The following is a list of people who converted to

Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...

from a different

religion Religion is usually defined as a social- cultural system of designated behaviors and practices, morals, beliefs, worldviews, texts, sanctified places, prophecies, ethics, or organizations, that generally relates humanity to supernatural, ...

or no religion. This article addresses only past professions of faith by the individuals listed, and is not intended to address ethnic, cultural, or other considerations. Such cases are noted in their list entries. The list is categorized alphabetically with their former religious affiliation, where known.

Based on alphabetical order: A-Z

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Aminah Assilmi Aminah Assilmi (born Janice Huff, 1945 – 5 March 2010) was an American broadcast journalist, national Islam, Muslim community activist and director of the International Union of Muslim Women. Formerly a Southern Baptist preacher, she converted ...

– former Southern Baptist preacher who converted to Islam while attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity *

Hamza Ali Abbasi Hamza Ali Abbasi (Urdu/ pa, ; born 23 June 1984) is a Pakistani film and television actor and director. He is known for his roles as Afzal in the drama serial ''Pyarey Afzal'', and as Salahuddin in the drama serial ''Mann Mayal''. In 201 ...

– former Pakistani actor, reverted to

from

atheism Atheism, in the broadest sense, is an absence of belief in the existence of deities. Less broadly, atheism is a rejection of the belief that any deities exist. In an even narrower sense, atheism is specifically the position that there no d ...

* Abd Al Malik - French rapper and poet *

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Kareem (alternatively spelled Karim or Kerim) ( ar, کریم) is a common given name and surname of Arabic origin that means "generous", "noble", "honorable". It is also one of the Names of God in Islam in the Quran. Given name Karim * Karim A ...

– retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer *

Ahmed Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah (born Leroy Bland; May 10, 1946) is an American jazz trumpeter who was a prominent member of Sun Ra's band. Biography He began playing the trumpet at age 13 in his native New York City. One of the first groups he performed with wa ...

– American jazz trumpeterAbdullah, Ahmed Abdullah & Louis Reyes Rivera
"Excerpts from A Strange Celestial Road (Traveling the Spaceways)"
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Noor Hisham Abdullah Noor Hisham bin Abdullah (born Yew Ming Seong; 21 April 1963) is a Malaysian civil servant and endocrine surgeon who has served as the Director-General of Health since March 2013. Prior to his appointment, he served as the Deputy Director Gen ...

–

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n Director-General of Health in leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic; born Yew Ming Seong. *

Thomas J. Abercrombie Thomas J. Abercrombie (August 13, 1930 – April 3, 2006) was a senior staff writer and photographer for ''National Geographic'', well known for his work on Middle Eastern countries. During his tenure at the Geographic magazine, Abercrombie t ...

– photographer and writer for ''

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Hasan Akbar ''United States v. Hasan K. Akbar'' was the court-martial of a United States Army soldier for a premeditated attack in the early morning hours of March 23, 2003, at Camp Pennsylvania, Kuwait, during the start of the United States invasion of Iraq ...

(born Mark Fidel Kools) – American citizen, and

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, diagnosed with psychiatric problems, later sentenced to

death Death is the irreversible cessation of all biological functions that sustain an organism. For organisms with a brain, death can also be defined as the irreversible cessation of functioning of the whole brain, including brainstem, and brain ...

for an attack of resentmentGoldman, Russell. "Fort Hood Shooter Could Join 5 Others on Death Row."

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Retrieved 21 October 2010. * Shaheed Akbar (a.k.a. The Jacka) – American rapper *

Akhenaton Akhenaten (pronounced ), also spelled Echnaton, Akhenaton, ( egy, ꜣḫ-n-jtn ''ʾŪḫə-nə-yātəy'', , meaning "Effective for the Aten"), was an ancient Egyptian pharaoh reigning or 1351–1334 BC, the tenth ruler of the Eighteenth Dy ...

– French

rapper Rapping (also rhyming, spitting, emceeing or MCing) is a musical form of vocal delivery that incorporates "rhyme, rhythmic speech, and street vernacular". It is performed or chanted, usually over a backing beat or musical accompaniment. The ...

and producer; born Philippe Fragione *

Baba Ali Ali Ardekani ( fa, علی اردکانی; born October 11, 1974), best known by his stage name Baba Ali ( fa, بابا علی), is an Iranian-born American comedian, games developer, businessman, and actor. Early life Although born into a Per ...

– Iranian-born American film developer, games developer, and businessman *

Muhammad Ali Muhammad Ali (; born Cassius Marcellus Clay Jr.; January 17, 1942 – June 3, 2016) was an American professional boxer and activist. Nicknamed "The Greatest", he is regarded as one of the most significant sports figures of the 20th century, a ...

– professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist Muhammad Ali NYWTS

Sadeq Ali Munshi Muhammad Sadeq Ali ( bn, মোহাম্মদ সাদেক আলী, Sylheti Nagri, Nagri: ), born as Sri Gaur Kishore Sen ( bn, শ্রী গৌর কিশোর সেন), was a prominent Dobhashi writer, poet and district ...

(born Sri Gaur Kishore Sen) – Bengali author *

Nicolas Anelka Nicolas Sébastien Anelka (; born 14 March 1979) is a French professional Manager (association football), football manager and retired Football player, player who played as a Forward (association football), forward. As a player, he regularly fe ...

– French

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manager and former player *

Lewis Arquette Lewis Michael Arquette (December 14, 1935 – February 10, 2001) was an American film actor, writer, and producer. Arquette was known for playing J.D. Pickett on the television series ''The Waltons'', on which he worked from 1978 to 1981. Life ...

– American actor; father of actors David, Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis, and Richmond Arquette; son of

Cliff Arquette Clifford Charles Arquette (December 27, 1905 ⁠– September 23, 1974) was an American actor and comedian. Famous for his persona Charley Weaver, played on numerous television shows. Early life and career Cliff Arquette was born on Decemb ...

Muhammad Asad Muhammad Asad, ( ar, محمد أسد , ur, , born Leopold Weiss; 2 July 1900 – 20 February 1992) was an Austro-Hungarian-born Pakistani journalist, traveler, writer, linguist, political theorist and diplomat. He was a Jew but, later conve ...

– Austro-Hungarian born Deputy Secretary in the

Foreign Ministry of Pakistan The Ministry of Foreign Affairs ( ur, , ''Wazarat-e-Kharja'', abbreviated as MoFA) is a Ministry (government department), ministry of the Government of Pakistan tasked in managing Pakistan's diplomatic and consular relations as well as its fore ...

