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			==Crime==

			===Terrorism===

			====Convicted====
			The following converts have been ] on charges related to ]:
			* ] - former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for ]
			* ] - convicted for supplying firearms to the ] Network
			* ] and ] - two French brothers, convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists
			*] - convicted '']'' by ] authorities for participation in a series of attacks in the 1990s, including an attempt to bomb a Group of Seven summit in Lille
			* ] - from ], ], ]'s right hand man, convicted for conspiracy against the United States and mass murder
			* ] - converted from the ], member of ], convicted of conspiracy in the ]
			* ] - British "Shoe Bomber"
			* ] - former ] member in ]
			* ] - of ]
			* ] - American, convicted for possession of illegal arms and explosives, struck a plea bargain with U.S. prosecutors
			* ] - aka "Carlos the Jackal"
			* ] - of the ], member of the ]

			====Suicide Attackers====

			The following converts died in the commission of ]s.

			* ] - Belgian woman who blew herself up in Iraq. Her husband was also enagaged n sucide bombing.
			* ] - Russian, died during a suicide attack in Chechnya on June 11, 2000
			* ] - participated and died in the ]

			====Suspected of Terrorism====

			The following converts are suspected by various governmental authorities of being involved with terrorism.
			* ] - from Christianity, suspected Al Qaeda spokesman in the U.S.
			* ] - suspected by German authorities of ties with high ranking ] officials
			* ] - presumably from Christianity, held by the U.S. as an illegal enemy combatant
			* ] - formerly Brian Young, accused of participating in the ]
			* ] - from ], allegedly participated in the ] raid, suspected by ]n authorities to be a terrorist
			* ] - Russian, suspected by Russian authorities of planning several suicide operations in Chechnya
			* ] - American, implicated by the ] ] in the ]
			* ] - detained by the U.S. as an illegal enemy combatant
			* ] - from ], of the ], fugitive, founder of the ], suspected by Filipino authorities to be an ] operative
			* ] (formerly Oliver Savant), born 19 December 1980, (Walthamstow) has been charged with conspiracy to murder and with preparing acts of terrorism under section five of the Terrorism Act 2006 in the ].
			* ] - of the Netherlands, for abetting the ]
			* ], formerly Don Stewart-White, accused of participating in the ]
			* ] - of the Netherlands, younger brother of the convicted ]


			===Other Crimes===

			The following are associated with notable criminal cases.
			* ] - of ], under trial for an attempted coup as of March 9, 2006
			* ] - journalist, political activist, convicted of murder, his case is being reinvestigated
			* ] - U.S. soldier, convicted of killing two U.S. officers during duty in ]
			* ] - American convert, ] ], an Iranian ] and subsequently fled to ], charged with murder
			* ] - Australian, girlfriend of convicted killer and drug trafficker ], arrested on March 26, 2006 for attempted murder of unnamed people
			* ], shot by a ] team during a shootout in a Safeway warehouse in ], ]
			* Pierre Robert - ] convert, sentenced to life imprisonment by ] authorities for establishing an Islamist network in northern Morocco
			* ] - convicted and imprisoned in ] for conducting Islamic ceremonies in a language other than ], which was considered ] by (individual) Indonesian authorities
			* ] - of ], was involved with the neo-nazi skinhead movement

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This is a list of notable people who have converted to Islam sometime during their lives.

