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.^[188]
• H. Rap Brown - civil rights activisit.^[189]
• Titus Burckhardt - Swiss writer and scholar.^[190]
• Amir Butler- Author, Engineer and Islamic activist.^[191]
• Kérim Chatty- Swedish bodybuilding stuntman who had been at one point indicted and later acquitted for a suspected hijacking.^[192]
• Common - American rapper.^[193]
• Jill Courtney - Australian, girlfriend of convicted killer and drug trafficker Hassan Kalache, arrested on March 26, 2006 for attempted murder of unnamed people.^{[194][195][196][197]}
• Robert D. Crane - former Presidential advisor and ambassador.^[198]
• Ice Cube - Gangsta rapper and actor.^[199]
• Bob Denard - French mercenary.^[200]
• Jeffrey Mark Deskovic - served 15-year wrongful imprisonment sentence.^[201]
• Isabelle Eberhardt - explorer and writer.^[202]
• Baron omar Rolf von Ehrenfels - Austrian anthropologist and orientalist.^[203]
• Everlast - Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter.^[204]
• Alys Faiz - human rights and peace activist;^[205] converted at the time of her marriage to Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.^[206]
• Philippe Fragione - French rapper and producer of French hip hop.^[207]
• Christian Ganczarski- Head of "al Qaeda in Europe".^[208]
• Philippe Grenier - (1865-1944) French doctor, first and only muslim MP in France.^[209].^[210]
• Gigi Gryce - American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator.^[211]
• Walt Hazzard - former NBA player.^[212]
• David Hicks - convicted Australian terrorist.^[213]
• Lim Yew Hock - Singapore’s second Chief Minister from 1956 to 1959.^[214]
• Craig Hodges - former NBA player.^[215]
• Ibrahim Hooper (Douglas Hooper) - Islamic activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).^[216]
• Abdullah Ibrahim - South African Jazz musician.^[217]
• Umar Islam - one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom.^[218]
• Tiara Jacquelina - Malaysion actress.^[219]
• Ahmad Jamal - Jazz pianist.^[220]
• Jan Janszoon - Dutch pirate.^[221]
• Larry Johnson - retired American professional basketball player.^[222]
• Gustave-Henri Jossot - French caricaturist, illustrator and Orientalist painter.^[223]
• Muhammad Khodabandeh - eighth Ilkhaid dynasty ruler in Iran from 1304 to 1316.^[224]
• Vladimir Khodov - leader of the Beslan school hostage crisis- converted in prison.^[225]
• Abd al Haqq Kielan - Swedish cleric.^[226]
• Ghostface Killah - member of the Wu-Tang Clan.^[227]
• Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan - born Yvette Blanche Labrousse, Miss France 1930, wife of Aga Khan III.^[228]
• Yusef Lateef - American Jazz musician.^[229]
• Johann von Leers - advisor to Muhammad Naguib known for his anti-Semitic polemics.^{[230][231][232]}
• Gary Legenhausen - American philosopher and writer.^[233]
• Brandon Mayfield - American attorney-at-law, was erroneously linked to the 2004 Madrid train bombings.^[234]
• MC Ren - American rapper and hip-hop producer.^[235]
• Ali Shaheed Muhammad - member of A Tribe Called Quest.^[236]
• Idris Muhammad - American jazz musician.^[237]
• John Allen Muhammad - convicted serial killer, known as the Beltway Sniper.^[238][239]
• Anthony Mundine - Australian Boxer.^[240]
• Abdul Alim Musa - Muslim activist and director of Masjid Al-Islam in Washington, D.C.^[241]
• Susanne Osthoff - German archaeologist who had worked in Iraq since 1991 and had been taken captive there for three weeks.^[242]
• José Padilla - the respondent in Rumsfeld v. Padilla currently on trial as an alleged al-Qaida operative, converted while in prison for aggravated assault.^[243]
• Robin Padilla - Filipino actor.^[244]
• Sokollu Mehmet Paşa - Grand Vizier of Suleiman the Magnificent.^[245]
• Christopher Paul (aka Paul Kenyatta Laws aka Abdulmalek Kenyatta) - American citizen, alleged member of al-Qaeda.^[246][247]
• Charles John Pelham (Abdul Mateen), 8th Earl of Yarborough.^[248]
• Q-Tip - North American hip-hop emcee, actor, and hip hop producer who was the leader of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest.^[249]
• Dwight Muhammad Qawi - former boxing world heavyweight champion.^[250]
• Jack Roche - convicted of involvement in an al-Qaeda plot to blow up the Israeli embassy in Canberra.^[251]
• Ilich Ramírez Sánchez - aka "Carlos the Jackal", convicted murderer and terrorist, currently in prison in France.^[252]
• Ibrahim Savant - one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom.^[218]
• Frithjof Schuon - metaphysician, poet, painter, philosopher (in the original and Platonic sense of this term), and a leading figure of the perennialist school.^[253]
• Stephen Schwartz - American journalist, columnist, and author.^[254]
• Derrick Shareef- charged in a plot to set off four hand grenades in garbage cans December 22 at the CherryVale Mall in Rockford, Illinois during the Christmas rush.^[255]
• Sahib Shihab - jazz saxophonist and flautist.^[256]
• Divine Styler - American hip-hop musician.^[257]
• Nahshid Sulaiman - alternative hip hop artist.^[258]
• Apisai Tora - Fijian politician.^[259]
• Mike Tyson (Malik Abdul Aziz) - former heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Converted while in prison after being convicted of rape.^[260][261]
• Abdul Waheed (Don Stewart-Whyte) - accused of participating in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot.^[262][263]
• Jason Walters - of the Netherlands, member of the Hofstad Network, convicted on charges of terrorism.^[264]
• John Ward - (changed name to Yusuf Reis) British corsair and pirate.^[265]
• Rakan Ben Williams - suspected member of Al-Qaeda terrorist.^[266]
• Michael Wolfe - American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation.^[267][268]
• Michael X - civil rights activist in the United Kingdom and convicted murderer.^[269]