, known for an English Translation of Quran. *

Ziaur Rahman Azmi Ziya-ur-Rahman Azmi (also written as Dhiya-ur-Rahman A'zamī; 1943 – 30 July 2020) was an Indian Saudis, Indian-born Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar who served as the Dean (education), Dean of the Department of Hadith at the Islamic University of ...

(born Banke Lal) – author, scholar, professor and former Dean of the Department of Hadith at

Islamic University of Madinah The Islamic University of Madinah ( ar, الجامعة الإسلامية بالمدينة المنورة) was founded by the government of Saudi Arabia by a royal decree in 1961 in the Islamic holy city of Medina. Many have associated the univer ...

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David Benjamin David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...

– Chaldean Catholic priest known for his book Muhammad in Bible. *

B.G. Knocc Out Al Hasan Naqiyy (formerly Arlandis Hinton; born January 23, 1975), known professionally as B.G. Knocc Out is an American West Coast rapper and songwriter. He is best known for his collaboration on Eazy-E's 1993 single "''Real Muthaphuckkin G's'' ...

– American

Kristiane Backer Kristiane Verena Backer (born 13 December 1965) is a German art dealer with a previous career as a television presenter, journalist and author residing in London. Biography At the age of 15, Backer went to the United States as an exchange stude ...

– German television presenter. * A. George Baker – American Protestant clergyman who converted to Islam *

Yasin Abu Bakr Yasin Abu Bakr (born Lennox Philip; 19 October 1941 – 21 October 2021) was a Trinidad and Tobago religious leader who led the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago. The group staged an attempted ''coup d’état'' in 1990. ...

– leader of the

Jamaat al Muslimeen The Jamaat al Muslimeen (, also transliterated as Jamaat-ul Muslimeen or Jama'at al-Muslimeen, ''"School of Muslims", "Group of Muslims", "The Muslim Group", "The Muslim Assembly", "The Muslim Society", "The Muslim Community"'') is a radical extr ...

, a

Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...

group in

Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago (, ), officially the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago, is the southernmost island country in the Caribbean. Consisting of the main islands Trinidad and Tobago, and numerous much smaller islands, it is situated south of ...

* Mutah Beale – better known as ''Napoleon'', former member of

Tupac Shakur Tupac Amaru Shakur ( ; born Lesane Parish Crooks, June 16, 1971 – September 13, 1996), also known as 2Pac and Makaveli, was an American rapper. He is widely considered one of the most influential rappers of all time. Shakur is among the Li ...

's rap group, the OutlawzMona Moussly (2009)
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Lutfunnisa Begum Lutfunnisa Begum ( fa, , bn, বেগম লুৎফুন্নেসা; 1740 – 10 November 1790) was the third wife and primary consort of Nawabs of Bengal and Murshidabad, Nawab Siraj ud-Daulah, the last independent Nawab of Bengal. Ear ...

(born Rajkunwari) – consort of the

Nawab of Bengal The Nawab of Bengal ( bn, বাংলার নবাব) was the hereditary ruler of Bengal Subah in Mughal India. In the early 18th-century, the Nawab of Bengal was the ''de facto'' independent ruler of the three regions of Bengal, Bihar, ...

Maurice Béjart Maurice Béjart (; 1 January 1927 – 22 November 2007) was a French-born dancer, choreographer and opera director who ran the Béjart Ballet Lausanne in Switzerland. He developed a popular expressionistic form of modern ballet, talking vast th ...

– French choreographer *

Robert "Kool" Bell Robert Earl "Kool" Bell (born October 8, 1950), also known by his Muslim name Muhammad Bayyan, is an American musician, singer & songwriter. He is one of the founding members of the American R&B, soul, funk and disco band Kool & the Gang. ...

– American musician *

Mohammed Knut Bernström Mohammed Knut Johan Richard Bernström (October 22, 1919 – October 21, 2009) was a former Swedish diplomat, who converted to Islam. Anne Sofie Roald (2004). ''New Muslims in the European Context: The Experience of Scandinavian Converts ''. Brill ...

– Swedish ambassador *

Wojciech Bobowski Wojciech Bobowski or Ali Ufki (also Albertus Bobovius, Ali Bey, Santurî Ali Ufki; 1610–1675) was a Polish, later Ottoman musician and dragoman in the Ottoman Empire. He translated the ''Bible'' into Ottoman Turkish, composed an Ottoman '' P ...

– Polish musician; Bible translator *

Lauren Booth Lauren Booth (born Sarah Jane Booth; 22 July 1967) is an English broadcaster, journalist and activist holding a VIP Palestinian Authority passport as well as a British passport. Early life Sarah Jane Booth was born and grew up in North London ...

– British broadcaster,

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and

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activist * Charles Brooks, Jr. – first person in the United States to be executed using

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, converted to Islam in prison, shortly before deathFinal Meal Requests
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H. Rap Brown Jamil Abdullah al-Amin (born Hubert Gerold Brown; October 4, 1943), formerly known as H. Rap Brown, is a civil rights activist, black separatist, and convicted murderer who was the fifth chairman of the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee ...

– American civil rights activist *

Jonathan A.C. Brown Jonathan Andrew Cleveland Brown is an American Muslim scholar of Islamic studies. Since 2012, he has served as an associate professor at Georgetown University's Edmund A. Walsh School of Foreign Service. He holds the Alwaleed bin Talal Chair of ...

– American Islamic scholar and assistant professor at Georgetown University Jonathan Brown (41555692432)

Maurice Bucaille Maurice Bucaille (; 19 July 1920 – 17 February 1998) was a doctor and a specialist in the field of gastroenterology who was appointed as the family physician of Faisal of Saudi Arabia in 1973. His patients included the members of the family of ...

– French family physician of King Faisalabad. It is disputed whether he ever converted, and if he did, whether he publicly declared his conversion. He is reported in a 2013 Arab News newspaper article, " ''In his excitement, he stood before the attendants and loudly said, "I have converted to Islam and believed in this Qur’an''," however no references are given. In other articles and videos he was normally very careful not to claim allegiance to any one faith. * Abdullah ibn Buhaina – American musician, also known as Arthur "Art" Blakey, American jazz drummer and bandleader; stopped being a practicing Muslim in the 1950s and continued to perform under the name "Art Blakey" throughout his careerBrandi Denison, 2010, "Blakey, Art (Ibn Buhaina Abdullah)", ''Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History'' (Edward E. Curtis, Ed.), pp. 85f (New York: Infobase Publishing); ; available her

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Titus Burckhardt Titus Burckhardt (24 October 1908 – 15 January 1984) was a Swiss writer and a leading member of the Perennialist or Traditionalist School. He was the author of numerous works on metaphysics, cosmology, anthropology, esoterism, alchemy, Sufism ...

