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The following is a list of people who Muslim convert, converted to Islam from a different religion or Irreligion, no religion. This article addresses only past professions of faith by the individuals listed, and is not intended to address ethnic, cultural, or other considerations. Such cases are noted in their list entries. The list is categorized alphabetically with their former religious affiliation, where known.
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ahmedian.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015. *Noor Hisham Abdullah – Malaysian Director-General of Health in leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic; born Yew Ming Seong. *Thomas J. Abercrombie – photographer and writer for ''National Geographic (magazine), National Geographic'' *Hasan Akbar (born Mark Fidel Kools) – American citizen, and Sergeant, diagnosed with psychiatric problems, later sentenced to death penalty, death for an attack of resentmentGoldman, Russell. "Fort Hood Shooter Could Join 5 Others on Death Row." ABC News. 13 November 2009
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Retrieved 21 October 2010. *The Jacka, Shaheed Akbar (a.k.a. The Jacka) – American rapper *Akhenaton (rapper), Akhenaton – France, French rapping, rapper and Record producer, producer; born Philippe Fragione *Baba Ali – Iranian-born American film developer, games developer, and businessman *Muhammad Ali – professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist
*Sadeq Ali (born Sri Gaur Kishore Sen) – Bengali author
*Nicolas Anelka – France, French association football, football manager and former player
*Lewis Arquette – American actor; father of actors David, Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis, and Richmond Arquette; son of Cliff Arquette
*Muhammad Asad – Austro-Hungarian born Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), Foreign Ministry of Pakistan, known for an English Translation of Quran.
*Ziaur Rahman Azmi (born Banke Lal) – author, scholar, professor and former Dean of the Department of Hadith at Islamic University of Madinah
Hip hop don't stop as it goes Islamic
", Al Arabiya News Channel, 19 March 2009.
*Lutfunnisa Begum (born Rajkunwari) – consort of the Nawab of Bengal
* Maurice Béjart – French choreographer
*Robert "Kool" Bell – American musician
*Mohammed Knut Bernström – Swedish ambassador
*Wojciech Bobowski – Polish musician; Bible translator
*Lauren Booth – British Television presenter, broadcaster, journalist and human rights activist
*Charles Brooks, Jr. – first person in the United States to be executed using lethal injection, converted to Islam in prison, shortly before deathFinal Meal Requests
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on 2 December 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2007. *H. Rap Brown – American civil rights activist *Jonathan A.C. Brown – American Islamic scholar and assistant professor at Georgetown University
*Maurice Bucaille – French family physician of King Faisalabad. It is disputed whether he ever converted, and if he did, whether he publicly declared his conversion. He is reported in a 2013 Arab News newspaper article, " ''In his excitement, he stood before the attendants and loudly said, "I have converted to Islam and believed in this Qur’an''," however no references are given. In other articles and videos he was normally very careful not to claim allegiance to any one faith.
