once rasulullah came over mushriks of mecca and invited them to accept islam, abu jahl rebuked him, saying; "If u r doing this so that we will testify before God in the other world that you performed ur mission of prophethood, we will testify it. Leave us then, O man! to ourselves"
When rasulullah left, mughira asked abu jahl if he admitted prophet Mohommad's prophet hood. ABU JAHL replied; "I know that he is truly a prophet. nevertheless, we compete with the banu hashim tribe (prophet's tribe) in everything. They have been boasting of providing food and water to the pilgrims. Now if they begin to boast of having a prophet amongst them, I won't be able to endure it at all"
Intelligent people who are not prejudiced and whose willpower is not paralyzed cannot help but belive in rasulullah(pbuh). In this respect, ALLAH says ; " we know well that their talk grieves you (O Mhommad!) ; in truth they do not deny you" (surah al_an'am, 33) people who sincerely sought him certainly found him, who ever seeks him will find him, whereas those who remain obstinate and ruled by their evil commanding selves will drown in unbelief and hypocristy.
So, study more and more about islam and all other religions and try to find the result that who's true?
REMEBER! Man is a traveller, whose travel goes from childhood to youth, from youth to old age, from old age to grave, from the grave to the resurrection, and from the resurrection to eternity_
have u ever thought of what is waiting for you beyond the last hill?
If you're a good Muslim man, isn't it 70 virgins that supposedly wait for ya over the last hill?
Wonder what waits for the young Muslim women, especially those who die as virgins?
So which part of that Islamic belief is correct? Can they both be correct? Is it the desire of Muslim virgins that they be sex slaves to old Muslim men? Is that what "Allah" has set in store for them?
70 virgins r, ofcourse waiting for men, but as I said before to another man that the wife of tht man will be 90% more n more beautifull than tht heaven's gal, so will he give lift to tht virgin or his most beauifull wife. The 70 virgins and angels will be the slaves of tht pair, working for them always with no jealousy and no hate.
I f a small muslim gal died as virgin, when she will entre in to the heaven than she will be having all right to choose a muslim man whom she likes and who is unmarried. And the 70 virgins will be their slaves.
the last point, If u r mocking muslim old men, tht they do sex with young muslim virgin than its totally wrong, Islam had never allowed this kind of a mess, Hell is set for tht men who did this. ISLAM had always cared abt the rights of everyone.
FOR more info u have net and eyes, ears, hads...also use them..
That doesn't explain the plight of those 70 virgins who will be at the mercy of some man.
ok, then use ur common sense and anser me...
can a voman like to have 70 husbands, can she bear it?
if Allah gives them 70 husbands than the vomen vill think herself as a machine for men, n oneday she vill get hurt from this all..
C men can bear and love to have 70 vomen but vomen can't.
PMS???
oh com'on crmhsake, dont forget tht the women in the heaven will sooooooo much beautiful, and she's having tht beauty tht if she puts her finger infront of sun then the sun becames black, if she smiles at u than the earth will shine, if she puts her hand in ocean than teh all ocean becames sweet...
If all the special chosen Muslim men get 70 virgins, what do the other 69 men get when the greedy one has grabbed them all for himself? Do they have to be content with a DIY?
That would easily show that Islam is man made and has nothing to do with gods, that is, unless Allah promotes slavery. Oh wait, he does.
That is not true. Islam removes the rights of everyone.
oh really?
if isalm is tht much hatefull for u ppl, than y r u converting to our religion, and now please, dont say tht isalm is not spreading..u said this lie before. i called it as a lie bcuz u were not having any proof for it...ha
We're not converting. The fastest growing group per capita are non-believers.
this is the list of famous ppl who converted to islam ;
michael wolfe
mohommad ali
kareem abdul jabbar
yusuf islam
haiqa khan
mohommad marmaduke pickthall
queen noor
cat steven
hollywood star angelina..
malcoln x
nicolas anelka
frank rilery
bizzy bond
bernard hopkins
ghostface killah
yronne ridley
art blankey
fermaine jackson
silma ihram
philippe trussier
eric alidal
david chappelle
mike tyron
reigis fayette mikano
ahmad jamal
give me permission i can provide u several names.
By all means, please do. Your very short list of people who haven't a brain cell to share amongst them isn't convincing.
isabella eberhhardt
uluc ali reis
claude alexandre
parameswara
marmaduke
jacques- francois
menou
rudolf carl von slatin
lord headly
samori ture
keith elliison
ahmad rashad
dave chappele
nicolas anelka
y vonne ridley
jermine jackson
benjmin chavis
bernard hopkins
betty phillips
bruno metsu
bryant neal vinas
colleen larose
count cassius
daniel moore
danny thompson
elsa kazi
eric abidal
everlast
frank ribery
gabriele torsello
gauhar jaan
george x1 OF kartlli
germaine lindsay
ian dallas
ibrahim muteferrika
forgetted what neil armstrong said when he was on the moon???
he says while we were on the moon we listened somekind of voice coming frm the world, when we paid more attention we heard the voice of azan coming. he also saw a light who seems to be like handling the world when he looked carefully he saw tht the light is coming frm the khana kaba.... khana kaba is the only one place of this world on where no any bird had dared to fly over it..... well, y im telling u this?? u will never understand...
so now again asking want more???
Taqiyaa. That is the reason you are telling me this.
Shia concept whereby one may conceal their faith to avoid persecution, threat or torture.
The condoning of lying and cheating in Islam, often to protect or promote it. For example, calling Islam 'the religion of peace' is Taqiyaa.
oh gosh! now i had again to repeat the same line
" u need to study isalm"
plz do plz, u know its very difficult to explain islam here on typing bcuz it takes too much time but its very easy by learning it by urself....
Actually.
Since Islamic doctrine defines woman as deficient in all ways. (ie, Physically, Spiritually, Intellectually, etc.), the reasoning would be that once she has sacraficed herself in life, to the cause of Allah.
Then it would follow that Allah would simply forgive her her flaws and allow her to serve/service the Mujahadun. Who reside under the shade of the sword of Allah.
After all. Woman are for service to the man in Islam. So what greater reward could a woman ask for, then to be able to service the greatest of Islamic warriors.
Sounds like fun to me.
And the self serving quote from the book that is in regards to the person in question, in order to verify the question. Is absurd. It is no more than you telling me, you are a prophet, and then latter supprting that boast with a story about how the last guy you boasted to said he didn't believe you... but he actually did, and you know this through the fact that you are a prophet.
?... that is just unacceptable as evidence of a claim.
Errum said:
"forgetted what neil armstrong said when he was on the moon???
he says while we were on the moon we listened somekind of voice coming frm the world..."
Neil Armstrong converted to Islam?? Its a semi-popular, cheap islamic myth+propaganda which is completely groundless. Show me the video or audio tape where Neil has said such things! If you can, then I will surrender to islam whenever u want . But fortunately its only a myth & theres no such videos.
Now you might say that the Jews & Christians are controlling the media & they have stolen all the evidence of that event. Then how can we be sure that this myth is not fake? For your information, let me show you some points:
1. Neil Armstrong is alive. If he has seen such miracles & has truly converted to Islam, then he must had started preaching Islam long long time ago. Unfortunately he is a man of science & still only preaches for NASA
2. If he had really converted to Islam, then like other converts he also would have changed his name. However, he still uses his name as Neil Armstrong - which is not a Muslim name
3. And about the Miraculous sounds that were heard on moon? Theres no air on moon & therefore no sounds can be transmitted (sounds cannot be without a medium). The thousands of pics & tape that NASA brought from its mission didnt show anything like that. Your claim is completely absurd!
4. If something miraculous really happened there then it would have affected other astronauts too. However, none of the other crews converted to Islam nor they claimed to see any miracles.
5. The second man to land on the moon is Buzz Aldrin, who is famous for his claim of UFO encounter (debatable) during Apollo mission on moon which is completely opposite of your claim. If his claim is right then highly intelligent alien species & star trek episodes would be considered more rational then your Surahs & Qalimas.
Thank You & please dont post such absurd things again. It only makes u look stupid
& btw, there are hundreds of Neil Armstrong videos in youtube or other sites where you will see Neil Armstrong is attending press, special ceremonies, giving speech, interviews etc etc. But in all those videos, you will never find a single line where Neil will claim that he has converted to Islam bcoz of such miracles on the moon
well, rishy! have a look at tht conservation http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ixfk4LsKWnw....
and also dont forget to check other videos which r there, and its not maing "me" stupid but its making u ppl stupid...
ok, so Im stupid & u r smart, happy? & What did I see there?
1. None of the video showed that Neil Armstrong himself stating he is a Muslim. I dont know why did u give me the link.
2. The video only shows two unknown guys, who pretends to be smarter than Hawkings & Einstein, claims some absurd & illogical things without any scientific proofs
I just dont understand why did u wast my time by asking to watch those videos? There are so many fake UFO, Mutant, Religious & Miracle videos in Youtube much better than these ones. Still nobody trusts them. And you think these cheap videos are reliable?? Open your mind honey, u still have time.
oh, one more thing. I see you believe that Everyone (especially Christians) are converting to Islam, Right? Wrong! Lets take a look at the list of famous Muslims who have converted to Christianity
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Aslan Abashidze - leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic in western Georgia. Abashidze was born into a renowned Muslim Ajarian family, a branch of the Abashidze princely house.
Mohammed Sheikh Abdiraman - a Somali convert to Christianity who were shot by al Shabaab members[4].
