Wednesday, 16 February 2011

LIST OF CONVERTS FROM ATHEISM AND PAGANISM TO ISLAAM

ACCORDING TO WIKIPEDIA

From agnosticism or atheism

* Charles le Gai Eaton - British writer.
* Martin Lings - a widely acclaimed British scholar. He was raised as a Protestant, became an atheist, and later converted to Islam.[220]
* Mos Def - American rapper and actor.[221]
* Yusuf Islam (Cat Stevens) - British musician and singer (had a nominally Christian upbringing, but never was a believer)[222]
* Zhang Chengzhi - contemporary Hui Chinese author; raised as an atheist.[223]

 From Paganism


* Abba Jifar I - king of the Gibe Kingdom of Jimma.[224]
* Baraq - a ruler of the Chagatai Khanate who took the name Ghiyas-ud-din after converting.[225]
* Berke - grandson of Genghis Khan and leader of the Golden Horde who was the first Mongol ruler to establish Islam in a Mongol state.[226]
* David Myatt - from Paganism, former Neo-Nazi-activist[227]
* Nawrūz (Mongol emir) - a convert to Islam;[228] he played an important role in the politics of the Mongol Ilkhanate.
* Negudar - Mongol general and noyan[229]
* Nogai Khan - Mongol general and great-grandson of Genghis Khan.[230]
* Samori Ture - founder of the Wassoulou Empire who resisted French rule in West Africa.[231][232]
* Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan - 9th century Uyghur ruler who was one of the first Turks to convert to Islam.[233]
* Tuda Mengu - Mongol leader of the Golden Horde[234]
* Tughlugh Timur - the Khan of Moghulistan.[235]

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