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* Abo of Tiflis – Christian activist and the patron saint of the city of Tbilisi, Georgia''Collected Papers in Greek And Georgian Textual Criticism'', pg. 17
"January 8th Saints"
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Abraham of Bulgaria Abraham of Bulgaria (russian: Авраамий Болгарский; died April 1, 1229) was a Christian convert from Islam later made a martyr and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. He was born in Volga Bulgaria, amongst the Muslim Volga Bul ...
– martyr and saint of the Russian Orthodox ChurchMichael Walsh, ''A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West'', Liturgical Press, 2007,
Google Print, p. 3
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St. Adolphus Saint Adolph may refer to: * Adolph, ninth-century Spanish martyr, brother of one of the Martyrs of Córdoba * Adolf of Osnabrück Adolf of Osnabrück, O.Cist (also known as Adolphus, Adolph, Adolf of Tecklenburg), was born in Tecklenburg about ...
– martyr who was put to death along with his brother, John, by
Abd ar-Rahman II Abd ar-Rahman II () (792–852) was the fourth ''Umayyad'' Emir of Córdoba in al-Andalus from 822 until his death. A vigorous and effective frontier warrior, he was also well known as a patron of the arts. Abd ar-Rahman was born in Toledo, Spai ...
, the Caliph of
Córdoba Córdoba most commonly refers to: * Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain * Córdoba, Argentina, 2nd largest city in the country and capital of Córdoba Province Córdoba or Cordoba may ...
, for apostasy * Jabalah ibn al-Aiham – last ruler of the Ghassanid state in Syria and Jordan in the 7th century AD; after the Islamic conquest of Levant he converted to Islam in AD 638; later reverted to Christianity and lived in Anatolia until he died in AD 645 * Leo Africanus – Moorish diplomat who was converted to Christianity following his capture. * Safdar Ali – former Maulvi (cleric) from India * Saint Hodja Amiris – former Ottoman soldier stationed in Jerusalem who converted to Christianity in the 17th century and was subsequently tortured and killed for the crime of
apostasy in Islam Apostasy in Islam ( ar, ردة, or , ) is commonly defined as the abandonment of Islam by a Muslims, Muslim, in thought, word, or through deed. An apostate from Islam is referred to by using the Arabic language, Arabic and Glossary of Islam ...
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Avraamy Aslanbegov Avraamy Bogdanovich Aslanbegov or Aslanbekov (russian: Аврамий Богданович Асланбегов; 22 September .S. 10 September1822, Baku – 20 December .S. 7 December1900, Saint Petersburg) was a vice-admiral and military write ...
Russian- Azeri vice-admiral and military writer of the Russian Empire, converted to
Eastern Orthodox Christianity Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or "canonical") ...
* Aurelius and Natalia – martyrs who were put to death during the reign of
Abd ar-Rahman II Abd ar-Rahman II () (792–852) was the fourth ''Umayyad'' Emir of Córdoba in al-Andalus from 822 until his death. A vigorous and effective frontier warrior, he was also well known as a patron of the arts. Abd ar-Rahman was born in Toledo, Spai ...
, Caliph of
Córdoba Córdoba most commonly refers to: * Córdoba, Spain, a major city in southern Spain and formerly the imperial capital of Islamic Spain * Córdoba, Argentina, 2nd largest city in the country and capital of Córdoba Province Córdoba or Cordoba may ...
for apostasy * Anemas - Son of the last Emir of Crete Abd al-Aziz ibn Shu'ayb. He converted to Christianity and joined the Byzantine army as a member of the imperial bodyguard.


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* Simeon Bekbulatovich – Khan of Qasim Khanate *
Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky Prince Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky (russian: Алекса́ндр Беко́вич-Черка́сский), born Devlet-Girei-mırza (russian: Девлет-Гирей-мурза; died 1717), was a Russian officer of Circassian origin who led t ...
Russian officer of Circassian origin who led the first Russian military expedition into Central Asia * Sayed Borhan Khan – Khan of Qasim Khanate from 1627 to 1679; was forced to convert to Christianity by Russian forces following the Siege of Kazan * Bulus ibn Raja' – converted to the
Coptic Orthodox Church The Coptic Orthodox Church ( cop, Ϯⲉⲕ̀ⲕⲗⲏⲥⲓⲁ ⲛ̀ⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ ⲛ̀ⲟⲣⲑⲟⲇⲟⲝⲟⲥ, translit=Ti.eklyseya en.remenkimi en.orthodoxos, lit=the Egyptian Orthodox Church; ar, الكنيسة القبطي ...
and wrote the '' Kitab al-wadih bi-l-haqq'' (), a critique of Islam


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* Chehab family – refer to Shihab dynasty under "S" in same section * Constantine the AfricanBaghdad-educated Muslim who died in 1087 as a Christian monk at Monte Cassino *
Constantine Hagarit Constantine most often refers to: * Constantine the Great, Roman emperor from 306 to 337, also known as Constantine I *Constantine, Algeria, a city in Algeria Constantine may also refer to: People * Constantine (name), a masculine given name ...
– born in Smyrna to a Muslim family under the Ottoman Empire during the 19th century; converted to Orthodox Christianity and was subsequently imprisoned, tortured and executed by hanging for apostasy on 2 June 1819 *
Converso A ''converso'' (; ; feminine form ''conversa''), "convert", () was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of his or her descendants. To safeguard the Old Christian po ...
– substantial numbers of Iberian Muslims who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries. These New Christians of
Moorish The term Moor, derived from the ancient Mauri, is an exonym first used by Christian Europeans to designate the Muslim inhabitants of the Maghreb, the Iberian Peninsula, Sicily and Malta during the Middle Ages. Moors are not a distinct or se ...
Berber origin were known as Moriscos. Over 1 million of these Moriscos were converted from Islam to Christianity, many of them by force, but many also became sincere and devout believers.


