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*[[Baba Ali]] – Iranian-born American film developer, games developer, and businessman<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXj2h4w5XNs|title=Indonesian – How did you convert to Islam (session 1 finale)|publisher=ufsubtitles|date=26 July 2007|access-date=26 August 2013}}</ref>
*[[Baba Ali]] – Iranian-born American film developer, games developer, and businessman<ref name="youtube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WXj2h4w5XNs|title=Indonesian – How did you convert to Islam (session 1 finale)|publisher=ufsubtitles|date=26 July 2007|access-date=26 August 2013}}</ref>
*[[Muhammad Ali]] – professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.<ref name="beliefnet">{{cite web|access-date=20 May 2008|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Islam/2005/02/Muhammad-Alis-New-Spiritual-Quest.aspx|title=Muhammad Ali's New Spiritual Quest|publisher=[[Beliefnet]]|author=Caldwell, Deborah}}</ref>[[File:Muhammad Ali NYWTS.jpg|thumb|[[Muhammad Ali]]]]
*[[Muhammad Ali]] – professional boxer, activist, and philanthropist.<ref name="beliefnet">{{cite web|access-date=20 May 2008|url=http://www.beliefnet.com/Faiths/Islam/2005/02/Muhammad-Alis-New-Spiritual-Quest.aspx|title=Muhammad Ali's New Spiritual Quest|publisher=[[Beliefnet]]|author=Caldwell, Deborah}}</ref>[[File:Muhammad Ali NYWTS.jpg|thumb|[[Muhammad Ali]]]]
*[[Sadeq Ali]] (born Sri Gaur Kishore Sen) – Bengali author<ref>{{citation|title=Foundational Maḥabbat-nāmas: Jāmī's Yūsuf u Zulaykhā in Bengal (ca. 16th–19th AD)|first=Thibaut|last=d’Hubert|chapter=The khādim and the munshī: Śāh Garībullāh and Sādek Ālī|chapter-url=https://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004386600/BP000030.xml?lang=en&language=en#FN300072}}</ref>
*[[Nicolas Anelka]] – [[France|French]] [[association football|football]] manager and former player<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/feb/14/newsstory.sport9|title=How Big Sam and Allah made Le Sulk smile|date=13 February 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 August 2017|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[Nicolas Anelka]] – [[France|French]] [[association football|football]] manager and former player<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/football/2007/feb/14/newsstory.sport9|title=How Big Sam and Allah made Le Sulk smile|date=13 February 2007|work=The Guardian|access-date=18 August 2017|issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
*[[Lewis Arquette]] – American actor; father of actors David, Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis, and Richmond Arquette; son of [[Cliff Arquette]]<ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/arquette_reconnects_20021018 "Arquette Reconnects"], ''Jewish Journal'', 12 October 2002.</ref>
*[[Lewis Arquette]] – American actor; father of actors David, Rosanna, Patricia, Alexis, and Richmond Arquette; son of [[Cliff Arquette]]<ref>[http://www.jewishjournal.com/arts/article/arquette_reconnects_20021018 "Arquette Reconnects"], ''Jewish Journal'', 12 October 2002.</ref>
*[[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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Muhammad Asad: The Polish Jewish Muslim Intellectual|url=https://culture.pl/en/article/muhammad-asad-the-polish-jewish-muslim-intellectual|access-date=24 March 2021|website=Culture.pl|language=en}}</ref>
*[[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.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Muhammad Asad: The Polish Jewish Muslim Intellectual|url=https://culture.pl/en/article/muhammad-asad-the-polish-jewish-muslim-intellectual|access-date=24 March 2021|website=Culture.pl|language=en}}</ref>
*[[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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*[[Yasin Abu Bakr]] – leader of the [[Jamaat al Muslimeen]], a [[Muslim]] group in [[Trinidad and Tobago]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10774647|work=BBC News|title=Trinidad marks 1990 coup attempt|date=27 July 2010}}</ref>
*[[Yasin Abu Bakr]] – leader of the [[Jamaat al Muslimeen]], a [[Muslim]] group in [[Trinidad and Tobago]]<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-10774647|work=BBC News|title=Trinidad marks 1990 coup attempt|date=27 July 2010}}</ref>
