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Marcus Aurelius
04-06-2013, 08:10 PM
http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Notable_Former_Muslims
Whilst apostatizing (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Islam_and_Apostasy) from the Islamic (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Islam) faith is a dangerous thing to do, in addition to movie stars and rappers, many outspoken Muslim preachers, mullahs, imams, scholars, missionaries and even terrorists have apostatized and become atheists, Buddhists, Christians, Hindu's etc. In doing so, many have taken it upon themselves to oppose the Islamic ideology and have become celebrities in their own right.
Preachers, Mullahs, Imams, Scholars and Dawah Missionaries who Converted to Christianity
Dr. Mustafa (now Dr. Mark Gabriel) (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=302725#302725) - Former Muslim Imam, Ex-Professor in Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt (Most prestigious Islamic school of theology), and author of several well-known books discussing Islam
Dr. Muhammed Rahoumy (now Dr. Samuel Paul) (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=302726#302726) - Former Dean in Al Azhar Islamic University in Cairo Egypt
El-Faqi (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=304704#304704) - Ex-Imam and lawyer
Hajji Husman Mohamed (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=306199#306199) - Former Ethiopian Muslim Imam
Hamran Ambrie (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=307305#307305) - Indonesian Ex-Muslim cleric
Mohammed Amin (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=309577#309577) - Former Ethiopian Islamic cleric
El-Akkad (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=309590#309590) - Former Muslim preacher from Egypt
Ak-Beket (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=314085#314085) - Former Imam from Kazakhstan
Mullah Assad Ullah (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=314086#314086) - Former mullah from Afganistan
Indonesian Imam who left Islam (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=314087#314087) - Has led 3000 Muslims to Christ
Fahmir (http://www.jesus.org.uk/dawn/2003/dawn01.html#Afghanistan) - A Mullah started to preach the Gospel in Afghanistan
Mischa (http://www.jesus.org.uk/dawn/2000/dawn0001.html) - Mullah converts and becomes a church planter
Sudanese Muslim Imam (http://www.jesus.org.uk/dawn/1996/dawn9620.html) - Converts to Christianity
Rahman (http://www.jesus.org.uk/dawn/2001/dawn39.html#Kosovo) - Convert from Kosovo leads Mullah to Christ
Imam (http://www.jesus.org.uk/dawn/2002/dawn02.html) - Decides to follow Christ after seeing Jesus film
Mosque Teacher (http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/11037.htm) - Leaves Islam and launches Christian Radio Ministry
Dr. Imad ud-Din Lahiz (Rev. Mawlawi) (http://answering-islam.org/Testimonies/mawlawi.html) - Was a prolific Islamic Writer, Preacher, Quranic Translator
Khalif Majid Hassan (http://answering-islam.org/Testimonies/hassan.html) - Former Islamic Preacher, and Minister in the Nation of Islam
Jeremiah Fard Muhammad (http://www.wicctv.org/) - Muslim minister, now Christian evangelist
Saleh Hussaini (http://www.1cubed.com/display.php?ID=35§ionID=32) - Former Nigerian Muslim Cleric
Sam Solomon (http://europenews.dk/en/node/5449) - Former Muslim scholar who trained in Shari'ah law for 15 years
Yusuf Roni (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=325591#325591) - Former Islamic Dawah Missionary, Islamic Youth Organization Chairman in Indonesia. Now a Christian Preacher
Jamal Zarka (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=332796#332796) - Former Muslim Imam, Now Evangelist
Sheikh Mohamed Mansour (http://answering-islam.org/Testimonies/Mansour/index.html) - Prominent Egyptian Muslim Sheikh and Islamic Scholar
Hamza (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=335059#335059) - Former Islamic scholar
Timothy Abraham (http://www.answering-islam.org/Testimonies/ibrahim.html) - Former Muslim preacher and fundamentalist, now Christian Preacher
Daniel Shayestah (http://www.islam-watch.org/LeavingIslam/shayesteh.htm) - Former Quranic teacher and scholar
Ahmed Abdullahi (http://www.compassdirect.org/en/newslongen.php?idelement=3981) - Former muslim cleric
Emmanuel (formerly Mohammed) (http://www.theelijahchallenge.org/Emmanuel%27s%20Testimony%20-%20%20Nigeria.htm) - Former Muslim scholar
Zak Gariba (http://www.gariba.org) - Former Muslim Imam
Mr. Moro S. Franci (http://www.lhm.org/lhmint/enewsstory.asp?articleid=3630) - Former Imam
Mario Joseph (Moulvi Sulaiman) (http://www.shvoong.com/books/389356-search) - Former Muslim cleric from india
Other Prominent Converts to Christianity
Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubayd-Allah_ibn_Jahsh) – Brother of Zainab bint Jash (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur%27an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Wives_and_Concubines _of_Muhammad#Zainab_bint_Jash), the cousin and wife of Muhammad (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Muhammad), and also one of the Sahaba (companions of the Prophet). He is the first known convert from Islam to Christianity[3] (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Notable_Former_Muslims#cite_note-2)
Chamillionaire (Hakeem Seriki) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chamillionaire) - Famous American rapper, singer, and CEO of Chamillitary Entertainment
Mosab Hassan Yousef (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosab_Hassan_Yousef#) - Son of Hamas founder and leader
Rajab Ali (now Nozad) (http://www.born-again-christian.info/nozad.htm) - Renowned Iranian Muslim scholar
Emir Kusturica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir_Kusturica) - A filmmaker, actor and musician with a string of internationally acclaimed features
Mehmet Ali Ağca (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_Ali_Agca) - The assassin, who shot and wounded Pope John Paul II, renounced Islam in prison and announced his intention to convert to the Catholic faith upon release[4] (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Notable_Former_Muslims#cite_note-3)
Rev. Hamid Pourmand (http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2005/june/3.22.html) - Former Iranian army colonel
Sake Dean Mahomed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sake_Dean_Mahomed) - According to Paul Vallely, in his propaganda piece about 20 Islamic Inventions (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Islamic_Inventions%3F_How_Islamic_Inventors_Did_No t_Change_The_World), he was the Muslim who introduced shampoo to England. What Paul fails to include in his factually devoid article is that Mahomed was a convert to Christianity[5] (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Notable_Former_Muslims#cite_note-4)
Zachariah Anani (http://server.levitt.com:8080/ramgen/levittmedia/ZLV-696.rm) - Lebanese Islamic Ex-Militant
St. Alodia and St. Nunilo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_Alodia_and_Saint_Nunilo) - Christian Saints and child martyrs, put to death by the Caliph of Cordoba for apostasy[6] (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Notable_Former_Muslims#cite_note-5)
Magdi Allam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdi_Allam) – Italy's most famous Islamic affairs journalist, baptized by the Pope
St. Adolphus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Adolphus) – Christian Saint and martyr, put to death by the Caliph of Cordoba for apostasy[7] (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Notable_Former_Muslims#cite_note-6)
Mohammed Altaf (now Simon Altaf) (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=309594#309594) - Pakistani ex-Muslim from Abrahamic Faith Ministries
Reverend Donald Fareed (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=309598#309598) - Iranian Ex-Muslim
Ibrahim Abdullah (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=314083#314083) - Former PLO Terrorist
Bilquis Sheikh (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=314084#314084) - Former wife of a Minister of the Interior, in Pakistan
Salah (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=314090#314090) - Ex-Muslim Palestinian, now Gospel Musician
Dr. Abraham Sarker (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=325561#325561) - Former Muslim, Bangladesh - Now christian Evengelist, Founder of "Gospel for Muslims" Ministries.
Pastor Hormoz Shariat Ph.D (http://www.cbn.com/700club/guests/bios/Hormoz_Shariat_021104.aspx) - Iranian Ex-Muslim, former Research Scientist in Artificial Intelligence, now Tele-Evangelist, Bringing the Gospel to Iran
Bishop John Subhan (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=332798#332798) - Former Sufi Muslim
Abdul Saleeb (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=332800#332800) - Former Sufi Muslim from Middle East, now Christian Missionary to Muslims
Kurdish apostate (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=332803#332803) - Leader, writer, and historian finds God through Bible translation
Gulshan Esther (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=332805#332805) - Pakistan Ex-Muslim, Smitten with typhoid - then crippled by polio as a teenager , Healed by Lord Jesus Miraculously, Became Christian Preacher
Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=332806#332806) - Former Muslim, now leads the largest and fastest growing church in England
Abdullahi Jibril (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=332809#332809) - Former Muslim extremist now faces persecution in Nigeria
Dr. Nasir K. Siddiki (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=332817#332817) - successful Muslim businessman, now Christian preacher
Rev. Majed El Shafie (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=335062#335062)
Rev KK Alavi (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=302729#302729) - Son of a staunch Islamic cleric, the preacher Muslim extremists love to hate, one of the bravest Christians in India
Walid Shoebat (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=302730#302730) - A Former PLO Islamic Terrorist
Reverend Khalid Soomro (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=303306#303306) - Pakistani ex-Muslim
Reza F.Safa (http://www.born-again-christian.info/islam.htm) - Iranian Ex-Muslim, Now Christian Evangelist
Rev. Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=304701#304701) - Pakistani, International Director of UK-based Barnabas Fund
Taysir Abu Saada "Tass" (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=304721#304721) - Islamic Fatah fighter trained to kill Jews
Guryel Ali (http://www.prnewsnow.com/PR%20News%20Releases/Art%20And%20Entertainment/Music/FormerMuslim%20and%20Australian%20Idol%20Star%20Re ceives%20Gospel%20Awards) - Gospel Musician
WL Cati (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/WL_Cati_%28former_Muslim%29) - Ex Muslim, now Evangelist
Nonie Darwish (http://www.noniedarwish.com) - Freelance writer and public speaker
Dr. Anis Shorrosh (http://www.islam-in-focus.com) - Famous Christian debator
Hussain Andaryas (http://www.hesavedme.com) - Afghani Christian activist
Prince Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Bekovich-Cherkassky) - Russian officer of Circassian origin who led the first Russian military expedition into Central Asia
Akbar Gbaja-Biamila (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akbar_Gbaja-Biamila) - American football player
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabeer_Gbaja-Biamila) - American football player
Tunch Ilkin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tunch_Ilkin) - Former American football player
Qadry Ismail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qadry_Ismail) - Former American football player
Raghib Ismail (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghib_Ismail) - Former American football player
Mathieu Kérékou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mathieu_K%C3%A9r%C3%A9kou) - President of Benin (from Christianity to Islam, then back to Christianity)
Carlos Menem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carlos_Menem) - Former President of Argentina
Sayyida Salme (Emily Ruete) (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emily_Ruete) - Princess of Zanzibar and Oman
Ghorban Tourani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghorban_Tourani) - Former Iranian Sunni Muslim who became a Christian minister
George Weah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Weah) - Liberian soccer player (from Christianity to Islam, then back to Christianity)
Rifqa Bary (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Rifqa_Bary) - 17 year old American teenager who drew international attention by her run away fearing death
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daveed_Gartenstein-Ross) - American counter-terrorism expert and attorney. Former US head of the Al Haramain Islamic Foundation, a Wahhabi charity now considered a Specially Designated Global Terrorist Entity for its ties to Al-Qaeda
Ruba Qewar (http://staringattheview.blogspot.com/2010/09/ruba-qewar-from-church-to-mosque-back.html) - (from Christianity to Islam, then back to Christianity) Her conversion to Islam made her popular in Muslim TV talk shows and the Arabic media
Dr. Nabeel Qureshi (http://www.answering-islam.org/Authors/Qureshi/testimony.htm) - Former Muslim and now co-director of Acts 17 (http://www.acts17.net/) Apologetics Ministries. He has given lectures at universities and seminaries throughout North America
Abet Hasman (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.johnsanidopoulos.com/2012/05/abet-hasman-crypto-christian-in-greek.html&date=2012-08-28) - Popular Greek politician of Jordanian origin. Conversion to Orthodox Christianity revealed only after his death in his obituary
jafar00
04-06-2013, 10:05 PM
Notable converts to Islam from Christianity
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kareem_Abdul-Jabbar) (Lew Alcindor) - retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer.[1] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-1) He initially converted from Christianity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity) to The Nation of Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nation_of_Islam) to mainstream Sunni Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni_Islam).
