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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 ...
Between 540 and 542 he converted to Christianity. [55] Razhden the Protomartyr — was a 5th-century Persian nobleman in the service of the Georgian king Vakhtang I of Iberia and a convert to Christianity who was executed by the Sassanid military in Iberia. [56] Sagdukht — was a 5th-century queen consort of Iberia. [57]
King Ezana after converting to christianity. Tiridates III of Armenia, King of Armenia, in 301; Ezana of Axum, King of Aksum, 320; Constantine I, Roman emperor, in 337; Mirian III of Iberia, King of Iberia, c. 337
Mark Huda Junayed Fino – Bangladeshi raised as a Muslim but converted to Protestantism in 2010. Mary Fillis [268] Mathieu Kérékou – President of Benin (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [269] Matthew Ashimolowo – Nigerian-born British pastor and evangelist. [270] Mehdi Dibaj – Iranian pastor and Christian activist. [271]
Rianti Cartwright: Indonesian actress, model, presenter and VJ; two weeks before departure to the United States to get married, Rianti left the Muslim faith to become a baptized Catholic with the name Sophia Rianti Rhiannon Cartwright [78] [79] Kenneth Clark: British art historian, museum director, and broadcaster. Converted shortly before his ...
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.
She is nameless both in the Bible and in the Quran, but the name Bilqīs or Balqīs comes from Islamic tradition. 1 Kings 10:1: Quran 27:29: Saul the King: Ṭālūt: Sha'ul Literally 'Tall'; Meant to rhyme with Lūṭ or Jālūṭ. 1 Samuel 17:33: Quran 2:247: Devil or Satan: Shaitān / Iblīs: HaSatan