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Sabbateans (3,725 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

forced conversion to Islam in the same year. Sabbatai Zevi's followers, both during his proclaimed messiahship and after his forced conversion to Islam, are

Forced conversion (17,426 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and spiritual motives for conversion blended together. Moreover, conversion to Islam did not necessarily imply a complete turning from an old to a totally

Joram van Klaveren (982 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

rededicate his book to his search for religiosity and the subsequent conversion to Islam. His book titled Apostate: From Christianity to Islam in Times of

Salman the Persian (2,108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

eventually prompted his conversion to Christianity and later his conversion to Islam, which occurred after he met and befriended Muhammad in the city

Napoleon (rapper) (450 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

Mutah Wassin Shabazz Beale (born October 7, 1977), better known as Napoleon, is an American former rapper of Tupac's rap group Outlawz. He has since converted

Sejarah Banten (299 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

("History of Banten") is a Javanese chronicle containing stories of conversion to Islam in Indonesia. The manuscripts of the chronicle date from the late

United States at the 1960 Summer Olympics (935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

participated at these Olympic Games as an 18-year-old before his conversion to Islam, he fought under the name Cassius Clay. Wilbert McClure Eddie Crook

The Trials of Muhammad Ali (219 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

heyday of boxer Muhammad Ali's career, with special focus on his conversion to Islam and his refusal to fight in the Vietnam War. It won an award for

Umm Kulthum bint Muhammad (540 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Umm Kulthūm bint Muḥammad (Arabic: أم كلثوم بنت محمد) (c. 603–630) was the third daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by his first wife Khadija bint

Loon (rapper) (949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

then parted ways with the label in the following year due to his conversion to Islam, and released three independent albums until his retirement from

Tughlugh Timur (1,058 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Chagatai Khan) is believed to be his father. His reign is known for his conversion to Islam and his invasions of Transoxiana. After the Chagatayid Qazan Khan

Kedah Sultanate (2,192 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conversion to Islam as starting in 1136 AD. However, historian Richard Winstedt, quoting an Acehnese account, gave 1474 as the year of conversion to Islam

Abu Sufyan ibn Harb (1,876 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

shameful". Ali, however, refused his support, citing Abu Sufyan's late conversion to Islam and the potential backlash from the Muslim community should he accept

Berke (1,935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cambridge, 2000. Vásáry, István, "'History and Legend' in Berke Khan's Conversion to Islam", in Aspects of Altaic Civilization, vol. III, ed. D. Sinor, Bloomington

Buddhism in the Maldives (734 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

highly developed sculpture and architecture are from that period. The conversion to Islam is mentioned in the ancient edicts written in copper plates from

Al-Sarkha (Bakhah) (628 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Neo-Aramaic is spoken, alongside Maaloula and Jubb'adin. Following their conversion to Islam in the 18th century, the inhabitants of Bakh'a underwent a religious

Mohammad Yousuf (cricketer) (4,211 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

cricketer and captain, who played all three formats. Prior to his conversion to Islam, Yousuf was one of the few Christians to play for the Pakistan national

Sumayya (1,324 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was martyred, her husband Yasir ibn Amir was also killed for his conversion to Islam, making him the first male martyr (Arabic: شهيد, romanized: shahīd)

Coerced religious conversion in Pakistan (1,809 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of religion in Pakistan Religion in Pakistan "Stories of forced conversion to Islam in Pakistan". BBC News. 1 September 2014. Archived from the original

Lauren Booth (887 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 16 November 2014. "Tony Blair's sister-in-law confirms conversion to Islam". Arabian Business. 26 October 2010. "Tony Blair's sister-in-law

Nioro du Sahel (256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conqueror El Hadj Umar Tall invaded Kaarta, forcing the kingdom's conversion to Islam; he built a great mosque in Nioro in 1854. Umar Tall's son Ahmadu

Umm Salama (3,203 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

anger and persecution from the powerful Quraysh in response to their conversion to Islam, Umm Salama and Abu Salama continued their devotion to Islam. As

Christianity in the Ottoman Empire (2,912 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

kind of protector of the Orthodox Christians in the Ottoman Empire. Conversion to Islam in the Ottoman Empire involved a combination of individual, family

Buhaina (159 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

label. The name comes from the name Blakey took for himself after conversion to Islam. Allmusic awarded the album 3 stars. "Moanin'" (Bobby Timmons) –

Sabbatai Zevi (4,920 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sabbatai was given the choice of either facing death by ordeal or of conversion to Islam by the Grand Vizier representing Sultan Mehmed IV. He chose conversion

Muslim Rajputs (2,125 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Muslim Rajputs or Musalman Rajpoots are the descendants of Rajputs in the northern regions of the Indian subcontinent who generally are followers of Islam

Islamization of Egypt (1,392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

century. Conversion, Exemption, and Manipulation: Social Benefits and Conversion to Islam in Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages: Forcing taxes on those who

History of Oman (3,767 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Oman is a site of pre-historic human habitation, stretching back over 100,000 years [citation needed]. The region was impacted by powerful invaders, including

Religious views of Muhammad Ali (2,096 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Muhammad Ali was initially raised as a Baptist before his high-profile conversion to Islam. In the early 1960s, he began attending Nation of Islam Meetings

Lady Evelyn Cobbold (1,335 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Scottish diarist, traveller and noblewoman who was known for her conversion to Islam in 1915. Born in Edinburgh in 1867, she was the eldest daughter of

Öljei Temür Khan (948 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Öljei Temür Khan (Mongolian: Өлзийтөмөр хаан ᠥᠯᠵᠡᠶᠢᠲᠡᠮᠦᠷ; Chinese: 完者帖木兒汗), born Bunyashiri (Chinese: 本雅失里, Sanskrit: प्रज्ञा श्री), (1379–1412) was a

Dakota Staton (643 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

also known by the Muslim name Aliyah Rabia for a period due to her conversion to Islam as interpreted by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. Born in the Homewood

Hamza ibn Abd al-Muttalib (1,444 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ḥamzah ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib ibn Hāshim ibn ʿAbd Manāf al-Qurashī (Arabic: حَمْزَة إبْن عَبْد ٱلْمُطَّلِب; c. 568–625) was a foster brother, paternal uncle

Hashid (1,011 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Hashid (Arabic: حاشد; Musnad: 𐩢𐩦𐩵𐩣) is a tribal confederation in Yemen. It is the second or third largest – after Bakil and, depending on sources

Hikayat Raja-raja Pasai (137 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

In the story, Merah Silu met Muhammad in his dream and accepted conversion to Islam. The book is believed to have been composed around the late 14th

Hajj Muhammad Legenhausen (484 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Hajj Muhammad Legenhausen (born May 3, 1953) is an American philosopher and professor of philosophy at the Imam Khomeini's Educational and Research Institute

Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (1,211 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Al-Abbas ibn Abd al-Muttalib (c. 566–653 CE) was a paternal uncle and sahabi (companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad, just three years older than his

Devin Deweese (828 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde: Baba Tükles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Tradition, published in 1994. Called "a truly

Kamala Surayya (2,723 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

histrionics of Kamala Das[usurped] Varsha Bhosle on Kamala Das' conversion to Islam Funeral Kamala Suraiyya – Daily Telegraph obituary Kamla Das Portals:

Muslim law in Sri Lanka (182 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

applicable to Sri Lankans who are Muslims by virtue of birth and conversion to Islam. The other two customary laws are Kandyan law and Thesavalamai. It

Bakil (652 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Bakil (Arabic: بكيل, Musnad: 𐩨𐩫𐩺𐩡) federation is the largest tribal federation in Yemen. The tribe consists of more than 10 million men and women

Back to Earth (Cat Stevens album) (755 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the only album he recorded using the name Cat Stevens after his conversion to Islam until the release in September 2017 of The Laughing Apple, his fifteenth

I Am the Greatest (Cassius Clay album) (868 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

he won the world heavyweight championship, publicly announced his conversion to Islam, and changed his name to Muhammad Ali. It was released by Columbia/CBS

Jermaine Jackson (3,634 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Jermaine LaJuane Jacksun (né Jackson; born December 11, 1954) is an American singer, songwriter and bassist. He is known for being a member of the Jackson

Abd Allah ibn Jahsh (566 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

ʿAbd-Allāh ibn Jaḥsh (Arabic: عَبْد ٱلله ابْن جَحْش) (c. 586 – 625), was the brother-in-law and companion of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad. He was described

Sao civilisation (1,185 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

territory of modern Cameroon. Sometime around the 16th century, conversion to Islam changed the cultural identity of the former Sao. Today, several ethnic

Turkic mythology (2,762 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nestorian Christianity, Judaism, and Manichaeism, before the majority's conversion to Islam through the mediation of Persian and Central Asian culture, as well

Mus'ab ibn Umayr (1,394 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Muṣʿab ibn ʿUmayr (Arabic: مصعب بن عمير) also known as Muṣʿab al-Khayr ("the Good") was a sahabi (companion) of Muhammad. From the Banū ʿAbd al-Dār branch

Hokey Pokey (album) (390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

sometime before the album was recorded and even predates the Thompsons' conversion to Islam. In terms of musical style Thompson's songwriting on this album reflects

Facing Ali (507 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

own lives and careers; Ali's fights against other opponents; his conversion to Islam and the assumption of the name Muhammad Ali; his relationship with

Sa'id ibn Zayd (886 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Saʿīd ibn Zayd (Arabic: سعيد ابن زيد; c. 593-671), also known by his kunya Abūʾl-Aʿwar, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a brother-in-law

Tekuder (1,707 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

coins near Mayyafariqin by Abaqa. The circumstances of Tekuder's conversion to Islam are unknown. However, according to Ibn al-Fuwati he had been given

Abu Ali ibn Muhammad (185 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

one of those who converted to Islam during that period. After his conversion to Islam from Paganism he began constructing mosques and madrassas. In ca

Kata people (1,468 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

The Katir (also spelled Kati, Kator and Kata) are a Nuristani tribe in Afghanistan and Pakistan. The Katir [ka 'tɘ] or Kata Kafir group was numerically

Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan (1,256 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Scott Cameron Levi, Ron Sela (2010). "Chapter 12 - Jamal Qarshi: The Conversion to Islam of Sultan Satuq Bughra Khan". Islamic Central Asia: An Anthology

David Myatt (5,014 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Myatt was driven by a search for meaning and purpose." Before his conversion to Islam in 1998, Myatt was the first leader of the British National Socialist

Marmaduke Pickthall (1,427 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as journalists, political and religious leaders. He declared his conversion to Islam in dramatic fashion after delivering a talk on 'Islam and Progress'

Zoroastrianism in Azerbaijan (1,194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

earlier and was the predominant religion of Greater Iran before the conversion to Islam. Today the religion, culture, and traditions of Zoroastrianism remain

Ubayda ibn al-Harith (845 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

ʿUbayda ibn al-Ḥārith (Arabic: عبيدة بن الحارث) (c. 562 – 13 March 624) was a relative and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He is known for commanding

Abu Sufyan ibn al-Harith (1,660 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Abū Sufyān ibn al-Ḥārith ibn ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (Arabic: أبو سفيان بن الحارث بن عبد المطلب), born al-Mughīra (المغيرة), was a companion and first cousin

Abu al-As ibn al-Rabi' (842 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Abū al-ʿĀṣ ibn al-Rabīʿ (Arabic: أبو العاص بن الربيع, died in February, AD 634), was a son-in-law and Companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His original

Tumbatu (693 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

communities and the wider Indian Ocean world, and who started their conversion to Islam in the 8th century, to which the earliest mosque has been dated.

Edoardo Agnelli (2,282 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

group like ours"; his father, who had already been unhappy with his conversion to Islam, ensured that he would not inherit it. The only official position

Wahshi ibn Harb (674 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Waḥshī ibn Ḥarb (Arabic: وحشي بن حرب, lit. 'The Savage, Son of War'), also known as Abu Dusmah was a former slave of Jubayr ibn Mut'im before becoming

Footsteps in the Light (349 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

known as Cat Stevens) spanning the years from 1981 to 2004 after his conversion to Islam. It shows a major shift in his musical focus, and demonstrates Yusuf

Janissary (7,121 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were taken, levied, subjected to forced circumcision and forced conversion to Islam, and incorporated into the Ottoman army. They became famed for internal

Lin Nu (1,381 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

marriage of the Hormuzian Persian girl to Lin Nu which accompanied his conversion to Islam is what caused the other branch of the family to change their surname

Momchilovtsi (315 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from Raykovo (now part of Smolyan) that sought to escape forcible conversion to Islam by the Ottomans. The present village is named after Momchil Voyvoda

New Martyr (1,067 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

executed during Ottoman rule in Greece in order to avoid forced conversion to Islam. This meaning is the dominant one, so much so that pre-Ottoman use

Andalusi Arabic (3,429 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

gradually over the centuries of Muslim rule in Iberia, primarily through conversion to Islam, although it was also learned and spoken by Christians and Jews.

Volga Bulgaria (5,736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ilham Khan Historical era Middle Ages • Established late 9th century • Conversion to Islam 922 • Conquered by the Mongols 1240s Today part of Russia

Volga Bulgaria (5,736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ilham Khan Historical era Middle Ages • Established late 9th century • Conversion to Islam 922 • Conquered by the Mongols 1240s Today part of Russia

Banu Hilal (2,380 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

possibly owing to their relatively late (for the Arabian tribes) conversion to Islam and accounts of their campaigns in the borderlands between Iraq and

Usayd ibn Hudayr (800 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

a leader of the Banū Aws tribe in the city of Medina before his conversion to Islam. He inherited his leadership position from his father who was a fierce

Jack Ward (2,255 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

John Ward or Jack Ward (c. 1553 – 1622), also known as Birdy, Sparrow or later as Yusuf Reis, was an English pirate who later became a Corsair for the

Yasir ibn Amir (741 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Yasir ibn Amir ibn Malik al-Ansi (Arabic: يَاسِر ٱبْن عَامِر ٱبْن مَالِك ٱلْعَنْسِيّ, romanized: Yāsir ibn ʿĀmir ibn Mālik al-ʿAnsī; sixth/seventh century