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* Eleni of EthiopiaEmpress of Ethiopia, forcibly married and converted to Christianity by Kewstantinos I after his invasion of Hadiya. * Estevanico
Berber Berber or Berbers may refer to: Ethnic group * Berbers, an ethnic group native to Northern Africa * Berber languages, a family of Afro-Asiatic languages Places * Berber, Sudan, a town on the Nile People with the surname * Ady Berber (1913–196 ...
originally from Morocco and one of the early explorers of the Southwestern United States


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* George XI of KartliGeorgian monarch who ruled Eastern Georgia from 1676 to 1688 and again from 1703 to 1709; an Eastern Orthodox Christian, he converted to Islam prior to his appointment as governor of Qandahar; later converted to Roman Catholicism * George of Hungary ( 1422–1502) – Ottoman slave that escaped and reverted back from
Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
to Christianity.


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* Umar ibn Hafsun – leader of anti-
Ummayad The Umayyad Caliphate (661–750 CE; , ; ar, ٱلْخِلَافَة ٱلْأُمَوِيَّة, al-Khilāfah al-ʾUmawīyah) was the second of the four major caliphates established after the death of Muhammad. The caliphate was ruled by the ...
dynasty forces in southern Iberia; converted to Christianity with his sons and ruled over several mountain valleys for nearly forty years, having the castle Bobastro as his residenceDamien Simonis, Sarah Andrews, ''Spain'', Lonely Planet, 2005,
Google Print, pp. 743


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Don Juan of Persia Uruch Beg Bayad (also spelled Oruch or Oruj), later known by his baptized name of Don Juan (1560–1604) was a late 16th and early 17th century Iranian figure in Iran and Spain. He is also known as ''Faisal Nazary''. A native of Iran, and from ...
(1560–1604) – late 16th- and early 17th-century figure in Iran and Spain; also known as Faisal Nazary; was a native of Iran, who later moved westward; settled in Spain where he became a Roman Catholic * Jesse of Kakheti – Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty, son of King Leon of Kakheti converted to Islam in the Service of the
Safavid dynasty The Safavid dynasty (; fa, دودمان صفوی, Dudmâne Safavi, ) was one of Iran's most significant ruling dynasties reigning from 1501 to 1736. Their rule is often considered the beginning of modern Iranian history, as well as one of th ...
, but returned to Orthodox Christianity after his return to Georgia * Jesse of Kartli – Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity)


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* Alexander KazembekRussian Orientalist, historian and philologist of Azeri origin


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Imad ud-din Lahiz Imad ud-din Lahiz (1830–1900) was an Islamic writer, preacher and Quranic translator, who converted to (Masihiyt) Christianity. Background Imad ud-din Lahiz was among the fourth generation of Islamic scholars in the family. His father, Mohamm ...
– prolific Islamic writer, preacher and Qur'anic translator


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* Sake Dean Mahomed (born Sheikh Din Muhammad) – Indian traveller, surgeon and entrepreneur who introduced the Indian take-away curry house restaurant in Britain; first Indian to have written a book in the English language; converted to marry Jane Daly, an Irish Protestant, as it was illegal for a non-Protestant to marry a Protestant. Later became a devout follower. *
Enrique de Malaca Enrique of Malacca ( es, Enrique de Malaca; pt, Henrique de Malaca), was a Malay member of the Magellan expedition that completed the first circumnavigation of the world in 1519–1522. He was acquired as a slave by the Portuguese explorer ...
Malay slave of Ferdinand Magellan, converted to
Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...
after being purchased in 1511 * Abdul MasihIndian indigenous missionary; ordained
Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
and Lutheran minister; often referred to as the most influential indigenous Christian to shape nineteenth-century Christian missions in India; religious author *
Ahmed ibn Merwan Ahmed ibn Merwan was an Arab lieutenant in Kerbogha's army at the time of the First Crusade. After the siege of Antioch by the Crusaders, Ahmed was entrusted with maintaining control of the still Muslim-held citadel within the city after Shams a ...
– Seljek Turk lieutenant during the First Crusade. He converted to Christianity sometime after surrendering Antioch to the Crusaders. *
Mizse Mizse (died after 1295) was a noble in the 13th century in the Kingdom of Hungary (1000–1301), Kingdom of Hungary, who served as the last Palatine of Hungary, Palatine of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary in 1290. He was born in a Böszörmény, Musl ...
– last Palatine of King Ladislaus IV of Hungary in 1290; born into a Muslim family in Tolna County in the Kingdom of Hungary; converted to Roman Catholicism * St. George El MozahemCoptic saint *
Şehzade Murad Şehzade Murad ( ota, شہزادہ مراد; 1495 Amasya – 16 October 1519, Kashan or Isfahan) was an Ottoman prince (''şehzade''), the son of Şehzade Ahmet. He was involved in the chaos that surrounded the succession to Sultan Bayezid II ...
- Son of
Cem Sultan Cem Sultan (also spelled Djem or Jem) or Sultan Cem or Şehzade Cem (December 22, 1459 – February 25, 1495, ; ota, جم سلطان, Cem sulṭān; tr, Cem Sultan; french: Zizim), was a claimant to the Ottoman throne in the 15th century. Ce ...
; converted to Christianity and changed his name to Pierre


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* Aurelius and Natalia (died 852) – Christian martyrs who were put to death during the reign of Abd ar-Rahman II, Emir of Córdoba, and are counted among the Martyrs of Córdoba; Aurelius was the son of a Muslim father and a Christian mother. He was also secretly a follower of Christianity, as was his wife Natalia, who was also the child of a Muslim father. *
Ibrahim Njoya King Ibrahim Mbouombouo Njoya (Bamum: , ''Iparəim Nʃuɔiya'', formerly spelled in Bamum as , and Germanicized as ''Njoja'') in Yaoundé, was seventeenth in a long dynasty of kings that ruled over Bamum and its people in western Cameroon dati ...
Bamum king; back and forth conversions from Islam to Christianity * Nunilo and Alodia – 9th-century sisters recognized as Catholic saints and martyrs in Moorish Spain, executed for apostasy for converting to Christianity