Ibrahim Abdullah - American former PLO terrorist.[5]
Abo of Tiflis - Christian activist and the Patron Saint of the city of Tbilisi, Georgia.[6]
Abraham of Bulgaria - Martyr and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church.[7]
St. Adolphus - Christian martyr who was put to death along with his brother, John, by Abd ar-Rahman II, Caliph of Córdoba for apostasy.[8]
Mehmet Ali Ağca - Turkish born who attempt to murder Pope John Paul II in 1981. He beacme a Catholic during his time in prison.
Al-Mu'eiyyad - Abbasid prince and third son of Abbasid caliph, Al-Mutawakkil. He was converted to Christianity along with his three confidants by St. Theodore of Edessa, accepting the name "John" upon baptism.[9][10]
Jabalah ibn al-Aiham - last ruler of the Ghassanid state in Syria and Jordan in the seventh century AD. After the Islamic conquest of Levant he converted to Islam in AD 638. He reverted to Christianity later on and lived in Anatolia until he died in AD 645.[11]
Daniel Ali- Iraqi Kurdish Christian author, speaker and Islamic scholar; evangelizes in Catholic, Protestant and Messianic Jewish circles.[12][13]
Ibrahim Ben Ali - a soldier, physician and one of the earliest American settlers of Turkish origin.
Amina Muse Ali - a Somali convert to Christianity who were shot by al Shabaab members[14].
Mohammed Ahmed Ali - a Somali convert to Christianity who were murdered by al Shabaab members[15].
Magdi Allam (baptized as Magdi Cristiano Allam) - Italy's most famous Islamic affairs journalist.[16]
Zachariah Anani - Former Sunni Muslim Lebanese militia fighter [17]
Hussain Andaryas - Afghan Christian activist and tele-evangelist.[18]
Matthew Ashimolowo - Nigerian-born British pastor and evangelist.[19]
Aurelius and Natalia - Christian martyrs who were put to death during the reign of Abd ar-Rahman II, Caliph of Córdoba for apostasy.[20]
Maria Aurora of Spiegel - born as Fatima, mistress of Augustus II of Saxony
Johannes Avetaranian - (born Muhammad Shukri Efendi), Christian missionary and Turkish descendent of Prophet Muhammad.[21]
B
Josephine Bakhita - Roman Catholic saint from Darfur, Sudan.[22]
Sarah Balabagan - a Filipina prisoner in the United Arab Emirates during 1994 - 96 whose case caused a good deal of controversy.
Fathima Rifqa Bary - a young woman of Sri Lankan descent who drew international attention in 2009 when, at age 16, she ran away from her Ohio home saying that her Muslim parents are going to kill her for becoming a Christian.
Sheikh Ahmed Barzani - Head of Barzani Tribe in Iraqi Kurdistan and older brother of Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish nationalist leader. He announced his conversion to Christianity in 1931 during the anti-government uprising.[23]
Simeon Bekbulatovich - Khan of Qasim Khanate.[24]
Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky - Russian officer of Circassian origin who led the first Russian military expedition into Central Asia.[25]
Francis Bok - Sudanese-American activist, convert to Islam from Christianity; but later returned to his Christian faith.[26]
Jean-Bédel Bokassa - Central African Republic Emperor (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity).[27]
Dr.Thomas Yayi Boni - President of Benin.[28]
Sayed Borhan khan - Khan of Qasim Khanate from 1627 to 1679.[24]
C
Casilda of Toledo - venerated as a saint of the Catholic Church. According to her legend, St. Casilda, a daughter of a Muslim king of Toledo (called Almacrin or Almamun), showed special kindness to Christian prisoners by carrying bread hidden in her clothes to feed them.
George XI of Kartli - ruled Kartli, eastern Georgia.
Djibril Cissé - French soccer player of Ivorian descent.[29]
Eldridge Cleaver - Author, prominent American civil rights leader, and key member of the Black Panther Party. He converted to Mormonism.[30][31]
Constantine the African - Baghdad-educated Muslim who died in 1087 as a Christian monk at Monte Cassino.[32][33]
D
Nonie Darwish - Egyptian-American writer and public speaker.[34]
Sedar Dedeoglu - a Turk who claims to be a descendant of Islam's prophet Muhammad has converted to Christianity while living in Germany[35].
Hassan Dehqani-Tafti - Anglican Bishop of Iran from 1961 to 1990.[36]
Mehdi Dibaj - Iranian pastor and Christian activist.[37]
Momolu Dukuly - politician in Liberia. He left Islam and embraced Christianity before he became foreign minister [34].
E
Bahaa el-Din Ahmed Hussein el-Akkad - an Egyptian former Muslim sheikh.
Estevanico - Berber originally from Morocco and one of the early explorers of the Southwestern United States.[38]
Gulshan Esther - Pakistani convert from Islam to Christianity.[39]
F
Donald Fareed - Iranian Christian tele-evangelist and minister.[40]
Jacob Frank - 18th century Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi, and also of King David. Frank publicly converted to Islam in 1757 and later to Christianity at Poland in 1759, but actually presented himself as the Messiah of a syncretic derivation of Shabbatai Zevi's Messianism now referred to as Frankism.[41]
G
Mark A. Gabriel- Egyptian Islamic scholar and writer[42]
Daveed Gartenstein-Ross- Counter-terrorism expert and attorney (from Judaism to Islam to Christianity).[43][44]
Akbar Gbaja-Biamila - American football player.[45][46]
Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila - an American football defensive end who was drafted by the Green Bay Packers and is currently a free agent.
Ruffa Gutierrez - Filipina actress, model and former beauty queen (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity)[47]
H
Umar ibn Hafsun - Leader of anti-Ummayad dynasty forces in southern Iberia. Hafsun converted to Christianity with his sons and ruled over several mountain valleys for nearly forty years, having the castle Bobastro as his residence.[48]
Naveed Afzal Haq - Pakistani American charged for the July 2006 Seattle Jewish Federation shooting. He converted to Christianity in December, 2005 but reverted to Islam by the time of the shooting.[49]
Mohammed Hegazy - First Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity to seek official recognition of his conversion from the Egyptian Government.[50]
Aben Humeya - (born Fernando de Valor) Morisco Chief who was crowned the Emir of Andalusia by his followers and led the Morisco Revolt against Philip II of Spain.[51]
Mariam Muhina Hussein - a Somali convert to Christianity who were murdered by al Shabaab members after discovering she had six Bibles[52].
I
Tunch Ilkin - Former American football player.[53]
Qadry Ismail - Former American football player.[54]
Raghib Ismail - Former American football player.[55]
J
Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh - Brother of Zaynab bint Jahsh, the wife of Prophet Muhammad and one of the male Sahaba (companions of the Prophet).[56]
Esther John - a Pakistani Christian nurse. [57] She is counted in ten most famous Christian martyrs of the present day.
Lina Joy - Malaysian convert to Christianity. The desire to have her conversion recognized was the subject of a court case in Malaysia.[58]
Don Juan of Persia - a late 16th and early 17th century figure in Iran and Spain. He settled in Spain where he became a Roman Catholic.
K
Tuğçe Kazaz - Turkish model who was Miss Turkey in 2001.[59]
Alexander Kazembek - Russian Orientalist, historian and philologist of Azeri origin .[60]
Mathieu Kérékou- President of Benin (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity).[61]
Omar Khalafe - a Somali convert to Christianity who were shot by al Shabaab members[62].
Kitty Kirkpatrick - born i India and brought up as Shia Muslim.
Emir Kusturica - Bosnian filmmaker and actor.[63][64]
L
Imad ud-din Lahiz - Prolific Islamic writer, preacher and Quranic translator.[65]
Fernão Lopez - first known permanent inhabitant of the remote Island of Saint Helena in the South Atlantic Ocean.
Dr. Nur Luke - Uyghur Bible translator.[66]
M
Fadhma Aït Mansour - Mother of French writers Jean Amrouche and Taos Amrouche.[67]
Majeed Rashid Mohammed - a Kurdish Christian convert from Islam. He established a network with former Kurdish Muslims with about 2,000 members today[68].
Sake Dean Mahomed - an Indian traveller, surgeon and entrepreneur who introduced the Indian take-away curry house restaurant in Britain, and was the first Indian to have written a book in the English language.
Josef Mässrur - (born Ghäsim Khan) missionary to Chinese Turkestan with the Mission Union of Sweden.[69]
Ahmed Matan a Somali convert to Christianity who were shot by al Shabaab members[70].
Carlos Menem - Former President of Argentina. Raised a Muslim but converted to Roman Catholicism, the official religion of Argentina, due to his political aspirations.[71]
Yadegar Mokhammad of Kazan - was the last khan of Kazan Khanate (1552).
Yadegar Moxammat of Kazan - Last khan of Kazan Khanate.[24]
Muhsin Muhammad current American football player for the Carolina Panthers , raised in a Muslim household, later converted to Christianity.[72]
Paul Mulla - Turkish scholar and professor of Islamic Studies at the Pontifical Oriental Institute.[73]
N
Marina Nemat - Canadian author of Iranian descent and former political prisoner of the Iranian government. Born into a Christian family, she converted to Islam in order to avoid execution but later reverted to Christianity.[74]
Nunilo and Alodia - a pair of child martyrs from Huesca. Born of a mixed marriage, they eschewed the Islam of their father in favour of their mother's Christianity.
