List of converts to Islam

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Converts to Islam
Total population
  • According to Jerusalem Post, in the United Kingdom and France, up to 100,000 people converted in the last decade in each country.[1]
  • According to Yedioth Ahronoth, Germany has up to 4,000 a year.[2]
  • According to The Guardian, about 5,000 British people convert to Islam every year and most of them are women.[3]
  • According to The New York Times, 25,000 Americans convert to Islam every year.[4]
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The following is a list of people who converted to Islam from a different religion or 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 by their former religious affiliation.

Based on alphabetical order: A-Z[]

A[]

Noor Hisham Abdullah.
  • Aminah Assilmi – former Southern Baptist preacher who converted to Islam while converting Muslims to Christianity.[5]
  • Hamza Ali Abbasi – former Pakistani actor, reverted to Islam from atheism[6]
  • Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer.[7][8]
  • Ahmed Abdullah – American jazz trumpeter[9]
  • Noor Hisham Abdullah – Malaysian Director-General of Health in leading the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic; born Yew Ming Seong.[10]
  • Thomas J. Abercrombie – photographer and writer for National Geographic[11]
  • Hasan Akbar (born Mark Fidel Kools) – American citizen, and Sergeant, diagnosed with psychiatric problems, later sentenced to death for an attack of resentment[12]
  • Shaheed Akbar (a.k.a. The Jacka) – American rapper[13]
  • Akhenaton – French rapper and producer; born Philippe Fragione[14]
  • Baba Ali – Iranian-born American film developer, games developer, and businessman[15]
  • Muhammad Ali – professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.[16]
    Muhammad Ali
  • Nicolas Anelka – French football manager and former player[17]
  • Lewis Arquette – American actor; father of actors David, Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis, and Richmond Arquette; son of Cliff Arquette[18]
  • Muhammad Asad – Austro-Hungarian born Deputy Secretary in the Foreign Ministry of Pakistan, known for an English Translation of Quran.[19]

B[]

  • David Benjamin – Chaldean Catholic priest known for his book Muhammad in Bible.[20]
  • B.G. Knocc Out – American rapper[21]
  • Kristiane Backer – German television presenter.[22]
  • A. George Baker – American Protestant clergyman who converted to Islam[23]
  • Yasin Abu Bakr – leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago[24]
  • Mutah Beale – better known as Napoleon, former member of Tupac Shakur's rap group, the Outlawz[25]
    Mutah Beale
  • Maurice Béjart – French choreographer[26]
  • Robert "Kool" Bell – American musician[27]
  • Mohammed Knut Bernström – Swedish ambassador[28]
  • Wojciech Bobowski – Polish musician; Bible translator[29]
  • Lauren Booth – British[30] broadcaster, journalist and human rights activist[31][32]
  • Charles Brooks, Jr. – first person in the United States to be executed using lethal injection, converted to Islam in prison, shortly before death[33]
  • H. Rap Brown – American civil rights activist[34]
  • Jonathan A.C. Brown – American Islamic scholar and assistant professor at Georgetown University[35]
    Jonathan A.C. Brown
  • Maurice Bucaille – French family physician of King Faisal.[36]
  • 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 career[37]
  • Titus Burckhardt – Swiss writer and scholar[38]

C[]

D[]

  • Uri Davis – Middle East academic and activist who works on civil rights in Israel, Palestinian National Authority and the Middle East[46]
  • Bob Denard – French mercenary[47]
  • Jeffrey Mark Deskovic – served 15-year wrongful imprisonment sentence[48]
  • Diam's – French rapper, born Mélanie Georgiades, converted in 2010[49]
  • Nasreddine Dinet – French orientalist painter, converted to Islam in 1908[50]
  • Deso Dogg – former rapper who went to fight in Syria[51]
  • Arnoud van Doorn – Dutch politician[52]

E[]

  • Dave East – American rapper and actor[53]
  • Isabelle Eberhardt – Swiss explorer and writer[54]
  • Keith Ellison – American politician and lawyer; first Muslim to be elected to Congress and the first African American representative from Minnesota.[55][56][57]
    Keith Ellison
  • Everlast – American rapper and singer-songwriter[58]
  • Yusuf Estes – American preacher and founder of Guide US TV[59]
Yusuf Estes

