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A. George Baker – American Protestant clergyman and medical doctor who converted to Islam. [15] French nobleman – Alexandre de Bonneval as "Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa" Abdullah Beg of Kartli – Georgian convert to Islam; served as a viceroy of Kartli for the Iranian Shah, Nadir in 1737; [16] claimant to the kingship of Kartli
The following is a list of notable people who converted to Islam from a different religion or no religion (who have individual Wikipedia articles).This article addresses only past professions of faith by the individuals listed, and is not intended to address ethnic, cultural, or other considerations.
Includes people who have converted from Protestantism, Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Oriental Orthodoxy or any Christian group, to Islam. For more information see, List of converts to Islam. People who identified as being Christian without being formally affiliated with a Christian group can be included in this group.
Muhammad Khodabandeh (Oljeitu) – Nestorian Christian upbringing; Buddhism, Sunni Islam, and Shia Islam. David Kirk – Originally Baptist; became a deacon in the Melkite Greek Catholic Church and later converted to the Orthodox Church in America. [14] Setsuzo Kotsuji – Born Shinto; converted to Presbyterian Christianity and then Judaism. [15]
Converts to Islam may be referred to as "converts," "reverts," or "new Muslims." Many people who have converted to Islam prefer to call themselves "reverts," in reference to a hadith that says that all people are Muslims at birth, but only come to "leave" the faith due to the environment they are raised in. [1] [2] The belief in the innate condition of Islam in all people is referred to as ...
There’s good and there’s bad. America has always been a welcome and tolerant country for immigrants. Currently there are people arguing for our civil rights, and we’re also seeing those who want to smear our entire faith and say that Islam is an inherently violent religion. These are exciting times to be an American Muslim, that’s for sure.
Francis Bok – Sudanese-American activist, convert to Islam from Christianity; but later returned to his Christian faith. [217] George Weah – Liberian soccer player (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [218] Ghorban Tourani – former Iranian Sunni Muslim who became a Christian minister. Following multiple murder threats, he ...
John Walker Lindh, American captured as an enemy combatant during the United States' invasion of Afghanistan in November 2001; baptized Catholic, he converted to Sunni Islam at age 16. Ingrid Mattson, president of the Islamic Society of North America. (She abandoned Catholicism years before her conversion to Islam) [32] Matthew Saad Muhammad, boxer