*Abdullah ibn Buhaina – American musician, also known as Arthur "Art" Blakey, American jazz drummer and bandleader; stopped being a practicing Muslim in the 1950s and continued to perform under the name "Art Blakey" throughout his careerBrandi Denison, 2010, "Blakey, Art (Ibn Buhaina Abdullah)", ''Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History'' (Edward E. Curtis, Ed.), pp. 85f (New York: Infobase Publishing); ; available her
/ref> *Titus Burckhardt – Swiss writer and scholar
. Retrieved 12 June 2006. *Bob Denard – French mercenary *Jeffrey Mark Deskovic – served 15-year wrongful imprisonment sentence * Diam's – French rapper, born Mélanie Georgiades, converted in 2010 * Nasreddine Dinet – French orientalist painter, converted to Islam in 1908 *Deso Dogg – former rapper who went to fight in Syria *Arnoud van Doorn – Dutch politician *Dutchavelli – British rapper
*Everlast (musician), Everlast – American rapper and singer-songwriter
*Yusuf Estes – American preacher and founder of Guide US TV
, ''Willamette Week'', 6 June 2002. *Myriam François – English-French writer and broadcaster *Sultaana Freeman – Florida woman, popular in a local controversy for wearing face veil in drivers-license picture
*Walt Hazzard – former NBA player
*Yusuf Hazziez – American musician, born Joseph Arrington, Jr.; formerly known professionally as Joe Tex
*Aribert Heim – Austrian SS doctor, also known as Dr. Death
*Tony Hussein Hinde – Australian-born Maldives, Maldivian surfing, surfer and surfing pioneer who converted to Islam
*Baba Ratan Hindi – Indian merchant
*Lim Yew Hock – Singapore's second Chief Minister from 1956 to 1959
* Ibrahim Hooper (Douglas Hooper) – Islamic activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
* Knud Holmboe – Danish journalist, author and explorer
*Abu Izzadeen – Hackney-born extremist and hate-preacher, spokesman for Al Ghurabaa
* Antonio Inoki, Muhammad Hussain Inoki – Japanese retired professional wrestler, martial artist, politician, and promoter of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts.
* Kyrie Irving – American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA.
*Peter Kassig – American aid worker, formerly a Methodist, converted to Islam and changed name to Abdul-Rahman Kassig; taken hostage and killed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, The Islamic State
* Mudzaffar Shah I of Kedah – founder of the Kedah Sultanate
* Khalid Kelly – former leader of Al-Muhajiroun in Ireland
*Saida Miller Khalifa – British author, originally named Sonya Miller
*Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (born Yvette Blanche Labrousse) – Miss France 1930, wife of Aga Khan III
*Malik Jahan Khan (born Dhondia Wagh) – 18th-century military soldier and adventurer
*Murshid Quli Khan (born Surya Narayan Mishra) – First Nawab of Bengal (r. 1717–1727)
*Vladimir Khodov – militant zealot who converted to Islam in prison, and was the leader of the Beslan school hostage crisis
*Abd al Haqq Kielan – Swedish cleric
*Daud Kim— Muslim YouTuber
*James Achilles Kirkpatrick – was the British Resident in Hyderabad state, Hyderabad
*Rebeka Koha – Latvian weightlifter
*Pavel Kosolapov – radical Russian rebel wanted by the Federal Security Service of Russia for suspected extremist activities
, ''The Times of India'', 31 May 2014 *Ali Shaheed Muhammad – member of A Tribe Called Quest *Idris Muhammad – American jazz musician *Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah (born Jadu) – Sultan of Bengal *John Allen Muhammad – convicted serial killer who carried out the Beltway sniper attacks of October 2002; later executed for his crimes *Anthony Mundine – Australian boxer; former two-time Super Middleweight champion
*Susanne Osthoff – German archaeologist and aid worker who had worked in Iraq since 1991, and was abducted en route to Abdil, for 3 weeks. She was later quoted to have said her kidnappers did not want ransom, but German humanitarian aid
*Neil Prakash – Australian Islamic State group recruiter
*Parameswara (king) – last king of Singapura and the founder of Malacca
*Yuvan Shankar Raja – Indian musician; music director from Tamil Nadu
*Richard Reid – British citizen, who adopted militant ideologies. Popularly known as the "Shoe Bomber" after unsuccessfully attempting to blow up an American Airlines flight
*Nicky Reilly – resident of Plymouth, England, known for the 2008 Exeter attempted bombing; his psychologist says his mental disabilities (which included Asperger syndrome) made him vulnerable to radicalisation
*MC Ren – American rapper and hip-hop producer
*Franck Ribéry – France national football team player
*Hamza Robertson (born Tom Robertson) – English singer
*Jack Roche – British-born migrant in Sydney. Former member of the Jemaah Islamiyah sect, involved in its militant schemes, Roche later chose to divulge his information (of plots such as the September 11 attacks, the 2002 Bali bombings, etc.) to ASIO officers, but his calls were dismissed. Later convicted for 4-years, Roche has left the lifestyle behind but remains critical of the ASIO's failure to prevent the attacks