– Swiss writer and scholar

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* Celestino Caballero – Panamanian boxer and former

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Champion *

Clarence Seedorf Clarence Clyde Seedorf (; born 1 April 1976) is a Dutch professional football manager and former player. He is regarded by many to be one of the best midfielders of his generation. Seedorf is considered one of the most successful players in UEF ...

- Dutch professional football manager and former player. *

Dave Chappelle David Khari Webber Chappelle ( ; born August 24, 1973) is an American stand-up comedian and actor. He is best known for his satirical comedy sketch series ''Chappelle's Show'' (2003–2006), which he starred in until quitting in the middle of p ...

– American comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer, actor, and artist *

Kérim Chatty Kerim Chatty (born 15 January 1973) is a Swedish man who was suspected of attempted hijacking of an aircraft in 2002. He was subsequently released from police custody and the preliminary inquiry regarding attempted hijacking was dropped. Chatty wa ...

– Swedish bodybuilding stuntman *

Ashley Chin Ashley Anthony Chin (born 21 August 1982), also known by his stage name Muslim Belal, is an English actor, screenwriter, spoken word poet and rapper of Jamaican descent. He began his acting career in the 1999 BBC film ''Storm Damage'' and his mu ...

– British actor and rapper *

Zainab Cobbold Zainab Cobbold (born Lady Evelyn Murray; 17 July 1867 – January 1963) was a Scottish diarist, traveller and noblewoman who was known for her conversion to Islam in the Victorian era. Biography Born in Edinburgh in 1867, she was the eldest da ...

– Scottish noblewoman *

Louis du Couret Louis du Couret or Abd ul-Hamid In (1812 – 1 April 1867) was a French explorer, military officer, and writer. Louis du Couret was born in France. His father was in the French Army and was a Colonel. du Couret visited Egypt in 1834, before going ...

– French explorer, writer and military officer

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Uri Davis Uriel "Uri" Davis ( he, אוריאל "אורי" דייוויס , born 8 June 1943 in Jerusalem) is an academic and civil rights activist. Davis has served as Vice-Chairman of the Israeli League for Human and Civil Rights and as lecturer in Peace ...

– Middle East academic and activist who works on civil rights in

Israel Israel (; he, יִשְׂרָאֵל, ; ar, إِسْرَائِيل, ), officially the State of Israel ( he, מְדִינַת יִשְׂרָאֵל, label=none, translit=Medīnat Yīsrāʾēl; ), is a country in Western Asia. It is situated ...

, Palestinian National Authority and the Middle EastZMag Bio: Uri Davis
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Bob Denard Robert Denard (born Gilbert Bourgeaud; 7 April 1929 – 13 October 2007) was a French soldier of fortune and mercenary. He served as the Military Leader of The Comoros twice with him first serving from 13 May 1978 to 15 December 1989 and again ...

– French mercenary *

Jeffrey Mark Deskovic Jeffrey Mark Deskovic (born October 27, 1973) is an American man from Peekskill, New York known for having been wrongly convicted in 1990 at the age of seventeen of raping, beating, and strangling Angela Correa, a 15-year-old high school classmate ...

– served 15-year wrongful imprisonment sentence *

Diam's Mélanie Georgiades (; born 25 July 1980 in Nicosia), better known by her stage name Diam's (), is a French rapper of Greek Cypriot origin. Biography Mélanie Marie Georgiades was born on July 25, 1980 in Nicosia, capital of Cyprus. Her mother ...

– French rapper, born Mélanie Georgiades, converted in 2010 * Nasreddine Dinet – French orientalist painter, converted to Islam in 1908 *

Deso Dogg Denis Mamadou Gerhard Cuspert (18 October 1975 – 17 January 2018), also known by his stage name Deso Dogg and his ''nom de guerre'' Abu Talha al-Almani, was a German rapper who became a member of the Islamic State.Mekhennet, Souad. "Osama’s n ...

– former rapper who went to fight in Syria *

Arnoud van Doorn Arnoud van Doorn (born 18 March 1966, in The Hague) is a politician. He was a member of the Dutch political party, Dutch Freedom Party (PVV), before converting to Islam. Political career Arnoud van Doorn used to be part of the PVV of Geert Wild ...

– Dutch politician *

Dutchavelli Stephan Fabulous Allen (born 11 November 1993), better known by his stage name Dutchavelli, is a British rapper. His name comes in part from the fact that he and his family (including his sister, singer and rapper Stefflon Don) spent their form ...

– British rapper

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Dave East David Lawrence Brewster Jr. (born June 3, 1988), better known by his stage name Dave East, is an American rapper. East began his career in 2010, and gained attention in 2014 from his eighth mixtape, ''Black Rose''. Its release garnered the attent ...

– American rapper and actor *

Isabelle Eberhardt Isabelle Wilhelmine Marie Eberhardt (17 February 1877 – 21 October 1904) was a Swiss explorer and author. As a teenager, Eberhardt, educated in Switzerland by her father, published short stories under a male pseudonym. She became interested ...

– Swiss explorer and writer *

Keith Ellison Keith Maurice Ellison (born August 4, 1963) is an American politician and lawyer serving as the 30th attorney general of Minnesota. A member of the Democratic–Farmer–Labor Party (DFL), Ellison was the U.S. representative for from 2007 to ...

– American politician and lawyer; first

to be elected to

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and the first

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representative from

Minnesota Minnesota () is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents. Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to ...

Everlast Erik Francis Schrody (born August 18, 1969), known by his stage name Everlast, is an American musician, singer, rapper, and songwriter, who was the frontman for hip hop group House of Pain. He was also part of the hip hop supergroup La Coka ...

– American rapper and singer-songwriter *

Yusuf Estes Yusuf Estes (born: Joseph Estes, 1944), is an American from Texas who reverted from Christianity to Islam in 1991. He has served as a Muslim chaplain for the United States Bureau of Prisons during the 1990s, and has served as a delegate to the ...