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mahmoud_Abdul-Rauf) (Chris Jackson) - retired basketball player[2] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-2)
Tariq Abdul-Wahad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tariq_Abdul-Wahad) (Olivier Saint-Jean) - originally from France, former basketball player for the Mavericks and Kings[3] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-3)
Thomas J. Abercrombie (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_J._Abercrombie) - photographer[4] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-4)
Éric Abidal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ric_Abidal) (changed his name to Bilal) - French football player, currently playing for FC Barcelona (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FC_Barcelona), converted to Islam after marriage.[5] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-5)
Ivan Aguéli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ivan_Agu%C3%A9li) (Johan Agelii) - famous Swedish painter.[6] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-6)[7] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-7)
Akhenaton (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akhenaton_(rapper)) - French rapper and producer of French hip hop (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_hip_hop).[8] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-8)
Muhammed al-Ahari (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammed_al-Ahari) born January 6, 1965 as Ray Allen Rudder is an American essayist, scholar and writer on the topics of American Islam, Black Nationalist groups, heterodox Islamic groups and modern occultism.
Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdul-Karim_al-Jabbar) (Sharmon Shah) - former NFL (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL) player[9] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-9)
Sana al-Sayegh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sana_al-Sayegh), dean of the Science and Technology Faculty at Palestine International University, converted to Islam in August 2007. Fatah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fatah) has accused its political rival Hamas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamas) of forcing the professor to convert from Christianity, a charge Hamas denies.[10] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-10)
Muhammad Ali (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muhammad_Ali) (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr.; January 17, 1942), from Baptist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist)[11] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-11)[12] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-12) to The Nation of Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nation_of_Islam) to Sunni (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni) Islam.[13] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-13) Famous American professional boxer (3 time world heavyweight champion), philanthropist and social activist.
Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rowland_Allanson-Winn,_5th_Baron_Headley) - British soldier and peer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peerage).[14] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-14)
Idi Amin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Idi_Amin) - military leader and President of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. converted from Roman Catholicism to Islam.[15] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-monitor_01012004-15)
Ryan G. Anderson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_G._Anderson) - former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for Al Qaeda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Qaeda)[16] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-16)[17] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-17)
Nicolas Anelka (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolas_Anelka) - French football player[18] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-18)
Farqad as-Sabakhi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farqad_as-Sabakhi) - an Armenian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians) Islamic (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic) preacher who was formerly a Christian[19] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-19) known for his knowledge of Judeo-Christian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judeo-Christian) scriptures.[20] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-20)
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Kristiane Backer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kristiane_Backer) - a German (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germany) television presenter, television journalist and author residing in London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London).
Yasin Abu Bakr (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yasin_Abu_Bakr) (Lennox Philip) - of Trinidad and Tobago (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago), under trial for an attempted coup as of 9 March 2006[21] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-21)
Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M._A._R._Barker) (Philip Barker) - professor of Urdu, former chair of the University of Minnesota (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Minnesota)'s Department of South Asian studies and creator of the Tékumel (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T%C3%A9kumel) fantasy world.[22] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-22)
Kevin Barrett (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kevin_Barrett) - university lecturer and member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scholars_for_9/11_Truth).[23] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-23)
Abdullah Beg of Kartli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdullah_Beg_of_Kartli) - Georgian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)) convert to Islam[24] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-24) who was a claimant to the kingship of Kartli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kartli).
David Belfield (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Belfield) - American, fled to Iran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iran) after assassinating (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination) Ali Akbar Tabatabai (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ali_Akbar_Tabatabai), an Iranian dissident (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissident).[25] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-25)
Ronald Bell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ronald_Bell_(musician)) or Khalis Bayyan (born 1 November 1951, Youngstown, Ohio) is an American singer, composer and saxophonist
Józef Bem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Bem) - polish and hungarian general
Mohammed Knut Bernström (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Knut_Bernstr%C3%B6m) - Swedish ambassador to Venezuela (1963–1969), Spain (1973–1976) and Morocco (1976–1983)[26] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-26)
Ibrahim Bey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Bey) - an Egyptian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egpytians) Mamluk (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mamluk) of Georgian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)) Christian origins.
Art Blakey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_Blakey) - American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) Jazz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jazz) musician[27] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-27)
Wojciech Bobowski (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wojciech_Bobowski) - raised Protestant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant), he was a Polish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poles) musician (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musician) and translator of the Bible (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bible) into Ottoman Turkish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Turkish_language).[28] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-28)
Omar Bongo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Bongo) - Gabonese, President of Gabon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabon).[29] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-29)
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claude_Alexandre_de_Bonneval) or Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa was an 18th-century French nobleman.[30] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-30)
Tawana Brawley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/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.[31] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-31)[32] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-32)[33] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-33)
Willie Brigitte (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Brigitte) - French (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France) convert to Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam) who associated with al-Qaeda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda) in Pakistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan) and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australia).[34] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-TRIAL-34)
Dolores "LaLa" Brooks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dolores_%22LaLa%22_Brooks) - American musician.[35] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-35)
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Torquato Cardilli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torquato_Cardilli) - Italian ambassador, converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[36] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-36)
André Carson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andr%C3%A9_Carson) - former Baptist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist),[37] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-37) second Muslim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim) to serve the United States Congress (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress).[38] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-38)
Count Cassius (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Count_Cassius)- Visigothic aristocrat who founded the Banu Qasi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banu_Qasi) dynasty of Muladi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muladi) rulers.[39] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-Au.C3.B1amendi-39)
Cat Stevens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens), now known as Yusuf Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Islam) (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian, education philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam.[40] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-40)
Dave Chappelle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dave_Chappelle) - comedian and television star[41] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-41)
Benjamin Chavis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Chavis) - controversial former head of the NAACP (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NAACP); joined the Nation of Islam.
Chrisye (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chrisye) - Indonesian singer. He changed his birth name to Chrismansyah Rahadi from Christian Rahadi
Hedley Churchward (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hedley_Churchward) - English painter[42] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-42)
Aukai Collins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aukai_Collins) - fought in Chechnya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chechnya), paid FBI (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FBI) informant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Informant), author of an autobiographical (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Autobiographical) book[43] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-43)
Jerôme Courtailler (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jer%C3%B4me_Courtailler) - one of two French brothers convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists[44] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-autogenerated1-44)[45] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-45)[46] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-46)
Robert D. Crane (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_D._Crane) is the former adviser to President Richard Nixon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Nixon), and is former Deputy Director (for Planning) of the U.S. National Security Council.[47] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-47)
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Ian Dallas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Dallas) - Abdalqadir as-Sufi — Sufi shaykh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaykh) of Scottish (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scotland) origins.[48] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-48)
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Isabelle Eberhardt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Isabelle_Eberhardt) - from Lutheran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran) Christianity, 19th-century explorer and writer[49] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-49)
Wadih el-Hage (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wadih_el-Hage) born to a Maronite Christian family in Sidon, Lebanon, a former al-Qaeda member.[citation needed (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed)]
Nathan Ellington (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nathan_Ellington) - English football player[50] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-50)
C. Jack Ellis (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C._Jack_Ellis) - Mayor of Macon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Macon,_Georgia), Georgia[51] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-51)
Keith Ellison (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Ellison_(politician)) - American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States), Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minnesota%27s_5th_congressional_district), first Muslim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim) to be elected to the United States Congress (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Congress), converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism)[52] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-KE-52)
Yahiya Emerick (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yahiya_Emerick) - American Muslim scholar, President of the Islamic Foundation of North America, converted from Protestantism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism).[53] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-53)
Erekle I of Kakheti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erekle_I_of_Kakheti) - Georgian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_(country)) convert to Islam[54] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-54) who ruled the kingdoms of Kakheti (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Kakheti) and Kartli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kartli).
Yusuf Estes (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Estes) - Former preacher and federal prison chaplain, converted from Protestantism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism).[55] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-uconn-55)
Chris Eubank (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Eubank) - British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) boxer[56] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-56)
Emeka Ezeugo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeka_Ezeugo): is a former Nigerian football defender and midfielder played in 1994 World Cup. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emeka_Ezeugo) Reference:(http://newagebd.com/newspaper1/archive_details.php?date=2012-02-13&nid=50241)
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Shah Shahidullah Faridi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shah_Shahidullah_Faridi) - Writer of German (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_people) descent born to a Christian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity) family.[57] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-57)
Danilo Fernando (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danilo_Fernando) - Brazilian Footballer. He changed his name become Muhammad Danilo Fernando
Firouz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firouz) - an Armenian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenians) Christian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian) convert to Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam)[58] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-58) who served as a spy for Bohemund (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemond_I_of_Antioch) during the Siege of Antioch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siege_of_Antioch).[59] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-59)
Radu cel Frumos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radu_cel_Frumos) - was the younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vlad_III_Dracula) (Dracula) and prince of the principality of Wallachia, who converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[60] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-60)
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Adam Gadahn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Gadahn) (born Adam Pearlman) - al-Qaeda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda) English language spokesman. Home-schooled Christian.[61] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-61)
Roger Garaudy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roger_Garaudy) - French philosopher who converted from protestant (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestant).