''The Australian''. Retrieved 18 October 2017. *Ubaidullah Sindhi – was a well known political, religious and revolutionary scholar *Robert Stanley (mayor) – British politician *Roger Stockham – Vietnam-veteran convicted for plotting to bomb a mosque *Divine Styler – American hip hop musician *Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Dallas) – Scottish convert, a Shaykh of Sufism, Shaykh of Instruction, leader of the Darqawa, Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa, founder of the Murabitun World Movement. *Nahshid Sulaiman – alternative hip hop artist *Kabir Suman (born Suman Chattopadhyay) – Indian singer-songwriter, musician, music director, poet, journalist, political activist, TV presenter, and occasional actor; he stated, "I wanted to keep the name my parents gave me, so I kept Suman. I took the name Kabir after Sheikh Kabir, a Bengali Muslims, Bengali Muslim poet who wrote ''Baishnab Padabali''." *Mudzaffar Shah I of Kedah – Legendary king, said to be the first Sultan of Kedah, according to Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. He was the last Hindu king of Kedah, styled ''Sri Paduka Maharaja Durbar Raja'' before his accession. After his conversion to Islam, he later became the founder of the Kedah Sultanate.
*Jorvan Vieira – Portugal, Luso-Brazilian people, Brazilian football coach
*Bryant Neal Vinas – Hispanic American, once joined al Qaeda training camps, later turning on them to help the US, in attempt to turn his life around; his prosecutors called him the "single most valuable cooperating witness" about Qaeda activities; his judge was angered when, after a 3-month sentence, the FBI refused to provide him witness-protection
*Pierre Vogel – German former boxer, now an Islamic preacher
*Jason Walters – Dutch citizen, former member of the Hofstad Network, convicted on acts of terror; currently writing his Master's thesis about de-radicalisation, and is an active speaker against radical zealotry, as an Analyst at Blue Water Intelligence
*Alexander Russell Webb – American diplomat and writer
*Dawud Wharnsby – Canadian singer songwriter.
*Timothy Winter (a.k.a. Abdul Hakim Murad) – English convert who is the Director of Studies (Theology and Religious Studies) at Wolfson College, Cambridge, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge.
*G. Willow Wilson – American comics writer.
*Michael Wolfe – American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation
*Felixia Yeap – Malaysian supermodel, former ''Playboy'' Bunny
*Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974), Mohammad Yousuf – former Pakistani cricketer
*Hamza Yusuf – American Islamic preacher
Based on alphabetical order: A-Z
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*Aminah Assilmi – former Southern Baptist preacher who converted to Islam while attempting to convert Muslims to Christianity *Hamza Ali Abbasi – former Pakistanis, Pakistani actor, reverted to Islam from atheism * Abd al Malik (rapper), Abd Al Malik - French rapper and poet *Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer *Ahmed Abdullah – American jazz trumpeterAbdullah, Ahmed Abdullah & Louis Reyes Rivera"Excerpts from A Strange Celestial Road (Traveling the Spaceways)"
ahmedian.com. Retrieved 28 March 2015. *Noor Hisham Abdullah – Malaysian Director-General of Health in leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic; born Yew Ming Seong. *Thomas J. Abercrombie – photographer and writer for ''National Geographic (magazine), National Geographic'' *Hasan Akbar (born Mark Fidel Kools) – American citizen, and Sergeant, diagnosed with psychiatric problems, later sentenced to death penalty, death for an attack of resentmentGoldman, Russell. "Fort Hood Shooter Could Join 5 Others on Death Row." ABC News. 13 November 2009
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Retrieved 21 October 2010. *The Jacka, Shaheed Akbar (a.k.a. The Jacka) – American rapper *Akhenaton (rapper), Akhenaton – France, French rapping, rapper and Record producer, producer; born Philippe Fragione *Baba Ali – Iranian-born American film developer, games developer, and businessman *Muhammad Ali – professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist
*Sadeq Ali (born Sri Gaur Kishore Sen) – Bengali author
*Nicolas Anelka – France, French association football, football manager and former player
*Lewis Arquette – American actor; father of actors David, Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis, and Richmond Arquette; son of Cliff Arquette
*Muhammad Asad – Austro-Hungarian born Deputy Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan), Foreign Ministry of Pakistan, known for an English Translation of Quran.