Rabi'ah ibn al-Harith (493 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Rabīʿah ibn al-Ḥārith (Arabic: ربيعة بن الحارث) (c.566-c.640) was a first cousin and companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. He was a son of Al-Harith

Charles Brooks Jr. (576 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Charles Brooks Jr. (September 1, 1942 – December 7, 1982), also known as Shareef Ahmad Abdul-Rahim, was a convicted murderer who was the first person to

Abdur Raheem Green (1,161 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Abdur Raheem Green (born: Anthony Waclaw Gavin Green; September 1964), is a British Islamic preacher who is known in some Muslim communities for his work

Maouri people (376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

traditional beliefs, including fetishes. They resisted an attempted forced conversion to Islam in the early 19th century during the Fulani jihads and subsequent

Qays ibn Sa'd (1,682 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

remarks that Qays ibn Sa'd was said to be very cunning before his conversion to Islam. Khalid states that he would use his cunning to short-change the

Uri Davis (1,558 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Uriel "Uri" Davis (Hebrew: אוריאל "אורי" דייוויס, Arabic: أوري ديفيس; born 8 June 1943 in Jerusalem) is an academic and civil rights activist. Davis has

Kamilia Shehata (1,036 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

July 2010 sparked protests and rumours of kidnapping and forced conversion to Islam. Her subsequent return to the Church inflamed sectarian tensions

Mudzaffar Shah I of Kedah (122 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sri Paduka Maharaja Durbar Raja before his accession. After his conversion to Islam, he later became the founder of the Kedah Sultanate. Merong Mahawangsa

Andalusi Romance (2,506 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

centuries, Arabic spread gradually in Al-Andalus, primarily through conversion to Islam. While Alvarus of Cordoba lamented in the 9th century that Christians

Dhovemi of the Maldives (739 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

al-Adil which is probably the Muslim name of the king after his conversion to Islam in the 12th year of his reign. Later on the title of Dharumavantha

Jacob Querido (191 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Shabbatai Zevi's last wife. Jochebed (also called ‘Ā’ishah following her conversion to Islam) claimed that he was the reincarnation of her late spouse, so that

Khabbab ibn al-Aratt (509 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ibn al-Khattab's (died 644, reigned as the second caliph 634–644) conversion to Islam in c. 616. Khabbab ibn al-Aratt's background is uncertain, as medieval

Sultanate of Bulungan (2,415 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mukminin He was the founder of the Sultanate of Bulungan after his conversion to Islam, with his capital situated at Salim Batu. He became a vassal of Berau

Muhammad Asad (4,364 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in European culture, took the road eastward to Makkah." After his conversion to Islam, Asad moved to Saudi Arabia making a journey by camel across the

MC Router (323 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Abedah Ritchie (born Kristin Nicole Ritchie; May 6, 1986) is a former nerdcore rapper, better known by the stage name MC Router. In 2009 she worked in

John Mohammed Butt (443 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

John Mohammed Butt is an Islamic scholar and broadcaster, known as the first Westerner to graduate from Darul Uloom Deoband. Born in Trinidad in 1950,

Arwa bint Abd al-Muttalib (358 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Arwā bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib (Arabic: أروى بنت عبد المطلب) was an aunt of Muhammad. She was born in Mecca around 560, the daughter of Abd al-Muttalib ibn

Fakhitah bint Abi Talib (596 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Fākhitah bint Abī Ṭālib (Arabic: فاختة بنت أبي طالب), also known as Hind and better known by her kunya Umm Hānī, was a cousin and companion of the Islamic

Lepuroshi (664 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

their earliest patrilineal ancestor took the name Ali following his conversion to Islam. Subsequent male members of the family took the name in reference

Lij Iyasu (4,969 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Solomon (Wollo Branch) Father Mikael Ali Mother Woizero Shewaregga Menelik Religion Ethiopian Orthodox (Unconfirmed allegations of conversion to Islam)

Ubaidullah Sindhi (2,806 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ubaidullah's interest in Islam grew, leading eventually to his conversion to Islam. In 1887, the year of his conversion, he moved from Punjab to Sindh

Timariots (1,031 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Christian sipahis gradually disappeared due to dispossession or conversion to Islam. Timar-status could be inherited, but the pieces of land were not

Islam in Bulgaria (7,229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Communist Bulgarian historiography. According to scholarly consensus, conversion to Islam was voluntary as it offered Bulgarians religious and economic benefits

Michelle Leslie (2,731 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Cullen, a Muslim herself, had previously told journalists Leslie's conversion to Islam was genuine. Upon her return to Australia, Leslie left her then modelling

Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud (3,733 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Abd Allah ibn Mas'ud (Arabic: عبد الله بن مسعود, romanized: ʿAbd Allāh ibn Masʿūd; c. 594 – c. 653) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad whom

Safiyya bint Abd al-Muttalib (1,054 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Safiyyah bint Abd al-Muttalib (Arabic: صفية بنت عبدالمطلب, romanized: Ṣafīyya bint ʿAbd al-Muṭṭalib; c. 567/569–640; 53 BH to 18 AH) was a companion and

Uthman (7,475 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

following Ali, Zayd ibn Haritha, Abu Bakr and a few others. His conversion to Islam angered his uncle, Hakam ibn Abi Al-As, who strongly opposed Muhammad's

Abu Hurayra (5,234 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Abū Hurayra ʿAbd al-Raḥmān ibn Ṣakhr al-Dawsī al-Zahrānī (Arabic: أبُو هُرَيْرَة عَبْد ٱلرَّحْمَٰن بْن صَخْر ٱلدَّوْسِيّ ٱلزَّهْرَانِيّ; c. 603–679), commonly

Ibn al-Muqaffa' (3,108 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

language. He bore the name Rōzbeh/Rūzbeh before his comparatively late conversion to Islam from Manichaeism. Ibn al-Muqaffa, though a resident of Basra, was

Bryant Neal Vinas (2,100 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Bryant Neal Vinas (born December 4, 1982; also Ibrahim, Bashir al-Ameriki and Ben Yameen al-Kanadeeis) is an American convicted of participating in and

Andrew Ibrahim (504 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is a British Muslim convert, also known as Isa Ibrahim after his conversion to Islam. Ibrahim was arrested by the Avon and Somerset Police on suspicion

Notia (1,486 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

largest Megleno-Romanian village, whose population underwent mass conversion to Islam in the 18th century. In the 1920s, Muslim Megleno-Romanians were

Kara-Khanid Khanate (7,656 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(961–1100) Pylypchuk, Ya. "Turks and Muslims: From Confrontation to Conversion to Islam (End of VII century – Beginning of XI Century)" in UDK 94 (4): 95

Roger Garaudy (2,361 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Roger Garaudy (French: [ʁɔʒe gaʁodi]; 17 July 1913 – 13 June 2012) was a French philosopher, French resistance fighter and a communist author. He converted

Oraio (323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

century AD, when its population was still Bulgarian Christian. The conversion to Islam occurred during the period 17th-18th century. Following the First

Hindu and Buddhist heritage of Afghanistan (1,229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of a king in "Ninhar" (Nangarhar), who shows a public display of conversion to Islam, even though he had over 30 wives, which are described as "Muslim