F[]

  • Alys Faiz – human rights and peace activist; converted at the time of her marriage to Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz[60]
  • Amanda Figueras – Spanish journalist for El Mundo and a writer[61]
  • 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[62][63]
  • Jaime Fletcher – American film maker and founder of IslamInSpanish .[64]
  • 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 i–n foreign-wars[65]
  • Myriam Francois – English-French writer and broadcaster.[66]
  • Sultaana Freeman – Florida woman, popular in a local controversy for wearing face veil in drivers-license picture[67]

G[]

H[]

  • Murad Wilfried Hofmann – German diplomat and author who converted from Catholic Christianity.[76]
Murad Wilfried Hofmann
Murad Wilfried Hofmann
  • Walt Hazzard – former NBA player[77]
  • Yusuf Hazziez – American musician, born Joseph Arrington, Jr.; formerly known professionally as Joe Tex[78]
  • Aribert Heim – Austrian SS doctor, also known as Dr. Death[79]
  • Tony Hussein Hinde – Australian-born Maldivian surfer and surfing pioneer who converted to Islam[80]
  • Lim Yew Hock – Singapore's second Chief Minister from 1956 to 1959[81]
  • Ibrahim Hooper (Douglas Hooper) – Islamic activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)[82]
  • 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.[83]
  • Knud Holmboe – Danish journalist, author and explorer[84]

I[]

Antonio Inoki
Antonio Inoki
  • Abdullah Ibrahim – South African jazz musician[85]
  • Muhammad Hussain Inoki (born Kanji Inoki) – Japanese professional wrestling and mixed martial arts promoter, politician, and retired professional wrestler and martial artist, best known as Antonio Inoki. He converted to Islam in 1990, something he publicly revealed in 2012.[86]
  • Kyrie Irving – 2016 NBA champion, All star NBA[87]
  • Yusuf Islam – English singer-songwriter, instrumentalist and activist; born Steven Demetre Georgiou; known professionally as Cat Stevens[88][89]
    Cat Stevens
  • Abu Izzadeen – Hackney-born extremist and hate-preacher, spokesman for Al Ghurabaa[90]

J[]

K[]

L[]

  • Colleen LaRose – American citizen, known for having adopted radicalised ideologies and conspiring a plot against Swedish cartoonist Lars Vilks[114]
  • Yusef Lateef – American jazz musician[115]
  • Johann von Leers – advisor to Mohamed Naguib and head of the Institute for the Study of Zionism[116][117]
  • Gary Legenhausen – American philosopher and writer[118]
  • Lin Nu – Chinese scholar of the Ming dynasty who converted to Islam after visiting Persia. He went on to marry a Persian or Arab woman and brought her back to Quanzhou in Fujian province[119][120][121]
  • Omar Ong Yoke Lin (1917–2010) – Malaysian politician, former government minister and founder of the Malaysian Chinese Association[122]

M[]

  • Abd al Malik (born Régis Fayette-Mikano) – French rapper of Congolese descent[123]
  • 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[124]
  • 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 U.S. government after being falsely linked with the 2004 Madrid train bombings[125]
  • Monica – former Indian film actress, starred predominantly in Tamil language films; converted to Islam in 2014[126]
  • Jesse Curtis Morton – counter-terrorism researcher at George Washington University. Though formerly a co-founder of the Revolution Muslim organisation, Morton is now renowned for his work in the CEV (Countering Extremist Violence) industry[127]
  • Ali Shaheed Muhammad – member of A Tribe Called Quest[128]
  • Idris Muhammad – American jazz musician[129]
  • John Allen Muhammad – convicted serial killer who carried out the Beltway sniper attacks of October 2002; later executed for his crimes[130]
  • Anthony Mundine – Australian boxer; former two-time Super Middleweight champion[131]
Anthony Mundine

O[]

P[]