– American preacher and founder of Guide US TV Yusuf Estes Bekeerlingendag 2013

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Alys Faiz Alys Faiz (Urdu:; September 1915 – 12 March 2003) was a Pakistani poet, writer, journalist, human rights activist, social worker and a teacher. Alys was born in London, but she later became a naturalized citizen of Pakistan. She was the wife of ...

– human rights and peace activist; converted at the time of her marriage to Urdu poet

Faiz Ahmed Faiz Faiz Ahmad ''Faiz'' (13 February 1911 – 20 November 1984; Urdu, Punjabi: فیض احمد فیض) was a Pakistani poet, and author of Urdu and Punjabi literature. Faiz was one of the most celebrated Pakistani Urdu writers of his time. Out ...

Amanda Figueras Amanda Figueras (born Vilafranca del Penedès, Barcelona; born 1978) is a Spanish journalist and writer who worked for El Mundo (Spain), El Mundo for more than a decade. She is better known as an Islamic activist. Career Figueras holds a degree in ...

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journalist for El Mundo and a writer * Michael Finton – radicalised individual, attempted to bomb the Paul Findley Federal Building to protest the Afghan war. Finton's local mosque condemned and disassociated from his ideologies *

Jaime Fletcher Jaime "Mujahid" Fletcher is a filmmaker and member of National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP). He is the owner and CEO of an advertising agency, FocusPoint Studios. Fletcher was former Catholic Christian. He studied Christi ...

– American film maker and founder of

IslamInSpanish IslamInSpanish is an educational, non-profit organization that seeks to educate Latinos about Islam in the Spanish language worldwide through audiovisual media (DVDs, TV, audio CDs, radio and interactive website). It distributes materials within t ...

* Patrice Lumumba Ford (of the

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) – part of a group based in the U.S. Arrested for charges of terrorism, Ford's representative claimed the arrests were a governmental strategy to cover-up America's activities in foreign warsThe Making of a "Terrorist"
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'', 6 June 2002. *

Myriam François Dr Myriam Francois is an award-winning Franco-Irish journalist, filmmaker and writer. Her work has appeared on BBC, Channel 4, Al Jazeera, and numerous other outlets and publications. Myriam is the founder and CEO of production companmpwr product ...

– English-French writer and broadcaster *

Sultaana Freeman Sultaana Lakiana Myke Freeman (born 1967) is a Muslim American, resident in the state of Florida. She garnered media attention and notoriety when she sued the state of Florida over the right to wear a face veil for her driver's license picture. Ba ...

– Florida woman, popular in a local controversy for wearing face veil in drivers-license picture

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Christian Ganczarski Christian Ganczarski (born 1966, in Gliwice, Poland) is a German citizen of Polish ancestry who converted to a radical Islamic group. Nicolas Sarkozy, then French Interior Minister, alleged Ganczarski was a top Al-Qaeda leader who had been in Afgh ...

– German citizen who adopted radicalised ideologies, charged for conspiring 11 Sep attacks *

Jemima Goldsmith Jemima Marcelle Goldsmith (born 30 January 1974; known as Jemima Khan for work) is an English screenwriter, television, film and documentary producer and the founder of Instinct Productions, a television production company. She was formerly a j ...

– British socialite and ex-wife of

Imran Khan Imran Ahmed Khan Niazi ( ur}; born 5 October 1952) is a Pakistani politician and former Cricket captain who served as the 22nd Prime Minister of Pakistan from August 2018 to until April 2022, when he was ousted through a no-confidenc ...

Juan Carlos Gomez ''Juan'' is a given name, the Spanish and Manx versions of ''John''. It is very common in Spain and in other Spanish-speaking communities around the world and in the Philippines, and also (pronounced differently) in the Isle of Man. In Spanish, t ...

– Cuban former Cruiserweight Boxing Champion *

Khalid Gonçalves Khalid Gonçalves (Arabic: خالد Khālid, Portuguese: ɡõˈsaɫvɨʃ) (born Paul Pires Gonçalves; September 8, 1971) is an American actor and musician who is best known for his portrayal of British rock icon Freddie Mercury in the off-Broadwa ...

– Portuguese American actor and musician (born Paul Pires Gonçalves), convert to Islam from

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Abdur Raheem Green Abdur Raheem Green (born: Anthony Waclaw Gavin Green; 1964), is a British revert to Islam who is known in some Muslim communities for his work in Dawah, both in televised formal settings and informal contexts such as Hyde Park's Speakers Corner. ...

(born Anthony Green) – British Islamic preacher and founder of iERA *

Philippe Grenier Philippe Grenier (; 14 August 1865 – 25 March 1944) was a French politician who served as a member of the Chamber of Deputies for Doubs from 1896 to 1898. He became a convert to Islam during a trip to French Algeria in 1894 and later t ...

– French doctor; first Muslim MP in France * Jennifer Grout – American singer of Arabic music. *

Gigi Gryce Gigi Gryce (born George General Grice Jr.; November 28, 1925 – March 14, 1983), later Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz saxophonist, flautist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator. While his performing career was relatively short, ...

– American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator

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Murad Wilfried Hofmann Murad Wilfried Hofmann (1931 – 13 January 2020) was a German diplomat and author. He wrote several books on Islam, including ''Journey to Makkah'' () and ''Islam: The Alternative'' (). Many of his books and essays focused on Islam's place ...

– German diplomat and author who converted from Catholic Christianity. Murad Wilfried Hofmann

Walt Hazzard Mahdi Abdul-Rahman (born Walter Raphael Hazzard Jr.; April 15, 1942 – November 18, 2011) was an American professional basketball player and college basketball coach. He played in college for the UCLA Bruins and was a member of their first natio ...

– former NBA player * Yusuf Hazziez – American musician, born Joseph Arrington, Jr.; formerly known professionally as

Joe Tex Yusuf Hazziez (born Joseph Arrington Jr.; August 8, 1935 – August 13, 1982), known professionally as Joe Tex, was an American singer and musician who gained success in the 1960s and 1970s with his brand of Southern soul, which mixed the style ...

Aribert Heim Aribert Ferdinand Heim (28 June 191410 August 1992), also known as Dr. Death and Butcher of Mauthausen, was an Austrian ''Schutzstaffel'' (SS) doctor. During World War II, he served at the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in Mauthausen, killin ...

– Austrian SS doctor, also known as Dr. Death *

Tony Hussein Hinde Anthony Hussein Hinde (1953Maldivian surfer and surfing pioneer who converted to Islam *

Baba Ratan Hindi Baba Ratan Hindi ( ar, بابا رتن الهندي; pa, ) was a legendary person, alleged to be one of the non-Arab companions of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Born in Punjab, he was a trader who used to take goods from India to Arabia. There ...