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Qays al-Ghassani Qays al-Ghassani, also known as 'Abd al-Masih, was a medieval Eastern Orthodox martyr. He died in the 9th century, during a wave of conversions to Islam. His death was recorded in a 10th-century manuscript now belonging to Saint Catherine's Mona ...
– a
Christian Arab Arab Christians ( ar, ﺍَﻟْﻤَﺴِﻴﺤِﻴُّﻮﻥ ﺍﻟْﻌَﺮَﺏ, translit=al-Masīḥīyyūn al-ʿArab) are ethnic Arabs, Arab nationals, or Arabic language, Arabic-speakers who adhere to Christianity. The number of Arab ...
of the 10 century, from
Najran Najran ( ar, نجران '), is a city in southwestern Saudi Arabia near the border with Yemen. It is the capital of Najran Province. Designated as a new town, Najran is one of the fastest-growing cities in the kingdom; its population has risen fr ...
, southern Arabia. He converted to Islam in his youth. He later reverted to Christianity and became a monk. He was tried at Ramla for
apostacy Apostasy (; grc-gre, ἀποστασία , 'a defection or revolt') is the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person. It can also be defined within the broader context of embracing an opinion that i ...
but refused to return to Islam and was beheaded.Obscure text, illuminating conversation: reading The Martyrdom of 'Abd al-Masih (Qays al-Ghassani)


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* Ștefan RăzvanGypsy prince who ruled Moldavia for six months in 1595 * Emily Ruete – Zanzibari princess born as Salama bint Said


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* Omar ibn Said – writer and scholar of Islam, enslaved and deported from present-day Senegal to the United States in 1807, formally converted to Christianity in 1820, though appears to have remained at least partially Muslim. *
Begum Samru Joanna Nobilis Sombre (– 27 January 1836), popularly known as Begum Samru (née Farzana Zeb un-Nissa),. a convert Catholic Christian started her career as a nautch (dancing) girl in 18th century India, and eventually became the ruler of Sard ...
– powerful lady of north India, ruling a large area from
Sardhana Sardhana is a city and a municipal board in Meerut district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is northeast of New Delhi and 13 mi from Meerut. It is 5 km from Meerut Karnal National Highway and 12 km from National Highway 5 ...
, Uttar Pradesh * The Sibirsky family – foremost of many Genghisid ( Shaybanid) noble families formerly living in RussiaMichael Khodarkovsky, ''Russia's Steppe Frontier'', Indiana University Press, 2002, , M1 Google Print, p. 265. * Shihab family or alternatively Chehab family – prominent Lebanese noble family; having converted from Sunni Islam, the religion of his predecessors, to Christianity at the end of the 18th century. Descendants were Maronite rulers of the Emirate of Mount LebanonIvan Mannheim, ''Syria & Lebanon handbook'', Footprint Travel Guides, 2001,
Google Print, p. 567
** Bashir Shihab II
Lebanese Lebanese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Lebanese Republic * Lebanese people The Lebanese people ( ar, الشعب اللبناني / ALA-LC: ', ) are the people inhabiting or originating from Lebanon. The term may al ...
emir (prince) who ruled
Ottoman Lebanon The Ottoman Empire at least nominally ruled Mount Lebanon from its conquest in 1516 until the end of World War I in 1918. The Ottoman sultan, Selim I (1516–20), invaded Syria and Lebanon in 1516. The Ottomans, through the Maans, a great Druz ...
in the first half of the 19th century; his family was Sunni Muslim; some of them converted to Maronite Catholic Christianity at the end of the 18th centuryKhairallah 1996, p. 83.Harris 2012, p. 134. * Skanderbeg
Albanian Albanian may refer to: *Pertaining to Albania in Southeast Europe; in particular: **Albanians, an ethnic group native to the Balkans **Albanian language **Albanian culture **Demographics of Albania, includes other ethnic groups within the country ...
military leader; was forcibly converted to Islam from Christianity, but reverted to Christianity later in life. "This happened in 1443 when Gjergj Kastrioti (called Skenderbeg), who had been reared as a Muslim in the sultan's palace, abandoned the Islamic faith and publicly reverted to the creed of his forefathers. But this conversion was not merely a public gesture of defiance. It was the first act in a revolutionary drama. For, after changing his religious allegiance, Skenderbeg demanded that Muslim colonists and converts alike embrace Christianity on pain of death, declaring a kind of holy war against the sultan/caliph." *
Maria Aurora von Spiegel Maria Aurora von Spiegel, born Fatima (1681 – fl 1733), also referred to as Fatime, Fatima Kariman or Fatima von Kariman, was the Ottoman Turkish mistress of Augustus II the Strong. Fatima was one of the many Turkish captives during the Battl ...
(born Fatima) – Turkish mistress of Augustus II the Strong and the wife of a Polish noble


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* Tabaraji of Ternate – Indonesian
sultan Sultan (; ar, سلطان ', ) is a position with several historical meanings. Originally, it was an Arabic abstract noun meaning "strength", "authority", "rulership", derived from the verbal noun ', meaning "authority" or "power". Later, it ...
; converted to
Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...
after 1534 and baptised with the name Dom Manuel * Casilda of Toledo – daughter of a Muslim king of
Toledo Toledo most commonly refers to: * Toledo, Spain, a city in Spain * Province of Toledo, Spain * Toledo, Ohio, a city in the United States Toledo may also refer to: Places Belize * Toledo District * Toledo Settlement Bolivia * Toledo, Orur ...
(called Almacrin or Almamun); became ill as a young woman and traveled to northern Iberia to partake of the healing waters of the shrine of San Vicente; when she was cured, she was baptized at Burgos; venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church * Conrad Tillard (born 1964) - Baptist minister, radio host, author, civil rights activist, and politician; converted first to Islam, and then back to Christianity


