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Converts to Christianity from Islam Total population Between 8.4 million (2014 study) - 10.2 million (2015 study) According to the study 6 million of those converts came from Indonesia; however, the 6 million figure also includes descendants of those converts. Significant numbers of Muslims convert to Christianity in: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, [6] [7] Australia, Austria, [8] Azerbaijan ...
The following is a list of notable people who converted to Christianity from a different religion or no religion.This article addresses only past voluntary professions of faith by the individuals listed, and is not intended to address ethnic, cultural, or other considerations such as Marriage.
Rachid Hammami, best known as Brother Rachid (born 1971, Morocco) [2] is a Moroccan former Muslim and convert to Christianity whose father is an Imam. He is a Christian apologist and critic of Islam, and hosts a weekly live call-in show on Al Hayat TV where he compares Islam and Christianity.
In 2007, Hegazy sued the Egyptian court to change his religion from "Islam" to "Christianity" on his national identification card. He said he wants to do this so that his child can be openly raised as a Christian, get a Christian birth certificate and marry in a church. He also stated that he wants to set a precedent for other converts. [1] [2] [3]
Converts to Christianity from Sunni Islam (3 C, 13 P) Converts to Nontrinitarianism from Islam (1 C) E. Converts to Eastern Orthodoxy from Islam (2 C, 6 P) O.
Francis Bok – Sudanese-American activist, convert to Islam from Christianity; but later returned to his Christian faith Jean-Bédel Bokassa (1921–1996), dictator of the Central African Republic and its successor state, the Central African Empire in what he became and declared Emperor (Bokassa was born Catholic Christian, converted himself ...
Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person that brings about changes in what sociologists refer to as the convert's "root reality" including their social behaviors, thinking and ethics. The sociology of religion indicates religious conversion was an important factor in the emergence of ...
Robert of St. Albans – English templar knight who converted to Islam from Christianity in 1185 and led an army for Saladin against the Crusaders in Jerusalem [134] Christian Rontini – Filipino footballer, he decided to convert from Catholicism to Islam while playing football in Indonesia [135]