O
Malika Oufkir - Moroccan writer, daughter of General Mohamed Oufkir, and former prisoner of King Hassan II of Morocco.
P
Shams Pahlavi - Iranian princess and the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran.[75]
Hamid Pourmand - Former Iranian army colonel and lay leader of the Jama'at-e Rabbani, the Iranian branch of the Assemblies of God church in Iran.[76]
R
Abdul Rahman - Afghan convert to Christianity who escaped the death penalty because of foreign pressure.[77]
Stefan Razvan - Gypsy prince who ruled Moldavia for six months in 1595.[78]
Emily Ruete - (born Sayyida Salme) Princess of Zanzibar and Oman.[79][80][81]
Ibrahim Rugova - an Albanian politician who was the first President of Kosovo and of its leading political party, the Democratic League of Kosovo (LDK).
S
Nazli Sabri - Queen consort of Egypt.[82][83]
Begum Samru - Powerful lady of north India, ruling a large area from Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh.[84]
James Scurry - a British soldier and statesman.
Mohamed Alí Seineldín - a former Argentine army colonel who participated in two failed coup attempts against the democratically elected governments of both President Raul Alfonsin and President Carlos Menem in 1988 and 1990[85].
Hakeem Seriki (AKA Chamillionaire) - American rapper[86][87]
The Sibirsky family - The foremost of many Genghisid (Shaybanid) noble families formerly living in Russia.[88]
Nasir Siddiki - Christian evangilist [89]
The Shihab family - prominent Lebanese noble family who originally belonged to Sunni Islam and converted to Christianity at the end of the 18th century[90]
Walid Shoebat - American author and former member of the PLO.[91]
Nasir Siddiki - Canadian evangelist, author, and business consultant.[92]
Amir Sjarifuddin - Indonesian socialist leader who later became the prime minister of Indonesia during its National Revolution.[93]
Skanderbeg - Albanian military leader. Skanderbeg converted to Islam from Christianity but reverted back to Christianity later in life.[94]
Rudolf Carl von Slatin - Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan.[95]
Hossein Soodmand - executed for apostasy. Although born a Muslim, by 1989 Hossein had been a Christian for 25 years.
Patrick Sookhdeo - British Anglican canon[96]
T
Hakan Tastan and Turan Topal - Two Turkish Christian converts who went on trial in 2006, on charges of "allegedly insulting 'Turkishness' and inciting religious hatred against Islam".[97]
Maria Temrjukovna - a Circassian princess, and second wife to Ivan IV of Russia who was born in a Muslim upbringing, and baptised into the Russian Orthodox Church on August 21, 1561.[98]
Ghorban Tourani - Former Iranian Sunni Muslim who became a Christian minister. Following multiple murder threats, he was abducted and murdered on November 22, 2005.[99]
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Utameshgaray of Kazan - Khan of Kazan Khanate.[24]
W
George Weah - Liberian soccer player (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity).[100]
George Weah, Jr. - Liberian American footballer who plays for FC Wohlen[101].
Y
Mosab Hassan Yousef - son of a Hamas leader, converted to Christianity after moving to the United States. [102]
Mumin Abdikarim Yusuf - a Somali convert to Christianity[103].
Ramzi Yousef - Al Qaeda member and the main participant in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing and the The Bojinka plot.[104][105]
Z
Zaida of Seville - a refugee Muslim princess who was a mistress and then perhaps queen of Alfonso VI of Castile.
Saye Zerbo - President of the republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) [106]
Want Some More??
hahahah yes I do....
You got another alphabet you can post.
yeah, sharp eyes man. I missed ' V'. Damn!
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
B
* 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]
C
* Colleen LaRose - American citizen charged with terrorism-related crimes
* Chris Eubank - British boxer[32]
* Claude Alexandre de Bonneval or Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa is 18th century French nobleman.[33]
* Count Cassius- Visigothic aristocrat who founded the Banu Qasi dynasty of Muladi rulers.[34]
D
* Daniel Moore - poet [35]
* Danny Thompson - English double bass player converted from Catholicism.[36]
* Danny Williams - British boxer[37]
* David Belfield - American, fled to Iran after assassinating Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian dissident.[38]
* David Benjamin Keldani, a former Catholic priest.
* Dave Chappelle - comedian and television star [39]
* Dawud Wharnsby-Ali (David Wharnsby) - Canadian singer/poet.[40][41]
E
* Elsa Kazi - German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and one of the greatest poets of her time.
* Éric Abidal (changed his name to Bilal) - French football player, currently playing for FC Barcelona, converted to Islam after marriage.[42]
* Everlast - Rapper from the Irish-American hip-hop group House of Pain, converted From Catholicism.[43]
F
* Franck Ribéry- a French football player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal.[44]
G
* Gabriele Torsello - Italian freelance photojournalist based in London who was abducted in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.[45]
* Gauhar Jaan-British-Indian Singer.[46]
* George XI of Kartli - Saffavid commander.[47]
* Germaine Lindsay - one of the suicide terrorists in the 7 July 2005 London bombings[48][49][50] in which 52 people were murdered.
H
* Hamza Yusuf - American convert from Greek Orthodox; head of the Zaytuna Institute.[51]
* Hedley Churchward - English painter[52]
I
* Ian Dallas - Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi — Sufi shaykh of Scottish origins.[53]
* Ibrahim Muteferrika (original name not known) - From Unitarian Christianity, an early example of a Muslim publisher and printer.[54]
* Ice Cube - Superstar Rapper from compton to Nation of Islam
* Ilie II Rareş - prince of Moldavia.[55]
* Ingrid Mattson - Canadian scholar and current president of the Islamic Society of North America (2006) converted From Catholicism.[56]
* Isabelle Eberhardt - from Lutheran Christianity, 19th century explorer & writer[57]
* Ivan Aguéli (Johan Agelii) - famous Swedish painter.[58][59]
* Iyasu V - Ethiopian emperor.[60]
J
* C. Jack Ellis - Mayor of Macon, Georgia[61]
* Jacques-Francois Menou - French general under Napoleon I of France.[62]
* James Yee - previously Lutheran[63] and former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain.[64]
* Jerald F. Dirks, former ordained Deacon in United Methodist Church, Harvard Divinity School graduate and author of several book on Islam and Christianity.
* Jermaine Jackson (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) - former member of The Jackson 5.[65]
* Jerôme Courtailler - one of two French brothers convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists[48][66][67]
* Jimmy Cliff - Jamaican reggae musician.[68][69]
* Joe Tex - soul singer and recording artist.[70]
* Johann Ludwig Burckhardt was a Swiss traveller and orientalist.[citation needed]
* St. John Philby - Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence operative; converted from Anglicanism.[71]
* John Walker Lindh - the "American Taliban" converted From Catholicism[72][73]
* John Whitehead - an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.[74]
* John Nelson - first recorded Englishman to become a Muslim.[75]
* Joseph Thomas - Australian convert, acquitted of terrorism charges, placed under a control order under the Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005, currently pending retrial.[76][77]
* Judar Pasha - conqueror of the Songhai Empire.[78]
K
* Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) - retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer[79]
* Keith Ellison - American, Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district, first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress, converted From Catholicism[80]
* Kevin Barrett - university lecturer and member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.[81]
* Khaled Edward Blair - British barrister, later married Princess Badiya bint El Hassan of Jordan.
* Khalid Yasin - Executive Director of the Islamic Teaching Institute, and a Shaykh currently residing in Australia.[82]
* Knud Holmboe - Danish journalist and explorer converted From Catholicism.[83]
* Köse Mihal - a Byzantine renegade, he accompanied Osman al-Ghazi in his ascent to power and converted to Islam.[84][85]
* Kumba Ialá - a Guinea-Bissau politician who converted in 2008.
L
* Dolores "LaLa" Brooks - American musician.[86]
* Loon - American hip hop and rap artist [87]
* Lee Hughes - professional association football player, currently playing for Notts County F.C. [88]
M
* Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson) - retired basketball player[89]
* Malcolm X - American, from Christianity to Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam, African-American civil rights leader.[90]
* Marmaduke Pickthall - famous translator of the Quran.[91]
* Mario Scialoja - Italian ambassador and President of the World Muslim League.[92]
* Matthew Saad Muhammad (formerly Matthew Franklin) - former boxer, converted From Catholicism.[93]
* Matthew Yusuf Smith, also known as Yusuf and Indigo Jo, author of the award winning blog[94] Indigo Jo Blogs, where he muses about life and courts controversy[95]
* Michael Muhammad Knight - American novelist, writer, and journalist.[96]
* Mike Tyson - Is an American boxer to Sunni[97]
* Mihnea Turcitul - was a Prince (Voivode) of Walachia. Converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity.[98]
* Mohammad Yousuf - Pakistani cricketer. Known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year, converted From Catholicism.[99]
* Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador to Venezuela (1963–1969), Spain (1973–1976) and Morocco (1976–1983)[100]
* Mohammed Zakariya - an American master of Arabic calligraphy, best known for his work on the popular Eid U.S. postage stamp.[101]
* Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (Philip Barker) - professor of Urdu, former chair of the University of Minnesota's Department of South Asian studies and creator of the Tékumel fantasy world.[102]
* Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay), from Baptist[103][104] to The Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam.[105] famous boxer.
