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Kösem Sultan – born Anastasia, the daughter of an Orthodox priest, and later enslaved by Ottomans and sent to Istanbul, where she became one of the most powerful and influential women in the Ottoman Empire [150] [151] Handan Sultan – mother of Ottoman sultan Ahmed I [152] Shaun King – American writer and Black Lives Matter activist
1983-1999 served as priest in Russian Orthodox Church. 1990-1993 served as Member of Russia's Parliament. Polosin is an Islamic scholar and an expert on interfaith dialogue and Muslim-Christian relations who is currently Director of Moscow-based Al Wasatiya Center for interfaith dialogue. [2]
Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley – convert to Islam and author or translator of many books on Islam. Carla Amina Baghajati — She has been described as one of the best-known faces of Islam in Austria. Sultan Rafi Sharif Bey — Born Yale Jean Singer to an Orthodox Jewish family, he converted to Islam and took on the name Rafi Sharif in the late 1950s.
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 ...
Whatever one makes of the new converts to the Orthodox Church drawing so much attention, the good news is that points to the fact that desire for holiness in a robust sense is very much alive in ...
In contrast to Catholicism which was associated with enemy Austria, the Orthodox Church was an accepted institution under the Ottomans, but the number of churches and monasteries was greatly reduced so as to make room for the new mosques being built, and the majority of churches became mosques during Ottoman rule.
Known for his exorcisms, powerful preaching, prayer and geniality, he was widely venerated among Christians and Muslims alike, attracting a wide population to his Friday meetings, held at the Saint Mark's Coptic Orthodox Cathedral in Azbakeya, Cairo, the Seat of the Coptic Orthodox Pope until 1971.
[8] [10] Conversion to Islam in cities overall within Albania was slow during the 16th century as around only 38% of the urban population had become Muslim. [10] [11] The city of Berat from 1670 onward became mainly Muslim and its conversion is attributed in part to a lack of Christian priests being able to provide religious services. [12]