George XI of Kartli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_XI_of_Kartli) - Saffavid commander.[62] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-62)
Abdur Raheem Green (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdur_Raheem_Green) - founder of iERA (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IERA)
René Guénon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9_Gu%C3%A9non) - French Author in the field of metaphysics, who converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[63] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-63)[64] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-64)
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Sir Archibald Hamilton, 5th Baronet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sir_Archibald_Hamilton,_5th_Baronet) - a distinguished British convert to Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam).[44] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-autogenerated1-44)[65] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-autogenerated3-65)[66] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-66)
Omar Hammami (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Hammami) - American-born member of the Somali Islamist paramilitary group al-Shabaab (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Shabaab_(Somalia)). Known by the nom de guerre Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki.[67] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-elliott-67)
Ryan Harris (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ryan_Harris_(American_football))- football player for the Denver Broncos[68] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-68)
Joel Hayward (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Hayward), British scholar, author and poet.[69] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-69)
Murad Wilfred Hofmann (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murad_Wilfred_Hofmann) - NATO (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NATO) official, converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism)[70] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-70)
Knud Holmboe (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knud_Holmboe) - Danish journalist and explorer who converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[71] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-71)
Bernard Hopkins (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernard_Hopkins) - American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) boxer[72] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-72)
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Silma Ihram (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Silma_Ihram) - formerly a born again Baptist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist) who is an Australian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian) pioneer of Muslim education in the West (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Western_world), founder and former school Principal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principal_(school)) of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College', campaigner for racial tolerance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toleration), andAuthor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Author).[73] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-SilmaIhramAust-73)
Ahmed el Inglizi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_el_Inglizi) - was an English architect and engineer who worked for the Sultan of Morocco Mohammed ben Abdallah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_ben_Abdallah) in the 18th century and converted to Islam.[74] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-Searight-74)
Iyasu V (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iyasu_V_of_Ethiopia) - Ethiopian emperor.[75] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-75)
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Gauhar Jaan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gauhar_Jaan)-British-Indian Singer.[76] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-Tribune-76)
Ibn Jazla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibn_Jazla) - an 11th-century physician (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Physician) and Christian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian) convert to Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam) who later wrote to refute doctrines of Christianity.[77] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-77)
Jermaine Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jermaine_Jackson) (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) - Michael Jackson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Jackson)'s elder brother & one of the original former members of The Jackson 5 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Jackson_5).[78] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-78)
Sarah Joseph (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Joseph) - commentator on women's issues and founder of emel magazine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emel_magazine), converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[79] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-79)
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Nuh Ha Mim Keller (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuh_Ha_Mim_Keller) - Islamic scholar who converted from Catholicism to agnosticism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agnosticism) to Sunni Islam.[80] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-80)
Allahverdi Khan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allahverdi_Khan) - general and statesman of Georgian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgians_in_Iran) origin who was Christian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian) and converted to Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam).[81] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-81)
Mirza Malkam Khan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mirza_Malkam_Khan) - an Iranian Armenian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Armenian) proponent of Freemasonry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freemasonry) who was active during the period leading up to the Iranian Constitutional Revolution (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iranian_Constitutional_Revolution).[82] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-82)
Michael Muhammad Knight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Muhammad_Knight) - American novelist, writer, and journalist.[83] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-83)
Emir Kusturica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emir_Kusturica) - Bosnian actor and director who converted to Serbian Orthodox Church (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serbian_Orthodox_Church)[84] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-84)
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Colleen LaRose (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colleen_LaRose) - American citizen charged with terrorism-related crimes
Leo of Tripoli (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leo_of_Tripoli) - a Byzantine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine) Greek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_people) renegade (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turncoat) who freed 4000 Muslim prisoners while attacking the Byzantine city of Thessalonica (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thessalonica).[85] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-85)
Tage Lindbom (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tage_Lindbom) (1909-2001), Swedish historian, PhD in Political science. He was a disciple of the Swiss metaphysician Frithjof Schuon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frithjof_Schuon).
Germaine Lindsay (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Germaine_Lindsay) - one of the suicide terrorists in the 7 July 2005 London bombings (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_July_2005_London_bombings)[44] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-autogenerated1-44)[86] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-86)[87] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-87) in which 52 people were murdered.
John Walker Lindh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Walker_Lindh) - an American insuegent, known as the "American Taliban", who converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism)[88] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-88)[89] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-89)
Alexander Litvinenko (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Litvinenko) - former FSB officer converted to Islam on his deathbed.[90] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-90)[91] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-91)
Loon (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loon_(rapper)) - American hip hop and rap artist[92] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-92)
Badr al-Din Lu'lu' (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Badr_al-Din_Lu%27lu%27), an Armenian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_people) convert to Islam[93] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-93) and successor to the Zangid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zengid_dynasty) rulers of Mosul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosul).
Vincenzo Luvineri (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vincenzo_Luvineri) - American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philadelphia) underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jedi_Mind_Tricks), converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[94] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-94)
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Daniel Maldonado (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Maldonado) - American Islamist convicted in the United States on charges of training with al-Qaida in East Africa. Raised Catholic.[95] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-95)
Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruqaiyyah_Waris_Maqsood) - British author, converted from Protestantism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Protestantism).[96] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-96)
Ingrid Mattson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingrid_Mattson) - Canadian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian) scholar and current president of the Islamic Society of North America (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_Society_of_North_America) (2006) who converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[97] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-97)
Jacques-Francois Menou (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacques-Francois_Menou) - French general under Napoleon I of France (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Napoleon_I_of_France).[98] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-98)
Bruno Metsu (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Metsu) - French coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup[99] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-99)
Köse Mihal (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/K%C3%B6se_Mihal) - a Byzantine (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Byzantine) renegade, he accompanied Osman al-Ghazi (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osman_al-Ghazi) in his ascent to power and converted to Islam.[100] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-100)[101] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-101)
Mleh, Prince of Armenia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mleh,_Prince_of_Armenia) - an Armenian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Armenian_people) convert to Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam) from Catholicism,[102] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-102) he was the eighth lord of Armenian Cilicia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Cilicia).
Preacher Moss (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Preacher_Moss) - American comedian who converted from Baptist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist) Christianity[103] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-103) American comedian and comedy writer.[104] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-104)
Matthew Saad Muhammad (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Saad_Muhammad) (formerly Matthew Franklin) - former boxer, converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[105] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-105)
Peter Murphy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Murphy_(musician)) - vocalist of the goth/rock group Bauhaus (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bauhaus) who converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[106] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-106)
Sheila Musaji (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sheila_Musaji) - founder of The American Muslim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_American_Muslim) magazine.[107] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-107)
Ibrahim Muteferrika (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ibrahim_Muteferrika) (original name not known) - From Unitarian Christianity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unitarian_Christianity), an early example of a Muslim publisher and printer.[108] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-108)
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John Nelson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Nelson_(convert)) - first recorded Englishman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Englishman) to become a Muslim.[109] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-109)
Adam Neuser (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adam_Neuser) - a German (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_people) Lutheran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran) pastor who criticized the doctrine of the trinity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antitrinitarian) and was consequently imprisoned.[110] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-110)
Tech N9ne (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tech_N9ne) - an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) rapper born to a Christian mother who converted to Islam during adulthood.[111] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-111)
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Robin Padilla (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robin_Padilla) - Filipino actor.[112] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-112)
Wayne Parnell (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wayne_Parnell) - South African cricketer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cricketer) converted to Islam in January 2011.[113] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-113)
Hersekzade Ahmed Pasha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hersekzade_Ahmed_Pasha) - born to a Christian Croatian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Croats)[114] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-Mladen_Klemen.C4.8Di.C4.87-114)
Koca Yusuf Pasha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koca_Yusuf_Pasha) - a Georgian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgian_people) Grand Vizier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Vizier) of the Ottoman Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire) who also served as the governor of Peloponnese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peloponnese).[115] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-115)
Moralı Enişte Hasan Pasha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moral%C4%B1_Eni%C5%9Fte_Hasan_Pasha) - Greek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_people) Ottoman Grand Vizier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grand_Vizier).[116] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-116)
Judar Pasha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judar_Pasha) - conqueror of the Songhai Empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songhai_Empire).[117] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-117)
Omar Pasha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Pasha) - Ottoman general who converted from Serbian Orthodoxy.[118] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-118)
Raghib Pasha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raghib_Pasha) - was a Greek (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greeks) Ottoman (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ottoman_Empire) politician who served as Prime Minister of Egypt (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Egypt)[119] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-119) and who converted to Islam from Christianity.[120] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-120)
Suleiman Pasha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soliman_Pasha_(al-Faransawi)) - French (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France)-born Egyptian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egypt_under_Muhammad_Ali_and_his_successors) commander.[121] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-121)
Zağanos Pasha (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Za%C4%9Fanos_Pasha) - one of the prominent military commanders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_commander) of Mehmet II (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mehmet_II) (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a lala, at once an advisor, mentor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mentor), tutor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tutor), councillor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Councillor), protector (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/protector), for the sultan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sultan).[122] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-122)
St. John Philby (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John_Philby) - Arabist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabist), explorer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explorer), writer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Writer), and British colonial office intelligence operative (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spy); converted from Anglicanism.[123] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-123)
Bilal Philips (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilal_Philips) - Islamic scholar and author[124] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-124)
Marmaduke Pickthall (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marmaduke_Pickthall) - famous translator of the Quran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quran).[125] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-125)
Poncke Princen (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poncke_Princen) - Dutch (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Netherlands) soldier and human rights activist who converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[126] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-126)
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William Abdullah Quilliam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Abdullah_Quilliam) - 19th-century British poet, ambassador and journalist.[127] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-127)
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Ilie II Rareş (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilie_II_Rare%C5%9F) - prince of Moldavia.[128] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-128)
Ahmad Rashād (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Rash%C4%81d) - Emmy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emmy) award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NBC_Sports)) and former American football (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_football) wide receiver (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wide_receiver).[129] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-129)[130] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-130)
Richard Colvin Reid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Colvin_Reid) - shoe bomber (convicted terrorist)[131] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-131)
Franck Ribéry (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franck_Rib%C3%A9ry) - a French football player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal.[132] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-132)
Yvonne Ridley (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yvonne_Ridley) - British journalist, from Anglicanism. She converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban.[133] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-133)[134] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-134)
Robert of St. Albans (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_of_St._Albans) - an English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_people) templar knight (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Knights_Templar) who converted to Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam) from Christianity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity) in 1185 and led an army for Saladin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saladin) against the Crusaders (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crusades) in Jerusalem (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerusalem).[135] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-135)
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Salman the Persian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_the_Persian) A convert from Christianity[136] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-136) who was previously Zoroastrian.
Ahmed Santos (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmed_Santos_(militant)) - Filipino (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippines), fugitive, founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rajah_Solaiman_Movement) converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism)[137] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-137)[138] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-138)[139] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-139)
Ratna Sarumpaet (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ratna_Sarumpaet), Indonesian stagewright, director, and actress [140] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-140)
Brad Terrence Jordan ("Scarface") (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scarface_(rapper)) - American rapper (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rapper)[141] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-141)
Mario Scialoja (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mario_Scialoja) - Italian ambassador and President of the World Muslim League.[142] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-142)
Betty Shabazz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Betty_Shabazz) - wife of Malcolm X (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X); former Methodist.[143] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-143)
Zaid Shakir (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaid_Shakir) - American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) Muslim (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Muslim) convert former Baptist (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baptist) to Sunni Islam, speaker, intellectual, author, Islamic scholar, and co-founder of Zaytuna College (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaytuna_College) in the United States (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States).[144] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-144)[145] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-145)
Omar Sharif (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omar_Sharif) - Egyptian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Egpytians) actor (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Actor) who converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[146] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-146)[147] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-147)
Ahmad Faris Shidyaq (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Faris_Shidyaq) - a Lebanese (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lebanon) scholar, writer and journalist who was a Maronite (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maronite_Church) convert to Islam.[148] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-148)
Anthony Small (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anthony_Small) - professional boxer[149] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-149)
Cat Stevens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens) - famous English musician, officially changed his name to Yusuf Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Islam)
Sean Stone (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sean_Stone) - Son of Oliver Stone and documentary producer.[150] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-150)
Daniel Streich (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Streich) - A Swiss military instructor, community council member and a former member of Swiss People’s Party who led the campaign for the national ban on the construction of new minarets. [151] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-20minuten-151)
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Abu Tammam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Tammam) - 9th-century Arab poet born to Christian parents.[152] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-152)
Tekuder (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekuder) - Mongol (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mongol) leader of the Ilkhan empire (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilkhanate) who was formerly a Nestorian Christian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nestorian_Christian).[153] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-153)
Joe Tex (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Tex) - soul singer and recording artist.[154] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-154)
Ahmad Thomson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Thomson) - British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) barrister (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrister) and writer and also a member of the Murabitun (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Murabitun_World_Movement) movement.[155] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-155)
Danny Thompson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Thompson) - English (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/England) double bass (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_bass) player converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[156] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-156)
Joseph Thomas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_T._Thomas) - Australian convert, acquitted of terrorism charges, placed under a control order under the Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005 (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_Anti-Terrorism_Act_2005), currently pending retrial.[157] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-157)[158] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-158)
Richard Thompson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Thompson_(musician)) - British (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom) musician (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Musician), best known for his guitar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guitar) playing and songwriting.[159] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-159)
Gabriele Torsello (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriele_Torsello) - Italian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italy) freelance (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freelance) photojournalist based in London (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London) who was abducted in Helmand Province (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmand_Province), Afghanistan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afghanistan).[160] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-160)
Mihnea Turcitul (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mihnea_Turcitul) - was a Prince (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wallachian_rulers) (Voivode (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Voivode)) of Walachia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walachia). Converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity.[161] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-161)
Anselm Turmeda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anselm_Turmeda) - a Majorcan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Majorca) writer and a Franciscan friar (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscan) who converted to Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islam)[162] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-162)
Mike Tyson (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Tyson) - American boxer and Sunni Muslim[163] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-163)
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Ismael Urbain (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismael_Urbain) - French (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/France) journalist and interpreter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interpreter).