*[[Mutah Beale]] – better known as ''Napoleon'', former member of [[Tupac Shakur]]'s rap group, the Outlawz<ref name="Moussly">Mona Moussly (2009) "[http://www.alarabiya.net/articles*/2009/03/18/68722.html Hip hop don't stop as it goes Islamic] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113010835/http://www.alarabiya.net/articles*/2009/03/18/68722.html |date=2016-01-13 }}", Al Arabiya News Channel, 19 March 2009.</ref>[[File:Napoleon pic.jpg|thumb|[[Napoleon (rapper)|Mutah Beale]]]]
*[[Mutah Beale]] – better known as ''Napoleon'', former member of [[Tupac Shakur]]'s rap group, the Outlawz<ref name="Moussly">Mona Moussly (2009) "[http://www.alarabiya.net/articles*/2009/03/18/68722.html Hip hop don't stop as it goes Islamic] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160113010835/http://www.alarabiya.net/articles*/2009/03/18/68722.html |date=2016-01-13 }}", Al Arabiya News Channel, 19 March 2009.</ref>[[File:Napoleon pic.jpg|thumb|[[Napoleon (rapper)|Mutah Beale]]]]
*[[Lutfunnisa Begum]] (born Rajkunwari) – consort of the [[Nawab of Bengal]]<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uzOmy2y0Zh4C&pg=PA194|title=A History of Modern India, 1480-1950|last=Markovits|first=Claude|date=2004|publisher=Anthem Press|isbn=9781843310044}}</ref>
* [[Maurice Béjart]] – French choreographer<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4DB1231F930A35757C0A966958260 Chronicle], ''The New York Times'', 3 April 1990.</ref>
* [[Maurice Béjart]] – French choreographer<ref>[https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE4DB1231F930A35757C0A966958260 Chronicle], ''The New York Times'', 3 April 1990.</ref>
*[[Robert "Kool" Bell]] – American musician<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/07/01/db0103.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717124509/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/07/01/db0103.xml|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2006|title=Charles Smith|work=The Telegraph|date=1 July 2006|access-date=7 April 2010|location=London, UK}}</ref>
*[[Robert "Kool" Bell]] – American musician<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/07/01/db0103.xml|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060717124509/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/07/01/db0103.xml|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 July 2006|title=Charles Smith|work=The Telegraph|date=1 July 2006|access-date=7 April 2010|location=London, UK}}</ref>
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*[[Aribert Heim]] – Austrian [[SS]] doctor, also known as Dr. Death<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/war-criminal-search-ends-court-rules-that-aribert-heim-is-dead-a-857220.html|title=War Criminal Search Ends: Court Rules that Aribert Heim Is Dead|work=Der Spiegel|date=21 September 2012|access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[Aribert Heim]] – Austrian [[SS]] doctor, also known as Dr. Death<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spiegel.de/international/germany/war-criminal-search-ends-court-rules-that-aribert-heim-is-dead-a-857220.html|title=War Criminal Search Ends: Court Rules that Aribert Heim Is Dead|work=Der Spiegel|date=21 September 2012|access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[Tony Hussein Hinde]] – Australian-born [[Maldives|Maldivian]] [[surfing|surfer]] and surfing pioneer who converted to Islam<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waterwaystravel.com/surf_maldives/index.php|title=Maldives Surfing, Surf Charter Maldives|publisher=Waterwaystravel.com|access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[Tony Hussein Hinde]] – Australian-born [[Maldives|Maldivian]] [[surfing|surfer]] and surfing pioneer who converted to Islam<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.waterwaystravel.com/surf_maldives/index.php|title=Maldives Surfing, Surf Charter Maldives|publisher=Waterwaystravel.com|access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[Baba Ratan Hindi]] – Indian merchant
*[[Lim Yew Hock]] – Singapore's second Chief Minister from 1956 to 1959<ref>"The Man Who Thumped the Reds", ''The Straits Times'', 1 December 1984.</ref>
*[[Lim Yew Hock]] – Singapore's second Chief Minister from 1956 to 1959<ref>"The Man Who Thumped the Reds", ''The Straits Times'', 1 December 1984.</ref>


