List of former Muslims
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This is a list of notable people who have been Muslims sometime during their lives but left Islam for another religion or a non-religious ideology.
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[edit] Converted to a different Abrahamic religion
[edit] Converted to Christianity
- Magdi Allam - Italy's most famous Islamic affairs journalist.[2]
- Hussain Andaryas - Afghan Christian activist and and tele-evangelist.[3]
- Josephine Bakhita - Roman Catholic saint from Darfur, Sudan.[4]
- Abo of Tiflis - Christian activist and the Patron Saint of the city of Tbilisi, Georgia.[5]
- Utameshgaray of Kazan - Khan of Kazan Khanate.[6]
- Yadegar Moxammat of Kazan - Last khan of Kazan Khanate. [7]
- Sayed Borhan khan - Khan of Qasim Khanate from 1627 to 1679.[8]
- The Sibirsky family - The foremost of many Genghisid (Shaybanid) noble families formerly living in Russia.[9]
- 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.[10]
- Walid Shoebat - American author and former member of the PLO.[11]
- Nonie Darwish - Egyptian-American writer and public speaker.[12]
- Mehdi Dibaj - Iranian pastor and Christian activist.[13]
- Eldridge Cleaver - Author, prominent American civil rights leader, and key member of the Black Panther Party. He converted to Mormonism.[14] [15]
- Ghorban Tourani - Former Iranian Sunni Muslim who became a Christian minister. Following multiple murder threats , he was abducted and murdered on November 22, 2005.[16]
- Jean-Bédel Bokassa - Central African Republic Emperor (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity).[17]
- Patrick Sookhdeo - British Anglican canon[18]
- Mark A. Gabriel- Egyptian Islamic scholar and writer[19]
- Akbar Gbaja-Biamila - American football player.[20][21]
- Alexander Kazembek - Russian Orientalist, historian and philologist of Azeri origin .[22]
- Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila - American football player.[23]
- Qadry Ismail - Former American football player.[24]
- Raghib Ismail - Former American football player.[25]
- Djibril Cissé - French international football player of Ivorian descent.[26]
- Tunch Ilkin - Former American football player.[27]
- Lina Joy - Malaysian convert to Christianity. The desire to have her conversion recognized was the subject of a court case in Malaysia.[28]
- Carlos Menem - Former President of Argentina. Raised a Muslim but converted to Roman Catholicism, the official religion of Argentina, due to his political aspirations. [29]
- 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.[30]
- George Weah - Liberian soccer player (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity).[31]
- Nazli Sabri - Queen consort of Egypt. [32] [33]
- Tuğçe Kazaz - Turkish model who was Miss Turkey in 2001.[35]
- Begum Samru - Powerful lady of north India, ruling a large area from Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh.[36]
- Abdul Rahman - Afghan convert to Christianity who escaped the death penalty because of foreign pressure.[37]
- Mathieu Kérékou- President of Benin (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity).[38]
- Emily Ruete - (born Sayyida Salme) Princess of Zanzibar and Oman. [39] [40][41]
- Ahmed the Calligrapher - 17th century Christian martyr and official of the Ottoman Empire.[42]
- Emir Kusturica - Bosnian filmmaker and actor.[34][43]
- Daniel Ali- Iraqi Kurdish Christian author, speaker and Islamic scholar.; evangelizes in Catholic, Protestant and Messianic Jewish circles. [44][45]
- Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky - Russian officer of Circassian origin who led the first Russian military expedition into Central Asia.[46]
- 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 fifty years, having the castle Bobastro as his residence.[47]