Abu Usamah (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abu_Usamah) - American-born Imam of Green Lane Masjid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Green_Lane_Masjid) in Birmingham (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Birmingham), UK (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UK).Accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims in a UK Television documentary.[164] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-164)
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Bryant Neal Vinas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bryant_Neal_Vinas) - participated in and supported al-Qaeda (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al-Qaeda) plots in Afghanistan and the U.S., and helped al-Qaeda plan a bomb attack on the LIRR (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_Island_Rail_Road)[165] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-pow-165)
Rudolf Carl von Slatin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_Carl_von_Slatin) - Anglo-Austrian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Austria) soldier and administrator in the Sudan (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan). Later reverted to Catholicism.[166] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-166)
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Siraj Wahaj (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Siraj_Wahaj) - Former Baptist.[167] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-167) African-American Imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate Brooklyn (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn)'s drug problems.[168] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-168)
Alexander Russell Webb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alexander_Russell_Webb) - Former Presbyterian (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Presbyterian).[169] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-169) American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the U.S.A. in the Philippines.[170] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-170)[171] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-171)
Suhaib Webb (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suhaib_Webb) - American Islamic activist and speaker.[172] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-172)
Dawud Wharnsby-Ali (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dawud_Wharnsby) (David Wharnsby) - Canadian singer/poet.[173] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-173)[174] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-174)
John Whitehead (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Whitehead_(singer)) - an American (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States) singer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Singer), songwriter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Songwriter), and record producer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Record_producer).[175] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-175)
Danny Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Williams_(boxer)) - British boxer[176] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-176)
Sonny Bill Williams (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sonny_Bill_Williams) - New Zealand Rugby Union Rep player(All Blacks)& NZ Rep League Player(Kiwis),[177] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-177)
Timothy Winter (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timothy_Winter) - prominent British Islamic thinker and scholar, and a lecturer (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lecturer) in Islamic studies (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_studies) in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Cambridge).[178] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-178)
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Malcolm X (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malcolm_X) - was a leading African-American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. He converted from Christianity (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity) to The Nation of Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Nation_of_Islam) and later to mainstream Sunni Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunni_Islam).
Abel Xavier (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abel_Xavier) - former Portuguese professional footballer converted to Islam with his new name Faisal.[179] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-179)
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Khalid Yasin (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Khalid_Yasin) - Executive Director of the Islamic Teaching Institute, and a Shaykh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shaykh) currently residing in Australia.[180] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-180)
James Yee (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Yee) - previously Lutheran (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lutheran)[181] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-181) and former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain.[182] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-182)
Mohammad Yousuf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammad_Yousuf_(cricketer)) - Pakistani (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pakistan) cricketer. Known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year, converted from Catholicism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholicism).[183] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-183)
Hamza Yusuf (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamza_Yusuf) - American convert from Greek Orthodox (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Orthodox_Church) to Sunni Islam; co-founder of the Zaytuna College (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zaytuna_College).[184] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-184)
Yusuf Islam (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yusuf_Islam), formerly known as Cat Stevens (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cat_Stevens) (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; 21 July 1948), British singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, humanitarian, education philanthropist, and prominent convert to Islam.[185] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-185)
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Mohammed Zakariya (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mohammed_Zakariya) - an American master of Arabic calligraphy (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arabic_calligraphy), best known for his work on the popular Eid (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eid_ul-Fitr) U.S. postage stamp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Postage_stamp).[186] (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_converts_to_Islam_from_Christianity#cite_n ote-186)
Marcus Aurelius
04-06-2013, 10:13 PM
You seem to have ignored this part...
Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubayd-Allah_ibn_Jahsh)– Brother of Zainab bint Jash (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Qur%27an,_Hadith_and_Scholars:Wives_and_Concubines _of_Muhammad#Zainab_bint_Jash), the cousin and wife of Muhammad (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Muhammad), and also one of the Sahaba (companions of the Prophet). He is the first known convert from Islam to Christianity[3] (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Notable_Former_Muslims#cite_note-2)
One of the followers of your pedophile himself... converted to Christianity.
Doesn't say much for your so called prophet, if a direct companion left the flock.
BTW, don't hijack MY thread... start your own. Dumb ass.
jafar00
04-07-2013, 06:02 AM
Martin John Mwaipopo - Former Lutheran Archbishop
(It was December 23, 1986, two days away from Christmas, when Arch Bishop Martin John Mwaipopo, announced to his congregation that he was leaving Christianity for Islam. The congregation was paralysed with shock on hearing the news, so much so, that his administrator got up from his seat, closed the door and windows, and declared to the church members that the Bishop’s mind had become unhinged, that is, he had gone mad.
Little did they know that inside the Bishop’s heart lay a decision that would blow their minds, and that the entertainment was only a farewell party. But the congregant’s reaction was equally shocking!
They called the police to take the "mad" man away. He was kept in the cells until midnight when Sheikh Ahmed Sheik, the man who initiated him into Islam came to bail him out.
That incident was only a mild beginning of shocks in store for him. Al Qalam reporter, Simphiwe Sesanti, spoke to the Tanzanian born former Lutheran Arch Bishop Martin John Mwaipopo, who on embracing Islam came to be known as Al Hajj Abu Bakr John Mwaipopo) Credit must go to the Zimbabwean brother, Sufyan Sabelo, for provoking this writer’s curiosity, after listening to Mwaipopo’s talk at the Wyebank Islamic Centre, Durban. Sufyan is not sensationalist, but that night he must have heard something - he just could not stop talking about the man! Who would not be hooked after hearing that an Arch Bishop, who had not only obtained a BA and Masters degree, but a doctorate as well, in Divinity, had later turned to Islam?
And since foreign qualifications matter so much to you, a man who had obtained a diploma in Church Administration in England and the latter degrees in Berlin, Germany! A man, who, before becoming a Muslim, had been the World Council of Churches’ General Secretary for Eastern Africa - covering Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, Burundi, and parts of Ethiopia and Somalia. In the Council of Churches, he rubbed shoulders with the present chairman of the South African Human Rights Commission . Barney Pityana and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission ‘s chairman, Bishop Desmond Tutu. It is a story of a man who was born 61 years ago, on February 22 in Bukabo, an area that shares its borders with Uganda. Two years, after his birth, his family had him baptised, and five years later, watched him with pride being an alter boy . Seeing him assisting the church minister, preparing the "body and blood" of Christ , filled the Mwaipopos with pride, and filled Mwaipopo Senior with ideas for his son’s future.
"When I was in a boarding school, later , my father wrote to me, stating he wanted me to become a priest. In each and every letter he wrote this" , recalls Abu Bakr. But he had his own ideas about his life, which was joining the police force. But at the age of 25, Mwaipopo gave in to his father’s will. Unlike in Europe where children can do as they will after age 21 , in Africa , children are taught to honour their parent’s will above their own.
"My , son , before I close my eyes (die), I would be glad if you could become a priest", that’s how father told son, and that’s how the son was moved, a move that saw him going to England in 1964, to do a diploma in Church Administration, and a year later to Germany to do a B.A degree. On returning , a year later, he was made acting Bishop.
Later, he went back to do Masters. " All this time, I was just doing things, without questioning . It was when he began to do his doctorate , that he started questioning things. "I started wondering … there is Christianity, Islam, Judaism Buddhism each different religions claiming to the true religion. What is the truth? I wanted the truth" , says Mwaipopo. So began his search , until he reduced it to the "major" four religions. He got himself a copy of the Qur’an, and guess what?
" When I opened the Qur’an , the first verses I came across were, ‘ Say : He is Allah , The One and Only; Allah, the Eternal, Absolute; He begeteteth not, nor is He begotten; And there is none like unto Him? (Surah Ikhlas)’ ", he recalls. That was when the seeds of Islam, unknown to him, were first sown. It was then that he discovered that the Qur’an was the only scripture book that had been untampered with, by human beings since its revelation . "And in concluding my doctoral thesis I said so. I didn’t care whether they give me my doctorate or not - that was the truth, and I was looking for the truth." While in that state of mind he called his "beloved" Professor Van Burger.
"I closed the door, looked him in the eye and asked him ‘of all religions in the world, which is true’, I asked.
‘Islam’, he responded.
‘Why then are you not a Muslim?’, I asked again.
He said to me "'One, I hate Arabs, and two, do you see all this luxuries that I have? Do you think that I would give it all up for Islam?’. When I thought about his answer, I thought about my own situation, too", recalls Mwaipopo. His mission, his cars - all these appeared in his imagination. No, he could not embrace Islam, and for one good year, he put it off his mind. But then dreams haunted him, the verses of the Quran kept on appearing, people clad in white kept on coming, "especially on Fridays", until he could take it no more.
So, on December 22, he officially embraced Islam. These dreams that guided him - were they not due to the "superstitious" nature of the Africans? "No, I don’t believe that all dreams are bad. There are those that guide you in the right direction and those which don’t, and these ones, in particular, guided me in the right direction, to Islam", he tells us. Consequently, the church stripped him of his house and his car. His wife could not take it, she packed her clothes, took her children and left, despite Mwaipopo’s assurances that she was not obliged to become a Muslim. When he went to his parents, they, too, had heard the story. "My father told me to denounce Islam and my mother said she did not "want to hear any nonsense from me", remember Mwaipopo. He was on his own! Asked how he now feels towards his parents, he says that he has forgiven them, in fact found time to reconcile with his father before he departed to the world yonder.
