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Conversion to Islam is adopting Islam as a religion or faith. People who have converted to the religion often refer to themselves as "reverts." Conversion requires a formal statement of the shahādah, the credo of Islam, whereby the prospective convert must state that "there is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah."
Marmaduke Pickthall – English convert to Islam, famous for his English-language translation of the Quran known as The Meaning of the Glorious Koran. José Padilla – also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah; US citizen from Brooklyn, New York; convicted in federal court of aiding terrorists; also known as "the dirty bomber" [ 111 ]
Campbell Mustafa Ağa – Scottish convert to Islam who from 1775 was the chief instructor in the new Ottoman naval mathematical academy (the Hendishâne). Claude Alexandre, Count of Bonneval – French army officer who later went into the service of the Ottoman Empire, eventually converting to Islam and becoming known as Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa.
Download QR code; Print/export Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... John Nelson was one of the earliest known Englishmen to convert to Islam.
Other Sunni sources specify the first male convert to Islam as the first Sunni caliph Abu Bakr or Muhammad's foster son, Zayd ibn Haritha. [4] In particular, the Sunni historian al-Tabari ( d. 923 ) lists contradictory Sunni traditions about Ali, Abu Bakr, and Zayd, thus leaving the decision to the reader. [ 2 ]
Rabiah Hutchinson – "Matriarch" of radical Islam in Australia, born to a Sydney Presbyterian family; she later become a Baptist, then converted to Catholicism and eventually, to Sunni Islam. [13] Semei Kakungulu – Originally followed traditional African religion, then converted to Protestantism, Malakite Christianity, and finally Judaism.
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The Muslims of Panipat had a reputation for being zealous in the faith of Islam and were well-versed in Islamic jurisprudence. [dubious – discuss] Imad ud-Din Lahiz was a prolific writer. He translated the Quran into Urdu and also composed several Bible commentaries.