– Indian merchant *

Lim Yew Hock Lim Yew Hock ( zh, c=林有福, p=Lín Yǒufú; 15 October 1914 – 30 November 1984) was a MalaysianIbrahim Hooper Ibrahim Hooper (born Douglas Hooper) is the National Communications Director and spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a Washington D.C.-based Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. Early life, education, and ear ...

(Douglas Hooper) – Islamic activist, spokesman for the

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(CAIR) *

Knud Holmboe Knud Valdemar Gylding Holmboe (22 April 1902 Horsens Denmark – 13 October 1931 Aqaba, Jordan) was a Danish journalist, author and explorer who converted from Protestantism to Catholicism in 1921, and, after a sojourn in North Africa, ultimately ...

– Danish journalist, author and explorer

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Abdullah Ibrahim Abdullah Ibrahim (born Adolph Johannes Brand on 9 October 1934 and formerly known as Dollar Brand) is a South African pianist and composer. His music reflects many of the musical influences of his childhood in the multicultural port areas of Cap ...

– South African jazz musician *

Yusuf Islam Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later i ...

– English singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and activist; born Steven Demetre Georgiou; known professionally as

Cat Stevens Yusuf Islam (born Steven Demetre Georgiou; ), commonly known by his stage names Cat Stevens, Yusuf, and Yusuf / Cat Stevens, is a British singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. His musical style consists of folk, pop, rock, and, later in ...

Abu Izzadeen Abu Izzadeen ( ar, أبو عز الدين, ''Abū ‘Izz ad-Dīn''; born Trevor Richard Brooks on 18 April 1975) is a British spokesman for Al Ghurabaa, a British Muslim organisation banned under the Terrorism Act 2006 for the glorification of ...

– Hackney-born extremist and hate-preacher, spokesman for Al Ghurabaa * Muhammad Hussain Inoki – Japanese retired professional wrestler, martial artist, politician, and promoter of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts. *

Kyrie Irving Kyrie Andrew Irving (; lkt, Ȟéla, italic=no, ; born March 23, 1992) is an American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was named the Rookie of the Year after being selected b ...

– American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA.

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Stephen Jackson Stephen Jesse Jackson (born April 5, 1978) is an American former professional basketball player who played 14 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) with the New Jersey Nets, Atlanta Hawks, Indiana Pacers, Golden State Warriors, Mi ...

– American former professional

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player who played 2400 seasons in the

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(NBA) *

Tiara Jacquelina Puan Sri Tiara Jacquelina Eu Effendi is a Malaysian actress, film producer, musical theater producer, singer, and the founder of ''The Enfiniti Academy of Musical Theatre and Performing Arts''. She is well-acclaimed for her role in ''Puteri Gunu ...

– Malaysian actress *

Ahmad Jamal Ahmad Jamal (born Frederick Russell Jones, July 2, 1930) is an American jazz pianist, composer, bandleader and educator. For six decades, he has been one of the most successful small-group leaders in jazz. Biography Early life Jamal was born Fr ...

– American jazz pianist *

Maryam Jameelah Maryam Jameelah (May 23, 1931 – October 31, 2012) was an American-Pakistani author of over thirty books on Islamic culture and history and a female voice for conservative Islam, known for her writings about the West. Born Margret Marcus in New ...

– formerly Margret Marcus; author of many books covering several subjects, including modernism,

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history History (derived ) is the systematic study and the documentation of the human activity. The time period of event before the History of writing#Inventions of writing, invention of writing systems is considered prehistory. "History" is an umbr ...

jihad Jihad (; ar, جهاد, jihād ) is an Arabic word which literally means "striving" or "struggling", especially with a praiseworthy aim. In an Islamic context, it can refer to almost any effort to make personal and social life conform with Go ...

theology Theology is the systematic study of the nature of the divine and, more broadly, of religious belief. It is taught as an academic discipline, typically in universities and seminaries. It occupies itself with the unique content of analyzing the ...

and

technology Technology is the application of knowledge to reach practical goals in a specifiable and reproducible way. The word ''technology'' may also mean the product of such an endeavor. The use of technology is widely prevalent in medicine, science, ...

Jan Janszoon Jan Janszoon van Haarlem, commonly known as Reis Mourad the Younger (c. 1570 – c. 1641), was an Ottoman and Salé Rovers Dutch pirate in Algeria and Morocco who converted to Islam after being captured by a Moorish state in 1618. He began se ...

– Dutch pirate, later sent his son to America, to become one of the first settlers of modern-day Brooklyn (called

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at the time) * Larry Johnson – retired American professional basketball player * Gustave-Henri Jossot – French caricaturist, illustrator and Orientalist painter

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Malik Kafur Malik Kafur (died 1316), also known as Taj al-Din Izz al-Dawla, was a prominent slave-general of the Delhi Sultanate ruler Alauddin Khalji. He was captured by Alauddin's general Nusrat Khan during the 1299 invasion of Gujarat, and rose to promi ...

(d. 1316) – military commander of

Alauddin Khalji Alaud-Dīn Khaljī, also called Alauddin Khilji or Alauddin Ghilji (), born Ali Gurshasp, was an emperor of the Khalji dynasty that ruled the Delhi Sultanate The Delhi Sultanate was an Islamic empire based in Delhi that stretched over lar ...

Dipika Kakar Dipika Kakar Ibrahim (born 6 August 1986) is an Indian actress who works in Hindi television. She is known for playing Simar in ''Sasural Simar Ka'' and Sonakshi in ''Kahaan Hum Kahaan Tum''. She participated in the reality show ''Bigg Boss 12 ...

– Indian television actress *

Frédéric Kanouté Frédéric Oumar Kanouté (born 2 September 1977) is a former professional footballer who played as a striker for several top-tier clubs in Europe, enjoying his greatest success with La Liga side Sevilla. Kanouté was named the 2007 African Foot ...

– French

Mali Mali (; ), officially the Republic of Mali,, , ff, 𞤈𞤫𞤲𞥆𞤣𞤢𞥄𞤲𞤣𞤭 𞤃𞤢𞥄𞤤𞤭, Renndaandi Maali, italics=no, ar, جمهورية مالي, Jumhūriyyāt Mālī is a landlocked country in West Africa. Mali ...

an former football player Frederic Kanoute 2011

Peter Kassig Peter Edward Kassig (February 19, 1988 – November 16, 2014), also known as Abdul-Rahman Kassig, was an American aid worker who was beheaded by the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant. Early life and education Kassig was born and raised in I ...