"They were just old people who did not know. They could not even read the Bible…all they knew was what they had heard the priest reading", he states. After asking to stay for one night, the following day, he began his journey to where his family had originally come from, Kyela, near the borders between Tanzania and Malawi. His parents had settled in Kilosa, Morogoro. During his journey, he was stranded in Busale, by one family that was selling home brewed beer. It was there that he met his future wife, a Catholic Nun, by the name of Sister Gertrude Kibweya, now known as Sister Zainab. It was with her that he travelled to Kyela, where the old man, who had given him shelter the previous night had told him that that’s where he would find other Muslims. But before that, in the morning of that day he had made the call to prayer (azaan), something which made the villagers come out, asking his host why he was keeping a "mad" man. "It was the Nun who explained that I was not mad but a Muslim", he says. It was the same Nun who later helped Mwaipopo pay his medical fees at the Anglican Mission Hospital, when he had become terribly sick, thanks to the conversation he had had with her. The story goes that he had asked her why she was wearing a rosary, to which she responded that it was because Christ was hanged on it. "But, say, someone had killed your father with a gun, would you go around carrying a gun on your chest?" Mmmhhh. That set the Nun thinking, her mind "challenged", and when the former Bishop proposed marriage to the Nun later, the answer was "yes". Secretly, they married, and four weeks later, she wrote a letter to her authorities, informing them of her leave. When the old man who had given him shelter, (the Nun’s uncle) heard about the marriage, when they arrived at his house, they were advised to leave the house, because "the old man was loading his gun", and the Nun’s father was enraged, "wild like a lion". From the Bishop’s mansion, Mwaipopo went to live in a self built mud house. From earning a living as the World Council of Churches’ General Secretary for Eastern Africa, he began earning a living as a wood cutter and tilling some people’s lands. When not doing that he was preaching Islam publicly. This led to a series of short term imprisonments for preaching blasphemy against Christianity.
While on hajj in 1988, tragedy struck. His house was bombed, and consequently, his infant triplets were killed. "A bishop, whose mother and my own mother were children of the same father, was involved in the plot’, recalls Mwaipopo. He says instead of demoralising him, it did the opposite, as the numbers of people embracing Islam, increased, this including his father in law.
In 1992, he was arrested for 10 months, along with 70 followers, charged with treason. This was after some pork shops, against which he had spoken, were bombed. He did speak against them, he admits, saying that constitutionally, since 1913, there was a law against bars, clubs and pork shops in Dar es Salaam, Tanga, Mafia, Lindi and Kigoma. Fortunately for him, he was acquitted, and immediately thereafter, he fled to Zambia, exile, after he was advised that there was a plot to kill him. He says that that very day he was released, police came to re-arrest him. And guess what? "The women said no ways! They said that they would resist my arrest physically against the police. It was also the women who helped me cross the borders unnoticed. They clothed me in the women’s fashion!", according to Mwaipopo. And that is one of the reasons that make him admire women.
"Women must be given a high place, they must be given good education in Islam. Otherwise how would she understand why a man marries more than one wife…It was my wife, Zainab, who proposed that I should marry my second wife, Shela, (her friend), when she had to go for Islamic studies abroad", it’s the bishop who says so. Yah? To the Muslims, Al Hajj Abu Bakr Mwaipopo’s message is, "There is war against Islam…Flood the world with literature. Right now, Muslims are made to feel ashamed to be regarded as fundamentalists. Muslims must stop their individualistic tendencies, they must be collective. You have do defend your neighbour if you want to be safe", he states, also urging Muslims to be courageous, citing the Islamic Propagation Centre International’s Ahmed Deedat. "That man is not learned, but look at the way he has propagated Islam".
http://www.muslimconverts.com/newmuslims/Martin_John_Mwaipopo.htm
jafar00
04-07-2013, 06:09 AM
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taft2012
04-07-2013, 06:19 AM
Notable converts to Islam from Christianity
Can it be that Jafar is unfamiliar with Black Muslims and jailhouse conversions?
tailfins
04-07-2013, 06:25 AM
Can it be that Jafar is unfamiliar with Black Muslims and jailhouse conversions?
He does his cause no favors by citing Louis Farrakhan/followers or worse still anyone with "Bey" in their name.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moorish_Science_Temple_of_America
taft2012
04-07-2013, 06:43 AM
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/law-and-order/7808783/Prisoners-converting-to-Islam-for-perks.html
"Some prisoners believe they will receive "material benefits" such as more time out of their cell and better food during Ramadan if they become Muslim, the report by the Chief Inspector of Prisons said.
Among the reasons given by inmates for switching to Islam was the opportunity of "support and protection in a group with a powerful identity" and "perceptions of material advantages of identifying as Muslim".
Some criminals – known as "convenience Muslims" – adopt the religion in order to get benefits available only to Muslims according to Dame Anne Owers.
Her report, entitled Muslim Prisoners' Experiences, also suggests Muslim prisoners are being driven to extremism because they are all treated as potential radicals while in jail.
The treatment of Muslim inmates by the Prison Service risks a "self-fulfilling prophecy" of leaving them alienated and disaffected, Dame Owers warned."
Marcus Aurelius
04-07-2013, 09:02 AM
http://www.muslimconverts.com/newmuslims/Martin_John_Mwaipopo.htm
stick with the topic and stop trying to hijack this thread. go start your own.
Marcus Aurelius
04-07-2013, 09:04 AM
http://www.usislam.org/converts/a%20lst%20of%20famous%20converts.htm
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120 Peter Luccin 83
121 Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud 79
122 Juan Carlos Gómez 79
123 Silma Ihram 78
124 Jeanne Abdullah 78
125 Alma Moreno 77
126 Uluç Ali Reis 76
127 Abd al Malik (rapper) 76
128 Dominique Hourani 75
129 Kōzō Okamoto 73
130 Barmakids 72
131 Abu Usamah 70
132 Dhiren Barot 68
133 Markus Haris Maulana 68
134 Maruf Karkhi 68
135 Abd-Allāh Ibn al-Muqaffaʿ 66
136 Saeed bin Zaid 66
137 Rashied Ali 65
138 Rose Chan 65
139 Anton Medan 65
140 Shi'a view of Ali 64
141 Eddie Mustafa Muhammad 64
142 Titus Burckhardt 63
143 Tiara Jacquelina 62
144 Lev Nussimbaum 61
145 Murshid Quli Khan 60
146 Nooruddeen Durkee 60
147 Tekuder 59
148 Hussein Ye 59
149 Jack Ward 57
150 Nusaybah bint Ka'ab 57
151 Claude Alexandre de Bonneval 54
152 Uri Davis 53
153 Muriel Degauque 52
154 Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan 51
155 C. Jack Ellis 50
156 Suleiman Pasha 49
157 Giorgi Saakadze 49
158 Joseph T. Thomas 49
159 Steven Vikash Chand 48
160 Khabbab ibn al-Aratt 47
161 Ahmad Thomson 47
162 Aukai Collins 47
163 Khaled Edward Blair 47
164 Norman Afzal Simons 47
165 Saman Khuda 46
166 Li Zhi (philosopher) 46
167 Knud Holmboe 45
168 İsmet Özel 45
169 Portland Seven 45
170 Abu Izzadeen 44
171 Chander Mohan 43
172 Sahaj Ram Sapru 42
173 Abdulrehman ibn Abu Bakr 41
174 Piyale Pasha 41
175 Baba Shadi Shaheed 40
176 Rory McLeod (snooker player) 40
177 Abdul Waheed (suspected aircraft bomb plotter) 39
178 Judar Pasha 38
179 Broery 38
180 Gabriele Torsello 38
181 Jamaal al-Din M. Zarabozo 38
182 Sa'd ibn Mua'dh 37
183 Jason Walters 37
184 Jorvan Vieira 37
185 Faris Glubb 37
186 Khaliya Aga Khan 37
187 Yusuf Chambers 37
188 Rüstem Pasha 37
189 Jalal Mansur Nuriddin 36
190 Daniel Moore (poet) 36
191 Mehemet Ali (soldier) 36
192 Jadel Gregório 36
193 Jabir ibn Abd-Allah 36
194 Johari Abdul-Malik 36
195 Henry de Monfreid 35
196 Sultaana Freeman 35
197 John Nelson (convert) 35
198 Tage Lindbom 35
199 Sathima Bea Benjamin 34
200 James Achilles Kirkpatrick 34
201 Yaqub ibn Killis 33
202 Cigalazade Yusuf Sinan Pasha 33
203 Count Cassius 33
204 Rajah Sulaiman movement 33
205 Christian Ganczarski 32
206 Omar Yoke Lin Ong 32
207 Dawud M. Mu'Min 31
208 Torquato Cardilli 31
209 Sulayman Reis (pirate) 31
210 Khusro Khan 31
211 Mughirah ibn Abd-Allah 30
212 Susanne Osthoff 30
213 G. Willow Wilson 30
214 Fritz Gelowicz 30
215 Negudar 30
216 Tony Hussein Hinde 30
217 Kumba Ialá 29
218 Sister Boom Boom 29
219 Sumita Devi 29
220 Ernest Douwes Dekker 29
221 Naila (Calipha) 29
222 Malik Ayyaz 29
223 Charles Pelham, 8th Earl of Yarborough 28
224 Adel Smith 28
225 Mahdi Bray 28
226 Willie Brigitte 27
227 Vakhtang VI of Kartli 26
228 Muhammed al-Ahari 26
229 Wahb ibn Munabbih 26
230 Muhammad Ali (drummer) 26
231 Andrew Ibrahim 26
232 Johann von Leers 25
233 Jack Roche 25
234 Sana al-Sayegh 25
235 Ibrahim Muteferrika 24
236 Namugenyi Kiwanuka 24
237 Idris Phillips 24
238 Sir Archibald Hamilton, 5th Baronet 24
239 Köse Mihal 24
240 Jonathan A.C. Brown 24
241 Andrea Armstrong 23
242 Mohammed Zakariya 23
243 Mubarak Shah 23
244 Adi ibn Hatim 23
245 Khalid Kelly 23
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248 Mohammed Knut Bernström 22
249 Vernel Fournier 22
250 Christopher Paul 22
251 Abdul Wahid Pedersen 21
252 Abbad ibn Bishr 21
253 Kozhikode Abdul Kader 21
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255 Sultan Rafi Sharif Bey 21
256 Li Nu 21
257 Fatimah bint al-Khattab 20
258 Jacob Querido 20
259 Tughlugh Timur 20
260 Atik Sinan 20
261 Mario Scialoja 20
262 Batool Al-Toma 20
263 Hersekli Ahmed Paşa 20
264 Blues People 20
265 René Caillié 19
266 Malik ul Salih 19
267 Mirza Malkam Khan 19
268 Henry Stanley, 3rd Baron Stanley of Alderley 19
269 Raghib Pasha 18
270 Alys Faiz 18
271 Anna Molka Ahmed 18
272 Janne Holmén 18
273 Alex Kronemer 18
274 Wojciech Bobowski 18
275 Malik Maqbul 18
276 Iliaş Colceag 18
277 Ian Whiteman 17
278 Ann Holmes Redding 17
279 Tuda Mengu 17
280 Jean-Louis Michon 17
281 Joseph (Khazar) 16
282 Dhovemi of the Maldives 16
283 Swaran Lata 16
284 Fred Evans (radical militant) 16
285 Umar Islam 15
286 Michael Julius Ford 15
287 Reggie Harrison 15
288 Ahmed Huber 15
289 Matthew Yusuf Smith 15
290 Naubakht 14
291 Apisai Tora 14
292 Lady Evelyn Cobbold 14
293 Rahadyan Sastrowardoyo 14
294 Abd al Haqq Kielan 14
295 Ahmed Santos (militant) 14
296 Hedley Churchward 14
297 Ferid Heider 14
298 Kelesh Ahmed-Bey Shervashidze 13
299 Erol Iba 13
300 Brian Bothwell 13
301 John Herlihy 13
302 Niccolň of Lesbos 12
303 Ulrich Jasper Seetzen 12
304 George Bethune English 12
305 Simon II of Kartli 12
306 Saida Miller Khalifa 12
307 Baron Omar Rolf von Ehrenfels 12
308 Daniel Olerum 12
309 Gary Legenhausen 12
310 Nordin Abdullah 12
311 Tarmashirin 11
312 Kerim Chatty 11
313 José Faria 11
314 Hassan Abujihaad 11
315 Salma Arastu 11
316 Joseph E.B. Lumbard 11
317 Badhan (Persian Governor) 11
318 Rodney Blackhirst 11
319 Mahmud Pasha 11
320 Jamilah Kolocotronis 11
321 Richard Belmar 10
322 Christophe Caze 10
323 Hamza Roberto Piccardo 10
324 Poetic Pilgrimage 10
325 Hazrat Hajib Shakarbar 10
326 Kasia Al Thani 10
327 Constantine II of Kakheti 9
328 Hind al-Hunnud 9
329 Ibrahim Savant 9
330 Khalid Yahya Blankinship 9
331 Harith ibn Harb 9
332 Abdulla al-Hadj 9
333 Abdul Kadir (politician) 9
334 Layla al-Akhyaliyya 9
335 Hervé Djamel Loiseau 9
336 Askia M. Touré 9
337 Victor Alvarez (Puerto Rican) 9
338 Muhammad Robert Heft 9
339 Lionel Dumont 9
340 Murad Kalam 8
341 Ilya Kormiltsev 8
342 Moralı Enişte Hasan Pasha 8
343 David II of Kakheti 8
344 Taliqu 7
345 Shah Shahidullah Faridi 7
346 Nasreddin Lebatelier 7
347 Munzir ibn Sawa Al Tamimi 7
348 Abdullah Quaye 7
349 Philippe Grenier 7
350 Jesse of Kakheti 7
351 Kalonji Jama Changa 7
352 Khalid Sheldrake 7
353 Qibla al-Qudsiyya 6
354 Oskar Rescher 6
355 Jesse of Kartli 6
356 Gustavo Victoria 6
357 War Jabi 6
358 Hilal al-Sabi' 6
359 Qaim Khan 6
360 John Fryer Thomas Keane less than 5 views
361 Alhaji Abdul Azeez Kolawole Adeyemo less than 5 views
362 Converts to Islam less than 5 views
363 Todd Snare less than 5 views
364 Abdulkhabeer Muhammad less than 5 views
365 Rakan Ben Williams less than 5 views
366 Gustave-Henri Jossot less than 5 views
367 Vilayil Fazeela less than 5 views
368 Ibn Jazla less than 5 views
369 Constantine I of Kakheti less than 5 views
370 Charles Greenlee (musician) less than 5 views
371 Sensphal Khan less than 5 views
372 Non-Arab Sahaba less than 5 views
373 Abdullah Beg of Kartli less than 5 views
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stop hijacking the thread, dumb ass. stick with the topic.
