The
following is an incomplete list of notable people who
converted to Islam from a different religion or no religion.
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From Christianity
A- Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah) - former NFL player[5]
- Abdur Raheem Green
- Abel Xavier - former Portuguese professional footballer converted to Islam with his new name Faisal.[6]
- Abu Tammam - 9th century Arab poet born to Christian parents.[7]
- Abu Usamah - American-born Imam of Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, UK.Accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims in a UK Television documentary.[8]
- Adam Gadahn (born Adam Pearlman) - al-Qaeda English language spokesman. Homeschooled Christian.[9]
- Addas - Companion of the prophet Muhammad during his time. One of the earliest Christian convert to Islam.
- Adi ibn Hatim - Companion of the prophet Muhammad during his time.
- Ahmad Rashād - Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former American football wide receiver.[10][11]
- Ahmed Santos - Filipino, fugitive, founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement & suspected by Filipino authorities to be an Al Qaeda operative converted from Catholicism[12][13][14]
- Ahmad Thomson - British barrister and writer and also a member of the Murabitun movement.[15]
- Akhenaton - French rapper and producer of French hip hop.[16]
- Alexander Litvinenko - former FSB officer converted to Islam on his deathbed.[17][18]
- Alexander Russell Webb - Former Presbyterian.[19] American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the U.S.A. in the Philippines.[20][21]
- André Carson - former Baptist,[22] second Muslim to serve the United States Congress.[23]
- Anthony Green or Abdul Raheem Green, Converted from Catholicism to Islam, and is now an Islamic lecturer.[24]
- Art Blakey - American Jazz musician[25]
- Aukai Collins - fought in Chechnya, paid FBI informant, author of an autobiographical book[26]
- Anthony Mundine - former Australian rugby league player for the St George Illawarra Dragons and now a boxer
- Benjamin Chavis - controversial former head of the NAACP; joined the Nation of Islam.
- Bernard Hopkins - American boxer[27]
- Betty Shabazz - wife of Malcolm X; former Methodist.[28]
- Bilal Philips - Islamic scholar and author[29]
- Bruno Metsu - French coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup[30]
- Bryant Neal Vinas - participated in and supported al-Qaeda plots in Afghanistan and the U.S., and helped al-Qaeda plan a bomb attack on the LIRR[31] CLICK HERE FOR MORE