Bilal ibn Rabah (4,439 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Bilal ibn Rabah (Arabic: بِلَال بْن رَبَاح, romanized: Bilāl ibn Rabāḥ; c. 5 March 580 - 2 March 640 CE), also known as Bilāl al-Ḥabashī or simply Bilal

Nahar Khan (995 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Raja Bahadur Nahar Khan was the ruler of Mewat and the progenitor of Khanzada clan who were themselves a sub-clan of Yadav. His original name was Sambhar

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Ṣafwān ibn Umayya ibn Khalaf ibn Habib ibn Wahb ibn Hudhafa ibn Jumah al-Jumahi (Arabic: صفوان بن أمية; died 661) was a sahabi (companion) of the Islamic

David Benjamin Keldani (965 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conversion to Islam. The main source about Benjamin is the autobiographical remarks in his books. No other references to his life and conversion to Islam

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Oman, in the year 628, inviting him to Islam. Munzir, announced his conversion to Islam and all the Arab inhabitants of historical Bahrain became Muslim

Mal Muslim (263 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

traditionally jewellery. Little is known about the circumstances of their conversion to Islam, although according to traditions took place some nine centuries

Nahar Khan (995 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Raja Bahadur Nahar Khan was the ruler of Mewat and the progenitor of Khanzada clan who were themselves a sub-clan of Yadav. His original name was Sambhar

Ivan Aguéli (1,144 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Shaykh ʿAbd al-Hādī al-ʿAqīlī (Arabic: شيخ عبد الهادی عقیلی) upon his conversion to Islam, was a Swedish wandering Sufi, painter and author. As a devotee of

Umar (12,403 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

old when he accepted Islam. According to one account, after his conversion to Islam, Umar openly prayed at the Kaaba as the Quraysh chiefs, Abu Jahl

Khalid ibn al-Walid (13,152 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

slaying of his uncle Fakih ibn al-Mughira dating to before Khalid's conversion to Islam. In the narrative of Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (d. 1449), Khalid misunderstood

List of international cricket centuries by Mohammad Yousuf (1,323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mohammad Yousuf (known before his conversion to Islam as Yousuf Youhana) is a Pakistan cricketer and former captain of the Pakistan national cricket team

Colleen LaRose (2,399 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Colleen Renée LaRose (born June 5, 1963), also known as Jihad Jane and Fatima LaRose, is an American citizen who was convicted and sentenced to 10 years

Ammar ibn Yasir (4,583 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ammar ibn Yasir (Arabic: عَمَّار بْن يَاسِر, romanized: ʿAmmār ibn Yāsir; c. 567/570 – July 657 C.E.) was a Sahabi (Companion) of the Islamic prophet Muhammad

A. George Baker (1,008 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved July 7, 2019. Bowen, Patrick D. (2015). A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims before 1975

History of Oriental Orthodoxy (2,510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Christians included closing and demolishing churches and forced conversion to Islam. Their persecution persists to this day. Christians comprise around

Eastern Orthodoxy in Albania (6,621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

traditionalism of the church's institutions slowed the process of conversion to Islam amongst Albanians. The Orthodox population of central and south-eastern

Alun Davies (guitarist) (1,954 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

with him and recorded on all but one of his albums, until Stevens' conversion to Islam and retirement from the pop scene in 1977. Since that time, many

Shaikh Abdul Majeed Sindhi (609 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

This article contains Sindhi text, written from right to left with some letters joined. Without proper rendering support, you may see unjoined letters

Uthman ibn Talha (633 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

ʿUthmān ibn Ṭalḥa (Arabic: عثمان بن طلحة) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. His father was Talha ibn Abdullah (Abi Talha) al-‘Abdari who

Earnest James Ujaama (1,648 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Earnest James Ujaama (born 1966) is an American community activist and former terrorist. A long-term resident of Seattle and well-known community activist

As'ad ibn Zurara (1,352 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Asʿad ibn Zurāra (Arabic: أسعد بن زرارة) (died 623), often known by his kunya Abū Umāma, was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and the first

Sir Archibald Hamilton, 5th Baronet (677 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sir Charles Edward Archibald Watkin Hamilton, 5th and 3rd Baronet (10 December 1876 – 18 March 1939), known from 1923 as Sir Abdullah Hamilton, was a British

Christianity in Africa (10,503 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

: 23 This included closing and demolishing churches and forced conversion to Islam, which brought about a wave of conversions. There are reports that

Gen Mosque (543 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The mosque is made of coral stone and was built straight after the conversion to Islam. The mosque is not facing towards the Qibla. The Gen Miskit is located

Muriel Degauque (1,142 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Muriel Degauque (19 July 1967 – 9 November 2005) was a Belgian woman from Charleroi and a convert to Islam. La Derniere Heure, a Belgian newspaper, claimed

Gigi Gryce (4,340 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Gigi Gryce (born George General Grice Jr.; November 28, 1925 – March 17, 1983), later in life changing his name to Basheer Qusim, was an American jazz

Kirtinarayan Basu (877 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Kirtinarayan Basu (Bengali: কীর্তিনারায়ণ বসু; r. 1668), also spelt Kirti Narayan Basu, was the fifth raja of medieval Chandradwip, a zamindari which covered

Yvonne Ridley (4,542 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Fleet Street'" that she was happy to have left behind with her conversion to Islam. Her passion for left-wing, anti-imperialist causes predates her

Alois Bohdan Brixius (80 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1920s and 1930s he made several trips to the Middle East. After conversion to Islam he published under the name Mohamed Abdallah-hadži Brikcius. An active

List of converts to Islam from Christianity (7,147 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 10 January 2021. "The story of Maurice Bucaille's inspiring conversion to Islam". Arab News. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 23 March

Lucy Wadham (386 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the story of Aisha and her quest to understand her twin brother's conversion to Islam. Wadham's 2009 book, The Secret Life of France, is part memoir and

Dewa Sura (304 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

daughter of Dewa Sura, whose name had been changed, probably on conversion to Islam, to Putri Lela Wangsa. By her he had two sons Raja Ahmad and Raja

1686 Makassar revolt (199 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

would be pliant to his political and religious demands, such as conversion to Islam. However, the plot was uncovered when another Champa Prince; a palace

Turpan (5,655 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Turpan (Uyghur: تۇرپان) or Turfan (Chinese: 吐鲁番) is a prefecture-level city located in the east of the autonomous region of Xinjiang, China. It has an

Abu Ahmad ibn Jahsh (769 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Abū Aḥmad ibn Jaḥsh was a companion of Muhammad. His original name was ʿAbd, but as an adult he was generally known by his kunya. A verse of the Qur'an

Almış (565 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

However, apart from his culturally and religiously significant conversion to Islam, the account of Aḥmad ibn Faḍlān makes Almış the only Volga Bulgaran

Turk (term for Muslims) (621 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

were, therefore, not regarded part of their ethnic kinship since by conversion to Islam, "they have become Turks". In Greece and in the Greek language, the

Christine Brodbeck (251 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

author. She had an international career as a modern dancer. Since her conversion to Islam in 1986 she has written two spiritual books. Brodbeck was born on