Marcus Aurelius
04-07-2013, 09:12 AM
http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/People_Who_Left_Islam
News of Muslims Leaving Islam
According to research carried out by the respected Pakistani-born American Muslim Dr. Ilyas Ba-Yunus (1932 - 2007), 75% of New Muslim Converts in the US leave Islam within a few years. Listen to the clip (http://www.radioislam.com/_asx/PublicAffairs/whynewmleave.asx) detailing this research (listen on Youtube (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8EC8-aVlrE))
2011 Pew worldwide study: "Islam loses as many adherents via conversion as it gains" (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/2011/01/27/world-muslim-population-doubling-report-projects/?hpt=C1&date=2011-04-16)
2 million ethnic Muslims converted to Christianity in Russia (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.interfax-religion.com%2F%3Fact%3Dnews%26div%3D513&date=2011-09-18)
"The number of ethnic Muslims in Russia who adopted Christianity is 2 million, while the number of the Orthodox who have been converted to Islam is only 2,5 thousand...The proportion of Muslims in North Ossetia has decreased at least by 30%, while in Beslan itself, where Muslims had comprised from 30 to 40% of the population, their number has decreased at least by half."
Roman Silantyev: executive secretary of the Inter-religious Council in Russia
Iraqis Shocked as Atheism Creeps in (http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1254573498385&pagename=Zone-English-News/NWELayout)
In Africa, 6 million muslims convert to Christianity every year: (English Translation (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2006/05/six_million_african_muslims_le.html&date=2011-10-30) | Arabic (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20030207101752/http://www.aljazeera.net/programs/shareea/articles/2000/12/12-12-6.htm&date=2011-10-30))
"Islam used to represent, as you previously mentioned, Africa's main religion and there were 30 African languages that used to be written in Arabic script. The number of Muslims in Africa [a land of 1 billion] has diminished to 316 million, half of whom are Arabs in North Africa...In every hour, 667 Muslims convert to Christianity. Everyday, 16,000 Muslims convert to Christianity. Ever year, 6 million Muslims convert to Christianity. These numbers are very large indeed".
Shaykh Ahmed Katani
Several million converts to Christianity in Egypt keeping their apostasy secret (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.aina.org/news/20090925191939.htm&date=2011-09-18)
The number of Muslim-born converts to Christianity in Egypt, who are keeping their faith secret, has reached several million. Due to the State Security's persecution, torture and rape, they have established outside Egypt an organization called "Freed by Christ" as well as "Way TV" to speak on their behalf to the West, and expose their sufferings at the hands of State Security. It is headed by the Christian convert Dr. Mohamad Rahouna, ex-dean of the Faculty of Arabic Studies, Minya University, who fled to the United States.
Muslim Preachers, Dawa Missionaries, Islamic Scholars, Mullahs, & Imams Leave Islam and Enter Christianity (http://www.wikiislam.net/wiki/Notable_Former_Muslims#Preachers.2C_Mullahs.2C_Ima ms.2C_Scholars_and_Dawah_missionaries_who_converte d_to_Christianity)
200,000 Muslims leave Islam in the UK (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article510589.ece&date=2011-09-18)
Million Iranians (particularly young people and women) leave Islam and join Evangelical churches in the past 5 years (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.adnkronos.com/AKI/English/Religion/?id=1.0.1988866222&date=2011-09-18)
PDF file - 50,000 Iranian Muslims have embraced Christianity in Iran in last 2 years (http://web.archive.org/web/20080726171936/http://www.iam-online.net/Press_release_PDFs/IAMTVrelease_FINAL.doc%20%28Read-Only%29.pdf)
250,000 Muslims left Islam in Malaysia (http://www.harakahdaily.net/v06/index.php?option=com_content&task=view%20&id=791&Itemid=28) | English translation (http://www.faithfreedom.org/forum/viewtopic.php?p=356823#356823)
France: Around 15,000 Muslims each year are converting to Christianity - around 10,000 to Catholicism and 5,000 to Protestantism. (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://zeenews.india.com/Zee-Exclusive/2007-02-06/352375news.html&date=2011-09-18)
Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims leave Islam and Convert to Christianity (http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2002/010/12.26.html)
Thousands of Bangladeshi, North African, Kashmiri, Indian Muslims, Central Asian Muslims Leave Islam and Embrace Christ (http://web.archive.org/web/20071018223903/http://www.youtharise.com/index.php?option=articles&task=viewarticle&artid=994)
35,000 Muslims convert into Christianity each year in Turkey (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20041214041028/http://www.beliefnet.com/story/139/story_13903_1.html&date=2011-09-18)
Kyrgyzstan: 100,000 Muslims have converted to Christianity in 3 Years (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://elizabethkendal.blogspot.com/2004_06_01_archive.html&date=2011-10-30) (additional link (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20080906114338/http://www.islamonline.net/English/News/2004-06/26/article04.shtml&date=2011-10-30))
"The percentage of Muslims declined from 84 percent of the total population in 2001 to 79.3 percent in 2004. In terms of figures...some 100,000 Muslims, of the country's five million population, have converted to Christianity."
Omurzak Mamayusupov: the director of Kyrgyzstan's religious affairs committee
Indonesia: Approximately 10,000 Muslims convert to Catholicism each year (http://web.archive.org/web/20041125003521/http://www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/irf/2003/23829.htm)
"According to A.T. Willis and others between 2 or 3 million Muslims converted to Christianity after the massacres of the communists in Indonesia, in 1965"
More Muslims have come to Christ in the last two decades that in all of history (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://web.archive.org/web/20061022121937/http://www.charismamag.com/display.php?id=13598&date=2011-10-30) - Charisma Magazine article
Hundreds of Muslims across Israel and the Palestinian areas have come to Christ (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.sbclife.org/Articles/2002/06/Sla1.asp&date=2011-10-30) - SBC article from June/July 2002 Issue
Revival in Northern Algeria: Muslims turn to Christ (http://www.christiantelegraph.com/issue7947.html)
"We have churches that have grown 802%. Many converts have come from Islam with no Christian heritage, no Christian background, no resources whatsoever, no training. But they just believe in God and His Word...In every village and every town there are Christians, and there are churches,..In one town, actually there are more churches than mosques, which is a big miracle to happen in the Middle East...I know of many, many churches today who baptize about 120 to 150 every year. I have never been to a church in the west or anywhere in the world where the church is already packed 2 1/2 hours before the meeting." That's happening in Algeria.
Pastor Youssef Jacob with Operation Mobilization
Counter culture? Few Pak youths giving up Islam (http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Counter-culture-Few-Pak-youths-giving-up-Islam/articleshow/6503409.cms) - Pakistani youths turning to agnosticism and atheism
Jheains To Enforce Apostasy Law (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.bernama.com/bernama/v5/newsgeneral.php?id=552500&date=2011-10-30) - Malaysian agency vows to enforce Apostasy law due to "scores of Muslim converts" leaving Islam
Young Iraqis are losing their faith in religion (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/03/world/africa/03iht-youth.4.10662930.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all) - Sabrina Tavernise, New York Times, March 3, 2008
Satanism is growing among Iranian youth (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.assistnews.net/Stories/2012/s12010051.htm&date=2012-01-11)
Ex-Muslims seen as new branch of Christianity (http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http://www.onenewsnow.com/Legal/Default.aspx?id=1511978&date=2012-01-20)
red states rule
04-07-2013, 09:16 AM
From the Amazing Fact File
70% of Palestinian males say they enjoy sex in the shower; the other 30% haven’t been to prison yet.
Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
04-08-2013, 09:57 AM
http://www.muslimconverts.com/newmuslims/Martin_John_Mwaipopo.htm
Very important question needs to be answered. Who paid for that man's education and degrees? Was he just a guy that rode the system to his own advantage and now decided to ride another system? As many poor people will latch onto just to get out of the poverty they live in.
The man's true character has to be judged before his embracing Islam can be heralded as a great achievement or proof of anything substantial IMHO.-Tyr
aboutime
04-09-2013, 11:27 AM
From the Amazing Fact File
70% of Palestinian males say they enjoy sex in the shower; the other 30% haven’t been to prison yet.