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*[[Malik Kafur]] (d. 1316) – military commander of [[Alauddin Khalji]]
*[[Dipika Kakar]] – Indian television actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dipika Kakar on converting to Islam: I have done it and I am proud of it - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/dipika-kakar-on-converting-to-islam-i-have-done-it-and-i-am-proud-of-it/articleshow/63180939.cms|access-date=2020-09-20|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Dipika Kakar]] – Indian television actress<ref>{{Cite web|title=Dipika Kakar on converting to Islam: I have done it and I am proud of it - Times of India|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/tv/news/hindi/dipika-kakar-on-converting-to-islam-i-have-done-it-and-i-am-proud-of-it/articleshow/63180939.cms|access-date=2020-09-20|website=The Times of India|language=en}}</ref>
*[[Frédéric Kanouté]] – French [[Mali]]an former football player<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7141005.stm|title=Devout worshipper|access-date=12 December 2007|work=BBC Sport|first1=Phil|last1=Minshull|date=12 December 2007}}</ref>[[File:Frederic Kanoute 2011.jpg|thumb|[[Frédéric Kanouté]]]]
*[[Frédéric Kanouté]] – French [[Mali]]an former football player<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/africa/7141005.stm|title=Devout worshipper|access-date=12 December 2007|work=BBC Sport|first1=Phil|last1=Minshull|date=12 December 2007}}</ref>[[File:Frederic Kanoute 2011.jpg|thumb|[[Frédéric Kanouté]]]]
*[[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]]<ref name="YouTube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLk4yxc9aks|title=Islamic State Siege of Kobane Intensifies|via=YouTube|access-date=7 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/10/06/peter-kassig-conversion-islamic-state-beheading|title=Peter Kassig's Conversion Unlikely to Halt ISIS Headsman, Experts Say|work=US News & World Report|access-date=7 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007132909/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/10/06/peter-kassig-conversion-islamic-state-beheading|archive-date=7 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Sherlock">{{cite news|last1=Sherlock|first1=Ruth|title=ISIL hostage Peter Kassig 'is now devout Muslim who prays five times a day', says ex-captive|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11149947/Isil-hostage-Peter-Kassig-is-now-devout-Muslim-who-prays-five-times-a-day-says-ex-captive.html|access-date=12 October 2014|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=8 October 2014|location=London}}</ref>
*[[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]]<ref name="YouTube">{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NLk4yxc9aks|title=Islamic State Siege of Kobane Intensifies|via=YouTube|access-date=7 October 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/10/06/peter-kassig-conversion-islamic-state-beheading|title=Peter Kassig's Conversion Unlikely to Halt ISIS Headsman, Experts Say|work=US News & World Report|access-date=7 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141007132909/http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/10/06/peter-kassig-conversion-islamic-state-beheading|archive-date=7 October 2014}}</ref><ref name="Sherlock">{{cite news|last1=Sherlock|first1=Ruth|title=ISIL hostage Peter Kassig 'is now devout Muslim who prays five times a day', says ex-captive|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/islamic-state/11149947/Isil-hostage-Peter-Kassig-is-now-devout-Muslim-who-prays-five-times-a-day-says-ex-captive.html|access-date=12 October 2014|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=8 October 2014|location=London}}</ref>
* [[Mudzaffar Shah I of Kedah]] – founder of the [[Kedah Sultanate]]
* [[Khalid Kelly]] – former leader of [[Al-Muhajiroun]] in Ireland<ref>{{cite web|author=Henry McDonald, Ireland editor|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/07/terrorism.iraq|title=Hostage-taking 'legitimate'|work=The Guardian|date=6 November 2004|access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref>
* [[Khalid Kelly]] – former leader of [[Al-Muhajiroun]] in Ireland<ref>{{cite web|author=Henry McDonald, Ireland editor|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2004/nov/07/terrorism.iraq|title=Hostage-taking 'legitimate'|work=The Guardian|date=6 November 2004|access-date=3 August 2014}}</ref>
*[[Saida Miller Khalifa]] – British author, originally named Sonya Miller<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shahid|first1=Muhammad Haneef|title=Why Women Are Accepting Islam|year=2002|publisher=Darussalam|isbn=978-9960-861-72-2|pages=282–284|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CMOreBqoaKMC&q=%22Saida+Miller+Khalifa%22&pg=PA283}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_84CPd7_exkC&q=%22Saida+Miller+Khalifa%22&pg=PA504|title=One Thousand Roads to Mecca|first1=Michael|last1=Wolfe|year=1998|publisher=Grove Press|page=506|isbn=978-0-8021-3599-5}}</ref>