Hakim ibn Hizam (1,714 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ḥakīm ibn Ḥizām (Arabic: حكيم بن حزام) was a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a nephew of Khadija. Born 13 years before the event of elephants

Aribert Heim (2,821 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Cairo, Egypt, under the alias of Tarek Farid Hussein after his conversion to Islam. In February 2009, after years of attempts to locate him, German

Nehemia Levtzion (1,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mali. Methuen and Company. p. 283. Levtzion, Nehemia, ed. (1979). Conversion to Islam. Holmes and Meier. p. 272. Levtzion, Nehemia; Fisher, Humphrey J

Adam Yahiye Gadahn (5,322 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Adam Yahiye Gadahn (Arabic: آدم يحيى غدن, Ādam Yaḥyā Ghadan; September 1, 1978 – January 19, 2015) was an American senior operative, cultural interpreter

Freedom of religion in Syria (7,932 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Muslims believe that it is forbidden to use force against others." Conversion to Islam is similarly regarded as private affair with one significant difference

Islam in Italy (5,974 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Islam is a minority religion in Italy. Muslim presence in Italy dates back to the 9th century, when Sicily came under control of the Aghlabid Dynasty.

Jubb'adin (982 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Muslims by religion and of Aramean (Syriac) descent. Following their conversion to Islam in the 18th century, the inhabitants of Jubb'adin underwent a religious

Herat (7,228 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Herāt (/hɛˈrɑːt/; Farsi/Pashto: هرات) is an oasis city and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and

History of the Jews in Pakistan (2,863 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Khan, faced significant public criticism in Pakistan despite her conversion to Islam. As someone with a Jewish background, she encountered societal prejudice

Herat (7,228 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Herāt (/hɛˈrɑːt/; Farsi/Pashto: هرات) is an oasis city and the third-largest city in Afghanistan. In 2020, it had an estimated population of 574,276, and

Chhaparband (Muslim) (237 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

as said to have originated from Kathiawar and Rajasthan. Their conversion to Islam is said to have occurred at the hands a Sufi saint Pir Bhai Phir

Robert of St. Albans (218 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Saladin, but was killed shortly after outside Jerusalem. Robert's conversion to Islam caused significant dismay among the Christians and sparked ill-will

Imra (879 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Imro) was the chief creator deity of the Nuristanis before their conversion to Islam. Imra was believed to be the creator of the earth. With his breath

Abu Wahab Abdullah ibn Umayr (1,394 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

ʿAbd Allāh ibn ʿUmayr al-Kalbī (Arabic: عَبْد الله بِن عُمَيْر الْكَلْبِيّ), also known as Abū Wahb (Arabic: أبو وهب), was one of the companions of Husayn

Disani (369 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Waigali: Dísën̆i) was a goddess of the Nuristani people before their conversion to Islam. To the people of Nuristan, she was depicted as living in the terrestrial

Francis Verney (2,282 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Tunisian pirate fleet commanded by John Ward. His supposed conversion to Islam with Ward in 1610 was the cause of considerable controversy in his

Kafiristan (2,496 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

inhabited by people who followed a form of Paganism before their conversion to Islam in 1895–1896. Ancient Kapiśa janapada, located south-east of the

Giant Steps (book) (130 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

magazine editor Peter Knobler, it covers Abdul-Jabbar's career, his conversion to Islam, his social growth, and his feelings about American racial politics

Hadayatullah Hübsch (1,664 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Hadayatullah Hübsch (January 8, 1946 in Chemnitz – January 4, 2011; born as Paul-Gerhard Hübsch) was a German author, journalist, poet, political activist

Robert Stanley (mayor) (527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

(1874–76) of Stalybridge, near Manchester. He is best known for his conversion to Islam. As a Muslim, he served as vice chair at the Liverpool Muslim Institute

Llanchie Stevenson (932 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

with Dance Theatre of Harlem. She retired from dancing upon her conversion to Islam. Rosemary Llanchie Stevenson began her dance training at the Bernice

Anton Medan (376 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jami' Tan Hok Liang, in Pondok Rajeg, Cibinong, Bogor. Prior to his conversion to Islam, he grew up amid the dark politics of Indonesia. It was during Suharto's

Muslim Literary Society (136 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

known for his translation of the Koran, dramatically declared his conversion to Islam after delivering a talk on 'Islam and Progress' to the Society. There

Shina people (2,597 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by them as unclean. Even after the majority of the ethnic group's conversion to Islam, orthodox Shins would continue to neither eat beef, drink cow's milk

Sufism in Bangladesh (2,401 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bangladeshi Muslims are influenced to some degree by Sufism. The conversion to Islam of the population of what was to become Bangladesh began in the thirteenth

Islam in Kashmir (2,692 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Islam is the majority religion practised in Kashmir, with 97.16% of the region's population identifying as Muslims as of 2014. The religion came to the

Tuhsi (578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(961-1100) Pylypchuk, Ya. "Turks and Muslims: From Confrontation to Conversion to Islam (End of VII century - Beginning of XI Century)" in UDK 94 (4): 95

Antoni Aleksander Iliński (667 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Antoni Aleksander Iliński, also known as Iskender Pasha (Turkish: Mehmet İskender Paşa; 1812–1861), was a Polish-Ottoman military officer and general.

A Road to Mecca - The Journey of Muhammad Asad (364 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Muslim scholar and political theorist Muhammad Asad, which led to his conversion to Islam. In the early 1920s Leopold Weiss, a Jew born in Lemberg, traveled

Château de Bonneval (323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bonneval (1675–1747), who was given the title of Pasha after his conversion to Islam and his service with the Ottoman Empire. A fortress has existed here

Lily Eberwein (1,247 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Lily Eberwein Abdullah (11 July 1900 – 1980) was a Sarawakian nationalist and a women's right activist. She was politically active in the anti-cession

Ibrahim Hewitt (1,343 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Ibrahim Hewitt is chairman of the board of trustees of Interpal and a senior editor at Middle East Monitor. He is a Muslim activist from Leicester, U.K

Musa Cerantonio (2,041 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Robert "Musa" Cerantonio is a former ISIS propagandist who has been called perhaps "the most famous jihadist in Australia". Cerantonio converted to Islam

Sarla Mudgal, & others. v. Union of India (747 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

principles against the practice of solemnizing second marriage by conversion to Islam, with first marriage not being dissolved. The verdict discusses issue

Aaron Lapapa (307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Benveniste, at that time one of Sabbatai's followers. After Sabbatai's conversion to Islam, Lapapa seems to have been reinstated. Lapapa was a pupil of Abraham

Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah (4,323 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Saʽd ibn ʽUbadah ibn Dulaym Al Ansari (Arabic: سعد بن عبادة بن دليم) (d. 637) was the chief of the Sa'ida clan of the Khazraj tribe in Medina in the early

Farouq Molloy (180 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"Islamic and North African decorative elements", reflecting his conversion to Islam in the early 1990s. Molloy's work was exhibited at the Tranquil Minds

Religion in Egypt (5,390 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Conversion between religions is legally complex and asymmetrical. Conversion to Islam is generally permitted without difficulty, whereas individuals converting

Jadeja (2,631 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

suggests that Sammas were Hindu and might have migrated to resist conversion to Islam. An alternative view is that the Sammas were a pastoral community