:clap::laugh:
aboutime
04-09-2013, 11:29 AM
stick with the topic and stop trying to hijack this thread. go start your own.
Marcus. That list reminded me of the Known, Admitted Socialist, Communist members of Congress.
As Jack Webb always said: "Only the (Party)names have been changed to protect the Innocent."
Drummond
04-09-2013, 01:08 PM
Excellent point made by Taft.
An obvious question to ask - I'd have thought - is whether all those supposed 'converts to Islam' actually understood what it was they'd converted TO. The principle of lying in order to sanitise Islam's image and purpose is a well-established one.
Another example, and one I discussed a while ago, was one where a particularly militant Islamic wing tried to capitalise on the aftermath of the UK's riots of a couple of years ago. I posted a link of a YouTube clip, where one of its chief propagandists was standing in the general area (Tottenham, north London) where the riots originated, and gave a lengthy speech about how Western values had failed, and how Islam was a supposed 'better base for values', of a type that would avoid other such riots.
You see, Islamists will indulge in ANY spin, ride on the back of ANY situation, if that situation is exploitable enough .. in the hope of offering a FALSE alternative.
So tell me, Jafar, how many of your 'converts' were truly NOT looking at Islam through rose-tinted glasses. H'mm ?
Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
04-09-2013, 09:29 PM
Very important question needs to be answered. Who paid for that man's education and degrees? Was he just a guy that rode the system to his own advantage and now decided to ride another system? As many poor people will latch onto just to get out of the poverty they live in.
The man's true character has to be judged before his embracing Islam can be heralded as a great achievement or proof of anything substantial IMHO.-Tyr
See, this is why slick Willie Jafar has me on ignore. I pose questions and make points that defeat his offerings so often.
By claiming he has me on ignore he gets to save face while dodging answering any hard questions about his posts and their content.
Yet he replies in threads I make and often tries to give refutations to points I make when he replies to others.
That is a coward's way and he voluntarily took it.
And I will keep pointing that out.... -Tyr
jafar00
04-10-2013, 09:14 PM
So tell me, Jafar, how many of your 'converts' were truly NOT looking at Islam through rose-tinted glasses. H'mm ?
Most converts I know are aware of the difference between Islam and politics.
aboutime
04-10-2013, 09:30 PM
See, this is why slick Willie Jafar has me on ignore. I pose questions and make points that defeat his offerings so often.
By claiming he has me on ignore he gets to save face while dodging answering any hard questions about his posts and their content.
Yet he replies in threads I make and often tries to give refutations to points I make when he replies to others.
That is a coward's way and he voluntarily took it.
And I will keep pointing that out.... -Tyr
Tyr. You're not the only member jafar has on Ignore. What an easy way to avoid being held accountable for anything he might say here? I see it as the Coward's method of avoiding being held accountable in any way.
Pretend you are not reading what others are asking you...as in Ignore mode....and nobody can expect you to Honestly reply...if you are afraid of repeating your known lies. That's how it works for jafar.
Throw all of the Mudballs he likes, then runs and hides behind a wall where he can't be confronted...despite the MUDDY HANDS.
Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
04-10-2013, 09:42 PM
Tyr. You're not the only member jafar has on Ignore. What an easy way to avoid being held accountable for anything he might say here? I see it as the Coward's method of avoiding being held accountable in any way.
Pretend you are not reading what others are asking you...as in Ignore mode....and nobody can expect you to Honestly reply...if you are afraid of repeating your known lies. That's how it works for jafar.
Throw all of the Mudballs he likes, then runs and hides behind a wall where he can't be confronted...despite the MUDDY HANDS.
Yet he replies on my threads and has even replied directly to me recently as he did tonight on a thread I recently posted.
I have no problem with his replying to my threads or my specific posts but to do so only to deny then not to answer any questions in return is dishonest behavior IMHO.-Tyr
Here my new thread his the first reply to it.
Thread: False Flag Attacks in Syria Pin Atrocities on Assad and Justify "Red Line" Engagement (http://www.debatepolicy.com/showthread.php?40132-False-Flag-Attacks-in-Syria-Pin-Atrocities-on-Assad-and-Justify-quot-Red-Line-quot-Engagement)
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taft2012
04-11-2013, 06:26 AM
Most converts I know are aware of the difference between Islam and politics.
Every prisoner I know of is aware of the difference between mass-produced frozen Salisbury steak prison meals and freshly prepared halal/kosher prison meals.
[QUOTE=red states rule;629659]From the Amazing Fact File
:laugh::laugh: I started to comment that I didnt think they actually showered but then I seen the jail deal :laugh::laugh:
tailfins
04-11-2013, 07:44 AM
Every prisoner I know of is aware of the difference between mass-produced frozen Salisbury steak prison meals and freshly prepared halal/kosher prison meals.
What do you suppose would happen if Scientologists declared freshly prepared filet mignon must be eaten at least three times a week?
Marcus Aurelius
04-11-2013, 07:48 AM
What do you suppose would happen if Scientologists declared freshly prepared filet mignon must be eaten at least three times a week?
I'd say 'Xenu will provide.'
Drummond
04-11-2013, 02:30 PM
Most converts I know are aware of the difference between Islam and politics.
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One Anjem Choudary, unashamed preacher on behalf of Islam for the destruction of democracy itself, EVERYWHERE, sees it simply. To him, Sharia Law is the legal embodiment of Islam, and he regards it as always superior, and more worthy of respect and slavish obedience, than ANY MAN MADE LAW.
If he had his way, worldwide Sharia would rule everywhere. No exceptions tolerated. Now .. I wonder what percentage of converts to Islam realise that ?
aboutime
04-11-2013, 02:41 PM
What do you suppose would happen if Scientologists declared freshly prepared filet mignon must be eaten at least three times a week?
tailfins. If YOU are said member of Scientology, and declared that I must eat filet mignon three, or even seven times a Week.
I would do exactly that...AS LONG AS YOU AGREED TO PAY FOR IT.
jafar00
04-12-2013, 03:14 AM
?????????????????????????????????
One Anjem Choudary, unashamed preacher on behalf of Islam for the destruction of democracy itself, EVERYWHERE, sees it simply. To him, Sharia Law is the legal embodiment of Islam, and he regards it as always superior, and more worthy of respect and slavish obedience, than ANY MAN MADE LAW.
If he had his way, worldwide Sharia would rule everywhere. No exceptions tolerated. Now .. I wonder what percentage of converts to Islam realise that ?
So far all I have seen this choudary geezer do is spout off extremist nonsense only him and a few of his scummy mates are in to. He is unheard of outside of his little circle.
Tyr-Ziu Saxnot
04-12-2013, 06:09 PM
So far all I have seen this choudary geezer do is spout off extremist nonsense only him and a few of his scummy mates are in to. He is unheard of outside of his little circle.
Bullshit Jafar, the guy has a large following and you try to pretend he is a small time nobody.
Isn't the muslim sect you belong too the small one? YES, I BELIEVE IT IS.
YET AS MEMBER OF A SMALL MUSLIM SECT YOU PREACH YOUR VERSION OF ISLAM IS CORRECT AND THE VAST MAJORITY IS WRONG. WERE THAT TRUE THE THE KORAN IS LYING ABOUT ALLAH AND THE PROPHET MOHAMMAD.--Tyr
Drummond
04-12-2013, 09:25 PM
So far all I have seen this choudary geezer do is spout off extremist nonsense only him and a few of his scummy mates are in to. He is unheard of outside of his little circle.
Jafar, really. Propaganda needs to be believable - and not readily refutable.
The 'extremist nonsense' you refer to is represented at any one time by many thousands, even millions, of Islamists across the world. Terrorist attacks are perpetrated daily, as another thread here has proven time and again. Yes, more than 'a few of his scummy mates' are involved.
As for being 'unheard of outside of his little circle' ... why do you bother with what you must KNOW is untrue ? I myself have posted various links proving the opposite of that. Links showing (via YouTube) that he's been interviewed by the BBC's 'Newsnight' programme. Also by CNN. Also by Sean Hannity, of Fox News.
'Islam4uk', though now banned, and which Choudary help bring into being, WAS AT ONE TIME A MAINSTREAM ISLAMIST PRESSURE GROUP IN THE UK. It was banned because Islam4uk planned to disrupt Wootton Bassett tributes to the returning bodies of British servicemen being repatriated from Afghanistan. Does that sound to you like an activity proving he's unknown 'outside of his little circle' .. ???
Perhaps the leaflets put up throughout Walthamstow, east London, which he organised, declaring the area 'a Sharia controlled' area, are evidence of his being 'unknown' ?
Perhaps the Wikipedia entry dedicated to him is, also .. ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjem_Choudary
According to this, Choudary receives 'little support' from 'the mainstream UK population' ... which may be only technically correct, given that the now banned 'Islam4uk' only WAS mainstream !! Nonetheless, he's extremely active. He's a face that appears time and again on British television (he's made multiple appearances on BBC1's 'The Big Questions' programme, as a Muslim speaker expressing a Muslim point of view whenever appropriate question topics are raised). As I've said, he's been interviewed on the 'Newsnight' programme (by Jeremy Paxman).
From Wikipedia ..
Choudary came to public attention in 1999, when the Sunday Telegraph identified him as playing an instrumental role in the recruitment of Muslim trainees leaving Britain to fight abroad. He told the newspaper "before they go abroad to fight for organisations like the IIF, the volunteers are trained in Britain. Some of the training does involve guns and live ammunition."'
Also ...
Choudary embraced Islamism, [B]and with the Islamist militant leader Omar Bakri Muhammed, co-founded al-Muhajiroun. The two men had met at a local mosque, where Bakri was giving a tafsir. In 2002 the group were refused a permit for a rally in London, by then Mayor of London, Ken Livingstone. They ignored the ban, and held a rally on 25 August. Choudary was summonsed to Bow Street Magistrates Court on 14 January 2003, on charges which included "exhibiting a notice, advertisement or any other written or pictorial matter", "using apparatus for the amplification of sound", "making a public speech or address", and "organising an assembly". In the same year Choudary gave a talk on education at Slough, where he outlined his ideas for a parallel system of Islamic education in the UK. His speech followed a bazaar organised by al-Muhajiroun, advertised by leaflet and word of mouth. Choudary also included elements of the group's ideology in his lecture.
In 2003 or 2004 Choudary organised an Islamic-themed camping trip, at which Bakri lectured, on the 54-acre (220,000 m2) grounds of the Jameah Islamiyah School in East Sussex. The trip, which was advertised by word-of-mouth, was attended by 50 Muslim men, most of whom were members of al-Muhajiroun. Bakri later claimed the activities at the camp included lectures on Islam, football, and paintballing. In September 2006 police searched the school following allegations that it was used in the training and recruitment of terrorists. According to testimony from Al Qaeda suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp, in 1997 and 1998 Abu Hamza and groups of around 30 of his followers held training camps at the school, which included training with AK47 rifles and handguns, and a mock rocket launcher. No arrests were made, and students and faculty were allowed to return on 23 September 2006, the first day of Ramadan.