- Aurelius and Natalia - Christian martyrs who were put to death during the reign of Abd ar-Rahman II, Caliph of Córdoba for apostasy.[48]
- Johannes Avetaranian - (born Muhammad Shukri Efendi), Christian missionary and Turkish descendent of Prophet Muhammad.[49]
- 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. [50]
- Donald Fareed - Iranian Christian tele-evangelist and minister.[51]
- Daveed Gartenstein-Ross- Counter-terrorism expert and attorney (from Judaism to Islam to Christianity).[52][53]
- Ibrahim Abdullah - American former PLO terrorist. [54]
- Zachariah Anani - Former Sunni Muslim Lebanese militia fighter [55]
- Malika Oufkir - Author, activist and former prisoner of the Moroccan Royal Family. [56]
- Ruffa Gutierrez - Filipina actress, model and former beauty queen (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity)[59]
- Fadhma Aït Mansour - Mother of French writers Jean Amrouche and Taos Amrouche. [60]
- Imad ud-din Lahiz - Prolific Islamic writer, preacher and Quranic translator.[61]
- Dr. Nur Luke - Uyghur Bible translator. [62]
- 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".[63]
- Mohammed Hegazy - First Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity to seek official recognition of his conversion from the Egyptian Government.[64]
- Francis Bok - Sudanese-American activist, convert to Islam from Christianity; but later returned to his Christian faith.[65]
- Josef Mässrur - (born Ghäsim Khan) missionary to Chinese Turkestan with the Mission Union of Sweden.[66]
- Gulshan Esther - Pakistani convert from Islam to Christianity.[67]
- Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh - Brother of Zaynab bint Jahsh, the wife of Prophet Muhammad and one of the male Sahaba (companions of the Prophet).[68]
- 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.[69]
- Constantine the African - Baghdad-educated Muslim who died in 1087 as a Christian monk at Monte Cassino. [70][71]
- Estevanico - Berber originally from Morocco and one of the early explorers of the Southwestern United States.[72]
- Abraham of Bulgaria - Martyr and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. [73]
- St. Adolphus - Christian martyr who was put to death along with his brother, John, by Abd ar-Rahman II, Caliph of Córdoba for apostasy. [74]
- Nasir Siddiki - Canadian evangelist, author, and business consultant.[75]
- Matthew Ashimolowo - Nigerian-born British pastor and evangelist.[76]
- Stefan Razvan - Gypsy prince who ruled Moldavia for six months in 1595.[77]
- Skanderbeg - Albanian monarch and military leader. Skanderbeg converted to Islam from Christianity but reverted back to Christianity later in life. [1]
- Amir Sjarifuddin - Indonesian socialist leader who later became the prime minister of Indonesia during its National Revolution. [78]
- Dr.Thomas Yayi Boni - President of Benin. [79]
- 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.[80][81]
- 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.[82]
- 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.[83]
- Ramzi Yousef - Al Qaeda member and the main participant in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. [57][58]
- Rudolf Carl von Slatin - Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan.[84]
- Shams Pahlavi - Iranian princess and the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran.[85]
- Saye Zerbo - President of the republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) [86]
[edit] Converted to Judaism
- Reza Jabari - Israeli of Iranian birth who hijacked a flight between Tehran and the Iranian resort island of Kish in September, 1995 while working as a flight attendant for Iranian carrier Kish Air flight 707.[87]
[edit] Converted to the Bahá'í Faith
These were mostly people who were followers of the Bahá'u'lláh at the time he founded the Bahá'í Faith. They were formerly Muslims.
- Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl - Foremost Bahá'í scholar who helped spread the Bahá'í Faith in Egypt, Turkmenistan, and the United States. One of the few Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh who never actually met Bahá'u'lláh.[89]
- Mishkín-Qalam- Prominent Bahá'í and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, as well as a famous calligrapher of 19th century Persia.[88]
- Táhirih- Persian poetess and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran.[90]
- Nabíl-i-A`zam- Bahá'í historian and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh[91]
- Hají Ákhúnd- Eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause, and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.[91]
- Ibn-i-Abhar - appointed a Hand of the Cause, and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.[91]
- Mírzá Mahmúd - Eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.[91]
- Núrayn-i-Nayyirayn - two brothers who were beheaded in the city of Isfahan in 1879.[91]
[edit] Part of an unorganized religion or no religion
[edit] Became atheists
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Somali-born Dutch feminist, writer, and politician.[94]
- Ali Soilih - Comorian socialist revolutionary and president of the Comoros.[95]
- Aziz Nesin - Popular Turkish humorist and author of more than 100 books.[96]
- Zackie Achmat - South African anti-HIV/AIDS activist; founder of the Treatment Action Campaign.[97]
- Humayun Azad - Bangladeshi writer and scholar.[98][99]
- Turan Dursun - Turkish writer and Islamic scholar. He was once a Turkish mufti and later authored many books critical of Islam.[100]
- Ehsan Jami - Dutch politician and founder of the Dutch Central Committee for Ex-Muslims.[93]
- Enver Hoxha - Communist dictator who declared Albania the first atheist state, and who has been identified as an "arch-atheist."[101]
- As'ad Abu Khalil - Lebanese professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus. He describes himself as an "atheist secularist".[102][103]
- Al-Ma'arri - Blind Arab philosopher, poet and writer.[104]
- Sarmad - 17th century mystical poet and sufi saint, arrived from Persia to India, beheaded for assumed heresy by the Mughal emperor, Aurungzebe. Sarmad renounced Judaism, briefly converting to Islam and then Hinduism. He later denounced all religions and rejected belief in god.[105][106]
- Lounès Matoub - Algerian Berber Kabyle singer.[107]
- Barack Obama, Sr. - Kenyan economist and father of Illinois Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama. [108]
- Ramiz Alia - Albanian communist leader and former president of Albania. [109]
- Salman Rushdie - British-Indian novelist and essayist. [92]
- Seema Mustafa - Indian journalist, Political Editor and Delhi Bureau Chief of The Asian Age newspaper.[110][111]
- Hassan Bahara – Moroccan-Dutch writer. [112]
- Hafid Bouazza - Moroccan-Dutch writer. [113][114]
- Ismail Kadare - World-renowned Albanian writer.[115]
- Omar Sharif - Academy Award-nominated Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films.[116]
[edit] Secular
- Mirza Fatali Akhundov - Azerbaijani author, playwright and philosopher.[118]
- Cenk Uygur - Main host of the liberal talk radio show The Young Turks. He is an agnostic.[119]
- Wafa Sultan - Syrian-born American psychiatrist and controversial critic of Islam. She describes herself as a "Secular Humanist"[120][121]
- Ibn Warraq - British Pakistani secularist author and founder of the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society[117]
- Mina Ahadi - Iranian-born pacifist, founder of the German apostate-organization "Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime"[122]
- Maryam Namazie - Iranian communist, political activist and leader of the British apostate-organization "Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain"
- Anwar Shaikh - British author of Pakistani descent.[124]
- Zohra Sehgal - Indian actress who has appeared in several Hindi and English language films.[125]
[edit] Rationalist or free-thinker
- Younus Shaikh - Pakistani medical doctor, human rights activist, rationalist and free-thinker. [127]
- Ibn al-Rawandi - early skeptic of Islam.[128]
- Taslima Nasrin - Bangladeshi author, feminist, human rights activist and secular humanist.[126]
[edit] Converted to a Dharmic religion
[edit] Converted to Buddhism
- Tillakaratne Dilshan- Sri Lankan cricketer.[129]
- Wong Ah Kiu- Malaysian of mixed Chinese and Malay descent. She was raised as a Buddhist.[130]
[edit] Converted to Hinduism
- Annapurna Devi - surbahar (bass sitar) player and music teacher in the North Indian classical tradition[132]
- Asha Gawli - (born Aisha) Wife of Arun Gawli, notorious gangster turned politician from Mumbai, India.[133]
- Bukka I - King of Vijayanagara empire who converted to Islam, then reverted to Hinduism.[134]