Ahmed Santos (militant) (396 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

officials, the Rajah Solaiman group founded by Santos after his conversion to Islam, is believed to have forged an alliance with two Islamist organisations

Alkan Chaglar (543 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

interest in the phenomena of Crypto-Christians and the issue of conversion to Islam in Cyprus. On May 5, 2006 in Toplum Postasi Chaglar wrote about the

Banu Jadhimah (510 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

slaying of his uncle Fakih ibn al-Mughira dating to before Khalid's conversion to Islam. In the narrative of historian Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani and modern scholar

Copts in Sudan (1,120 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sudan's new Transitional Council. Copts have occasionally faced forced conversion to Islam, resulting in their emigration and decrease in number. The return

Sophie Pétronin (1,796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

List of solved missing person cases "Freed French hostage reveals conversion to Islam after 4-year captivity in Mali". alaraby. 10 October 2020. Retrieved

Kerim Chatty (763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he became close friends with Chatty and was instrumental in his conversion to Islam. According to BBC News he was "believed to have become" a devotee

List of rulers of Volga Bulgaria (921 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Khazars; by 950, Volga Bulgaria was a fully independent state. The conversion to Islam helped the Volga Bulgarian rulers to distance themselves both from

Sankoo (690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Buddhist ruler, Thi-Namgyal of the Suru principality, following his conversion to Islam in the 16th century. The shrine is in the village of Karpo-Kharon

Yuri Kochiyama (6,237 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Yuri Kochiyama (河内山百合子 (ユリ・コウチヤマ), Kōchiyama Yuriko, born Mary Yuriko Nakahara; May 19, 1921 – June 1, 2014) was an American civil rights activist born

Darangen (2,172 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

customary laws, social values, and practices prior to the Maranao conversion to Islam in the 14th century. The term Darangen literally means "that which

Viking raid on Seville (1,737 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

write that Lévi-Provençal offered no sources for the proposition of conversion to Islam by northern Europeans in al-Andalus and thus it "remains unsubstantiated"

A. R. Rahman (10,221 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Allah Rakha Rahman (pronunciation; born A. S. Dileep Kumar; 6 January 1967), also known by the initialism ARR, is an Indian music composer, record producer

Freedom of religion in Malaysia (11,629 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Court ruled that only the consent of one parent is required in the conversion to Islam of a person below 18 in the Federal Territories. Article 12(4) of

Early Muslim conquests (12,486 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and imposing heavier taxes on poor Muslims. The situation where conversion to Islam was penalized in an Islamic state could not last, and the Umayyad

Samantha Lewthwaite (5,255 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Samantha Louise Lewthwaite (/ˈluːθweɪt/; born 5 December 1983), also known as Sherafiyah Lewthwaite or the White Widow, is a British terrorist who is one

Gabriel II of Constantinople (341 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

imprisoned Gabriel II, and promised him freedom and honor in change to conversion to Islam. Gabriel II refused and was tortured and finally hanged on 3 December

Zhang Chengzhi (1,672 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

"xenophobic" and criticise his continued support of Maoism even after his conversion to Islam. The early 1980s have been described as Zhang's "lyrical phase".

Talansan (468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

opposed by the established leaders of the region, who were resisting conversion to Islam. The battle of Talansan was a decisive victory for the marabouts

List of emperors of the Mughal Empire (3,578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

increase in the Islamicization of the Mughal state. He encouraged conversion to Islam, reinstated the jizya on non-Muslims, and compiled the Fatawa 'Alamgiri

Exodus (1,150 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

expelled from the Kashmir Valley, threatened with rape, death and conversion to Islam if they chose otherwise. Exodus of Slav-Macedonians from Greece,

Naziha Syed Ali (311 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

corruption, police involvement in encounter killings and enforced conversion to Islam. In 2020 she was the subject of a half-hour profile by Owen Bennett-Jones

Denis Cuspert (2,949 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Muslim, he ended his rap career in 2010, declaring his own religious conversion to Islam. He declared his decision to convert in a public video. He became

Nawrūz (Mongol emir) (1,306 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Temür, giving his daughter to him in marriage and sponsoring his conversion to Islam. With a new Borjigid puppet-prince, Nawruz issued yarlighs, but this

Michel Aflaq (7,317 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Michel Aflaq (Arabic: ميشيل عفلق, romanized: Mīšīl ʿAflaq‎, Arabic pronunciation: [miˈʃel ˈʕaflaq]; 9 January 1910 – 23 June 1989) was a Syrian philosopher

Persecution of Copts (6,025 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he said against the Prophet, peace be upon him, they offered him conversion to Islam, but he refused... He pledged not to change his religion, so the

Shane Atkinson (imam) (237 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

other ways of life. Atkinson's story of questioning and his eventual conversion to Islam is the subject of the film Redneck Muslim, a documentary by Jennifer

Champa–Đại Việt War (1471) (3,075 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Shah Palembang sought asylum in Melaka and Aceh. Shortly after his conversion to Islam, Indera Berma Shah was appointed minister at the court of Sultan

Pakol (3,210 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the valleys to increased contact and trade, and the population's conversion to Islam, induced the residents to abandon their previously distinctive hairstyle

Sunan Kalijaga (617 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Javanese manuscripts, there are no formal signs of Sunan Kalijaga's conversion to Islam so it is not clear if Kalijaga was already Muslim at the time of

United States of Latin Africa (627 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bokassa considered the replacement of the flag in 1976, following his conversion to Islam under the influence of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The proposal

Bhutto family (741 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to Islam during Mughal emperor Aurangzeb's reign. Following the conversion to Islam he took the title of Khan, becoming Sehto Khan. In Sindh, the Bhuttos

Sogdia (19,932 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

conversion to Islam among the Sogdians and their descendants began with the Muslim conquest of Transoxiana in the 8th century. The Sogdian conversion

Daniel Streich (549 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he had "many Muslim friends" he did not make public his personal conversion to Islam until early November 2009, when he left the Swiss People's Party

Garha (409 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

groupings and some on the sects and castes they belonged prior to their conversion to Islam. Their main biradari is the Gaur Brahmin. Some Garha sub-groups descent

Abu Rumaysah (674 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of Indian origin and changed his name to Abu Rumaysah after his conversion to Islam. He is believed to be in his late 30s as of 2022. He acted as a spokesperson

Ahmad Koroh (107 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sigoh (co-wife; polygamy) Hamidah Fadzil (co-wife; polygamy after conversion to Islam) Relations Datuk Sedomon Gunsanad (uncle) OKK Gunsanad Kina (grandfather)

Monica Witt (2,703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

intelligence as a military contractor until 2010. After her 2012 conversion to Islam in Iran, Witt became increasingly focused on the religion and the

Saudi Arabia–Vietnam relations (778 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

The Arab link to Cham population was a major source for the future conversion to Islam by the Cham population by the 15th century, although by that time

Ghazan (5,843 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nowruz promised him the throne and his help on condition of Ghazan's conversion to Islam. Ghazan converted to Sunni Islam, on June 16, 1295, at the hands

John Drysdale (historian) (2,020 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article