*Ziaur Rahman Azmi (born Banke Lal) – author, scholar, professor and former Dean of the Department of Hadith at Islamic University of Madinah
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*David Benjamin Keldani, David Benjamin – Chaldean Catholic priest known for his book Muhammad in Bible. *B.G. Knocc Out – American rap music, rapper *Kristiane Backer – German television presenter. *A. George Baker – American Protestant clergyman who converted to Islam *Yasin Abu Bakr – leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago *Mutah Beale – better known as ''Napoleon'', former member of Tupac Shakur's rap group, the OutlawzMona Moussly (2009)Hip hop don't stop as it goes Islamic
", Al Arabiya News Channel, 19 March 2009.
*Lutfunnisa Begum (born Rajkunwari) – consort of the Nawab of Bengal
* Maurice Béjart – French choreographer
*Robert "Kool" Bell – American musician
*Mohammed Knut Bernström – Swedish ambassador
*Wojciech Bobowski – Polish musician; Bible translator
*Lauren Booth – British Television presenter, broadcaster, journalist and human rights activist
*Charles Brooks, Jr. – first person in the United States to be executed using lethal injection, converted to Islam in prison, shortly before deathFinal Meal Requests''Texas Department of Criminal Justice'' (12 September 2003); archived fro
the original
on 2 December 2003. Retrieved 17 August 2007. *H. Rap Brown – American civil rights activist *Jonathan A.C. Brown – American Islamic scholar and assistant professor at Georgetown University
*Maurice Bucaille – French family physician of King Faisalabad. It is disputed whether he ever converted, and if he did, whether he publicly declared his conversion. He is reported in a 2013 Arab News newspaper article, " ''In his excitement, he stood before the attendants and loudly said, "I have converted to Islam and believed in this Qur’an''," however no references are given. In other articles and videos he was normally very careful not to claim allegiance to any one faith.
*Abdullah ibn Buhaina – American musician, also known as Arthur "Art" Blakey, American jazz drummer and bandleader; stopped being a practicing Muslim in the 1950s and continued to perform under the name "Art Blakey" throughout his careerBrandi Denison, 2010, "Blakey, Art (Ibn Buhaina Abdullah)", ''Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History'' (Edward E. Curtis, Ed.), pp. 85f (New York: Infobase Publishing); ; available her/ref> *Titus Burckhardt – Swiss writer and scholar
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*Celestino Caballero – Panamanian boxer and former Super Bantamweight Champion *Clarence Seedorf - Dutch professional football manager and former player. *Dave Chappelle – American comedian, screenwriter, television/film producer, actor, and artist *Kérim Chatty – Swedish bodybuilding stuntman *Ashley Chin – British actor and rapper *Zainab Cobbold – Scottish noblewoman *Louis du Couret – French explorer, writer and military officerD
*Uri Davis – Middle East academic and activist who works on civil rights in Israel, Palestinian National Authority and the Middle EastZMag Bio: Uri Davis. Retrieved 12 June 2006. *Bob Denard – French mercenary *Jeffrey Mark Deskovic – served 15-year wrongful imprisonment sentence * Diam's – French rapper, born Mélanie Georgiades, converted in 2010 * Nasreddine Dinet – French orientalist painter, converted to Islam in 1908 *Deso Dogg – former rapper who went to fight in Syria *Arnoud van Doorn – Dutch politician *Dutchavelli – British rapper
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*Dave East – American rapper and actor *Isabelle Eberhardt – Swiss explorer and writer *Keith Ellison – American politician and lawyer; first Sunni Muslim, Muslim to be elected to United States Congress, Congress and the first African Americans, African American representative from Minnesota.