*[[Saida Miller Khalifa]] – British author, originally named Sonya Miller<ref>{{cite book|last1=Shahid|first1=Muhammad Haneef|title=Why Women Are Accepting Islam|year=2002|publisher=Darussalam|isbn=978-9960-861-72-2|pages=282–284|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CMOreBqoaKMC&q=%22Saida+Miller+Khalifa%22&pg=PA283}}</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_84CPd7_exkC&q=%22Saida+Miller+Khalifa%22&pg=PA504|title=One Thousand Roads to Mecca|first1=Michael|last1=Wolfe|year=1998|publisher=Grove Press|page=506|isbn=978-0-8021-3599-5}}</ref>
*[[Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan]] (born Yvette Blanche Labrousse) – Miss France 1930, wife of [[Aga Khan III]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boomer-cafe.net/version2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=83|title=Yvette Labrousse, Begum Om Habibeh Elles et eux dans les années 50|publisher=Boomer-cafe.net|date=2 July 2007|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan]] (born Yvette Blanche Labrousse) – Miss France 1930, wife of [[Aga Khan III]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://boomer-cafe.net/version2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=47&Itemid=83|title=Yvette Labrousse, Begum Om Habibeh Elles et eux dans les années 50|publisher=Boomer-cafe.net|date=2 July 2007|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[Malik Jahan Khan]] (born Dhondia Wagh) – 18th-century military soldier and adventurer<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hkbJ6xA1_jEC&q=271&pg=PA105|author=Mohibbul Hasan|page=271|title=History of Tipu Sultan|year=2005|isbn=9788187879572}}</ref>
*[[Murshid Quli Khan]] (born Surya Narayan Mishra) – First [[Nawab of Bengal]] (r. 1717-1727) <ref>{{cite book |editor-last=Sarkar |editor-first=Jadunath |editor-link=Jadunath Sarkar |year=1973 |orig-year=First published 1948 |title=The History of Bengal |volume=Volume II: Muslim Period, 1200-1757 |location=Patna |publisher=Academica Asiatica |oclc=924890}}
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*[[Vladimir Khodov]] – militant zealot who converted to Islam in prison, and was the leader of the [[Beslan school hostage crisis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vypusk.kursk.ru/pic/Beslan.doc|title=Archived copy|access-date=24 April 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210170930/http://vypusk.kursk.ru/pic/Beslan.doc|archive-date=10 February 2006}}</ref>
*[[Vladimir Khodov]] – militant zealot who converted to Islam in prison, and was the leader of the [[Beslan school hostage crisis]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://vypusk.kursk.ru/pic/Beslan.doc|title=Archived copy|access-date=24 April 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060210170930/http://vypusk.kursk.ru/pic/Beslan.doc|archive-date=10 February 2006}}</ref>
*[[Abd al Haqq Kielan]] – Swedish cleric<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paraplyprojektet.se/news.php?id=656&categoryID=12|title=A man's domain or a woman's realm?|publisher=Paraplyprojektet.se|access-date=7 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928181520/http://www.paraplyprojektet.se/news.php?id=656&categoryID=12|archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>
*[[Abd al Haqq Kielan]] – Swedish cleric<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.paraplyprojektet.se/news.php?id=656&categoryID=12|title=A man's domain or a woman's realm?|publisher=Paraplyprojektet.se|access-date=7 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928181520/http://www.paraplyprojektet.se/news.php?id=656&categoryID=12|archive-date=28 September 2007}}</ref>
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===M===
*[[Malikussaleh]] (born Merah Silu) – founder of the [[Samudera Pasai Sultanate]] (r. 1267–1297)
*[[Abd al Malik (rapper)|Abd al Malik]] (born Régis Fayette-Mikano) – French rapper of Congolese descent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lepetitjournal.com/content/view/16978/1565|title=PORTRAIT – De Régis Fayette-Mikano à Abd Al Malik|publisher=lepetitjournal.com|access-date=7 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610040403/http://www.lepetitjournal.com/content/view/16978/1565/|archive-date=10 June 2009}}</ref>
*[[Abd al Malik (rapper)|Abd al Malik]] (born Régis Fayette-Mikano) – French rapper of Congolese descent<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lepetitjournal.com/content/view/16978/1565|title=PORTRAIT – De Régis Fayette-Mikano à Abd Al Malik|publisher=lepetitjournal.com|access-date=7 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090610040403/http://www.lepetitjournal.com/content/view/16978/1565/|archive-date=10 June 2009}}</ref>
*[[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]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/25/khalid-masood-was-a-convert-with-a-criminal-past-so-far-so-familiar|title=Khalid Masood was a convert with a criminal past. So far, so familiar|first1=Jason|last1=Burke|date=25 March 2017|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[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]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2017/mar/25/khalid-masood-was-a-convert-with-a-criminal-past-so-far-so-familiar|title=Khalid Masood was a convert with a criminal past. So far, so familiar|first1=Jason|last1=Burke|date=25 March 2017|website=The Guardian}}</ref>