– American aid worker, formerly a

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, converted to Islam and changed name to Abdul-Rahman Kassig; taken hostage and killed by The Islamic State *

Mudzaffar Shah I of Kedah Paduka Sri Sultan Mudzaffar Shah I, (died 27 July 1179) styled ''Phra Ong Mahawangsa'' was a legendary king and was said to be the first Sultan of Kedah, according to Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. He was the last Hindu king of Kedah, styled ''Sri P ...

– founder of the

Kedah Sultanate The Kedah Sultanate (كسلطانن قدح) is a Muslim dynasty located in the Malay Peninsula. It was originally an independent state, but became a British protectorate in 1909. Its monarchy was abolished after it was added to the Malayan Unio ...

* Khalid Kelly – former leader of

Al-Muhajiroun Al-Muhajiroun ( ar, المهاجرون, "The Emigrants") is a Proscription, proscribed militant network based in Saudi Arabia. The founder of the group was Omar Bakri Muhammad, a Syrian who previously belonged to ''Hizb ut-Tahrir''; he was not p ...

in Ireland *

Saida Miller Khalifa Saida Miller Khalifa is an author and convert to Islam. She was born Sonya Miller in Great Britain and converted in 1959. She met her husband, an Egyptian professor named Yusry Khalifa, a year later after having taken the name ''Saida''. They both w ...

– British author, originally named Sonya Miller *

Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (15 February 1906 – 1 July 2000) was the fourth and last wife of Sir Sultan Muhammad Shah, Aga Khan III. The couple married thirteen months after the Aga Khan III and his third wife were divorced by mutual consent. The ...

(born Yvette Blanche Labrousse) – Miss France 1930, wife of

Aga Khan III Sultan Muhammad Shah (2 November 187711 July 1957), commonly known by his religious title Aga Khan III, was the 48th Imam of the Nizariyya. He played an important role in British Indian politics. Born to Aga Khan II in Karachi, Aga Khan III ...

* Malik Jahan Khan (born Dhondia Wagh) – 18th-century military soldier and adventurer *

Murshid Quli Khan Murshid Quli Khan ( fa, , bn, মুর্শিদকুলি খান; 1660 – 30 June 1727), also known as Zamin Ali Quli and born as Surya Narayan Mishra, was the first Nawab of Bengal, serving from 1717 to 1727. Born a Hindu in the D ...

(born Surya Narayan Mishra) – First

(r. 1717–1727) * Vladimir Khodov – militant zealot who converted to Islam in prison, and was the leader of the

Beslan school hostage crisis The Beslan school siege (also referred to as the Beslan school hostage crisis or the Beslan massacre) was a terrorist attack that started on 1 September 2004, lasted three days, involved the imprisonment of more than 1,100 people as hostages ( ...

Abd al Haqq Kielan Abd al Haqq Kielan ( ar, عبدالحق كيلان, born 22 June 1941) is a Swedish Muslim cleric. He is an Imam at the mosque in Eskilstuna and at the Islamic Association in Stockholm. He is also chairman of the Swedish Islamic Society and per ...

– Swedish cleric *

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— Muslim YouTuber *

James Achilles Kirkpatrick Lieutenant-Colonel James Achilles Kirkpatrick (1764 – 15 October 1805) was an East India Company officer and diplomat who served as the Resident at Hyderabad Deccan from 1798 until 1805. Kirkpatrick also ordered the construction of the Koti Resid ...

– was the

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Hyderabad Hyderabad ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Indian state of Telangana and the ''de jure'' capital of Andhra Pradesh. It occupies on the Deccan Plateau along the banks of the Musi River (India), Musi River, in the northern part ...

Rebeka Koha Rebeka Salsabil Ibrahim (born Rebeka Koha; 19 May 1998) is a Latvian-born Qatari Olympic weightlifting, weightlifter, two time Junior World Champion and two time European Champion competing in the 58 kg division until 2018 and 59 kg star ...

– Latvian weightlifter *

Pavel Kosolapov Pavel Pavlovich Kosolapov (russian: Павел Павлович Косолапов; born February 27 1980, in Serafimovichsky District, Volgograd Oblast, Russia) is an ethnic Russian who is alleged to be an islamic terrorist and sometimes referenc ...

– radical Russian rebel wanted by the

Federal Security Service The Federal Security Service of the Russian Federation (FSB) RF; rus, Федеральная служба безопасности Российской Федерации (ФСБ России), Federal'naya sluzhba bezopasnosti Rossiyskoy Feder ...

of Russia for suspected extremist activities

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Colleen LaRose Colleen Renée LaRose (born June 5, 1963), also known as Jihad Jane and Fatima LaRose, is an American citizen who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years for terrorism-related crimes, including conspiracy to commit murder and providing material ...

– American citizen, known for having adopted radicalised ideologies and conspiring a plot against Swedish cartoonist

Lars Vilks Lars Endel Roger Vilks (20 June 1946 – 3 October 2021) was a Swedish visual artist and activist who was known for the controversy surrounding his drawings of Muhammad. He also created the sculptures ''Nimis'' and ''Arx'', made of driftwood an ...

Yusef Lateef Yusef Abdul Lateef (born William Emanuel Huddleston; October 9, 1920 – December 23, 2013) was an American jazz multi-instrumentalist, composer, and prominent figure among the Ahmadiyya Community in America. Although Lateef's main instruments ...

– American jazz musician *

Johann von Leers Omar Amin (born Johann Jakob von Leers; 25 January 19025 March 1965) was an ''Alter Kämpfer'' and an honorary ''Sturmbannführer'' in the ''Waffen-SS'' in Nazi Germany, where he was also a professor known for his anti-Jewish polemics. He was on ...

– advisor to

Mohamed Naguib Mohamed Bey Naguib Youssef Qutb El-Qashlan ( ar, الرئيس اللواء محمد بك نجيب يوسف قطب القشلان, ; 19 February 1901 – 28 August 1984), also known as Mohamed Naguib, was an Egyptian revolutionary, and, along w ...

and head of the Institute for the Study of Zionism * Gary Legenhausen – American philosopher and writer *

Lin Nu Lin Nu (林駑, Xiao'erjing: ) was a Chinese merchant and scholar in the early Ming dynasty. He is the ancestor of the philosopher Li Zhi. His family was Han Chinese in origin and the branch that remained true to Han culture cut off the Lin Nu's bra ...