* Muhammed al-Ahari born January 6, 1965 as Ray Allen Rudder is an American essayist, scholar and writer on the topics of American Islam, Black Nationalist groups, heterodox Islamic groups and modern occultism
* Murad Wilfred Hofmann - NATO official, converted From Catholicism[106]
N
* Nicolas Anelka - French football player[107]
* Nuh Ha Mim Keller - from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sunni Islam, Islamic scholar.[108]
* Nuh ibn Zbigniew - from Catholicism to Islam, Islamic writer and speaker
O
* Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III in Natchez, Mississippi[1] on 12 January 1941) is an American cornetist, guitarist and singer
* Omar Bongo - Gabonese, President of Gabon.[109]
* Omar Pasha - Ottoman general. Converted from Serbian Orthodoxy.[110]
P
* Peter Murphy - vocalist of the goth/rock group Bauhaus, converted from Catholicism.[111]
* Pierre Vogel - German Islamic preacher and former professional Boxer.
* Poncke Princen - Dutch soldier, later human rights activist, converted From Catholicism.[112]
* Preacher Moss - Former Baptist,[113] American comedian and comedy writer.[114]
R
* Radu cel Frumos - was the younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş (Dracula) and prince of the principality of Wallachia, converted From Catholicism.[115]
* René Guénon - French Author in the field of metaphysics, converted From Catholicism.[116][117]
* Richard Colvin Reid - shoe bomber (convicted terrorist) [118]
* Richard Thompson - British musician, best known for his guitar playing and songwriting.[119]
* Robert D. Crane is the former adviser to the late President Richard Nixon, and is former Deputy Director (for Planning) of the U.S. National Security Council.[120]
* Robin Padilla - Filipino actor.[121]
* Roger Garaudy - French philosopher, converted From Catholicism.[122]
* Ronald Bell or Khalis Bayyan (born 1 November 1951, Youngstown, Ohio) is an American singer, composer and saxophonist
* Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley - British soldier and peer.[123]
* Rudolf Carl von Slatin - Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan. Later reverted to Catholicism.[124]
* Rustie Lee - British television chef and celebrity.[125]
* Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood - British author, converted from Protestantism.[126]
* Ryan G. Anderson - former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for Al Qaeda[127][128]
* Ryan Harris- football player for the Denver Broncos [129]
S
* Salman the Persian A convert from Christianity[130] who was previously Zoroastrian. In search for truth, he traveled to Syria to follow Christianity. Upon the death of his teachers, he was directed to head to Arabia, where he was told the final prophet will rise. He later converted to Islam and became one of Muhammad's first companions. Is said to have been called by the Prophet as one of the Ahlul Bayt though there was no genealogical relationship.
* Sana al-Sayegh, dean of the Science and Technology Faculty at Palestine International University, converted to Islam in August 2007. Fatah has accused its political rival Hamas of forcing the professor to convert from Christianity, a charge Hamas denies.[131]
* Sarah Joseph - commentator on women's issues and founder of emel magazine, converted From Catholicism.[132]
* Brad Terrence Jordan ("Scarface") - American rapper[133]
* Sheila Musaji - founder of The American Muslim magazine.[134]
* Silma Ihram - formerly a born again Baptist who is an Australian pioneer of Muslim education in the West, founder and former school Principal of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College', campaigner for racial tolerance, and Author.[135]
* Siraj Wahaj - Former Baptist.[136] African-American Imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate Brooklyn's drug problems.[137]
* Snoop Dogg - Rapper, Joined Nation Of Islam.[138]
* Suhaib Webb - American Islamic activist and speaker.[139]
* Suleiman Pasha - French-born Egyptian commander.[140]
T
* T. B. Irving - An American scholar, author and translator
* Tariq Abdul-Wahad (Olivier Saint-Jean) - originally from France, former basketball player for the Mavericks and Kings[141]
* Tawana Brawley (changed her name to Maryam Muhammad) - African American woman noted for claiming to have been raped by several white men, a claim determined to be a fabrication by a grand jury. Later in life she converted to Islam.[142][143][144]
* Tekuder - Mongol leader of the Ilkhan empire who was formerly a Nestorian Christian.[145]
* Thomas J. Abercrombie - photographer[146]
* Timothy Winter - prominent British Islamic thinker and scholar, and a lecturer in Islamic studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.[147]
* Torquato Cardilli - Italian ambassador, converted From Catholicism.[148]
V
* Vincenzo Luvineri - American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks, converted From Catholicism.[149]
W
* Wadih el-Hage born to a Maronite Christian family in Sidon, Lebanon, a former al-Qaeda member.[citation needed]
* William Abdullah Quilliam - 19th century British poet, ambassador and journalist.[150]
* Willie Brigitte - French convert to Islam who associated with al-Qaeda in Pakistan and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia.[151]
Y
* Yousuf Youhana - prolific Pakistani cricketer, who converted from Christianity to Islam and became Muhamed Yousuf
* Yahiya Emerick - American Muslim scholar, President of the Islamic Foundation of North America, converted from Protestantism.[152]
* Yasin Abu Bakr (Lennox Philip) - of Trinidad and Tobago, under trial for an attempted coup as of 9 March 2006[153]
* Yusuf Estes - Former preacher and federal prison chaplain, converted from Protestantism.[154]
* Yvonne Ridley - British journalist, from Anglicanism. She converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban.[155][156]
Z
* Zaid Shakir - American Muslim convert former Baptist, speaker, intellectual, author, and resident scholar of Zaytuna Institute in the United States.[157][158]
* Zağanos Pasha - one of the prominent military commanders of Mehmet II (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a lala, at once an advisor, mentor, tutor, councillor, protector, for the sultan.[159]
From Judaism
* Abdullah ibn Salam - 7th century sahabi said to have been a rabbi of aristocratic stock.[160]
* Hibat Allah Abu'l-Barakat al-Baghdaadi - influential 12th century physicist, philosopher, and scientist who wrote a critique of Aristotelian philosophy and Aristotelian physics.[161]
* Ibn Yahyā al-Maghribī al-Samaw'al was an 12th century Arab Muslim mathematician and astronomer of Jewish descent.[162] His father was a Jewish Rabbi from Morocco, but al-Samawʾal converted to Islam.[163]
* Jacob Querido - 17th century successor of the self-proclaimed Jewish Messiah Sabbatai Zevi.[164]
* Leila Mourad - Egyptian singer and actress who rose to fame in the 1940s and 1950s.[165]
* Muhammad Asad (Leopold Weiss) - Viennese journalist who visited the Hijaz in the 1930s. Later, after WWII, he became Pakistani ambassador to the United Nations.[166] Also translated the Qur'an into English and wrote several books on Islam. His son Talal Asad is an anthropologist at the City University of New York
* Rashid-al-Din Hamadani - 13th century Persian physician[167]
* Sultan Rafi Sharif Bey (Yale Singer) - a pioneer in the development of Islamic culture in the United States.[168]
* Yaqub ibn Killis - 10th century Egyptian vizier under the Fatimids.[169]
From Dharmic religions
From Buddhism
* The Barmakid family - originally the guardians of the great Buddhist shrine near Balkh, upon conversion they became "the greatest family" in the early Abbasid caliphate.[170]
* Mahmud Ghazan - seventh ruler of the Ilkhanate.[171]
* Muhammad Khodabandeh - eighth Ilkhaid dynasty ruler in Iran from 1304 to 1316.[172]
* Mubarak Shah - head of the ulus of the Chagatai Khanate (1252–1260, March-September 1266).[173]
* Tarmashirin - Khan of the Chagatai Khanate following Duwa Timur.[174]
* Hussein Ye - An Islamic scholar of Chinese descent whose lectures are frequently aired on Peace TV.[175]
From Hinduism
* Murshid Quli Khan - the Mughal governor of Bengal.[176]
* Malik Kafur - Indian military general.[177]
* Malik Maqbul - Prime Minister or Wazir of the Delhi Sultanate,[178] during the reign of Feroz Shah Tughlaq.
* Abdul Wahid Pedersen - Danish cleric.[179]
* Rama Varma Kulashekhara - Purportedly the first Indian king to accept Islam[180][181]
* Muhammed Yusuf Khan - Born Maruthanayagam Pillai, he converted to Islam[182] and later served as Commandant for the British East India Company troops.
* Mallu Iqbal Khan - converted to Islam[183] and became one highest army general during the Tughlaq dynasty and Lodhi Dynasty in South Asia.
* Divya Bharti - Indian actress who converted on marriage to producer Sajid Nadiadwala
* Sahaj Ram Sapru - the grandfather of the British-Indian Muslim Philosopher, Sir Dr. Muhammad Iqbal, who was an official in Kashmir during the administration of the Afghan Governor Azim Khan.[184]
* Kamala Suraiyya (formerly Kamala Das) - Anglo-Malayalam writer[185]
* Sharmila Tagore (Begum Ayesha Sultana) - Bollywood film actress, she converted to Islam upon marriage.[186]
* Kabir Suman- Modern Bengali singer & songwriter officially converted to Islam from Hinduism in 2000.[187]
* Tansen - Notable musician and poet.[188][189]
* A.R. Rahman (stands for Allah Rakha Rahman) - Modern South Indian singer ,songwriter & Oscar winner officially converted to Islam from Hinduism.[190]
* Steven Vikash Chand - Arrested in the 2006 Toronto terrorism arrests[191]
* Pooja Bedi- Bollywood actress, model, socialite. The daughter of late dancer Protima Bedi and actor Kabir Bedi. She converted to Islam and took the name of NoorJehan on her marriage to Farhan Furniturewala, prominent businessman.[192]
* Dhiren Barot - Born in India to a Hindu family, Barot was later sentenced to 40 years in prison in the United Kingdom for conspiracy to murder. Barot admitted to plotting to bomb the New York Stock Exchange, the International Monetary Fund headquarters, and the World Bank, amongst other targets.