John Gordon Stewart Drysdale (21 May 1925 – 10 July 2016), also known as Abbas Idriss, was a British-born army officer, diplomat, writer, historian, and

Özbeg Khan (3,259 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

escape back to the Byzantine Empire, apparently fearing her forced conversion to Islam. In the south-east of the Kingdom of Hungary, Wallachia and its ruler

Mughal Empire (13,667 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Explanations of Conversion to Islam in South Asia: A Preliminary Survey of the Literature". In Levtzion, Nehemia (ed.). Conversion to Islam. Holmes & Meier

Adjarians (2,014 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was granted autonomy, to protect its Muslim faith. Despite their conversion to Islam, Adjarians have kept the Georgian language (with their own dialect)

Jalal-ud-Din Khalji (5,645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

invasion, and allowed many Mongols to settle in India after their conversion to Islam. He captured Mandawar and Jhain from the Chahamana king Hammira,

Çavuşlu, Midyat (321 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

arose between villages. It is believed that the decision for mass conversion to Islam, in order to protect their children from the wrath of Nasuh Pasha

Malik Shabazz (disambiguation) (102 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

boxer who reportedly adopted the name "Malik Shabazz" following his conversion to Islam Malik Zulu Shabazz, attorney former chairman of the New Black Panther

Acar, Sason (292 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

remaining Armenians moved to Istanbul. Benninghaus reports a further conversion to Islam taking place in 1983. "Türkiye Mülki İdare Bölümleri Envanteri".

Armenians in Pakistan (633 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

assume that the reputed settlers of the seventeenth century, on their conversion to Islam, have become completely merged in the indigenous Brahui and Baloch

Slave name (1,092 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

that she wished to be "free of the patriarchal slave names." On her conversion to Islam in 2018, she adopted the Muslim name Shuhada' Sadaqat. Nation of

Soomro (1,432 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

castes (locally known as Sammat) were further ashrafized. After conversion to Islam they intermarried with local Arab landowners and thus had acquired

Lisa Smith (soldier) (1,378 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

transferring to the Irish Air Corps in 2011, but quit following her conversion to Islam. In 2015, following the breakdown of her marriage, she travelled

Askia M. Touré (933 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

interest in the National of Islam grew. This interest led to his conversion to Islam in 1970. Married: Dona Humphrey, 1966 (divorced); 1 son: Tariq Abdullah

Islam in Papua New Guinea (761 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Department of State. Retrieved 2022-11-15. Flower, Scott (2015-05-01). "Conversion to Islam in Papua New Guinea". Nova Religio. 18 (4): 55–82. doi:10.1525/nr

Jāti (1,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Karve 1961). These caste groups retained their identity even after conversion to Islam or Christianity. Each of the caste groups was thus the unit within

Sebastiano Venier (637 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

removed of Cecilia Venier-Baffo, known as Nurbanu Sultan after her conversion to Islam, daughter of his first cousin Nicolò Venier, Lord of Paros. She was

Tarmashirin (242 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islam. He took the name Ala-ad-din after becoming a Muslim. His conversion to Islam did not go down well with his Mongol nobles, who were overwhelmingly

Flag of the Central African Republic (669 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bokassa considered the replacement of the flag in 1976, following his conversion to Islam under the influence of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The proposal

Dalit Muslim (359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

consisting of several caste-like groups (jatis, biraderis). Despite the conversion to Islam, the social and economic conditions of the Muslims in each caste

Persecution (9,834 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Christians included closing and demolishing churches and forced conversion to Islam. Since 2011 hundreds of Egyptian Copts have been killed in sectarian

Mukkuvar (India) (1,151 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Later rulers such as the Zamorin of Calicut promoted Mukkuvars in conversion to Islam in order to man their navies. Up to 1000 AD were the Mukkuvars recruited

Anas ibn Malik (691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

was a non-Muslim and was angry with his mother, Umm Sulaym for her conversion to Islam. Malik bin Nadr went to Damascus and died there. She remarried to

Dalit Muslim (359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

consisting of several caste-like groups (jatis, biraderis). Despite the conversion to Islam, the social and economic conditions of the Muslims in each caste

Sahil Khan (920 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

24 February 2024. "Sahil Khan Announces Wife Milena Alexandra's Conversion To Islam, Faces Backlash Online". Times of India. Archived from the original

Palor people (978 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Palors are Christians or Muslims. Like most Serer Muslims, their conversion to Islam is very recent.[self-published source] Though there are some Palor

Nashya Shaikh (844 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bengal, though some of them are also from Mech community. Their conversion to Islam is said to have taken over two to three centuries, and the Nashya

Yannis Vasilis (468 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Eventually discovering his family's actual Pontic Greek origin, recent conversion to Islam, and nationalistic turn, in 2013 he changed his name to the Greek

Reformed Church in Hungary (1,190 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(vassal state) came under the Ottoman Empire. While the Ottomans urged conversion to Islam, it was the Reformation which instead spread throughout Turkish-occupied

Rrjolli (1,012 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ottoman siege of the citadel in hopes of escaping persecution and conversion to Islam. Several Albanian tribes inhabited Rrjolli during the Middle Ages

Fateh Singh (Sikhism) (1,598 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

before being captured. The sons were taken to Sirhind and coerced for conversion to Islam in the court of Wazir Khan, the provincial governor. Both of the

Maurice Bucaille (617 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

October 2021. (obituary) "The story of Maurice Bucaille's inspiring conversion to Islam". Arab News. 1 March 2013. Archived from the original on 19 July

Religion in Jordan (903 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

however, such as religious conversion, are controversial. Although conversion to Islam is relatively free of legal complications, those wishing to leave

Siahkal (763 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in which many Jews were killed, many were subjected to forceful conversion to Islam, and others left the city to live in Rasht (Netzer, Siyāhkal). In

Apocalypse of Samuel of Kalamoun (770 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

were becoming increasingly Arabized in culture and customs. Actual conversion to Islam does not seem to be a concern for the author. In reality, the arabization

Champa independence movement (1,404 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

world, where the Chams seemed to have a close bond due to religious conversion to Islam in 15th century, the persecution of Chams is little-known in the

Borobudur (10,978 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

14th-century decline of Hindu kingdoms in Java and the Javanese conversion to Islam. Worldwide knowledge of its existence was sparked in 1814 by Sir

Zenebishi family (1,160 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

as a vassal of the Kingdom of Naples. Gjon's son, known after his conversion to Islam as Hasan Bey, was a subaşi in Tetovo in 1455. The other son of Gjon

Margariti (3,640 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Margariti as early as the 16th century. It is noted that the conversion to Islam of the guard of Margariti, which came from the local medieval Albanian

Yawm al-Buath (599 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

marked the final armed conflict between both tribes before their conversion to Islam after the arrival of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. The events of

Sariyya ibn Zanim (494 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Sariyya ibn Zanim (Arabic: سارية بن زنيم) also known as Sariya al-Jabal was one of the Sahaba, who lived during the 6th–7th centuries CE. He was from the

Saafir (680 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

transitions throughout his life, most notably his spinal tumor, and his conversion to Islam. Starting in 2012 Saafir's son, Saafir Gibson began to release music

Kalash people (9,453 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

neighbouring Nuristanis in northeast Afghanistan before their forced conversion to Islam. Richard Strand, a prominent expert on languages of the Hindu Kush