*[[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]]<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Lichtblau|first1=Eric|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/us/30settle.html?ex=1322542800&en=0450419c94570958&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=US will pay $2 million to |newspaper=The New York Times |date=30 November 2006|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[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]]<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Lichtblau|first1=Eric|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/30/us/30settle.html?ex=1322542800&en=0450419c94570958&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss|title=US will pay $2 million to |newspaper=The New York Times |date=30 November 2006|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[Ali Mech]] – 13th-century tribal chief
*[[Monica (actress)|Monica]] – former Indian film actress, starred predominantly in [[Tamil language]] films; converted to Islam in 2014<ref name="tof">"[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Monica-converts-to-Islam-and-quits-films/articleshow/35832431.cms Monica converts to Islam and quits films]", ''The Times of India'', 31 May 2014</ref>
*[[Monica (actress)|Monica]] – former Indian film actress, starred predominantly in [[Tamil language]] films; converted to Islam in 2014<ref name="tof">"[http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/tamil/movies/news/Monica-converts-to-Islam-and-quits-films/articleshow/35832431.cms Monica converts to Islam and quits films]", ''The Times of India'', 31 May 2014</ref>
*[[Ali Shaheed Muhammad]] – member of [[A Tribe Called Quest]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giantstep.net/artists/553/bio|title=GIANT STEP Artist: Ali Shaheed Muhammad|publisher=Giantstep.net|date=1 March 1902|access-date=7 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225031231/http://www.giantstep.net/artists/553/bio|archive-date=25 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[Ali Shaheed Muhammad]] – member of [[A Tribe Called Quest]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.giantstep.net/artists/553/bio|title=GIANT STEP Artist: Ali Shaheed Muhammad|publisher=Giantstep.net|date=1 March 1902|access-date=7 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101225031231/http://www.giantstep.net/artists/553/bio|archive-date=25 December 2010}}</ref>
*[[Idris Muhammad]] – American [[jazz]] [[musician]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=3312|title=Salaam Knowledge|publisher=Salaam.co.uk|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[Idris Muhammad]] – American [[jazz]] [[musician]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.salaam.co.uk/knowledge/biography/viewentry.php?id=3312|title=Salaam Knowledge|publisher=Salaam.co.uk|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[Jalaluddin Muhammad Shah]] (born Jadu) – [[Sultan of Bengal]] <ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=O3GXOqPa67MC&pg=PA320|title=Biographical Encyclopaedia of Sufis: South Asia|author=N. Hanif|year=2000|page=320|isbn=9788176250870}}</ref>
*[[John Allen Muhammad]] – convicted serial killer who carried out the [[Beltway sniper attacks]] of October 2002; later executed for his crimes<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/10/28/sproject.sniper.muhammad.profile/index.html|publisher=CNN|title=Muhammad a Gulf War vet, Islam convert|date=28 October 2002}}</ref>
*[[John Allen Muhammad]] – convicted serial killer who carried out the [[Beltway sniper attacks]] of October 2002; later executed for his crimes<ref>{{cite news|url=http://edition.cnn.com/2002/US/10/28/sproject.sniper.muhammad.profile/index.html|publisher=CNN|title=Muhammad a Gulf War vet, Islam convert|date=28 October 2002}}</ref>
*[[Anthony Mundine]] – Australian boxer; former two-time [[Super Middleweight]] champion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/ade2510.html|title=The Politics of Anthony Mundine|publisher=Eastsideboxing.com|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[Anthony Mundine]] – Australian boxer; former two-time [[Super Middleweight]] champion<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.eastsideboxing.com/ade2510.html|title=The Politics of Anthony Mundine|publisher=Eastsideboxing.com|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