From Sikhism
* Ubaidullah Sindhi - religious leader and political activist.[193]
Other
From Paganism
See also: List of Sahaba
* Berke - grandson of Genghis Khan and leader of the Golden Horde who was the first Mongol ruler to establish Islam in a Mongol state.[194]
* David Myatt - from Paganism, former Neo-Nazi-activist[195]
* Negudar - Mongol general and noyan[196]
* Nogai Khan - Mongol general and great-grandson of Genghis Khan.[197]
* Samori Ture - founder of the Wassoulou Empire who resisted French rule in West Africa.[198][199]
* Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan - 9th century Uyghur ruler who was one of the first Turks to convert to Islam.[200]
* Tuda Mengu - Mongol leader of the Golden Horde[201]
* Tughlugh Timur - the Khan of Moghulistan.[202]
From Zoroastrianism
* Abdullah Ibn al-Muqaffa - author and translator of Kalīla wa Dimna from Middle Persian.[203]
* Naubakht - Pahlavi translator of the Abassid court.[204]
* Fadl ibn Sahl - Persian vizier of the Abassid era.[205]
* Rattanbai Petit - second wife of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, the founder of Pakistan
* Saman Khuda - founder of the Samanid dynasty, one of the first native Persian dynasties in the Middle East and Central Asia after the collapse of the Sassanids.[206]
From Atheism
* Zhang Chengzhi - contemporary Hui Chinese author; raised as an atheist.[207]
* Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - British musician and singer (had a nominally Christian upbringing, but never was a believer)[208]
* Martin Lings - a widely acclaimed British scholar. He was raised as a Protestant, became an atheist, and later converted to Islam.[209]
* Mos Def - American rapper and actor.[210]
* Nursultan Nazarbayev - The incumbent President of Kazakhstan. Formerly held atheistic views during the Soviet era.[211]
Undetermined former religion
* Abd al Malik - birth name Régis Fayette-Mikano — French rapper of Congolese origins.[212]
* Abd al Haqq Kielan - Swedish cleric.[213]
* Abdul Alim Musa - Muslim activist and director of Masjid Al-Islam in Washington, D.C.[214]
* Abdul Waheed (Don Stewart-Whyte) - accused of participating in the 2006 transatlantic aircraft plot.[215][216]
* Abdullah Ibrahim - South African Jazz musician.[217]
* Ahmad Jamal - Jazz pianist.[218]
* Philippe Fragione - French rapper and producer of French hip hop.[219]
* Ali Shaheed Muhammad - member of A Tribe Called Quest.[220]
* Alys Faiz - human rights and peace activist;[221] converted at the time of her marriage to Urdu poet Faiz Ahmed Faiz.[222]
* Amir Butler- author, engineer and Islamic activist.[223]
* Anthony Mundine - Australian Boxer, Former 2 time Super Middleweight Champion.[224]
* Apisai Tora - Fijian politician.[225]
B
* B.G. Knocc Out - American west coast rapper.[226]
* Begum Om Habibeh Aga Khan - born Yvette Blanche Labrousse, Miss France 1930, wife of Aga Khan III.[227]
* Bob Denard - French mercenary.[228]
* Brandon Mayfield - American attorney-at-law, was erroneously linked to the 2004 Madrid train bombings.[229]
* Busta Rhymes - American rapper, songwriter and actor
C
* Charles Brooks, Jr. - converted while serving a sentence for murder; first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.[230]
* Ilich Ramírez Sánchez - aka "Carlos the Jackal", convicted murderer and terrorist, currently in prison in France.[231]
* Celestino Caballero - Boxer, Current Super Bantamweight Champion.[232]
* Charles John Pelham (Abdul Mateen)- 8th Earl of Yarborough.[233]
* Christian Ganczarski- Head of "al Qaeda in Europe".[234]
* Christopher Paul (aka Paul Kenyatta Laws aka Abdulmalek Kenyatta) - American citizen, alleged member of al-Qaeda.[235][236]
* Colleen LaRose - alleged intended assassin of Danish cartoonist Lars Vilks. [237]
* Craig Hodges - former NBA player.[238]
D
* David Hicks - convicted Australian terrorist.[239]
* Derrick Shareef- charged in a plot to set off four hand grenades in garbage cans 22 December at the CherryVale Mall in Rockford, Illinois during the Christmas rush.[240]
* Divine Styler - American hip-hop musician.[241]
* Dwight Muhammad Qawi - Former boxing world Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight champion.[242]
E
* Edoardo Agnelli - eldest son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat.
* Everlast - Irish-American rapper and singer-songwriter.[243]
F
* Frithjof Schuon - metaphysician, poet, painter, philosopher (in the original and Platonic sense of this term), and a leading figure of the perennialist school.[244]
G
* Gary Legenhausen - American philosopher and writer.[245]
* Ghostface Killah - member of the Wu-Tang Clan.[246]
* Gigi Gryce - American saxophonist, flutist, clarinetist, composer, arranger, and educator.[247]
* Gustave-Henri Jossot - French caricaturist, illustrator and Orientalist painter.[248]
H
* Hasan Akbar (born Mark Fidel Kools) - American sentenced to death for the murder of two fellow soldiers during the 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq.[249]
* H. Rap Brown - civil rights activisit.[250]
I
* Ibrahim Hooper (Douglas Hooper) - Islamic activist, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).[251]
* Ibrahim Savant - one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom.[252]
* Ice Cube - Gangsta rapper and actor.[253]
* Idris Muhammad - American jazz musician.[254]
* Isabelle Eberhardt - explorer and writer.[255]
J
* Jack Roche - convicted of involvement in an al-Qaeda plot to blow up the Israeli embassy in Canberra.[256]
* Jan Janszoon - Dutch pirate.[257]
* Jason Walters - of the Netherlands, member of the Hofstad Network, convicted on charges of terrorism.[258]
* Jeff Fort - former Chicago gang leader, co-founder of the Black P. Stones gang, and founder of its El Rukn faction. He was convicted in 1987 of conspiring with Libya to perform acts of domestic terrorism.[259][260]
* Jeffrey Mark Deskovic - served 15-year wrongful imprisonment sentence.[261]
* Jemima Goldsmith daughter of the billionaire Sir James, who was married to Imran Khan
* John Allen Muhammad - convicted serial killer, known as the Beltway Sniper.[262][263]
* John Ward - (changed name to Yusuf Reis) British corsair and pirate.[264]
* Johann von Leers - advisor to Muhammad Naguib known for his anti-Semitic polemics.[265][266][267]
* José Padilla - the respondent in Rumsfeld v. Padilla currently on trial as an alleged al-Qaida operative, converted while in prison for aggravated assault.[268]
* Juan Carlos Gomez - Former Cruiserweight Boxing Champion.[269]
K
* Kérim Chatty- Swedish bodybuilding stuntman who was once suspected of attempted hijacking. The preliminary inquiry was dropped.[270]
* Khaled Edward Blair - British barrister, later married Princess Badiya bint Al Hassan of Jordan.[271]
L
* Larry Johnson - retired American professional basketball player.[272]
* Lim Yew Hock - Singapore’s second Chief Minister from 1956 to 1959.[273]
M
* MC Ren - American rapper and hip-hop producer.[274]
* Malik ul Salih - established the first Muslim state of Samudera Pasai.[275]
* Maryam Jameelah - formerly Margret Marcus. Author of many books covering several subjects, including Modernism, Sociology, History, Jihad, Theology and Technology.[276]
* Maurice Béjart - French choreographer.[277]
* Mike Tyson (Malik Abdul Aziz) - former heavyweight boxing champion of the world. Converted while in prison after being convicted of rape.[278][279]
* Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador.[280]
* Michael Wolfe - American poet, author, and the President and Executive Producer of Unity Productions Foundation.[281][282]
* Michael X - civil rights activist in the United Kingdom [283]
N
* Nahshid Sulaiman - alternative hip hop artist.[284]
* Nur al-Anwar al-Jerrahi (born Lex Hixon) - syncretist, Sufi convert, and co-founder of the Nur Ashki Jerrahi Sufi Order in the United States.[285]
O
* Baron omar Rolf von Ehrenfels - Austrian anthropologist and orientalist.[286]
P
* Philippe Grenier - (1865–1944) French doctor, first Muslim MP in France.[287]
Q
* Q-Tip - North American hip-hop emcee, actor, and hip hop producer who was the leader of the critically acclaimed group A Tribe Called Quest.[288]
R
* Rakan Ben Williams - suspected member of Al-Qaeda terrorist.[289]
* Robert "Kool" Bell - musician.[290]
* Robert D. Crane - former Presidential advisor and ambassador.[291]
* Ronald Bell - musician.[292]
* Rory McLeod - British snooker player.