Companions of Muhammad

Name	Former Religion	Notes
Abbad ibn Bishr		known for devotion to worship, knowledge, & courage in battle
Abbas ibn 'Abdul Muttalib		a paternal uncle of Muhammad
Abd-Allah ibn Abbas	paganism	cousin of Muhammad
Abd-Allah ibn Abd-al-Asad	paganism	among the first converts
Abd-Allah ibn Jahsh	paganism	cousin of Muhammad
Abd-Allah ibn Mas'ud	paganism	the 6th convert after Muhammad, started preaching in Mecca
Abd-Allah ibn Sailam	paganism
Abd-Allah ibn Umar	paganism	son of the second Caliph, Umar ibn Khattab
Abd-al-Rahman ibn Awf	paganism	one of the first eight converts
Abdullah ibn Sailam	Judaism	was a rabbi
Abdullah ibn Hudhafah as-Sahmi
Abu Ayyub al-Ansari		one among the Ansar
Abu Bakr		father of Aisha, first of the Four Caliphs, & rightful successor to Muhammad (in Sunni belief)
Abu Dharr	paganism	noted for his piety
Abu Hurayrah	Judaism	narrator of Hadith most quoted in the isnad
Abu Musa al-Asha'ari		governor of Basra & Kufa
Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith		son of Harith ibn Abd al-Muttalib
Abu Ubayda ibn al-Jarrah		member of the Quraysh clan al-Harith ibn Fihr
Adiyy ibn Hatim	paganism	an Arab king
Aisha	pre-Islamic Arab paganism	scholar, the youngest wife of Muhammad, see Wives of Muhammad
Al-Baraa ibn Malik al-Ansari	paganism	personal aide of Muhammad.
Ali ibn Abi Talib		first Imam, last of the Four Caliphs, & rightful successor to Muhammad (in Shi'a belief)
An-Numan ibn Muqarrin		leader of the tribe of Banu Muzaynah
At-Tufayl ibn Amr ad-Dawsi		chief of the Daws tribe of Tihama
Bilal ibn Ribah		freed from slavery by Muhammad.
Habib ibn Zayd al-Ansari		martyr
Hakim ibn Hazm	paganism	principal narrator of hadith
Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib	paganism	uncle of Muhammad
Hudhayfah ibn al-Yaman		one of the earliest converts
Jafar ibn Abi Talib		known as "the possessor of two wings"
Julaybib	paganism	martyr
Khabbab ibn al-Aratt		of the Banu Tamim clan in Najd
Khadijah bint Khuwaylid	pre-Islamic Arab paganism	businesswoman, first wife of Muhammad, first female convert. See Wives of Muhammad
Khalid bin Al-Walid	paganism	general
Muadh ibn Jabal		noted for his intelligence, quick wit, potency in speech
Muhammad Ibn Maslamah		among the first in Yathrib to convert
Musab ibn Umayr	paganism
Nuaym ibn Masud	paganism
Rabiah ibn Kab	paganism
Rumaysa bint Milhan	paganism	one of the earliest women converts
Sa'd ibn Abi-Waqqas		of the Banū Zuhrah clan
Sa'd ibn Mua'dh		chief of the Banu Aus clan of Medina.
Salman the Persian	Zoroastrism
Umar ibn al-Khattab		second of the Four Caliphs
Uthman ibn Affan		third of the Four Caliphs

Politics

Name	Former Religion	Nationality	Notes
Yousef al-Khattab (Yosef Cohen)	Orthodox Judaism		converted with wife & children, his political goal is to implement Sharia worldwide
Haji Idi Amin	Catholicism	Uganda	former dictator
Khaled Edward Blair		English	barrister married to Princess Badiya of Jordan
Jean-Bédel Bokassa	Catholicism	Central African	President and Emperor of Central African Republic (later reconverted to Catholicism)
Omar Bongo		Gabonese	President of Gabon
Torquato Cardilli		Italian	Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
Keith Ellison	Catholicism	American	Minnesota state legislator
Thomas Haidon	Catholicism	New Zealander	lawyer, government advisor
Ibrahim Hooper (Douglas Hooper)			Islamic activist
Iyasu V		Ethiopian	former Emperor of Ethiopia
Mathieu Kérékou	Christianity	Benin	President of Benin (later reconverted to Christianity)
Johann von Leers			advisor to Muhammad Naguib.
David Myatt	Paganism		Neo-Nazi-activist
Karl Nickner			Executive Director of CAIR-CAN
David Musa Pidcock	Catholicism	British	leader of the Islamic Party of Britain
Apisai Tora		Fijian	politician
Sabrina Varroni			fined € 80 for wearing a burqa in Drezzo, Italy sparking a controversy in Italian politics
El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz (Malcolm X, Malcolm Little)	Christianity to NOI to mainstream Islam	American	African-American civil rights leader

Sports

Name	Former Religion	Nationality	Notes
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor)		American	retired basketball player, NBA's all-time leading scorer
Karim Abdul-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah)		American	former football player
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson)		American	retired basketball player
Tariq Abdul-Wahad		American	basketball player
Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay)	Christianity to NOI to Sunni Islam to Sufism	American	retired American boxer
Nicolas Anelka		French	football player
Chris Eubank			boxer
Mustafa Hamsho			boxer
Bernard Hopkins			boxer
Bruno Metsu		French	coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
Matthew Saad Muhammad	Catholicism		former boxer
Dwight Muhammad Qawi			boxer
Franck Ribery		French	football player
Ahmed Santos		American	publicist, former boxer
Philippe Troussier		French	former football player, trainer of a Japanese football team
Mike Tyson		American	former heavyweight boxing champion of the world, convicted rapist
Rasheed Wallace		American	basketball player
Danny Williams		British	boxer
Mohammad Yousuf (Yousuf Youhana)	Christianity	Pakistani	cricket player