The UK government had investigated expelling Bakri even before the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001, and in July 2003 the headquarters of al-Muhajiroun, and the homes of Bakri and Choudary, were raided by the police. The following year, under new anti-terrorist legislation, the government announced that it wished to ban al-Muhajiroun from operating in the UK. In 2005 Bakri learned that he was at risk of prosecution for his support of the 7 July 2005 London bombers, and in August left the UK for Lebanon, where he claimed that he was on holiday. After leaving a television station where he said "I will not return to Britain unless I want to go there as a visitor or as a tourist", he was detained by Lebanon's general security department and held in a Beirut prison. Several days later, Bakri was excluded from returning to Britain by Home Secretary Charles Clarke, on the grounds that his presence in Britain was "not conducive to the public good." Choudary condemned the decision as "outrageous", demanded to know what Bakri had done to justify the ban, and claimed that ministers were inventing rules to ensure that Bakri could not return. In November Choudary was deported from Lebanon, along with three other followers of Bakri, and returned to the UK. Along with the three other deportees, he claimed that they were there to help Bakri set up a madrasah, and blamed the Foreign and Commonwealth Office for orchestrating their deportations.
Following his deportation, Choudary attended the launch in London of Ahlus Sunnah wal Jamaah, the intended successor organisation to al-Muhajiroun. Choudary said that Bakri was not on the committee of the new group, but that "we would love for the sheikh to have a role." The organisation operates mainly through an invitation-only internet forum, to which Choudary contributes under the screen name Abou Luqman. A reporter visiting the site found calls for holy war, and recordings by Osama Bin Laden, Ayman al-Zawahiri, and Omar Bakri Mohammed
So, yes. Choudary can be rightly called 'scummy'. But he's a far cry from 'unknown outside of his little circle'. This character has been interviewed by the American Press, and even tried to set up a pro-Muslim protest gathering outside the White House.
Jafar, if I could ever be said to 'like' an Islamist, Choudary qualifies. Why ? Because, Jafar, you get the unabridged TRUTH about Islam, its character, its ambitions, from what Choudary says. He's blatant, he's even proud of what he says. And what he says, Jafar, is that he wants Islam to dominate EVERYWHERE, with democracy killed off and Sharia Law installed in its place.
From Wikipedia ..
In 2008 he spoke of the "flag of Sharia" flying over Downing Street by 2020
Conservative Party leader David Cameron said that Choudary "is one of those people who needs to be looked at seriously in terms of the legality of what he's saying because he strays, I think, extremely close to the line of encouraging hatred, extremism and violence."
Jafar, your claim of Choudary being 'unheard of outside of his little circle' just HAS to be a lie. Unless, of course, the British Prime Minister is a PART of that circle .. eh ??:laugh::laugh:
So, please. Don't waste our time with your sanitationist, propagandist, UNTRUE, rot.
Marcus Aurelius
04-12-2013, 09:33 PM
So far all I have seen this choudary geezer do is spout off extremist nonsense only him and a few of his scummy mates are in to. He is unheard of outside of his little circle.
Lying pig. The French have banned him from entering their country. If he was unheard of outside his little circle... then explain that, dumb ass.
jafar00
04-13-2013, 08:55 PM
Jafar, really. Propaganda needs to be believable - and not readily refutable.
The 'extremist nonsense' you refer to is represented at any one time by many thousands, even millions, of Islamists across the world. Terrorist attacks are perpetrated daily, as another thread here has proven time and again. Yes, more than 'a few of his scummy mates' are involved.
As for being 'unheard of outside of his little circle' ... why do you bother with what you must KNOW is untrue ? I myself have posted various links proving the opposite of that. Links showing (via YouTube) that he's been interviewed by the BBC's 'Newsnight' programme. Also by CNN. Also by Sean Hannity, of Fox News.
'Islam4uk', though now banned, and which Choudary help bring into being, WAS AT ONE TIME A MAINSTREAM ISLAMIST PRESSURE GROUP IN THE UK. It was banned because Islam4uk planned to disrupt Wootton Bassett tributes to the returning bodies of British servicemen being repatriated from Afghanistan. Does that sound to you like an activity proving he's unknown 'outside of his little circle' .. ???
Perhaps the leaflets put up throughout Walthamstow, east London, which he organised, declaring the area 'a Sharia controlled' area, are evidence of his being 'unknown' ?
Perhaps the Wikipedia entry dedicated to him is, also .. ?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anjem_Choudary
According to this, Choudary receives 'little support' from 'the mainstream UK population' ... which may be only technically correct, given that the now banned 'Islam4uk' only WAS mainstream !! Nonetheless, he's extremely active. He's a face that appears time and again on British television (he's made multiple appearances on BBC1's 'The Big Questions' programme, as a Muslim speaker expressing a Muslim point of view whenever appropriate question topics are raised). As I've said, he's been interviewed on the 'Newsnight' programme (by Jeremy Paxman).
From Wikipedia ..
Also ...
So, yes. Choudary can be rightly called 'scummy'. But he's a far cry from [B]'unknown outside of his little circle'. This character has been interviewed by the American Press, and even tried to set up a pro-Muslim protest gathering outside the White House.
Jafar, if I could ever be said to 'like' an Islamist, Choudary qualifies. Why ? Because, Jafar, you get the unabridged TRUTH about Islam, its character, its ambitions, from what Choudary says. He's blatant, he's even proud of what he says. And what he says, Jafar, is that he wants Islam to dominate EVERYWHERE, with democracy killed off and Sharia Law installed in its place.
From Wikipedia ..
Jafar, your claim of Choudary being 'unheard of outside of his little circle' just HAS to be a lie. Unless, of course, the British Prime Minister is a PART of that circle .. eh ??:laugh::laugh:
So, please. Don't waste our time with your sanitationist, propagandist, UNTRUE, rot.
Yes, you make a lot of noise about your local bad boy. I never heard of him before you started talking about him.
Why don't you do us all a favour and arrest the fool?
Marcus Aurelius
04-13-2013, 09:04 PM
Yes, you make a lot of noise about your local bad boy. I never heard of him before you started talking about him.
Why don't you do us all a favour and arrest the fool?
so, naturally, since YOU never heard of him, neither has anyone else, huh.
Narcissistic dumb ass.
Drummond
04-14-2013, 02:37 PM
Yes, you make a lot of noise about your local bad boy. I never heard of him before you started talking about him.
Why don't you do us all a favour and arrest the fool?
Perhaps this explains much, then.
You've never heard of Choudary (.. though he's attained international notoriety, as anyone needing to do any research on him can discover for themselves ..).
You'd never heard of Muslim paedophilia, eh, before posters here pointed it out to you ? And you'd also never heard of Muslim attempts to further it, in TODAY'S world, either .. eh ?
Perhaps, despite ALL of the MASSIVE evidence to the contrary, of Islam being OTHER than a so-called 'religion of peace' .. you'd never heard of its international terrorism ??
Jafar, if you had your way, nobody posting here would've heard of a good 95% of everything that Islamists get up to. We'd just see your myopically-challenged view of it, and nothing more.
You ask why Choudary isn't arrested. Here's your answer: because, courtesy of a mixture of preposterous EU human rights rulings, combined with our own Left Wingers being determined to FAVOUR Muslim sensibilities, our law enforcers are extremely loathe to deal with them as they SHOULD be dealt with.
For example:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2043029/Home-Office-confirms-11-foreign-terrorists-throw-UK.html
Up to 11 convicted terrorists who should be deported are walking our streets, it emerged last night.
The Home Office confirmed that in at least seven of the cases the extremists are using human rights laws to thwart their removal.
They include fanatics linked to the failed July 21 bomb attack, Al Qaeda fundraisers and terrorist plotters.
The revelation that the total is 11 comes after the Daily Mail reported earlier this week how other foreign terrorists were planning to use human rights laws to dodge deportation.
It will fuel fears that Labour’s Human Rights Act and the European Court of Human Rights are making a mockery of British justice. All the terrorists are from countries which have poor human rights records – allowing them to claim they would face ill-treatment if sent back home.
So you see, attempts you make to say that because Choudary is free, must mean he DESERVES to be free, do not stand up to examination.
Here's a recent example of a terrorist-sympathiser (and that is a generous way of describing him !!) who is able to defy our best efforts to bring him to justice:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-16923527
It "isn't acceptable" that the UK cannot deport radical cleric Abu Qatada to Jordan, the home secretary has said.
Theresa May told MPs the government was "considering all legal options" open to it - including referring the case to the European Court's grand chamber.
Abu Qatada is due to be released on bail, after the European Court of Human Rights ruled he could not be deported.
The UK is still negotiating with Jordan to get assurances that will satisfy the court he can be deported.
A Downing Street spokeswoman has said it is "not the end of the road" for the case.
In a Commons statement prompted by an "urgent question" from Labour, Mrs May told MPs that Abu Qatada posed a "serious" risk to Britain's national security - and successive governments, since 2001, had tried to deport him.
Some MPs murmured "disgraceful" as Mrs May said the European court had blocked Abu Qatada's deportation - and several Conservative backbenchers suggested Britain should suspend its membership of the European Convention on Human Rights.
Tory MP Mark Pritchard said the ruling was "undermining British justice and national security". Phillip Davies said it was a "pathetic, humiliating situation" that the government found itself in.
If you'd like to give us a bit of propaganda spin about this 'kindly, much maligned gentleman' who, ahem, may 'not be Islamic at all' .. see ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-16584923
Abu Qatada became an important player in the London Islamist scene - later dubbed "Londonistan" by its opponents - because of his credentials as a scholar.
During his early years in London, Abu Qatada preached at the Fourth Feathers community centre near Regent's Park and held meetings in his own home.
He was part of a broad movement that advocated imposing Islamic government on Muslim lands. He said that Islamic law justified taking up arms against despots and foreign invaders because they were the enemies of Muslims.
These ideas, developed over many years by hardline scholars, were part of the ideological roots adopted by al-Qaeda's to claim religious justification for its violence.
As the UK's security agencies tried to make sense of the Islamist scene, MI5 approached Abu Qatada on more than one occasion to ask for his help in minimising the threat to the UK.
By 1995, it was clear that Abu Qatada's influence was broad, particularly among Algerian and Egyptian armed Islamists. His religious rulings were taken very seriously by those who followed him.
In one religious opinion that year, he said it was Islamically lawful to kill the wives and children of "apostates" - those who have rejected Islam - in order to stop oppression in Algeria.
The practical effect was that armed Islamists in the country used his ruling to justify their attacks against civilians on the basis that anyone who wasn't with them was against them.
Even as late as 1997, he was not considered to be fully part of the wider movement of international violent jihad, which al-Qaeda was coming to spearhead.
But the authorities believe his views were hardening, particularly after a sermon targeting Jews. And by 2001, the cleric had issued rulings justifying suicide attacks, as seen in a BBC Panorama interview the same year.
A Spanish judge, Baltasar Garzon, described Abu Qatada as the "spiritual head of the mujahedin in Britain" - so the question for the British authorities was whether Abu Qatada now supported "martyrdom operations" against Western targets.
The Security Service and police eventually concluded that Abu Qatada was a threat. In a court statement they said he was providing advice which gave religious legitimacy to those "who wish to further the aims of extreme Islamism and to engage in terrorist attacks, including suicide bombings".
The authorities said that a number of people arrested in connection with terrorism had described Abu Qatada's influence. Richard Reid, the would-be mid-Atlantic shoe bomber, and Zacarias Moussaoui, both jailed for involvement in terrorism, are said to have sought religious advice from him.
OK, Jafar, now try sanitising all of THAT ....
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