*Everlast (musician), Everlast – American rapper and singer-songwriter
*Yusuf Estes – American preacher and founder of Guide US TV
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*Alys Faiz – human rights and peace activist; converted at the time of her marriage to Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz *Amanda Figueras – Spain, Spanish journalist for El Mundo (Spain), El Mundo and a writer *Michael Finton – radicalised individual, attempted to bomb the Paul Findley Federal Building to protest the Afghan war. Finton's local mosque condemned and disassociated from his ideologies *Jaime Fletcher – American film maker and founder of IslamInSpanish *Patrice Lumumba Ford (of the Portland Seven) – part of a group based in the U.S. Arrested for charges of terrorism, Ford's representative claimed the arrests were a governmental strategy to cover-up America's activities in foreign warsThe Making of a "Terrorist", ''Willamette Week'', 6 June 2002. *Myriam François – English-French writer and broadcaster *Sultaana Freeman – Florida woman, popular in a local controversy for wearing face veil in drivers-license picture
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*Christian Ganczarski – German citizen who adopted radicalised ideologies, charged for conspiring 11 Sep attacks *Jemima Goldsmith – British socialite and ex-wife of Imran Khan *Juan Carlos Gomez – Cuban former Cruiserweight (boxing), Cruiserweight Boxing Champion *Khalid Gonçalves – Portuguese American actor and musician (born Paul Pires Gonçalves), convert to Islam from Catholicism *Abdur Raheem Green (born Anthony Green) – British Islamic preacher and founder of iERA *Philippe Grenier – French doctor; first Muslim MP in France *Jennifer Grout – American singer of Arabic music. *Gigi Gryce – American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educatorH
*Murad Wilfried Hofmann – German diplomat and author who converted from Catholic Christianity.
*Walt Hazzard – former NBA player
*Yusuf Hazziez – American musician, born Joseph Arrington, Jr.; formerly known professionally as Joe Tex
*Aribert Heim – Austrian SS doctor, also known as Dr. Death
*Tony Hussein Hinde – Australian-born Maldives, Maldivian surfing, surfer and surfing pioneer who converted to Islam
*Baba Ratan Hindi – Indian merchant
*Lim Yew Hock – Singapore's second Chief Minister from 1956 to 1959
* Ibrahim Hooper (Douglas Hooper) – Islamic activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
* Knud Holmboe – Danish journalist, author and explorer
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*Abdullah Ibrahim – South African jazz musician *Yusuf Islam – English singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and activist; born Steven Demetre Georgiou; known professionally as Cat Stevens
*Abu Izzadeen – Hackney-born extremist and hate-preacher, spokesman for Al Ghurabaa
* Antonio Inoki, Muhammad Hussain Inoki – Japanese retired professional wrestler, martial artist, politician, and promoter of professional wrestling and mixed martial arts.
* Kyrie Irving – American professional basketball player for the Brooklyn Nets of the NBA.