S
* Sahib Shihab - jazz saxophonist and flautist.[293]
* Stephen Schwartz - American journalist, columnist, and author.[294]
* Susanne Osthoff - German archaeologist who had worked in Iraq since 1991 and had been taken captive there for three weeks.[295]
T
* Thomas J. Abercrombie -Famous photographer and writer for National Geographic Magazine http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/co … 02187.html
* Tiara Jacquelina - Malaysian actress.[296]
* Titus Burckhardt - Swiss writer and scholar.[297]
U
* Umar Islam - one of the suspects arrested in the UK in connection to the 2006 transatlantic aircraft terrorist plot in the United Kingdom.[252]
V
* Vladimir Khodov - leader of the Beslan school hostage crisis- converted in prison.[298]
W
* Walt Hazzard - former NBA player.[299]
Y
* Yusuf Chambers - U.K. based Da'ee of international fame. Yusuf Chambers is a young preacher from London, has greatly involved himself in many organizations in U.K. and outside like Peace TV, Islam Channel, Al-Jumuah magazine, Unity TV etc
* Yusef Lateef - American Jazz musician.[300]
See also
* Lists of Muslims
* List of people who converted to Christianity
* List of converts to Hinduism
* List of converts to Judaism
* List of converts to Buddhism
* List of converts to Sikhism
* List of former Muslims
* List of people by belief
* Religious conversion
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U must b really angry U didnt even delete the Reference links. Thats cheating u know, 155 lines of reference is making ur list look longer.
Anyways, my point was to prove that giving such list doesnt prove anything. I can provide lists again & again just like u but its worthless because the conversion is happening in all religions at almost same rate. Islam is doing no better than any other religion, it never did!
i posted this at evening,
while i was posting it ...itscauses some kind of problem and mynet disconnected
i really didn't knew tht the links can also be appeared, well, i provide u the names... ur tht list is short infront of it..
and i know tht kind of things can't prove anything but u posted the names of tht ppl so i also, i can't sit quite..
But u started dat stupid thing by posting the first two lists...I just replied by presenting this list to show you that this kind of lists prove nothing & conversion is happening in every religion
By the way, u have presented two separate lists: 1 christians converting to islam 2. Hindus converting to Islam Plus 155 reference links. While I have presented only the list of muslims converting to islam. If I present the list of hindus, buddhists & atheists converting to Islam then my list will look much much more longer than urs. Plus if you delete the reference links & hindu conversion, mine will easily look longer. I hope you have understood that the high conversion rate to Islam is just an Islamic Myth not a fact!
if im right, didn't u presented the list of muslims converting to christanity?
i dont know y everything abt islam is stupid to u, but i only knew tht Allah had made u blind and deaf, there's a black mark on heart thts y no any msg of islam( when presented to u), u reject it, although Allah also givenu the chance of learning islam but u r also same like tht people who has been called as "summumbukmum" means " deaf and inability of talking".
rishy! if u r having frndship wid any muslim tell him to give "sale" to mohommad(pbuh) infront of u, than see the miracle of islam in ur life, if Allah is happy wid u... important things r not silly and stupid but the man who call it stupid, is himself stupid..
but if im presenting those things in a stupid way than u should tell me, i can present it in the form of poem or somekind of rythm...
Well calling someone deaf & blind is not very civilized & well mannered. I guess ur religion teaches you to be like this. I could have reported against you, but I didnt.
Reality is much harder & way beyond most peoples understanding. I know you think that this complex universe was created to pray five times to Allah so that we can have sex for eternity in heaven. Nice faith u got there. Mine is little different & obviously beyond ur understanding
By the way, I have many Muslim friends & we do respect each others believe!
calling someone's religion as evil, blind, murderer or some other bad words r also not b mentioned in good manners, and calling someone's prophet as sock puppet wil be mentioned in the hitlist of bad manners.
Calling ppl as blind and deaf, is it not true? ppl who cannot c the right path,r they not blind? ppl who reject the right thing, r they not deaf?
dont think tht i had insulted u or something else, its just a reality, and wat i think abt u is tht im really impressed frm ur intelligence but my faith is not impresssed frm it and i just hate ur faith and nothing more...
well, i dont pray to Allah just for tht thing, if there will b heaven on one side and Allah on other side, i will choose only Allah, if there is no heaven in my luck than i just want his happiness and nothing... im not in a need of heaven am just searching God's mercy .
1. I didnt call u sock puppet or insulted ur religion
2. What u think is the right path for u may not be the right path for everyone. Who gave u the right to say that ur path is right & someone elses path is wrong? How would u feel If I say ur path is wrong? then imagine what others would feel if u say their path is wrong!
3. Imagine wat would happen If tomorrow Allah declares this: "No matter how much u pray, no matter how much u respect me, all of u will be put to hell after death & I will personally make shish kebabs with ur arseholes"
what would b the outcome: All muslims will leave Islam within 1 hour (including you). Just trust me on this
Oh, its nice to hear when some lady says she is impressd with my intelligence. Thanks for dat
sigh...I wish if I could said the same thing abt ur intelligence...but unfortunately I cant, not impressd at all
u didn't insulted my prophet at all, but i was talking abt the other users here, when i say anything 'true" abt their religion then they critisize me, but wat abt them ? didn't they insult my prophet? u want any example?
if u says tht my faith is wrong, i will not get angry bcuz i think everybody has right to freedom of speech, .but if somebody had insulted any religion than its not a freedom... .. well, rishy! u said me many times tht my faith is wrong, nd this and tht... but i didn't cared. bcuz ur says cannot change me..
hey mr. watever! my Allah is not like tht,okhaye? if he had promised s/th for us than he never change his way, he's strong in his promises.... u will notunderstand bcuz u r not familiar with his love wid u, although he will put u in the hell if u didn't converted to islam, believe me if u will compare quran wid any other holy book than its like u r comparing sun with the lit of match... and no need to praise my intelligence bcuz i know im an intelligent gal... i now u r not having any words to say s/th good abt my intelligence... no matter dear! its okay..
yes Im not familiar with the love of ur God! A God who threatens his children to put someone to hell because he doesnt pray five times cannot be a loving God at all! God cannot be like that. Even if u have all the pleasures in heaven, with ur current intelligence & attitude, u will never b happy there. No one will ever be happy there with humans current structure & behavior!
& Yes I didnt insult ur prophet or ur religion but u did insult me by calling me blind & deaf which amuses me because you dont even know what my faith or religion is!!!
oKaY... go have asleep, i will explain u tomorrow bcuz i dont want to interfere in ur health, u know sleep is important for health....
yep, most arabs are happy with dat. do u want anything else?
yes ofcourse u r not familiar id the love of my God wid u, the five times prayer is not important as much the rights of people r important...Allah says tht if a person didn't gives my right but had given my creation's rights than heaven is open for him/her. He had forgiven his rights but he hadfoorgiven his creation's rights, c how he;'s kind to u and the other creation. I must present u some of events occcured related to this topic..
once a woman found a dog dying of thirst. she took off her shoe and lowered it into a nearby well and drew out water frm it. she gave it to thirsty dog to drink, this good deed earned her God's fogiveness for all of her previous sins. once a nonmuslim was reciting " ya sanam", its the name of thier God in the time of prophet ibrahim(a.s) than mistakenly his tongue get slipped and he says "ya samad", the gr8 name of Allah, bcuz of this deed he was earned heaven.
rich!our God is so much kind for us tht if all tht muslims who will go to hell will soon also b putted out of it by the pray of Mohommad(pbuh).
Allah had made 8 doors of heaven but 7 doors for of hell, the first 7 doors of hell r for the non muslims but the last door is for bad muslims but they soon will b taken out of hell after suffering the punishment...
All religions says tht if u had didn't worshipped tht God than u will b puttedto hell, so its notonly islam.
i guess u r must b pagan or hindu...huh?
Wrong guess, not pagan, nor hindu...I am a born Muslim!
Remember once I told u dat we have absolutely nothing in common except one thing?...Well this is the thing we have in common! We both are born Muslims!
wht? muslim? i cant believe in m eyes.. thts surprising
y did leave islam?
wat did u find wrong in it?
ur family did same?
were u a gud muslim?
y did u did this?
i have many uestions, but i think its enough for now....
u now, its very very very very surprising to me, i cant believe i have no words to explain my thoughts...
can u tell me more abt it??
-To me, being a good man is more important than being a good Muslim.
-To me, contributing to society & helping other Humans is more important than praying 5 times or going to church.
-To me, faith itself is wrong & root to ignorance
- To me, truth is not written on any books of this world, it is too complex to be written in a book, specially a thousand year old book.
-To me, devoting to God/Allah or any deities doesn't contribute to anything, doesn't help anybody & doesnt develop our lives or society. Its completely worthless.
I left Islam because it had become obsolete to me... I dont think you will understand. I have learned quran from childhood & I know everything inside it (thats why when u quote verses from it, I cant stop laughing). However, I have also learned Islamic history, Zoroastrianism, Buddhism, little about christianity plus Judaism & many aspects of philosophy & science. I am a man of logic, not faith...hope this explains ur questions.
islam-had-never-stop-to-help-ppl-even-it-says--more-thn-the-right-of-Allah-human-or-creation's-rights-r-more-important.
.uknow-wats-the-responsibility-ofa-gud-muslims-r?