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* Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh (Arabic: عبيد الله بن جحش) – brother of Zaynab bint Jahsh, brother in law and first cousin of Muhammad and one of the male Sahaba (companions of the Prophet); he has been cited as one of the four monotheistic hanifs by
Ibn Ishaq Muḥammad ibn Isḥāq ibn Yasār ibn Khiyār (; according to some sources, ibn Khabbār, or Kūmān, or Kūtān, ar, محمد بن إسحاق بن يسار بن خيار, or simply ibn Isḥaq, , meaning "the son of Isaac"; died 767) was an 8 ...
who converted to Christianity after his migration to Abyssinia * Utameshgaray of Kazan – Khan of Kazan Khanate; was forced to convert to Christianity following the Siege of Kazan


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* Muley Xeque (Arabic: مولاي الشيخ Mawlay al-Shaykh) – Moroccan prince, born in Marrakech in 1566; exiled in Spain, he converted to Roman Catholicism in Madrid and was known as Philip of Africa or Philip of Austria


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* Yadegar Moxammat of Kazan – last khan of Kazan Khanate


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* Zaida of Seville – born an Iberian Muslim; when Seville fell to the Almoravids, she fled to the protection of Alfonso VI of Castile, becoming his mistress, converting to Christianity and taking the baptismal name of Isabel *
Zayd Abu Zayd Zayd Abu Zayd (ابو زيد, 1195 – 1265/1270) was the last Almohad governor of Valencia. He succeeded as governor of Valencia to his uncle Abū `Abd Allāh Muhammad. At the death of the Almohad caliph Yaqub al-Mansur, he gained complete auto ...
– the last Almohad governor of Valencia, Spain; remained a loyal ally of James I; in 1236 he converted to Roman Catholicism, adopting the name of Vicente Bellvis, a fact which he kept secret until the fall of Valencia * Abu'l-Maghra ibn Musa ibn Zurara - last Zurarid emir of Arzen


20th and 21st century


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Aslan Abashidze Aslan Abashidze ( ka, ასლან აბაშიძე; born July 20, 1938) is the former leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic in western Georgia. He served in this capacity from 18 August 1991 to May 5, 2004. He resigned under the pres ...
– this former leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic in western Georgia was born into a renowned
Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
Ajarian family, but later he converted to Christianity. *
Basuki Abdullah Fransiskus Xaverius Basuki Abdullah (born Muhammad Basuki Abdullah, January 25, 1915 – November 5, 1993) was an Indonesian painter and a convert to Roman Catholicism from Islam. His work is characterized as realism and has been exhibited i ...
Indonesian Indonesian is anything of, from, or related to Indonesia, an archipelagic country in Southeast Asia. It may refer to: * Indonesians, citizens of Indonesia ** Native Indonesians, diverse groups of local inhabitants of the archipelago ** Indonesia ...
painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
; converted to
Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...
* Saeed AbediniIranian-American pastor imprisoned in Iran, Abedini is an American and a former Muslim who converted to Christianity in 2000 * Taysir Abu Saada – this former member of the
PLO The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a Palestinian nationalist political and militant organization founded in 1964 with the initial purpose of establishing Arab unity and s ...
founded the ministry Hope For Ishmael after he converted to Christianity; Yasir Arafat's personal driver *
Rotimi Adebari Rotimi Adebari (born 1964 in Okeodan, Ogun State) is a Nigerian-born Irish people, Irish politician. Adebari was elected as the first black people, black mayor in Republic of Ireland, Ireland in 2007. Early life and background Adebari was bo ...
– first Black mayor in Ireland * Inaara Aga Khan – second wife of Aga Khan IV who returned to her Christian faith adopting her birth name "Gabriele" after the completion of their divorce. * Mehmet Ali Ağca
Turkish Turkish may refer to: *a Turkic language spoken by the Turks * of or about Turkey ** Turkish language *** Turkish alphabet ** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation *** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey *** Turkish communities and mi ...
assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979; later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on 13 May 1981; while in prison in 2007 he claimed to convert to Christianity * Magdi Allam (baptized as ''Magdi Cristiano Allam'') – Italy's most famous Islamic affairs journalist *
Zachariah Anani Zachariah Anani (25 December 1958 – 4 July 2016, Arabic: زكريا عناني, also Zack or Zak) was a Sunni Muslim citizen of Lebanon who later converted to Christianity and settled in Canada in 1996. He described himself as a former militia fig ...
– former Sunni Muslim
Lebanese Lebanese may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to the Lebanese Republic * Lebanese people The Lebanese people ( ar, الشعب اللبناني / ALA-LC: ', ) are the people inhabiting or originating from Lebanon. The term may al ...
militia fighter * Juan Andrés – name chosen by a Spanish Muslim scholar who converted to Catholicism and wrote a well known polemical work against Islam, the ''Confusión o confutación de la secta mahomética y del Alcorán'' * Matthew AshimolowoNigerian-born British pastor and evangelist * Asmirandah – Indonesian actress of Dutch descent; converted to Protestantism in December 2013; owes her conversion to an experience of having dreamed three times of Jesus Christ *
Johannes Avetaranian Johannes Avetaranian (Erzurum, Ottoman Empire, 30 June 1861 – Wiesbaden, Germany, 11 December 1919), born Muhammad Shukri ( tr, Mehmet Şükri), was, according to his autobiography, a Turkish descendant of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. Avetarani ...
– born Muhammad Shukri Efendi, Christian missionary of Turkish heritage