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*Stephen Jackson – American former professional basketball player who played 2400 seasons in the National Basketball Association (NBA) *Tiara Jacquelina – Malaysian actress *Ahmad Jamal – American jazz pianist *Maryam Jameelah – formerly Margret Marcus; author of many books covering several subjects, including modernism, sociology, history, jihad, theology and technology *Jan Janszoon – Dutch pirate, later sent his son to America, to become one of the first settlers of modern-day Brooklyn (called New Amsterdam at the time) *Larry Johnson (basketball, born 1969), Larry Johnson – retired American professional basketball player *Gustave-Henri Jossot – French caricaturist, illustrator and Orientalist painterK
*Malik Kafur (d. 1316) – military commander of Alauddin Khalji *Dipika Kakar – Indian television actress *Frédéric Kanouté – French Malian former football player
*Peter Kassig – American aid worker, formerly a Methodist, converted to Islam and changed name to Abdul-Rahman Kassig; taken hostage and killed by Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant, The Islamic State
* Mudzaffar Shah I of Kedah – founder of the Kedah Sultanate
* Khalid Kelly – former leader of Al-Muhajiroun in Ireland
*Saida Miller Khalifa – British author, originally named Sonya Miller
*Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan (born Yvette Blanche Labrousse) – Miss France 1930, wife of Aga Khan III
*Malik Jahan Khan (born Dhondia Wagh) – 18th-century military soldier and adventurer
*Murshid Quli Khan (born Surya Narayan Mishra) – First Nawab of Bengal (r. 1717–1727)
*Vladimir Khodov – militant zealot who converted to Islam in prison, and was the leader of the Beslan school hostage crisis
*Abd al Haqq Kielan – Swedish cleric
*Daud Kim— Muslim YouTuber
*James Achilles Kirkpatrick – was the British Resident in Hyderabad state, Hyderabad
*Rebeka Koha – Latvian weightlifter
*Pavel Kosolapov – radical Russian rebel wanted by the Federal Security Service of Russia for suspected extremist activities
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*Colleen LaRose – American citizen, known for having adopted radicalised ideologies and conspiring a plot against Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks *Yusef Lateef – American jazz musician *Johann von Leers – advisor to Mohamed Naguib and head of the Institute for the Study of Zionism *Gary Legenhausen – American philosopher and writer *Lin Nu – Chinese scholar of the Ming dynasty who converted to Islam after visiting Persia. He went on to marry a Persian people, Persian or Arab woman and brought her back to Quanzhou in Fujian province *Omar Ong Yoke Lin (1917–2010) – Malaysian politician, former government minister and founder of the Malaysian Chinese AssociationM
*Malikussaleh (born Merah Silu) – founder of the Samudera Pasai Sultanate (r. 1267–1297) *Khalid Masood (born Adrian Russel Elms) – British citizen, with a history of once heavy-drinking and drug-use, later adopted extremist beliefs; perpetrator of the 2017 Westminster attack *Brandon Mayfield – American citizen, international lawyer, served in the United States Army Reserve. Was later issued a formal apology and $2 million settlement by the Federal government of the United States, U.S. government after being falsely linked with the 2004 Madrid train bombings *Ali Mech – 13th-century tribal chief *Monica (actress), Monica – former Indian film actress, starred predominantly in Tamil language films; converted to Islam in 2014Monica converts to Islam and quits films, ''The Times of India'', 31 May 2014 *Ali Shaheed Muhammad – member of A Tribe Called Quest *Idris Muhammad – American jazz musician *Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah (born Jadu) – Sultan of Bengal *John Allen Muhammad – convicted serial killer who carried out the Beltway sniper attacks of October 2002; later executed for his crimes *Anthony Mundine – Australian boxer; former two-time Super Middleweight champion
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*Sinéad O'Connor (Shuhada' Davitt) – Irish people, Irish singer-songwriter; a former Excommunication, excommunicated Roman Catholic before becoming as Nondenominational Christianity, Nondenominational Trinitarian Christian for several years and later [Sunni] Islam over theological reasons
*Susanne Osthoff – German archaeologist and aid worker who had worked in Iraq since 1991, and was abducted en route to Abdil, for 3 weeks. She was later quoted to have said her kidnappers did not want ransom, but German humanitarian aid