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*[[Ibrahim Savant]] – radicalised individual arrested on suspected links with the 2006 UK transatlantic aircraft plot<ref name="BBC_converts">{{Cite news|last1=Farouky|first1=Jumana|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1225687,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813072830/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1225687,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2006|title=Profiling the Suspects: Converts to Islam|work=Time|date=11 August 2006|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[Ibrahim Savant]] – radicalised individual arrested on suspected links with the 2006 UK transatlantic aircraft plot<ref name="BBC_converts">{{Cite news|last1=Farouky|first1=Jumana|url=http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1225687,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060813072830/http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1225687,00.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=13 August 2006|title=Profiling the Suspects: Converts to Islam|work=Time|date=11 August 2006|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[Stephen Schwartz (journalist)|Stephen Schwartz]] – American [[journalist]], [[columnist]], and author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naqshbandi.org/events/articles/conversion_schwartz.htm|title=conversion article by journalist Steven Schwartz|publisher=Naqshbandi.org|access-date=7 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509005924/http://www.naqshbandi.org/events/articles/conversion_schwartz.htm|archive-date=9 May 2010}}</ref>
*[[Stephen Schwartz (journalist)|Stephen Schwartz]] – American [[journalist]], [[columnist]], and author<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.naqshbandi.org/events/articles/conversion_schwartz.htm|title=conversion article by journalist Steven Schwartz|publisher=Naqshbandi.org|access-date=7 April 2010|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100509005924/http://www.naqshbandi.org/events/articles/conversion_schwartz.htm|archive-date=9 May 2010}}</ref>
*[[Baba Shadi Shaheed]] (born Dharam Chand Chib) – former Governor of Kashmir and Kandahar<ref>{{citation|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yWEbAQAAMAAJ|page=72|title=Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics - Volume 11|last1=Hastings|first1=James|last2=Selbie|first2=John Alexander|last3=Gray|first3=Louis Herbert|year=1961}}</ref>
*[[Derrick Shareef]] – Chicago citizen, arrested for attempted terror plot in [[CherryVale Mall]] in [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16110298|title=Illinois man arrested for alleged bomb plot|publisher=NBC News|date=8 December 2006|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[Derrick Shareef]] – Chicago citizen, arrested for attempted terror plot in [[CherryVale Mall]] in [[Rockford, Illinois|Rockford]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/16110298|title=Illinois man arrested for alleged bomb plot|publisher=NBC News|date=8 December 2006|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[Sahib Shihab]] – American jazz saxophonist and flautist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emusic.com/artist/Sahib-Shihab-MP3-Download/11736427.html|title=Sahib Shihab, MP3 Music Download|publisher=Emusic.com|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
*[[Sahib Shihab]] – American jazz saxophonist and flautist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.emusic.com/artist/Sahib-Shihab-MP3-Download/11736427.html|title=Sahib Shihab, MP3 Music Download|publisher=Emusic.com|access-date=7 April 2010}}</ref>
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===T===
===T===
*[[Malik Maqbul Tilangani]] (born Malla Yugandharudu) – Vizier of the [[Delhi Sultanate]]
*[[Sharmila Tagore]] – Indian actress<ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrities who converted to Islam|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/celebrities-who-converted-to-islam/photostory/30985658.cms|access-date=24 March 2021|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
*[[Sharmila Tagore]] – Indian actress<ref>{{cite web|title=Celebrities who converted to Islam|url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/entertainment/hindi/bollywood/photo-features/celebrities-who-converted-to-islam/photostory/30985658.cms|access-date=24 March 2021|website=The Times of India}}</ref>
*[[Sinan ibn Thabit]] – [[physician]] and son of [[Thābit ibn Qurra]]<ref>Ibn Khallikān, ''Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary'', p. 45.</ref>
*[[Sinan ibn Thabit]] – [[physician]] and son of [[Thābit ibn Qurra]]<ref>Ibn Khallikān, ''Ibn Khallikan's Biographical Dictionary'', p. 45.</ref>

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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

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Noor Hisham Abdullah.

B

C

D

E

Yusuf Estes

F

G

H

Murad Wilfried Hofmann
Murad Wilfried Hofmann

I

J

K

L

M

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]
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

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[183]

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[184]
    Joram van Klaveren
  • Jorvan Vieira – Luso-Brazilian football coach[185]
  • 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[186][187]
  • Pierre Vogel – German former boxer, now an Islamic preacher[188]
Pierre Vogel

W

X

Malcolm X

Y

Hussein Ye

Based on former religion

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