- Harihara I - King of Vijayanagara empire who converted to Islam, then reverted to Hinduism.[134]
- Haridas Thakura - Prominent Vaishnavite saint, instrumental in the early appearance and spread of Hare Krishna movement. [135]
- Harilal Mohandas Gandhi - Son of Mahatma Gandhi. Upon converting to Islam he adopted the name Abdullah Gandhi, but later reverted back to Hinduism.[131]
- Hassan Palakkode - Malayali writer and Islamic scholar. [136]
- Ifa Sudewi - Chief judge for the 2002 Bali bombing trials. [137]
- Mirza Salih - Prominent Mughal official and member of the Darbar of emperor Akbar[138]
- Mohammad Umer - Bhopal resident whose interfaith marriage was upheld by the Supreme Court of India.[139]
[edit] Converted to Sikhism
- Kuldeep Manak - (born Latif Mohammed) Famous Punjabi singer who, after his conversion, released a number of Sikh devotional tracks.[140]
[edit] Other
[edit] Religious founders
- Salih ibn Tarif - Second king of the Berghouata. He proclaimed himself a Prophet/Mahdi and came out with his own Qur'an.[142]
- Akbar the great - Mughal emperor and founder of Dīn-i Ilāhī, a religious movement whose followers never numbered more than 19 adherents.[141]
- Kabir - 15th century mystical poet and founder of the Kabirpanthi. Born to a Hindu Brahmin widow but adopted and raised as Muslim by a childless Muslim couple, later denouncing both Hinduism and Islam.[143].[144]
- Musaylimah - False prophet of the Banu Hanifa tribe who lived during and after the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad.[145]
- Báb - the founder of Babism. Virtually all his followers upon his death accepted Bahá'u'lláh.[146]
- Bahá'u'lláh - claimed to be the prophet the Báb spoke of, thereby founding the Bahá'í Faith.[91]
- Dwight York - African American author, black supremacist leader, musician, convicted child molester and founder of the religious doctrine called Nuwaubianism.[147]
[edit] Undetermined current belief system
- Parvin Darabi- Iranian born American activist, writer and woman's rights activist.[148]
- Khalid Duran - Specialist in the history, sociology and politics of the Islamic world.[149]
- Wesley Snipes - American actor, film producer, and martial artist. Snipes converted from Christianity in 1978 and left Islam in 1988. [150]
- David Hicks - Australian-born Guantanamo Bay detainee who converted to Islam[151] and was notorious in his homeland for his once support of radical Islam and for the circumstances surrounding his incarceration, is believed to have renounced Islam whilst incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay.[152]
[edit] See also
- Apostasy
- Apostasy in Islam
- Criticism of Islam
- List of converts to Islam
- Pseudonymity
- Religious conversion
[edit] Other apostasy-related lists
- List of former atheists
- List of former Protestants
- List of ex-Roman Catholics
- Former Latter-day Saints
- List of former Christians
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- ^ Barack Obama. "My Spiritual Journey", TIME, October 23, 2006. Retrieved on 2007-02-18.
- ^ Europe since 1945: An encyclopedia, Bernard A Cook, Taylor & Francis, 2001, ISBN 0815340575, p. 31
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- ^ Kranenberg, Annieke (2007-08-11). ‘Als dit niet werkt, beledig ik Wilders wel’ (Dutch). De Volkskrant. Retrieved on 2008-05-09. Quote: (Translation) “In interviews he calls himself an atheist, but until now he has been left alone by beardmonkeys (referring to Muslims). Perhaps I have to make myself heard just a little bit better, I should be more explicit in my aversion to Islam and religion in general.” (Dutch) “In interviews noemt hij zichzelf atheïst, maar tot nog toe ‘ben ik ongemoeid gelaten door de baardapen. Misschien moet ik een hardere toon aanslaan en wat explicieter zijn in mijn afkeer van de islam en religies in het algemeen.’”
- ^ Humanistische Omroep, Link to video interview with Hafid Bouazza Quote: (Translation) “Believers live behind a fence, and non-believers live in a pasture and they know there are believers out there behind the fence.” “It [religion] is a matter of conditioning, of brainwashing.” “I know that when I die, it's over with me.” (Dutch) “Gelovigen leven achter een hek, en ongelovigen in een weiland, waarin ze weten dat er gelovigen zijn die achter hekken wonen.” “Het [religie] is een kwestie van conditionering, van hersenspoeling” “Ik weet dat het moment dat ik ter aarde word besteld, dat het afgelopen is met mij.”
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- ^ A short biography of Musaylimah "He was one of those persons, who came to Madina in the tenth year of migration and embraced Islam. However, after his return to his birthplace he himself claimed to be a prophet and some simple-minded and also some fanatical persons responded to his call".
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