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*José Padilla (prisoner), José Padilla – born-American citizen, known for controversial Rumsfeld v. Padilla case. Padilla was arrested on allegations of intended terrorism, but was refused a trial in civilian courts, as well as a defense counsel and civilian court review; he was later convicted for 21 years in prison. Economist Paul Craig Roberts criticized the sentence as having "overthrown" the Constitution *Jay Palfrey— English YouTuber and travel blogger *Cory Paterson – Australian professional rugby league player *Wayne Parnell – South African cricketer *Thomas Partey – Ghanaian football player *Christopher Paul – radicalised extremist, pleaded guilty to his affiliations and actions with al Qaeda *Abdul Wahid Pedersen – Danish Imam. *Charles John Pelham, 8th Earl of Yarborough, Charles John Pelham (Abdul Mateen) – 8th Earl of Yarborough *Bilal Philips – contemporary Muslim teacher, speaker, and author *Marmaduke Pickthall – British former Anglican clergyman and known for English Translation of Quran
*Neil Prakash – Australian Islamic State group recruiter
*Parameswara (king) – last king of Singapura and the founder of Malacca
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*Abdullah Quilliam – England, English convert from Christianity to Islam, noted for founding England's first mosque and Islamic centre.R
*Raekwon – American rapper, born as Corey Woods *A. R. Rahman – Indian composer, musician, singer-songwriter, producer and philanthropist; he converted to Islam along with other members of his family in 1989 at age 23, changing his name from A. S. Dileep Kumar Mudhaliar to ''Allah Rakka Rahman''
*Yuvan Shankar Raja – Indian musician; music director from Tamil Nadu
*Richard Reid – British citizen, who adopted militant ideologies. Popularly known as the "Shoe Bomber" after unsuccessfully attempting to blow up an American Airlines flight
*Nicky Reilly – resident of Plymouth, England, known for the 2008 Exeter attempted bombing; his psychologist says his mental disabilities (which included Asperger syndrome) made him vulnerable to radicalisation
*MC Ren – American rapper and hip-hop producer
*Franck Ribéry – France national football team player
*Hamza Robertson (born Tom Robertson) – English singer
*Jack Roche – British-born migrant in Sydney. Former member of the Jemaah Islamiyah sect, involved in its militant schemes, Roche later chose to divulge his information (of plots such as the September 11 attacks, the 2002 Bali bombings, etc.) to ASIO officers, but his calls were dismissed. Later convicted for 4-years, Roche has left the lifestyle behind but remains critical of the ASIO's failure to prevent the attacks
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*Hilal al-Sabi' – historian, bureaucrat, and writer of Arabic language, Arabic *Malik ul Salih – established the first Muslim state of Samudera Pasai *Carlos (Ilich Ramírez Sánchez), Ilich Ramírez Sánchez – formerly the world's most wanted terrorist; popularly known as "Carlos the Jackal" *Ibrahim Savant – radicalised individual arrested on suspected links with the 2006 UK transatlantic aircraft plot *Stephen Schwartz (journalist), Stephen Schwartz – American journalist, columnist, and author *Clarence Seedorf – Dutch former professional football players, widely seen as one of the greatest midfielders of all time. *Baba Shadi Shaheed (born Dharam Chand Chib) – former Governor of Kashmir and Kandahar *Derrick Shareef – Chicago citizen, arrested for attempted terror plot in CherryVale Mall in Rockford, Illinois, Rockford *Sahib Shihab – American jazz saxophonist and flautist *Felix Siauw − Chinese-Indonesian Islamic cleric and author affiliated with Hizbut Tahrir IndonesiaFrom Indonesian village to ISIS siege chief.''The Australian''. Retrieved 18 October 2017. *Ubaidullah Sindhi – was a well known political, religious and revolutionary scholar *Robert Stanley (mayor) – British politician *Roger Stockham – Vietnam-veteran convicted for plotting to bomb a mosque *Divine Styler – American hip hop musician *Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Dallas) – Scottish convert, a Shaykh of Sufism, Shaykh of Instruction, leader of the Darqawa, Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa, founder of the Murabitun World Movement. *Nahshid Sulaiman – alternative hip hop artist *Kabir Suman (born Suman Chattopadhyay) – Indian singer-songwriter, musician, music director, poet, journalist, political activist, TV presenter, and occasional actor; he stated, "I wanted to keep the name my parents gave me, so I kept Suman. I took the name Kabir after Sheikh Kabir, a Bengali Muslims, Bengali Muslim poet who wrote ''Baishnab Padabali''." *Mudzaffar Shah I of Kedah – Legendary king, said to be the first Sultan of Kedah, according to Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa. He was the last Hindu king of Kedah, styled ''Sri Paduka Maharaja Durbar Raja'' before his accession. After his conversion to Islam, he later became the founder of the Kedah Sultanate.