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* Parveen Babi – former Indian actress and an erstwhile fashion model; born in Junagadh, Gujarat to a
Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
family, and later converted to Christianity during the last years of her life, and was baptised in a Protestant Anglican church at Malabar Hill *
Tunde Bakare Tunde Bakare, born 11 November 1954, is a Nigerian Prophetic-Apostolic pastor. He originally studied and practiced law, eventually opening his own firm, before leaving the field to work in ministry. He was a member and legal adviser at the Deep ...
– Pentecostal pastor and Nigerian politician. * Josephine Bakhita – Roman Catholic saint from
Darfur Darfur ( ; ar, دار فور, Dār Fūr, lit=Realm of the Fur) is a region of western Sudan. ''Dār'' is an Arabic word meaning "home f – the region was named Dardaju ( ar, دار داجو, Dār Dājū, links=no) while ruled by the Daju, ...
, Sudan. She was forcibly converted to
Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
Hutchison, p. 7 On 9 January 1890 Bakhita was baptised with the names of Josephine Margaret and Fortunata. *
Sarah Balabagan Sarah Balabagan-Sereno (born March 8, 1979) is a Filipina who was imprisoned in the United Arab Emirates from 1994 to 1996 for murder. She was initially sentenced to death, but was later returned to the Philippines. Her story was made into a fil ...
Filipina prisoner in the United Arab Emirates, 1994-96 * Fathima Rifqa Bary – American teenager of Sri Lankan descent who drew international attention in 2009 when she ran away from home and claimed that her Muslim parents might kill her for having converted to Christianity * Sheikh Ahmed Barzani – head of Barzani Tribe in Iraqi Kurdistan and older brother of Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish nationalist leader; announced his conversion to Christianity in 1931 during the anti-government uprising * Mohammed Christophe BilekAlgerian former Muslim who lives in France since 1961; baptized Roman Catholic in 1970; in the 1990s, he founded Our Lady of Kabyle, a French website devoted to evangelisation among Muslims * Francis Bok
Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
ese-American activist, convert to Islam from Christianity; but later returned to his Christian faith * Jean-Bédel BokassaCentral African Republic Emperor (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity) * Thomas Boni Yayi – Beninese banker and politician who has been President of Benin since 2006; originally from a Muslim family; is now an Evangelical Protestant *
Broery Simon Dominggus "Broery" Pesulima (June 25, 1948 – April 7, 2000) was an Indonesian singer and actor. Early life During his career he also used the name Broery Marantika taken from his mother's family name. He was raised by the family of his m ...
– Indonesian singer (from Christianity to
Islam Islam (; ar, ۘالِإسلَام, , ) is an Abrahamic religions, Abrahamic Monotheism#Islam, monotheistic religion centred primarily around the Quran, a religious text considered by Muslims to be the direct word of God in Islam, God (or ...
back to Christianity)


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* Moussa Dadis Camara – ex-officer of the Guinean army who served as the president of the Republic of Guinea; Roman Catholic Christian convert from Islam''Le Populaire'', , N°3232, 31 August 2010, p. 2"Qui est Moussa Dadis Camara, le nouveau president de la Guinee?"
, '' Guineenews'', 26 December 2008 .
*
Rianti Cartwright Rianti Rhiannon Cartwright (born 22 September 1983) is an Indonesian actress, model, presenter and VJ. She's best known for her leading role as 'Aisha' in a romantic religious Indonesian hit movie ''Ayat-Ayat Cinta'' (''Verses of Love'') in 2008 ...
– Indonesian actress, model, presenter and VJ; two weeks before departure to the United States to get married, she left Islam to become a baptized Catholic with the name Sophia Rianti Rhiannon Cartwright *
Chamillionaire Hakeem Temidayo Seriki (born November 28, 1979), better known by his stage name Chamillionaire (), is an American rapper. He was the founder and an original member of The Color Changin' Click from 2001 until the group split in 2005. He began his ...
(born Hakeem Seriki) – American rapper Born A Muslim But later Converted To Christianity * Djibril Cissé
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international footballer *
Hansen Clarke Hansen Clarke (born March 2, 1957) is an American politician and former U.S. Congressman. A Democrat, he was the U.S. representative for from 2011 to 2013. Prior to his election to Congress, he had been a member of the Michigan House of Represent ...
U.S. Representative for * Eldridge Cleaver – initially associated with the Nation of Islam, then Evangelical Christianity, then Mormonism * Michał CzajkowskiPolish-
Cossack The Cossacks , es, cosaco , et, Kasakad, cazacii , fi, Kasakat, cazacii , french: cosaques , hu, kozákok, cazacii , it, cosacchi , orv, коза́ки, pl, Kozacy , pt, cossacos , ro, cazaci , russian: казаки́ or ...
writer and political emigre who worked both for the resurrection of Poland and the reestablishment of a Cossack Ukraine


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Justinus Darmojuwono Justinus Cardinal Darmojuwono (2 November 1914 – 3 February 1994) was an Indonesian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Semarang from 1963 to 1981 and was elevated to the rank of cardinal in 1967, becoming the ...
– first Indonesian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church; served as
Archbishop of Semarang The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Semarang ( la, Semarangen(sis)) is a Metropolitan Latin archdiocese on Java in Indonesia, yet it depends on the missionary Roman Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples. Its cathedral archiepiscopal see is ...
from 1963 to 1981, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967; converted to Catholicism in 1932 * Nonie DarwishEgyptian-American writer, human rights activist, critic of Islam, founder of Arabs for Israel, director of Former Muslims United * Hassan Dehqani-Tafti – first ethnic Persian to become a Christian bishop of Iran since the 7th century and the Islamic conquest of Persia *
Mehdi Dibaj Mehdi Dibaj (1935 – June/July 1994) was an Iranian Christian convert from Shia Islam, pastor and Christian martyr. Background Dibaj became a Christian as a young man and joined the Presbyterian church, but years later, he joined the church of ...
– Iranian Christian convert from Shia Islam, pastor and Christian martyr *
Manohara Odelia Pinot Manohara Odelia Pinot (born Manohara Odelia Manz; 28 February 1992) is an Indonesian model. She once held dual Indonesian and American citizenship. She married Malaysian Kelantanese prince Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra on 26 August 2008. Person ...
– Indonesian model and actress of mixed caucasian and Indonesian Bugis ancestry & former wife of Malaysian Kelantanese prince, Tengku Muhammad Fakhry Petra. * Momolu DukulyLiberian politician; became the second foreign minister under
William V.S. Tubman William Vacanarat Shadrach Tubman (29 November 1895 – 23 July 1971) was a Liberian politician. He was the 19th president of Liberia and the longest-serving president in the country's history, serving from his election in 1944 until his death ...
* Daniel Bambang Dwi Byantoro – leader (and Archimandrite) of the
Indonesian Orthodox Church The Indonesian Orthodox Church (GOI; Indonesian: ''Gereja Ortodoks Indonesia'') is a diocese which has been under the jurisdiction of the Church of the Genuine Orthodox Christians of Greece since 2019. The theology and praxis of the church is essen ...
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Ibn al-Dahhak Ibn al-Dahhak (died 927) was a Kurdish chieftain, who abandoned Islam, converted to Christianity and entered the service of the Byzantine emperor Romanos I Lekapenos (reigned 920–944). Romanos gave him rich gifts and sent him back to his base, ...


