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William Henry Quilliam (10 April 1856 [1] [2] [3] – 23 April 1932), who changed his name to Abdullah Quilliam and later Henri Marcel Leon or Haroun Mustapha Leon, was a 19th-century British convert from Christianity to Islam, noted for founding England's first mosque and Islamic centre, and Britain's oldest Muslim organization, the Association of British Muslims.
Theophan Prokopovich – Born and raised an Orthodox Christianity, he converted to Eastern Catholicism in order to achieve better educational benefits, but reverted to Orthodox Christianity later in life. J. D. Salinger – Started in Judaism; converted or experimented with Zen Buddhism, Advaita Vedanta, Dianetics, and Christian Science. [21] [22]
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 ...
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 ...
Muhammad Ali, an Olympian and professional boxer, converted to Islam from Christianity. Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., 1942–2016) – converted from Baptist [ 8 ] [ 9 ] to The Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam ; [ 10 ] American professional boxer (three-time world heavyweight champion), philanthropist and social activist
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 ...
Sam Solomon is the pseudonym [1] of a British former Muslim author who specialises in Islam and Sharia law. He is a Christian convert, and is known for "A Proposed Charter of Muslim Understanding", [1] [2] as well as the Al Hijra-theory of Muslim immigration. [3] [4]
Many Muslims who convert to Christianity face social and governmental persecution. [85] According to 2015 Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background": A Global Census study published by Baylor University institute for studies of religion, an estimated 10.2 million Muslims have converted to Christianity based on global missionary data. [86]