;-dont-hurt-anyone,___always-cares-abt-God's-creation,___pray-fivetimes-give-charity-to-poor___believes-inAllahand_mohommad(pbuh)-never-doubt-on-them.
and-someothers-etc....rich!-helptht_poors-as-muchu-can-do-but-ifu-will-do-this-widout-being-muslim-thn-no-any-ofur-gud-deedcan-saveu-frm-hell,-rich!-ushould-care-abt-them-but-also--careabt-urself-bcuz-these-ppl-cannot-save-u-frmhell,-even-at-doomsday-infront-of-Allah-they-will-reject-tht-u-had-ever-helped-them..
this-world-has-to-b-finished-oneday,-its-just-like-an-constitution-uvhave-get-admission-here-now-its-opur-examination-we-have-toget-gud-numbers--so-tht-we-will-b-save-frm-the-punishment-of-our-teacher...
as-u-r-darwanist-rich!-so-tell-me-where-did-u-got-this-"truth"-abt-humna's-formation?-__u-got-this-knowledge-frm-monkey's-book-where-he-had-expressed-all-his-nonsense-thoughts,-so-how-can-u-say-tht-truth-r-not-written-inbooks-even-u-believes-in-the-book-of-darwanism,-___u-believe-in-books-which-r-continously-changing-DEFFECTS!-POSTULATES!-THEORIES!-LAWS!and-etc...y-dont-u-believe-in-a-book-which-is-thousand-yrs-old-and-is-still-unchanged-
even-there's-no-any-single-change-of-a-single-word...y-do-u-prefer-continously-changing-book-rather-than-a-trutfull-and-never-changed-God's-book?
iknow-watkind-of-"flaws"-ufound-inislam...uknow,-when-i-start-talking-abt-it-thn-i-observed-tht-u-hadn't-learned-islam-seriously-and-carefully-bcuz-if-udid-than-u-will-not-b-having-any-objections-abt-it-like-woman...during-tht-talk-i-was-hoping-tht-u-may-entre-the-status-of-her-before-islam,when-she-was-known-as-animal-she-was-being-killed-at-little-cases-
and-all-other-wickedness-to-her-but-u-didn't-mentioned-them...and-I,-during-tht-forgetted-to-mention-another-wickedness-to-her-before-islam..so-ithink-now-its-time-to-tell.....at-tht-time-beforre-islam-when-man-gets-angry-with-his-wife-than-he-call-her-as-his-mother-means-she-was-baned-for-him-and-tht-was-not-enough-even-tht-woman-was-also-baned-for-all-other-guys-and-she-was-nothaving-anyright-to-marry-withanother-than-Allah-deny-thisrule-in-surah-ehzab-and-ordered-his-slaves
to-stop-calling-woman-as-their-mother....u-know,-when-mohommad(pbuh)-was-in-his-last-stages-of-life-he-says-to-his-companions-to-care-abt-women-and-their-rights-for-they-r-able-to-respect-and-care,the-most-gud-muslim-among-u-is-one-who-isgud-to-his-family-and-im-gud-amongu-all-as-im-gud-to-my-family.....thts-wat-the-thing-v-dont-tell-to-nonbelievers..
i-observed-tht-the-society-in-which-u-r-living-was-not-a-muslim-society-bcuz-u-hadn't-learned-islam-carefully.....or-u-were-fed-up-from-five-times-prayer..
well,-rishy!-i-request-u-to-contact-wid-a--islamic-scholar-who-is-able-to-remove-ur-doubts-abt-islam-cuz-its-not-unimportant-thing-its-the-question-b/w-hell-and-heaven!
u-know,-its-very-difficult-to-explain-all-abt-islam-but-its-more-easy-to-talk-face-to-face-and-this-is-possible-when-u-will-contact-with-islamics-beside-u..
and-how-can-u-say-tht-Allah-will-not-help-us-nomatter-how-much-we-pray-him?-do-uhave-any-prove-of-tht?-----u-will-get-his-help-if-u-will-pray-unfortunately-u-dont-pray-to-him-as-u-now-become-a-nonmuslim-so-how-can-u-hope-for-his-help?
its-really-sad-to-know-tht-u-dont-believe-in-ur-prophet(mohommad(pbuh),u-believes-on-world-which-is-not-sure-of-anything-abt-the-truth-which-can-not-save-u-frm-the-fire-of-hell-do-u-like-to-choose-the-person-who-will-save-u-frm-hell-or-would-ulike-tochoose-world-which-will-take-u-to-the-hell?
u-know-y-western-people-r-developed?-bcuz-they-had-followed-the-teachings-ofislam-and-had-copied-frm-quran-and-we-muslims-had-stop-following-it-thts-y-v-r-backward....
Allah-had-given-u-a-lot-of-sense-use-it-hard
islam-is-the-only-religion-of-this-world-which-had-given-equal-rights-to-all-people
before-blaming-islam-ithink-u-should-also-search-abt-the-status-of-women-inother-religions.----like-in-hinduism-u-know-tht-women-has-to-b-burned-or-killed-when-she-becomes-a-widow,-ithink...
if-u-compare-it-wid-islam-than-u-will-get-to-know-tht-iislam-tells-tht-its-more-better-to-marry-with-a-widow-as-she's-able-to-be-more-respected....
in-christanity-nun-(ithink),-is-forced-to-shave-her-head-and-is-not-allowed-to-marry..
but-in-islam,-even-women-is-not-forced-to-wear-hijab-islam-says-it-depends-upon-the-women...
i-dont-know-y-im-telling-u-abt-women....well,-i-think-its-just-mywish----bcuz-im-habitual...
Reading all those fanatical islamic views was bad enough; the 'dashes' only render them more senseless....
im-unable-to-do-anything...
my-computer-is-problem-for-me-since-i-started-chat-with-him...
everyhour-a-problem-occured..
I listened to Niel Armstrong deny he ever coverted to islam. He thought it was quite comical and rediculous.
"hollywood star angelina.."
If you mean Angelina Jolie, I find that highly unlikely.
Blood drinking, knife wielding, bisexual, and UN Goodwill Ambassador (man that woman is a walking contradiction!)I can see.
But she's closer to Buddhism than anything else.
God I'd love to psychoanalyze that woman!
I know at one time she was talking about adopting a Muslim orphan( from what I understand adopting an orphan is HIGHLY honored in Islam)but that's the only Islamic connection I am aware of.
Well that and her humanitarian work.
She did urge Thailand to accept Muslim refugees fleeing Myanmar.
Maybe that's why she didn't adopt him then.
no no not angelina jolie... tht was another angelina, once i was finding all abt those ppl than i watched of angelina who was converted to islam.
she changed everything , but didn't canged her name, angelina... soi guess now u can know her..
I love the people here in Saudi Arabia, the home and birthplace of the Muslim faith.........
Most of the men I know (there are some true good muslims) drink more than me, chase women constantly, treat them like animals, take drugs and so on.... I, as a westerner, am very shocked at their behaviour and actually quite sickened, this is the behaviour of the majority not the minority!!
Most of the Muslim women I have met here have propositioned me, offerd to cheat on their husbands, and drink and take drugs just as much as the men...
But at least everyone acts very pure in public.......
five fingers are not equal to six toes?? Please explain??
six toes? when is said tht five fingers r equal to "six toes"?
anyway, i mean tht if u have seen any arab drinking whine, eating drugs, beating wives then it doesn't means tht all arabs r like him same is the case wid the arab woman...
well, arabs r more decent than u ppl...
"Arabs are more decent than u people?"
WTF is this BS?
Why are you trolling HP?
Does your camel agree with this offensive BS?
Islam i not what many Muslims are doing today. Islam is about peace, love and equality. unfortunately many Muslims have badly effected the actual teachings of Islam. read Quran and you will find out what Islam is all about.
I think we're weeeeeeeeeell beyond that stage of the propaganda cycle.
I reckon ernesthub could quote us chapter and verse on what the Quran has to say about peace, love and equality. I look forward to seeing his quotes.
No doubt then of course he'll remind us all about the activites of Joshua and the conquestof Canaan though.
I just saw your reply so I am quoting very few of the verses from Al-Quran that says about peace, justice, love and equality. Quran is full of many verses which solely talk about humanity etc.
Fight against those who fight against you in the way of God, but do not transgress, for God does not love transgressors.
And if they incline to peace, so you must incline to it. And trust in God, for He hears and knows all.
I shall not lose sight of the labor of any of you who labors in My way, be it man or woman; each of you is equal to the other.
And eat up not one another’s property unjustly (in any illegal way e.g. stealing, robbing, deceiving, etc.), nor give bribery to the rulers (judges before presenting your cases) that you may knowingly eat up a part of the property of others sinfully. Sura Al-Baqara:188 (2:188)
It is not for a believer to kill a believer except (that it be) by mistake; and whosoever kills a believer by mistake, (it is ordained that) he must set free a believing slave and a compensation (blood-money, i.e. Diya) be given to the deceased’s family unless they remit it. If the deceased belonged to a people at war with you and he was a believer, the freeing of a believing slave (is prescribed); and if he belonged to a people with whom you have a treaty of mutual alliance, compensation (blood-money - Diya) must be paid to his family, and a believing slave must be freed. And who so finds this (the penance of freeing a slave) beyond his means, he must fast for two consecutive months in order to seek repentance from Allâh. And Allâh is Ever All-Knowing, All-Wise. Sura An-Nisa:92 (4:92)
And (as for) the male thief and the female thief, cut off (from the wrist joint) their (right) hands as a recompense for that which they committed, a punishment by way of example from Allâh. And Allâh is All-Powerful, All-Wise. Sura Al-Ma'ida:38 (5:38)
And (O Muhammad), follow the revelation sent unto you, and be patient till Allâh gives judgement. And He is the Best of judges. Sura Yunus (Jonah):109 (10:109)
Not only do your two quotes contradict each other, they encapsulate much of what is destroying humanity and what is pure evil in the world.
none of them contradict each other and I can prove it tell me which two you think are contradictory and i ll reply you
the way they made caricatures of Muhammad (Peace Be Upon Him)and celebrated "Draw Muhammad Day". is not it a propaganda?