– Chinese scholar of the

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who converted to Islam after visiting

Persia Iran, officially the Islamic Republic of Iran, and also called Persia, is a country located in Western Asia. It is bordered by Iraq and Turkey to the west, by Azerbaijan and Armenia to the northwest, by the Caspian Sea and Turkmeni ...

. He went on to marry a

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or Arab woman and brought her back to

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Fujian Fujian (; alternately romanized as Fukien or Hokkien) is a province on the southeastern coast of China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, Guangdong to the south, and the Taiwan Strait to the east. Its capi ...

province *

Omar Ong Yoke Lin Tun Omar Ong Yoke Lin ( zh, 翁毓麟; 23 July 1917 – 1 July 2010) was a Malaysian politician, diplomat and businessman. He was a founding member of the Malaysian Chinese Association, and was a key figure in the country's road to independence ...

(1917–2010) –

n politician, former government minister and founder of the

Malaysian Chinese Association The Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA; zh, 马来西亚华人公会; ; ta, மலேசிய சீனர் சங்கம், initially known as the Malayan Chinese Association) is a uni-racial political party in Malaysia that seeks to ...

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Malikussaleh Malikussaleh (Arabic: الملك الصالح, ALA-LC: ''al-Malik al-Ṣālih''; Acehnese: ''Malik ul Saleh, Malikus Saleh''; literal meaning: "the pious king" / "the pious ruler") is an Acehnese who established the first Muslim state of Samu ...

(born Merah Silu) – founder of the

Samudera Pasai Sultanate The Samudera Pasai Sultanate (), also known as Samudera or Pasai or Samudera Darussalam or Pacem, was a Muslim harbour kingdom on the north coast of Sumatra from the 13th to the 16th centuries CE. The kingdom was believed to have been founded ...

(r. 1267–1297) *

Khalid Masood On 22 March 2017, a terrorist attack took place outside the Palace of Westminster in London, seat of the British Parliament. Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old Briton, drove a car into pedestrians on the pavement along the south side of Westminster ...

(born Adrian Russel Elms) – British citizen, with a history of once heavy-drinking and drug-use, later adopted extremist beliefs; perpetrator of the

2017 Westminster attack On 22 March 2017, a terrorist attack took place outside the Palace of Westminster in London, seat of the British Parliament. Khalid Masood, a 52-year-old Briton, drove a car into pedestrians on the pavement along the south side of Westminster ...

Brandon Mayfield Brandon Mayfield (born July 15, 1966) is a Muslim-American convert in Washington County, Oregon, who was wrongfully detained in connection with the 2004 Madrid train bombings on the basis of a faulty fingerprint match. On May 6, 2004, the FBI ar ...

– American citizen, international lawyer, served in the

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. Was later issued a formal apology and $2 million settlement by the

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after being falsely linked with the

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Ali Mech Ali Mech was a tribal chief in the 13th century CE, in the region of present-day Assam belonging to the Mech people. He is said to have helped Bakhtiyar Khalji duing his Tibet campaign and converted to Islam under his influence. Biography Ali M ...

– 13th-century tribal chief *

Monica Monica may refer to: People *Monica (actress) (born 1987), Indian film actress *Monica (given name), a given name (including a list of people and characters with the name) *Monica (singer) (born 1980), American R&B singer, songwriter, producer, ...

– former Indian film actress, starred predominantly in

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films; converted to Islam in 2014Monica converts to Islam and quits films
, ''The Times of India'', 31 May 2014 *

Ali Shaheed Muhammad Ali Shaheed Muhammad (born August 11, 1970) is an American hip hop DJ, record producer, and rapper, best known as a member of A Tribe Called Quest. With Q-Tip and Phife Dawg (and sometimes Jarobi White), the group released five studio albums ...

– member of

A Tribe Called Quest A Tribe Called Quest was an American hip hop group formed in Queens, New York City, in 1985,Q-Tip

Idris Muhammad Idris Muhammad ( ar, إدريس محمد; born Leo Morris; November 13, 1939 – July 29, 2014) was an American jazz drummer and bandleader. He had an extensive career performing jazz, funk, R&B, and soul music and recorded with musicians such a ...

– American

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*Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah (born Jadu) – Sultan of Bengal *John Allen Muhammad – convicted serial killer who carried out the Beltway sniper attacks of October 2002; later executed for his crimes *Anthony Mundine – Australian boxer; former two-time Super Middleweight champion

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*Sinéad O'Connor (Shuhada' Davitt) – Irish people, Irish singer-songwriter; a former Excommunication, excommunicated Roman Catholic before becoming as Nondenominational Christianity, Nondenominational Trinitarian Christian for several years and later [Sunni] Islam over theological reasons FIL 2013 - Sinéad O'Connor 01

*Susanne Osthoff – German archaeologist and aid worker who had worked in Iraq since 1991, and was abducted en route to Abdil, for 3 weeks. She was later quoted to have said her kidnappers did not want ransom, but German humanitarian aid

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*José Padilla (prisoner), José Padilla – born-American citizen, known for controversial Rumsfeld v. Padilla case. Padilla was arrested on allegations of intended terrorism, but was refused a trial in civilian courts, as well as a defense counsel and civilian court review; he was later convicted for 21 years in prison. Economist Paul Craig Roberts criticized the sentence as having "overthrown" the Constitution *Jay Palfrey— English YouTuber and travel blogger *Cory Paterson – Australian professional rugby league player *Wayne Parnell – South African cricketer *Thomas Partey – Ghanaian football player *Christopher Paul – radicalised extremist, pleaded guilty to his affiliations and actions with al Qaeda *Abdul Wahid Pedersen – Danish Imam. *Charles John Pelham, 8th Earl of Yarborough, Charles John Pelham (Abdul Mateen) – 8th Earl of Yarborough *Bilal Philips – contemporary

teacher, speaker, and author *Marmaduke Pickthall – British former Anglican clergyman and known for English Translation of Quran Marmaduke Pickthall Portrait

*Neil Prakash – Australian Islamic State group recruiter *Parameswara (king) – last king of Singapura and the founder of Malacca

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*Abdullah Quilliam – England, English convert from Christianity to Islam, noted for founding England's first mosque and Islamic centre.

