Categories: Prominent Converts
- August 29, 2005
- Goethe Embraced Islam
German poet, novelist, playwright and natural philosopher, one of the greatest figures in Western literature after whom countless institutes and associations have been named all over Europe and North America, namely Goethe Institute. All evidence have been taken from his own works and his letters to friends. read more »
- May 2, 2005
- Hamza Yusuf
Hamza Yusuf started life as Mark Hanson in Walla Walla, Washington, USA. The son of two US academics of a Catholic and Greek Orthodox background, he seemed destined not for Islamic scholarship, but for Greek Orthodox priesthood until a near-death experience in a car accident, and reading the Quran, diverted his attentions towards Islam. read more »
- May 2, 2005
- Jermaine Jackson
In a starling Interview, Jermaine Jackson, brother of world-famous star Michael Jackson, tells how he embraced Islam. read more »
- May 2, 2005
- Daniel Abdal-Hayy Moore
I became a Muslim when it seemed I had already accepted Islam in my bones, as if beyond choice, and I only had to make a leap to embrace it formally. Outwardly I was content; inwardly I was coasting. read more »
- May 2, 2005
- Peter Sanders
Peter Sanders was born in London in 1946. His professional career in photography began during the mid-sixties where he photographed most of the major stars in the music business including Bob Dylan, Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, The Who, the Rolling Stones etc. read more »
- May 2, 2005
- Jeffrey Lang
Dr. Jeffrey Lang is an Associate Professor of Mathematics at the University of Kansas, one of the biggest universities in the United States. He started his religious journey on Jan 30, 1954, when he was born in a Roman Catholic family in Bridgeport, Connecticut. The first 18 years of his life were spent in Catholic schools, read more »
- May 2, 2005
- Sheikh Yusuf Estes
“My name is Yusuf Estes and I am the National Muslim Chaplain for American Muslims, sponsored by a number of organizations here in Washington, DC. As such, I travel around the entire world lecturing and sharing the message of the Christ of the Quran in Islam. We hold dialogs and discussion groups with all faiths and enjoy the opportunity to work alongside of rabbis, ministers, preachers and priests everywhere. Most of our work is in the institutional area, military, universities and prisons. read more »
- April 25, 2005
- Marmaduke Pickthall
Marmaduke Pickthall, the son of an Anglican clergyman, was drawn to Islam in the course of extensive travels and contacts with Muslims in Egypt, Palestine, Syria and Turkey. A distinguished novelist and respected member of a brilliant literary circle that included Olivia Manning, his work was published in leading journals such as the Athenaeum. read more »
- April 25, 2005
- AR Rahman
He’s sold more than 100 million albums, and when he performed in concert in Dubai recently, more than 50,000 people flooded a stadium that normally sees crowds like that only for soccer. His soundtrack for the Tamil film “Padayappa” sold 1.2 million copies in two days, and the same happened with the Hindi film “Taal.” He’s received every conceivable music-related award in India, including the equivalent of an Oscar, and films with his music tend to become box office hits. read more »
- April 24, 2005
- My Journey to Islam by Steven Barboza
This African American former Catholic found spiritual peace and fulfillment in orthodox Islam having investigated and rejected the racist ideology of the Nation of Islam. read more »
- April 24, 2005
- Michael Wolfe– also posted in Muslim Celebrities
“I did not want to ‘trade in’ my culture. I wanted access to new meanings.” - How an American writer born of a Jewish father and a Christian mother found spiritual fulfillment in Islam. read more »
- April 23, 2005
- Becoming Muslim - by Nuh Ha Mim Keller
“I studied philosophy at the university and it taught me to ask two things of whoever claimed to have the truth: What do you mean, and how do you know? When I asked these questions of my own religious tradition, I found no answers, and realized that Christianity had slipped from my hands.”
The story of American former Catholic, Nuh Ha Mim Keller, who in the 25 years since his conversion has gone on to become one of the leading contemporary scholars of Islam. read more »