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Khaled Edward Blair (nee Edward Blair) was born in London in 1975, to Douglas Blair Q.C. and his wife Diana. ... // Artists impression of an English and Irish barrister A barrister is a lawyer found in many common law jurisdictions which employ a split profession (as opposed to a fused profession) in relation to legal representation. ... Princess Badiya bint El Hassan was born on March 28, 1974 in Amman, Jordan. ... Bryon Anthony McCane II, (born on September 12, 1976, in Columbus, Ohio) better known by his stage name Bizzy Bone, is an American rapper and member of the Cleveland rap group Bone Thugs-n-Harmony. ... El Hadj Omar Bongo Ondimba (born Albert-Bernard Bongo on 30 December 1935) became President of Gabon in 1967. ... Charles Brooks Jr. ... This article is about the execution and euthanasia method. ... H. Rap Brown in 1967 H. Rap Brown now known as Jamil Al-Amin (born October 4, 1943) came to prominence in the 1960s as a civil rights worker, black activist, chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee and the Justice Minister of the Black Panther Party. ... Titus Burckhardt, a German Swiss, was born in Florence in 1908 and died in Lausanne in 1984. ... This article or section does not adequately cite its references or sources. ... Activism, in a general sense, can be described as intentional action to bring about social or political change. ... Kérim Sadok Chatty (born January 15, 1973) is a Swedish suspected aircraft hijacker. ... Lonnie Rashid Lynn, Jr. ... Jill Courtney is a convert to Islam who is charged with planning to bomb public places within Sydney, Australia. ... Dr. Robert D. Crane is the former advisor to the late US President Richard Nixon, and is former Deputy Director (for Planning) of the US National Security Council. ... OShea Jackson (born June 15, 1969 in South Central Los Angeles) better known by his stage name, Ice Cube, is an American rapper, actor and film director. ... Gangsta rap, also known as hardcore hip-hop, was the name given to the subgenre of hip hop which often involved lyrical subjects based on the violence and misogyny inherent in the lifestyle of street thugs and gangsters. ... Colonel Bob Denard, known in Arabic as Said Mustapha Mahdjoub (born April 7, 1929 in Bordeaux, France as Gilbert Bourgeaud) is perhaps the most famous and influential mercenary in the last fifty years. ... Jeffrey Mark Deskovic was convicted in 1990 at age 16 of raping, beating, and strangling Angela Correa, a high school classmate. ... Isabelle Eberhardt (17 February 1877–21 October 1904) was an explorer and writer who lived and travelled extensively in North Africa. ... Dr. Baron omar Rolf von Ehrenfels was an Austrian anthropologist and orientalist. ... Everlast (born Erik Schrody, August 18, 1969 in Valley Stream, New York) is an Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter, best known for his hit What Its Like, and for his genre-crossing mix of rap and acoustic-based rock music. ... Alys Faiz (1914-2003) was mostly known as the wife of the famous Pakistani poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz. ... Faiz Faiz Ahmed Faiz (فيض احمد فيض), (1984 - 1911) is considered by many to be a poet in the great tradition of Urdu poets like Ghalib and Iqbal. ... Bust of Pharaoh Akhenaten. ... Christian Ganczarski is a German citizen, who converted to Islam who is one of the individuals who has been described as the head of al Qaeda in Europe. Ganczarski was captured when a plane he was travelling on landed in France Reference ↑  French Allege Detained German Is Top Al Qaeda... 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Gustave-Henri Jossot, also known as Abdul Karim Jossot (Dijon, France, April 16, 1866-Sidi Bou Said, Tunisia, April 7, 1951), was a French caricaturist, illustrator and Orientalist painter. ... Muhammad Khodabandeh, (Persian محمد خدابنده - اولجایتو) (khodābandeh from Persian meaning the servant of God) also known as Uljeitu/Öljeitü (b. ... Khanates of Mongolian Empire: Il-Khanate, Chagatai Khanate, Empire of the Great Khan (Yuan Dynasty), Golden Horde The Ilkhanate (also spelled Il-khanate or Il Khanate) was one of the four divisions within the Mongol Empire. ... Events 20 July - Fall of Stirling Castle: Edward I of England takes the last rebel stronghold in the Wars of Scottish Independence. ... Events Pope John XXII elected to the papacy. ... Probably one of six leaders of the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis, Vladimir Khodov lived only twenty minutes from the school in neighbouring Elkhotovo. ... 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Forced conversions

Francis Bok a Sudanese ex-slave forced to convert to Islam

• Anusim of Meshhad, Jewish community forced on pain of death to convert in 1839. Most continued Jewish practices in secret and many of their descendents returned to Judaism in the early 20th century.^[270]
• Francis Bok - Sudanese-American activist, from Christianity; later returned to his Christian faith.^[271]
• Steve Centanni and Olaf Wiig - forced to convert at gunpoint by terrorists of the Holy Jihad Brigades.^[272]
• Sabbatai Zevi - convert from Judaism, 17th century mystic, pseudo-Messiah and the self-proclaimed "King of Jews". Converted ostensibly of his own free will, while in prison. Although, some speculate that he may have been executed for treason had he not converted,^[273] Muslim authorities were opposed to his death.^[274]

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See also

• Constitution of Medina
• Lists of Muslims
• Forced conversion
• List of notable people who converted to Christianity
• List of notable converts to Hinduism
• List of notable converts to Judaism
• List of notable converts to Sikhism
• List of notable former Muslims
• List of people by belief
• Religious conversion

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References