Religious Scholars

Name	Former Religion	Notes
Abudul-Ahad Dawud (David Benjamin Keldani)	Catholicism	Roman Catholic priest of the Uniate-Chaldean sect
Umar Faruq Abd-Allah	Protestant Christianity	Islamic scholar
Abu Yahya (Jerald F. Dirks)	Christianity	Hollis scholar from Harvard, former deacon of United Methodist church
Yusuf Estes	Christianity	former pastor, prison chaplain
Abdul-Ahad Omar (Gary Miller)	Christianity	former priest and missionary
Viacheslav Polosin		former Archpriest of the Russian Orthodox church, currently heads the administration of the Committee on Relations with Public Associations
Jacob Querido		successor to Shabbetai Tzvi
Shabbetai Tzvi	Judaism	former Jewish religious leader

Scholars

Name	Former Religion	Nationality	Notes
Hamid Algar		British	professor at the University of Berkeley, expert in the Ja'fari school of thought and Iranian civilization
Aminah Assilmi	Southern Baptist Christianity		scholar, director of the International Union of Muslim Women
Kevin Barrett			lecturer and conspiracy theorist
Sherman Jackson			Islamic Scholar and Academic, University of Michigan Near East Studies and Law School
Nuh Ha Mim Keller	Catholicism to agnosticism to Sufism		Islamic scholar
Martin Lings	Protestantism to Sufism
Ingrid Mattson		Canadian	scholar
Thomas McElwain	Baptist		former minister, a Professor of History and Comparative religion
Muhammad Pickthall (Marmaduke Pickthall)	Christianity		a translator of the Qur'an
Zaid Shakir			Islamic scholar
Haschem Wilde		British	professor
Timothy J. Winter			lecturer in Islamic Studies at the University of Cambridge
Sheikh 'Abd al-Wahid Yahya (René Guénon)	Catholicism to Sufism		philosopher
Khalid Yasin	Christianity	American	Executive Director of the Islamic Teaching Institute (ITI)
Hamza Yusuf			Islamic scholar

Philosophy

Name	Former Religion	Nationality	Notes
Titus Burckhardt			philosopher, historian, mystic
Roger Garaudy		French	philosopher, writer

Arts and Entertainment

Ali Bey al-Abbasi - writer, explorer (disputed)
Muhammed al-Ahari - from Christianity, American essayist
Muhammad Asad - from Judaism, writer
Amir Butler - Salafi Australian author
Dave Chappelle - comedian & television star
Ian Dallas - writer
Isabelle Eberhardt - from Lutheran Christianity, 19th century explorer and writer
Knud Holmboe - 19th century Danish journalist, explorer
Maryam Jameelah - from Reform Judaism, essayist, poet, journalist and author
Ruqayyah Waris Maqsood - from Protestant Christianity, British author
Daniel Moore - from Christianity, poet
Lev Nussimbaum - from Judaism, writer
Harry St. John Philby - from Anglicanism, Arabist, explorer, writer, British colonial office intelligence operative
William Abdullah Quilliam - from Christianity, poet, solicitor, ambassador, journalist
Yvonne Ridley - from Anglicanism, journalist
Stephen Schwartz - Jewish born, Sufi neoconservative journalist
Kamala Suraiya - from Hinduism, Indian writer
Pamela Taylor - writer and board member of the Progressive Muslim Union
Alexander Russell Webb - from Presbyterian Christianity, 19th Century U.S. journalist
Michael Wolfe - writer, documentarist

Mysticism

Samuel L. Lewis - aka Ahmed Murad Chisti or Sufi Sam
Daniel Moore - Sufi poet

Society

Jemima Goldsmith - from Judaism, British socialite, ex-wife of Imran Khan
Heather Laird-Jackson - from Christianity, American Muslim activist, wife of Dr. Sherman A. Jackson
Ayesha Sultana (Sharmila Tagore) - from Hinduism, Bollywood actress, converted to marry her husband

Science

Jeffrey Lang - Professor in the Department of Mathematics at the University of Kansas.
Susanne Osthoff - German archaeologist, former hostage in Iraq

Military

Ranking Officers

Mehemet Ali - German general
Józef Bem - Polish-Hungarian general
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval - French general
Murad Wilfred Hofmann - from Catholic Christianity, NATO official
Jacques-Francois Menou - French general, governor of Egypt
Emin Pasha - German general
Omer Pasha - From Serbian Orthodoxy, Bosnian general
Suleiman Pasha - French general
Rudolf Carl von Slatin - Austrian general (nominally)
James Yee - American captain