If you wish to call it that. The cause is that of free speech, however, it might better be termed as protest.
Was it acceptable for Theo Van Gough to be murdered because he had the gall to direct a film criticising the treatment of women by some Muslims? Do you support such action?
No I don't support it because Islam does not support such action but do you know that Gogh throughout his life debased not only Islam but even other religions like Jew-ism too. He was a drunk and chain smoker. He had no right to do so. what did he know about Islam? whatever he was projecting is not Islam.
He had no right to have an opinion about the utterly ridiculous notion that there is a God and any one who pretends to worship this God is a fool? Why not? That is what I think.
Do I have the right to hold that opinion?
And is that supposed to be a justification for murder?
Why not go a step ahead and declare holy war against all 'drunkards and chain smokers" too....!
I agree that this is not a justification, yes Islam does not allow anyone to start murdering people. If anybody has any problem he should go to the court rather than killing people
but do you have justification for the muslims that are in Americans custody they are disgracing muslim men and women in jails. What will you say about it?
What does Islam define as murdering people? Is killing the Dutch cartoonist considered Jihad, or carrying out a fatwa? Though you may call this murder, there are plenty of Islamists who think it was not and is justified by the Quran.
If by Muslims in American custody you mean Guantanamo, then yes I think many people would have sympathy here. Holding people indefinately without trial in a civilian court or denying them legal representation, is not justice.
In Islam Jihad is a very noble act of spreading Islam it is a holy war against infidels. secondly Prophet Muhammd did jihad by dialogue in many cases. he only used weapon against non-believers when they caused harm to muslims. Jihad is never ever an act of killing people without any sound reason, in fact, it is a noble deed.
Yes but what defines sound reason? Is it sound reason to kill cartoonists within the concept of Jihad? what defines harm to muslims? Is a cartoon of Muhamed considered emotional or spiritual harm that then justifies using waepons in response?
this is both spiritual and emotional harm and their is law that states that jihad against those people who are blasphemous is not only the duty of state but also individually. every Muslim has a duty to protect the honor of not only Muhammad (pbuh) but also of any other prophet of Allah.
secondly why non-Muslims are always mocking Islam and Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) this shows their insecurity and hostility. have you ever seen a muslim who disregrd or dis respect any other religion or their prophets. the answer is surely NO!
It is our insecurity towards the hostility of Islam.
You are dis-respecting me right now. Fortunately - I have no religion to tell me to kill you so you are safe.
I keep telling you - If you do not want people to laugh at you - you should not have such funny beliefs.
Muslims respect Jews by saying they need to all be killed? NEVER respect me. Don't think I care for that kind of respect.
You say Muslims do not disregard or disrespect other religions yet many of you cal Paul the apostle a false prophet.
The reason Islam gets so much mocking is because it is so intollerant of other beliefs. Muslims just don't seem to understand that the rest of the world does not believe Muhamed is a prophet, so your arguments that he is the last prophet and the Quran is the only word of God are null and void to the rest of humanity.
One wrong doesn't justify another one. That is the biggest problem with this kind of fundamental muslim thinking: transferring one's grievance onto another act of evil and then justifying it. I have heard this countless times before: "we kill americans because they kill muslims in Palestine; suicide bombers kill innocent children and women because their own loved ones were killed in wars"...and so on. Look where this is leading the world today? Unending wars and bloodshed. Millions of innocent people caught in the middle!
And yes, holding any human being in custody without trial must be condemned too because it's a breach of human rights. If they were christians or jews who were mistreated, would you care? Is your sympathy exclusively for muslims or does it extend to all human beings, no matter what their belief is?
Taking life - harming anyone, anywhere is WRONG. Muslim/christian/whatever. Nothing can EVER justify it.
Till 9/11 you people never thought this way, always Muslims were killed without any reason in Kashmir, in Palestine, in Afghanistan. Today if one american is killed you are aggressive why it happened, have you any sympathy for the Muslims, No you don't have any. I do have sympathies for non-muslims too, but only if they are innocent. A man who makes fun of Islam is not innocent at all.
Do you like bushs policies, obamas policies for Muslims and Islam.
I'm confused gulnazahmad. You say you do not support such action, but elswhere in this thread you were asked "Is a cartoon of Muhamed considered emotional or spiritual harm?"
You said: "this is both spiritual and emotional harm and their is law that states that jihad against those people . . . is not only the duty of state but also individually"
But you also said: "Muhammd did jihad by dialogue in many cases. he only used weapon against non-believers when they caused harm to Muslims"
So are you saying that these things justify Jihad, but Jihad does not automatically mean violence? Are you saying that "war on infidels" can also be interpreted as a war of words in the form of discussion? If so, is this an accepted interpretation of Jihad within the Muslim community, or is it only held by a few?
If the above is incorrect, does that mean you think it IS acceptable to simply kill someone for making fun of Islam, Mohammed or Allah? Those questions aren't just for you, but for any Muslim who cares to reply.
Hi friend Don W
1.Quran/Islam/Muhammad are peaceful and don't promote any violence; whenever they had to defend it was very rational and was a moral act and there was no other alternative.
2.There are no instruction to kill infidels; whenever it happened it is the infidels that persecuted and attacked Muslims.
3. People do ridicule and make fun; they should not do it; but there are no instruction to kill them in Quran.
Please do access and read my posts in the thread:
http://hubpages.com/forum/topic/43398
Thanks
I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim
You should place the correct phrase in order to bring forth the true meaning of your statement and it's relevance to your system of belief:
"Quran/Islam/Muhammad are peaceful and don't promote any violence; whenever they had to kill people it was very rational and was a moral act and there was no other alternative.
"Fight in the cause of God those who fight you, but do not transgress limits; for God loves not transgressors.
And slay them wherever ye catch them, and turn them out from where they have turned you out; for tumult and oppression are worse than slaughter; but fight them not at the Sacred Mosque, unless they (first) fight you there; but if they fight you, slay them. Such is the reward of those who suppress faith. But if they cease, God is Oft-forgiving, Most Merciful. And fight them on until there is no more tumult or oppression, and there prevails justice and faith in God; but if they cease, let there be no hostility except to those who practise oppression" (2:190-
193).
"People do ridicule and make fun; they should not do it; but there are no instruction to kill them in Quran"
Thanks for the clear response. Is this widely believed by ordinary Muslims in your opinion, or is it believed by only a few? I know many religions have different factions and groups that believe slightly different things.
Hi friend Don W
Since everybody is free to believe whatever he likes; one should concentrate as what is said in the roots. I have mentioned what has been written in Quran, the first and the foremost source of guidance for the Muslims, whatever the denomination.
Thanks
I am an Ahmadi peaceful Muslim
Okay, that's not such a clear answer. Reading between the lines it sounds like this is not a commonly held interpretation.
I appreciate that you have your own belief within your own denomination, but it's helpful for those outside the Muslim community to understand what the most widely held interpretations are.
It may be the case that there is no one interpretation that is more widely held than another. Either way I would not take it as a reflection on your own denomination, if your interpretation was not widely held. Popular belief doesn't always equal true belief. I just wanted to learn something about commonly held Muslim beliefs.
1) look I just want to tell you people that in Islam visual representation of any person is not allowed. One cannot draw picture of a living being especially human beings. in Islamic scriptures therefore Muhammad (peace be upon him) is always represented in the written words only. Allah himself is the best creator and he has created men and women beautifully no men can make better than Him.
2) When even drawing the exact representation of a man is not allowed caricatures are far from being allowed. Muslims do not therefore draw pictures of any prophet, Christians draw Jesus but we do not draw him even. You can say that this is also because of respect.
3) To Muslims Muhammad (p.b.u.h) is a man who is the best one in the whole world and till resurrection day no one can be born who can claim himself to be better than him.
4) I f any Muslim do something wrong it is not because of Muhammad or his teachings. He taught the best to men, he spoke only the best, he did always the best.
5) as far as jihad with dialog is concerned yes, the way i am telling you people about Islam is also Jihad and this is not my interpretation of Islam but that from Quran. Jihad does not only mean holding weapon against anyone. And yes Muhammad himself preferred to talk to the non-Muslims before holding weapon against them. and if he did jihad with weapons it was only because those people did harm to Islam.
There is so much I can tell you people, in near future I will pot a hub on Islam and the common mis-interpretation and this one will be for all of you people who have seen Islam from the eye of western media and never understood the true essence of Islam. hope you will see it just to have more information.
thanks
Wow that is the most detailed out line on the subject I have ever seen, Bravo. Blake4d
Islamic society. It is horrible. Women cant drive, persecution abounds for those that does not practice the Islamic faith (just try to proclaim Christianity (or any other religion for that matter) in Saudi Arabia, Iran, etc.
The Hadith of course details Mohammed having sex with a nine year old girl. Besides as every Muslim knows, he was a molester.
Narrated 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Aswad:
(on the authority of his father) 'Aisha said: "Whenever Allah's Apostle wanted to fondle anyone of us during her periods (menses), he used to order her to put on an Izar and start fondling her." 'Aisha added, "None of you could control his sexual desires as the Prophet could."
More info on this crazed individual can be found here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_ … mmad#Aisha
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