  • 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[136][137]
  • Cory Paterson – Australian professional rugby league player[138]
  • Wayne Parnell – South African cricketer[139][140]
  • Christopher Paul – radicalised extremist, pleaded guilty to his affiliations and actions with al Qaeda[141]
  • Abdul Wahid Pedersen – Danish Imam.[142]
  • Charles John Pelham (Abdul Mateen) – 8th Earl of Yarborough[143]
  • Bilal Philips – contemporary Muslim teacher, speaker, and author[144]
  • Marmaduke Pickthall – British former Anglican clergyman and known for English Translation of Quran.[145]
Marmaduke
Marmaduke Pickthall

R[]

  • Raekwon – American rapper, born as Corey Woods[147]
  • 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[148][149]
    A. R. Rahman
  • Yuvan Shankar Raja – Indian musician; music director from Tamil Nadu[150]
  • Richard Reid – British citizen, who adopted militant ideologies. Popularly known as the "Shoe Bomber" after unsuccessfully attempting to blow up an American Airlines flight[151]
  • 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[152][153]
  • MC Ren – American rapper and hip-hop producer[154]
  • Franck Ribéry – French national football team player[155]
  • Hamza Robertson (born Tom Robertson) – English singer[156]
  • 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[157][158]

S[]

  • Hilal al-Sabi' – historian, bureaucrat, and writer of Arabic[159]
  • Malik ul Salih – established the first Muslim state of Samudera Pasai[160]
  • Ilich Ramírez Sánchez – formerly the world's most wanted terrorist; popularly known as "Carlos the Jackal"[161]
  • Ibrahim Savant – radicalised individual arrested on suspected links with the 2006 UK transatlantic aircraft plot[162]
  • Stephen Schwartz – American journalist, columnist, and author[163]
  • Derrick Shareef – Chicago citizen, arrested for attempted terror plot in CherryVale Mall in Rockford[164]
  • Sahib Shihab – American jazz saxophonist and flautist[165]
  • Felix Siauw − Chinese-Indonesian Islamic cleric and author affiliated with Hizbut Tahrir Indonesia[166]
  • Ubaidullah Sindhi – was a well known political, religious and revolutionary scholar[167]
  • Robert Stanley (mayor) – British politician[168]
  • Roger Stockham – Vietnam-veteran convicted for plotting to bomb a mosque[169]
  • Divine Styler – American hip hop musician[170]
  • Abdalqadir as-Sufi (born Ian Dallas) – Scottish convert, a Shaykh of Instruction, leader of the Darqawi-Shadhili-Qadiri Tariqa, founder of the Murabitun World Movement.[171]
  • Nahshid Sulaiman – alternative hip hop artist[172]
  • 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 Muslim poet who wrote Baishnab Padabali."[173]

T[]

Mike Tyson

U[]

  • James Ujaama – social activist/entrepreneur from Seattle, known for helping black youth; established the Bly training camp; alleged 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 Taliban[181]

V[]

  • 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[182]
    Joram van Klaveren
  • Jorvan Vieira – Luso-Brazilian football coach[183]
  • 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[184][185]
  • Pierre Vogel – German former boxer, now an Islamic preacher[186]
Pierre Vogel

W[]

  • Sonny Bill Williams – New Zealand rugby player and heavyweight boxer[187]
    Sonny Bill Williams
  • 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[188][189]
  • Alexander Russell Webb – American diplomat and writer[190]
  • Dawud Wharnsby – Canadian singer songwriter.[191]
  • Timothy Winter (a.k.a. Abdul Hakim Murad) – English convert who is the Director of Studies (Theology and Religious Studies) at Wolfson College, University of Cambridge.[192]
  • G. Willow Wilson – American comics writer.[193]
  • Michael Wolfe – American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation[194]

X[]

  • Malcolm X (1925–1965) – African American civil rights leader and activist[195]
Malcolm X

Y[]

Hussein Ye
  • Felixia Yeap – Malaysian supermodel, former Playboy Bunny[198][199]
  • Mohammad Yousuf – former Pakistani cricketer[200]
  • Hamza Yusuf – American Islamic preacher[201]

Based on former religion[]

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