Militants

Aukai Collins - Hawaiian American, fought in Chechnya, paid FBI informant, author of an autobiographical book
Muriel Degauque - a Belgian suicide bomber that targeted a U.S. military convoy in Iraq
Bob Denard - French mercenary
The Portland Seven - Jeffrey Leon Battle, Patrice Lumumba Ford and October Lewis

Crime

Terrorism

Convicted

The following converts have been convicted on charges related to terrorism:

Ryan G. Anderson - former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for Al Qaeda
Randall Blue Chapman - convicted for supplying firearms to the Virginia Paintball Jihad Network
Jerôme Courtailler and David Courtailler - two French brothers, convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists
Lionel Dumont - convicted in absentia by French authorities for participation in a series of attacks in the 1990s, including an attempt to bomb a Group of Seven summit in Lille
Wadih el-Hage - from Catholicism, Lebanese, Osama bin Laden's right hand man, convicted for conspiracy against the United States and mass murder
Clement Rodney Hampton-El - converted from the Moorish Science Temple, member of al-Fuqra, convicted of conspiracy in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing
Richard Reid - British "Shoe Bomber"
Jack Roche - former Jemaah Islamiah member in Australia
Andrew Rowe - of Britain
Randall Royer - American, convicted for possession of illegal arms and explosives, struck a plea bargain with U.S. prosecutors
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez - aka "Carlos the Jackal"
Jason Walters - of the Netherlands, member of the Hofstad Network

Suicide Attackers

The following converts died in the commission of suicide attacks.

Muriel Degauque - Belgian woman who blew herself up in Iraq. Her husband was also enagaged n sucide bombing.
Sergey Dimitriyev - Russian, died during a suicide attack in Chechnya on June 11, 2000
Jamal Lindsay - participated and died in the 7 July 2005 London bombings

Suspected of Terrorism

The following converts are suspected by various governmental authorities of being involved with terrorism.

Adam Yahiye Gadahn - from Christianity, suspected Al Qaeda spokesman in the U.S.
Christian Ganczarski - suspected by German authorities of ties with high ranking Al Qaeda officials
David Hicks - presumably from Christianity, held by the U.S. as an illegal enemy combatant
Umar Islam - formerly Brian Young, accused of participating in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot
Vladimir Khodov - from Russian Orthodoxy, allegedly participated in the Beslan raid, suspected by Russian authorities to be a terrorist
Pavel Kosolapov - Russian, suspected by Russian authorities of planning several suicide operations in Chechnya
Abu Malik - American, implicated by the U.S. Department of Justice in the 1998 United States embassy bombings
José Padilla - detained by the U.S. as an illegal enemy combatant
Ahmed Santos (militant) - from Roman Catholicism, of the Philippines, fugitive, founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement, suspected by Filipino authorities to be an Al Qaeda operative
Ibrahim Savant (formerly Oliver Savant), born 19 December 1980, (Walthamstow) has been charged with conspiracy to murder and with preparing acts of terrorism under section five of the Terrorism Act 2006 in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot.
Martine van den Oever - of the Netherlands, for abetting the Hofstad Network
Abdul Waheed, formerly Don Stewart-White, accused of participating in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot
Jermaine Walters - of the Netherlands, younger brother of the convicted Jason Walters

Other Crimes

The following are associated with notable criminal cases.

Yasin Abu Bakr - of Trinidad and Tobago, under trial for an attempted coup as of March 9, 2006
Mumia Abu-Jamal - journalist, political activist, convicted of murder, his case is being reinvestigated
Hasan Akbar - U.S. soldier, convicted of killing two U.S. officers during duty in Kuwait
David Belfield - American convert, assassinated Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian dissident and subsequently fled to Iran, charged with murder
Jill Courtney - Australian, girlfriend of convicted killer and drug trafficker Hassan Kalache, arrested on March 26, 2006 for attempted murder of unnamed people
Michael Julius Ford, shot by a SWAT team during a shootout in a Safeway warehouse in Denver, Colorado
Pierre Robert - French convert, sentenced to life imprisonment by Moroccan authorities for establishing an Islamist network in northern Morocco
Yusman Roy - convicted and imprisoned in Indonesia for conducting Islamic ceremonies in a language other than Arabic, which was considered blasphemy by (individual) Indonesian authorities
Marc Springer - of USA, was involved with the neo-nazi skinhead movement

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