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*Malik Maqbul Tilangani (born Malla Yugandharudu) – Vizier of the Delhi Sultanate *Sharmila Tagore – Indian actress *Andrew Tate - retired American-British kickboxing champion and internet personality. *Sinan ibn Thabit – physician and son of Thābit ibn Qurra *William Thorson – former Swedish poker player *Conrad Tillard (born 1964) - American Baptist minister, radio host, author, civil rights activist, and politician; later converted back to Christianity *Apisai Tora – Fijian politician * *Ofa Tu'ungafasi – New Zealand rugby player *Mike Tyson – American boxer; performer *Hamza Tzortzis, Hamza Tzortis – British public speaker and researcher on Islam. He is known for his book: ''The Divine Reality: God, Islam and the Mirage of Atheism.''
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*James Ujaama – social activist/entrepreneur from Seattle, known for helping black youth; established the Bly training camp; accused of militant intentions, but allegations were negated; later convicted for violating IEEPA, by installing software for a friend, to use on a computer owned by the TalibanV
*Joram van Klaveren – former Dutch MP, a politician who attempted to ban mosques and all Islamic practices from Holland; after working on a book to conclusively 'disprove' Islam, Joram's research (and discussions with Timothy Winter) drastically changed his views, he later converted to Islam
*Jorvan Vieira – Portugal, Luso-Brazilian people, Brazilian football coach
*Bryant Neal Vinas – Hispanic American, once joined al Qaeda training camps, later turning on them to help the US, in attempt to turn his life around; his prosecutors called him the "single most valuable cooperating witness" about Qaeda activities; his judge was angered when, after a 3-month sentence, the FBI refused to provide him witness-protection
*Pierre Vogel – German former boxer, now an Islamic preacher
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*Sonny Bill Williams – New Zealand rugby player and heavyweight boxer
*Jason Walters – Dutch citizen, former member of the Hofstad Network, convicted on acts of terror; currently writing his Master's thesis about de-radicalisation, and is an active speaker against radical zealotry, as an Analyst at Blue Water Intelligence
*Alexander Russell Webb – American diplomat and writer
*Dawud Wharnsby – Canadian singer songwriter.
*Timothy Winter (a.k.a. Abdul Hakim Murad) – English convert who is the Director of Studies (Theology and Religious Studies) at Wolfson College, Cambridge, Wolfson College, University of Cambridge.
*G. Willow Wilson – American comics writer.
*Michael Wolfe – American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation
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*Malcolm X (1925–1965) – African Americans, African American Civil rights movement, civil rights leader and activist
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*Hussein Ye – Malaysians, Malaysian preacher and Islamic scholar
*Felixia Yeap – Malaysian supermodel, former ''Playboy'' Bunny
*Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer, born 1974), Mohammad Yousuf – former Pakistani cricketer
*Hamza Yusuf – American Islamic preacher
Based on former religion
* List of converts to Islam from Buddhism * List of converts to Islam from Christianity * List of converts to Islam from Hinduism * List of converts to Islam from Judaism * List of converts to Islam from nontheism * List of converts to Islam from paganism * List of converts to Islam from ZoroastrianismSee also
* List of converts to Buddhism * List of converts to Christianity * List of converts to Hinduism * List of converts to Judaism * List of converts to Sikhism * List of former Muslims * Lists of Muslims * List of people by belief * Religious conversionReferences
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