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Bahaa el-Din Ahmed Hussein el-Akkad Bahaa el-Din Ahmed Hussein el-Akkad ( ar, بهاء الدين أحمد حسين العقاد; born 1949) is an Egyptian former Muslim imam who converted to Christianity. For more than 20 years, el-Akkad is a member of the fundamentalist Islamic ...
– Egyptian former Muslim sheikh whose theological discourse with a Christian led him to conduct an intensive study of Christian Scripture, after which he converted to Christianity in January 2005Egypt: Christian convert from Islam jailed
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Mohammed Elewonibi Mohammed Thomas David "Moe" Elewonibi (born December 16, 1965) is a Nigerian-Canadian former offensive lineman who played in the National Football League (NFL) and the Canadian Football League (CFL). He was injured just prior to the end of the f ...
– Nigerian-Canadian football player * Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari – second wife and Queen Consort of
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , title = Shahanshah Aryamehr Bozorg Arteshtaran , image = File:Shah_fullsize.jpg , caption = Shah in 1973 , succession = Shah of Iran , reign = 16 September 1941 – 11 February 1979 , coronation = 26 October ...
, the late Shah of Iran who converted to
Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...


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* Joseph Fadelle (born Mohammed al-Sayyid al-Moussawi) – Roman Catholic convert from Islam and writer born in 1964 in Iraq to a Shiite familyVoir '' Le Prix à payer'', L’Œuvre, 2010 * Rima Fakih – Lebanese-American actress, model, professional wrestler and beauty pageant titleholder; Miss USA 2010; converted to Maronite Christianity * Donald Fareed – Iranian televangelist and minister * Hazem FarrajPalestinian-American writer, minister, and televangelist


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Mark A. Gabriel Mark A. Gabriel, is a lecturer and writer on Islam who lives in the United States. He is the author of five books critical of salafi Islam, including ''Islam and Terrorism'', ''Islam and the Jews'', and ''Journey into the Mind of an Islamic Terrori ...
– Egyptian Islamic scholar and writer *
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross Daveed Gartenstein-Ross (born 1976) is an author and the founder and chief executive officer of Valens Global. In addition to his role at Valens Global, Dr. Gartenstein-Ross is a Senior Advisor on Asymmetric Warfare at the Foundation for Defens ...
– counter-terrorism expert and attorney (from Judaism to Islam to Christianity) * Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila – American football defensive end who was drafted by the Green Bay Packers and is currently a free agent * Kiki Fatmala - Arab Indonesian actress. * Ruffa GutierrezFilipina actress, model and former beauty queen (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity)


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* Tunch Ilkin – former Turkish American football player * Qadry Ismail – former American football player * Raghib Ismail – former American football player


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Sabatina James Born November 20, 1982 Sabatina James, often referred to as Sabatina, is an Austrian Pakistani humanitarian, author and founder of Sabatina e.V., a non profit organisation based in Germany. She is known for her human rights advocacy, especially ...
(born 1982) – born in Dhedar, Pakistan; Austrian- Pakistani book author; started a new life in Vienna, changing her name and converting to Catholicism; baptized in 2006 * Esther John – born to a Pakistani Muslim family; converted to Christianity; became a nurse to rural communities in Northern India and was later murdered *
Mario Joseph Mario Joseph is a Haitian human rights lawyer. Since 1996, he has led the Bureau des Avocats Internationaux (BAI) in Port-au-Prince, which represents political prisoners, impoverished communities, and victims of political violence. In 2006, ''The ...
– born into a Muslim family, he became a notable
Imam Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...
before the age of 18, but subsequently converted to Catholicism whereupon he was tortured and forced to flee to Europe * Lina JoyMalay convert from Islam to Christianity; born Azlina Jailani in 1964 in Malaysia to Muslim parents of Javanese descent; converted at age 26; in 1998, she was baptized, and applied to have her conversion legally recognized by the Malaysian courts


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* Emir Kusturica
Serbian Serbian may refer to: * someone or something related to Serbia, a country in Southeastern Europe * someone or something related to the Serbs, a South Slavic people * Serbian language * Serbian names See also

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and Yugoslavian filmmaker and actor


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Dr. Nur Luke Dr. Nur Luke was a Uyghur Bible translator from Hotan who converted to Christianity. He fled Xinjiang in the 1930s and together with Gustaf Ahlbert and Oskar Hermannson finished the translation of the Uyghur Bible in India. This was published by t ...
Uyghur Bible translator *
Fernão Lopes (soldier) Fernão Lopes (died 1545) was the first known permanent inhabitant of the remote Island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean, an island that later became famous as the site of Napoleon's exile and death. Lopes was a 16th-century Portugu ...
– 16th-century Portuguese soldier in India who converted to
Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...
* Yusuf LulePresident of Uganda between 13 April and 20 June 1979