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*Raekwon – American rapper, born as Corey Woods *A. R. Rahman – Indian composer, musician, singer-songwriter, producer and philanthropist; he converted to Islam along with other members of his family in 1989 at age 23, changing his name from A. S. Dileep Kumar Mudhaliar to ''Allah Rakka Rahman''

*Yuvan Shankar Raja – Indian

; music director from Tamil Nadu *Richard Reid – British citizen, who adopted militant ideologies. Popularly known as the "Shoe Bomber" after unsuccessfully attempting to blow up an American Airlines flight *Nicky Reilly – resident of Plymouth, England, known for the 2008 Exeter attempted bombing; his psychologist says his mental disabilities (which included Asperger syndrome) made him vulnerable to radicalisation *MC Ren – American rapper and hip-hop producer *Franck Ribéry – France national football team player *Hamza Robertson (born Tom Robertson) – English singer *Jack Roche – British-born migrant in Sydney. Former member of the Jemaah Islamiyah sect, involved in its militant schemes, Roche later chose to divulge his information (of plots such as the September 11 attacks, the 2002 Bali bombings, etc.) to ASIO officers, but his calls were dismissed. Later convicted for 4-years, Roche has left the lifestyle behind but remains critical of the ASIO's failure to prevent the attacks

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*Hilal al-Sabi' – historian, bureaucrat, and writer of Arabic language, Arabic *Malik ul Salih – established the first Muslim state of Samudera Pasai *Carlos (Ilich Ramírez Sánchez), Ilich Ramírez Sánchez – formerly the world's most wanted terrorist; popularly known as "Carlos the Jackal" *Ibrahim Savant – radicalised individual arrested on suspected links with the 2006 UK transatlantic aircraft plot *Stephen Schwartz (journalist), Stephen Schwartz – American

, columnist, and author *

– Dutch former professional football players, widely seen as one of the greatest midfielders of all time. *Baba Shadi Shaheed (born Dharam Chand Chib) – former Governor of Kashmir and Kandahar *Derrick Shareef – Chicago citizen, arrested for attempted terror plot in CherryVale Mall in Rockford, Illinois, Rockford *Sahib Shihab – American jazz saxophonist and flautist *Felix Siauw − Chinese-Indonesian Islamic cleric and author affiliated with Hizbut Tahrir IndonesiaFrom Indonesian village to ISIS siege chief.
''The Australian''. Retrieved 18 October 2017. *Ubaidullah Sindhi – was a well known political, religious and revolutionary scholar *Robert Stanley (mayor) – British politician *Roger Stockham – Vietnam-veteran convicted for plotting to bomb a mosque *Divine Styler – American hip hop musician *Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Dallas) – Scottish convert, a Shaykh of Sufism, Shaykh of Instruction, leader of the Darqawa, Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa, founder of the Murabitun World Movement. *Nahshid Sulaiman – alternative hip hop artist *Kabir Suman (born Suman Chattopadhyay) – Indian singer-songwriter, musician, music director, poet, journalist, political activist, TV presenter, and occasional actor; he stated, "I wanted to keep the name my parents gave me, so I kept Suman. I took the name Kabir after Sheikh Kabir, a Bengali Muslims, Bengali Muslim poet who wrote ''Baishnab Padabali''." *

– Legendary king, said to be the first Sultan of Kedah, according to Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. He was the last Hindu king of Kedah, styled ''Sri Paduka Maharaja Durbar Raja'' before his accession. After his conversion to

, he later became the founder of the

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*Malik Maqbul Tilangani (born Malla Yugandharudu) – Vizier of the Delhi Sultanate *Sharmila Tagore – Indian actress *Andrew Tate - retired American-British kickboxing champion and internet personality. *Sinan ibn Thabit – physician and son of Thābit ibn Qurra *William Thorson – former Swedish poker player *Conrad Tillard (born 1964) - American Baptist minister, radio host, author, civil rights activist, and politician; later converted back to Christianity *Apisai Tora – Fijian politician * *Ofa Tu'ungafasi – New Zealand rugby player *Mike Tyson – American boxer; performer *Hamza Tzortzis, Hamza Tzortis – British public speaker and researcher on Islam. He is known for his book: ''The Divine Reality: God, Islam and the Mirage of Atheism.'' Mike Tyson 2019 by Glenn Francis

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*James Ujaama – social activist/entrepreneur from Seattle, known for helping black youth; established the Bly training camp; accused of militant intentions, but allegations were negated; later convicted for violating IEEPA, by installing software for a friend, to use on a computer owned by the Taliban

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*Joram van Klaveren – former Dutch MP, a politician who attempted to ban mosques and all Islamic practices from Holland; after working on a book to conclusively 'disprove' Islam, Joram's research (and discussions with Timothy Winter) drastically changed his views, he later converted to Islam

*Jorvan Vieira – Portugal, Luso-Brazilian people, Brazilian football coach *Bryant Neal Vinas – Hispanic American, once joined al Qaeda training camps, later turning on them to help the US, in attempt to turn his life around; his prosecutors called him the "single most valuable cooperating witness" about Qaeda activities; his judge was angered when, after a 3-month sentence, the FBI refused to provide him witness-protection *Pierre Vogel – German former boxer, now an Islamic preacher Pierre Vogel Koblenz 2011 (cropped)

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*Sonny Bill Williams – New Zealand rugby player and heavyweight boxer Sonny Bill Williams August 2014

*Jason Walters – Dutch citizen, former member of the Hofstad Network, convicted on acts of terror; currently writing his Master's thesis about de-radicalisation, and is an active speaker against radical zealotry, as an Analyst at Blue Water Intelligence *Alexander Russell Webb – American diplomat and writer *Dawud Wharnsby – Canadian singer songwriter. *Timothy Winter (a.k.a. Abdul Hakim Murad) – English convert who is the Director of Studies (Theology and Religious Studies) at Wolfson College, Cambridge, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge. *G. Willow Wilson – American comics writer. *Michael Wolfe – American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation

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*Malcolm X (1925–1965) –

Civil rights movement, civil rights leader and activist Malcolm X NYWTS 2a

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*Hussein Ye – Malaysians, Malaysian preacher and Islamic scholar Hussein_Yee_-_Malaysia

*Felixia Yeap – Malaysian supermodel, former ''Playboy'' Bunny *Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974), Mohammad Yousuf – former Pakistani cricketer *Hamza Yusuf – American Islamic preacher

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* List of converts to Islam from Buddhism * List of converts to Islam from Christianity * List of converts to Islam from Hinduism * List of converts to Islam from Judaism * List of converts to Islam from nontheism * List of converts to Islam from paganism * List of converts to Islam from Zoroastrianism

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