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Pinkan Mambo Pinkan Ratnasari Mambo (born 11 November 1980), also known as Pinkan Mambo, is an Indonesian actress and singer-songwriter. She achieved success as the vocalist in the Indonesian music duo Ratu (band), Ratu between 2000 and 2004, then conti ...
(born Pinkan Ratnasari Mambo) – Indonesian singer; converted in 2010; decision taken after admitting she studied various religions of the world and eventually dropped in awe of Jesus Christ * Fadhma Aït Mansour – mother of
French French (french: français(e), link=no) may refer to: * Something of, from, or related to France ** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents ** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
writers Jean Amrouche and Taos Amrouche * Roy Marten (born Wicasksono Abdul Salam) – Indonesian actor whose family was converted to
Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...
during his childhood but who converted later to Indonesian Orthodoxy in 1997 *
Josef Mässrur Josef Mässrur (born Ghäsim Khan) (also sometimes spelled Josef MessrurIn Tibet and Chinese Turkestan: Being the Record of Three Years' Exploration By Henry Hugh Peter Deasy pg. 284) was a Christian Persian missionary to Xinjiang, Chinese Turkest ...
(born Ghäsim Khan) – missionary to Chinese Turkestan with the
Mission Union of Sweden The Mission Covenant Church of Sweden ( sv, Svenska Missionskyrkan), founded in 1878, was a Swedish evangelical free church. It was the second-largest Protestant denomination in Sweden, after the national church, the Church of Sweden. In 201 ...
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Carlos Menem Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. Ideologically, he identified as a Peronist and supported economically liberal policies. H ...
– former
President of Argentina The president of Argentina ( es, Presidente de Argentina), officially known as the president of the Argentine Nation ( es, Presidente de la Nación Argentina), is both head of state and head of government of Argentina. Under Constitution of Ar ...
; raised a Nusayri but converted to Roman Catholicism, a constitutional requirement for accessing the presidency until 1994"Carlos Menem"
''Encyclopædia Britannica''
* Archbishop
Thomas Luke Msusa Thomas Luke Msusa, S.M.M. (born 2 February 1962) is archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Blantyre in Malawi. He is a convert to the Catholic Church from Islam. Life He is the son of a Muslim imam and at the age of seven left his vil ...
– born into a Muslim family; converted to Christianity as a child and later became an archbishop in his home country of Malawi, as well as converting and baptizing his father, a former
imam Imam (; ar, إمام '; plural: ') is an Islamic leadership position. For Sunni Muslims, Imam is most commonly used as the title of a worship leader of a mosque. In this context, imams may lead Islamic worship services, lead prayers, ser ...
* Muhsin Muhammad – current American football player for the Carolina Panthers, raised in a Muslim household, later converted to Christianity *
Paul Mulla Paul Mulla (1882–1959) (formerly ''Mollazade Mehmed Ali'') was a Turkish Cretan Catholic prelate naturalized French and a professor of Islamic Studies at the Pontificio Istituto Orientale. Biography Mulla was born in Crete under the Ottoman E ...
– Turkish scholar and professor of Islamic Studies at the Pontifical Oriental Institute


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* Youcef Nadarkhani – Iranian Christian pastor who has been sentenced to death for apostasy * Diana Nasution – Indonesian singer, converted to Protestantism after marriage * Marina NematCanadian author of Iranian descent and former political prisoner of the Iranian government; born into a Christian family, she converted to Islam in order to avoid execution but later reverted to Christianity


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* Malika OufkirMoroccan writer and daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir; she and her siblings are converts from Islam to Catholicism and she writes in her book, ''Stolen Lives'', "we had rejected Islam, which had brought us nothing good, and opted for Catholicism instead".


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* Shams Pahlavi – Iranian princess and the elder sister of
Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , title = Shahanshah Aryamehr Bozorg Arteshtaran , image = File:Shah_fullsize.jpg , caption = Shah in 1973 , succession = Shah of Iran , reign = 16 September 1941 – 11 February 1979 , coronation = 26 October ...
, Shah of IranHussein Fardust, ''The Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty:'', Motilal Banarsidass, 1999,
Google Print, pp. 122–123
* Sharena Gunawan – Indonesian actress and model. Converted to Christianity after remarried with Indonesian actor Ryan Delon Situmeang. * Hamid Pourmand – former Iranian army colonel and lay leader of the Jama'at-e Rabbani, the Iranian branch of the
Assemblies of God The Assemblies of God (AG), officially the World Assemblies of God Fellowship, is a group of over 144 autonomous self-governing national groupings of churches that together form the world's largest Pentecostal denomination."Assemblies of God". ...
church in Iran


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* Nabeel Qureshi – former Ahmadiyya Muslim; converted to Evangelical Christianity in 2005; became an internationally recognized apologist with Ravi Zacharias International Ministries


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Daud Rahbar Daud Rahbar (1926 – 5 October 2013) was a Pakistani scholar of comparative religions, Arabic, Persian, Urdu literature and Indian classical music. Rahbar is regarded as an accomplished essayist, poet, composer, short story writer, translator, ...
Pakistani scholar of Comparative religions, composer, short story writer, translator, philosopher, contributor to inter-civilization dialogue, musicologist, drummer, singer and guitarist * Abdul RahmanAfghan convert to Christianity who escaped the death penalty because of foreign pressure * Brother RachidMoroccan Christian convert from Islam; hosts a weekly live call-in show on AL-Hayat channel * Majeed Rashid MohammedKurdish Christian convert from Islam; established a network with former
Kurd ug:كۇردلار Kurds ( ku, کورد ,Kurd, italic=yes, rtl=yes) or Kurdish people are an Iranian peoples, Iranian ethnic group native to the mountainous region of Kurdistan in Western Asia, which spans southeastern Turkey, northwestern Ir ...
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Muslim Muslims ( ar, المسلمون, , ) are people who adhere to Islam, a monotheistic religion belonging to the Abrahamic tradition. They consider the Quran, the foundational religious text of Islam, to be the verbatim word of the God of Abrah ...
s with about 2,000 members today *
Dewi Rezer Dewi Rezer (born 29 September 1980) is an Indonesian actress, Television presenter, presenter and model (person), model. Biography Dewi Rezer is the eldest of four children born to Nurdiati and Yotin Rezer. Reze is of Demographics of Indonesia, ...
– Indonesian model of French descent; converted to
Roman Catholicism The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the List of Christian denominations by number of members, largest Christian church, with 1.3 billion baptized Catholics Catholic Church by country, worldwide . It is am ...
* Emily Ruete (born Sayyida Salme) – Princess of Zanzibar and Oman


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* Nazli SabriQueen consort of Egypt; converted to Catholicism in 1950 and took the name "Mary Elizabeth" *
Kyai Sadrach Kiai Sadrach (was born in 1835 in Jepara – died in Purworejo, 14 November 1924) was an evangelist in Central Java, in Indonesia. Early Introduction to Christianity His birth name is Radin. When he studied in a Moslem cleric school in Jombang, ...
– Indonesian missionary *
Lukman Sardi Lukman Sardi (born July 14, 1971) is an Indonesian actor of Javanese-Bugis descent. He is the son of Indonesian violinist Idris Sardi and a grandson of Indonesian actress, Hadidjah. Early life and career Lukman Sardi was born on July 14, 197 ...
– Indonesian actor . * Rev. Manigun Sayed – Muslim convert in Manipur (born in 1965 and converted to Christianity in 1985), from Manipur, Indi

* Mohamed Alí Seineldín – former
Argentine Argentines (mistakenly translated Argentineans in the past; in Spanish (masculine) or (feminine)) are people identified with the country of Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Argentines, s ...
army colonel who participated in two failed coup attempts against the democratically elected governments of both President Raúl Alfonsín and President
Carlos Menem Carlos Saúl Menem (2 July 1930 – 14 February 2021) was an Argentine lawyer and politician who served as the President of Argentina from 1989 to 1999. Ideologically, he identified as a Peronist and supported economically liberal policies. H ...
in 1988 and 1990 *
Bilquis Sheikh Begum Bilquis Sheikh (12 December 1912 – 9 April 1997) was a Pakistani author and Christian missionary. She was a prominent member of a noble Muslim of Wah in Attock and known throughout the country for her political and social work. S ...
Pakistani author and Christian missionary * Walid Shoebat – American author and former member of the
PLO The Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO; ar, منظمة التحرير الفلسطينية, ') is a Palestinian nationalist political and militant organization founded in 1964 with the initial purpose of establishing Arab unity and s ...
* Nasir SiddikiCanadian evangelist, author, and business consultant * Amir Sjarifuddin – Indonesian socialist leader who later became the prime minister of Indonesia during its National RevolutionVickers (2005), page 86 * James ScurryBritish soldier and statesmanPrabhu, Alan Machado (1999). Sarasvati's Children: A History of the Mangalorean Christians. p. 196 * Rudolf Carl von Slatin – Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the
Sudan Sudan ( or ; ar, السودان, as-Sūdān, officially the Republic of the Sudan ( ar, جمهورية السودان, link=no, Jumhūriyyat as-Sūdān), is a country in Northeast Africa. It shares borders with the Central African Republic t ...
* Albertus Soegijapranata – born in
Surakarta Surakarta ( jv, ꦯꦸꦫꦏꦂꦠ), known colloquially as Solo ( jv, ꦱꦭ; ), is a city in Central Java, Indonesia. The 44 km2 (16.2 sq mi) city adjoins Karanganyar Regency and Boyolali Regency to the north, Karanganyar Regency and Sukoh ...
, Dutch East Indies, to a Muslim courtier and his wife who later converted to Catholicism; the first native Indonesian bishop; known for his pro-nationalistic stance, often expressed as "100% Catholic, 100% Indonesian" * Patrick Sookhdeo – British
Anglican Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of th ...
canon


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* Hakan Taştan and Turan Topal – two Turkish Christian converts who went on trial in 2006, on charges of "allegedly insulting 'Turkishness' and inciting religious hatred against Islam" * Hary Tanoesoedibjo – Indonesian politician and businessman * Maria TemryukovnaCircassian princess, and second wife to Ivan IV of Russia; born in a Muslim upbringing; baptised into the Russian Orthodox Church on 21 August 1561 * Aman TuleyevRussian governor of Kemerovo Oblast


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* Udo UlfkotteGerman journalist who was born a Christian, became an atheist, then converted to Islam and finally converted back to Christianity * Lyasan UtiashevaRussian gymnast, convert to
Eastern Orthodox Christianity Eastern Orthodoxy, also known as Eastern Orthodox Christianity, is one of the three main branches of Chalcedonian Christianity, alongside Catholicism and Protestantism. Like the Pentarchy of the first millennium, the mainstream (or "canonical") ...


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* Erion Veliaj - Albanian politician, current Mayor of Tirana. Converted to
Evangelicalism Evangelicalism (), also called evangelical Christianity or evangelical Protestantism, is a worldwide interdenominational movement within Protestant Christianity that affirms the centrality of being " born again", in which an individual exper ...
after contact with missionaries from the United States. * Julia Volkova – Russian singer and actress best known as a member of the Russian pop duo, t.A.T.u.


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* George WeahLiberian soccer player (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity) * Munira Wilson - British member of parliament for Twickenham. Raised as a Muslim but converted to Christianity * Sigi Wimala – Indonesian model and actress, converted to Catholicism after marriage *
Ibrahim Tunggul Wulung Ibrahim Tunggul Wulung (1800–1885) was an indigenous evangelist working in East Java, Central Java, West Java and Banten, Indonesia. He began to evangelize the Javanese people in the early 19th century.Sigit Heru Soekotjo. 2009. Sejarah Ger ...
– Indonesian evangelist and missionary * Wu'erkaixiUyghur dissident known for his leading role during the Tiananmen protests of 1989


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* Mosab Hassan Yousef – son of a Hamas leader * Nania Kurniawati Yusuf – Indonesian singer, finalist of the first season of '' Indonesian Idol'', 2004


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* Saye Zerbo – President of the Republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso)Saye Zerbo, président of the republic from 1980 to 1982 (article in French)
"At once stopped, Saye Zerbo is thrown in prison. Since his imprisonment, the deposed president contemplates and reads the Qu'ran through whole nights. He also asks so that the Bible be brought to him that the archbishop of Ouagadougou, the cardinal Paul Zoungrana, had offered to him at the time of first Christmas following his takeover. At this point in time it will have the revelation which will change its life. In a mystical dash, Saye Zerbo is brought to his knees, returns thanks to God and converts to Christianity. His entire family will do the same thing thereafter."


References


See also

* List of converts to Christianity * List of former Muslims * List of converts to Islam from Christianity {{Lists of converts * Christianity from Islam Christianity