Imagined community (1,460 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(2015) The Politics of Religious Conversion: an exploration of conversion to Islam and Anglican Christianity in Mexico, Dundee: Academic Publishing

Abu Rafi' al-Qibti (618 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Abu Rafi' al-Qibti (Egyptian Arabic: أبو رافع القبطي; d. 40 AH/ 660 AD), formerly known as Aslam (أسلم), was a mawla of prophet Muhammad. He is the founder

Richard Bulliet (630 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in Medieval Islamic History (1972) The Camel and the Wheel (1975) Conversion to Islam in the Medieval Period: An Essay in Quantitative History (1979) Islam:

Osing people (1,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the 15th century, at the time of the fall of Majapahit; to resist conversion to Islam, many of them fled east to Banyuwangi, Bali and Lombok. Much of Java

Fatima Cates (768 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Fatima Elizabeth Cates (born Frances Elizabeth Murray; 5 January 1865 – 29 October 1900) was a British Muslim convert and activist, who co-founded the

Meo (ethnic group) (1,700 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

belonging to the same Kshatriya castes to which the Meos belonged before conversion to Islam, are not called Meo. Thus the word Meo is both region-specific and

Yemen (21,849 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

followed by the rapid spread of Islam in the seventh century. From its conversion to Islam, Yemen became a center of Islamic learning, and Yemenite troops played

Hinduism in Pakistan (17,734 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Hinduism is the second largest religion in Pakistan after Islam. Though Hinduism was one of the dominant faiths in the region a few centuries ago, its

Bagerhat District (1,598 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Bhairab river. The city started because of the rapid growth of conversion to Islam in the area. This was a result of mass immigration and a large number

The Greatest (1977 film) (750 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

his Olympic gold medal as a light-heavyweight at Rome in 1960, his conversion to Islam, his refusal to serve in the Vietnam war, to his return to the ring

Yusuf Olatunji (2,638 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

there are still doubts about the location of his birth. His mid-life conversion to Islam boosted his career in Yoruba music. He was born a Christian and he

Fayruz al-Daylami (323 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

embraced Islam. He had two wives who were sisters. As a result of his conversion to Islam, he divorced one of his wives on the order of the Islamic prophet

Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's letter to George W. Bush (1,053 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to Mikhail Gorbachev in which he suggested conversion to Islam. The New York Sun, in their May 11, 2006 editorial, pointed out that

Abd Allah ibn Umar ibn al-Khattab (927 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

said that the young Abd Allah had vivid memories of his father's conversion to Islam. It is believed he accepted Islam together with his father, although

Theemuge dynasty (223 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Dharikolhu was the new name of the Soma Vansa Lunar Dynastry after the conversion to Islam of King Dhovemi which lasted from c.1153 to c.1388. In this case

Islam in South Asia (974 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

College De France Eaton, Richard (1985), "Approaches to the Study of Conversion to Islam in India", in Richard C. Martin (ed.), Approaches to Islam in Religious

Balinese people (1,892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

between the 15th and 16th centuries, about the same time as the conversion to Islam in Java, causing aristocrats and peasants to flee to Bali after the

Khanqah-e-Moula (486 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hindu Kali temple. The central figure involved in the widespread conversion to Islam in Kashmir. Also known as Shah-e-Hamadan (the King of Hamadan), the

Gayo people (1,307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sacrifices to the spirits, to holy men, and to their ancestors. Conversion to Islam among the Gayo took multiple routes. According to local traditions

I Am Ali (1,120 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ali for the cover of Esquire. Another topic touched on is Ali's conversion to Islam, including why he changed his name from Cassius Clay to Muhammad

Robin W. G. Horton (2,302 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Berkeley, 1993). Humphrey J. Fisher (1985), "The Juggernaut's Apologia: Conversion to Islam in Black Africa". Africa: Journal of the International Institute

Islam in Malawi (1,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

most important source of Islam in the country". Even before their conversion to Islam, many Yao chiefs used Swahili Muslims as scribes and advisers. As

Michel Djotodia (2,399 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bokassa's brief supposedly financially induced, and soon renounced, conversion to Islam in 1976. Jacqueline Cassandra Woodfork (2006). Culture and Customs

Panduranga (Champa) (3,301 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Shah Palembang sought asylum in Melaka and Aceh. Shortly after his conversion to Islam, Indera Berma Shah was appointed minister at the court of Sultan

Buried treasure (1,209 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde:Baba Tükles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Tradition. Hermeneutics, Studies in the History

List of mosques in Pakistan (922 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kashmiri-style Chaqchan Mosque was built in 1370, shortly after the area’s conversion to Islam. Amburiq Mosque Shigar, Gilgit Baltistan 500 63 m2 (680 sq ft) 14th

Idris Muhammad (1,904 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Florida. He changed his name to Idris Muhammad in the 1960s upon his conversion to Islam. Speaking on his name change, he later noted in an interview with

Islam in Malawi (1,284 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

most important source of Islam in the country". Even before their conversion to Islam, many Yao chiefs used Swahili Muslims as scribes and advisers. As

Aami (678 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

childhood, family life, marital life, devotion to Lord Krishna, and conversion to Islam in the later periods of her life. Manju Warrier as Kamala Surayya

Gallipoli (2,532 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

cases of rape of women and young girls, as well as their forced conversion to Islam. In some cases, Muhacirs appeared in the villages even before the

Samudera Pasai Sultanate (1,629 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

hunting dog of Sultan Malik al Salleh, who was Merah Silu after his conversion to Islam. The legend narrates that Malik, while hunting with the dog, encountered

Kadın (title) (1,115 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

p. 223. ISBN 978-9-758-70461-3. Minkov, Anton (January 1, 2004). Conversion to Islam in the Balkans:Kisve Bahas ̧petitions and Ottoman Social Life, 1670-1730

Batok (9,224 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

people) shortly before the colonial period due to their (then recent) conversion to Islam. It survived until around the 19th to the mid-20th centuries in more

Zubayr ibn al-Awwam (15,726 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Al-Zubayr ibn al-Awwam ibn Khuwaylid al-Asadi (Arabic: الزُّبَيْر بْن الْعَوَّام بْن خُوَيْلِد الأَسَدِيّ, romanized: al-Zubayr ibn al-ʿAwwām ibn Khuwaylid

Noor Muhammad Maharvi (467 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in a poem about their friendship. Maharvi's teachings influenced conversion to Islam of many native tribes in Punjab and Sindh. Maharvi had over 40 disciples

Berbers (20,968 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Berbers, leading to the adoption of Arabic as the primary language and conversion to Islam. Notably, the Arab migrations to the Maghreb from the 7th century

Berke–Hulegu war (1,248 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he was loyal to the Great Khan Möngke. Although aware of Berke's conversion to Islam, Hulagu, after conquering Persia, destroyed Baghdad in 1258, added

Kutchi Memon (611 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

migrated from Sindh to Kutch in Gujarat, a state of India, after their conversion to Islam in 1422 CE; the Memon belonged to the Lohana community. Historically

Panagia Katakekrymeni-Portokalousa (530 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

returning to Tripoli to confess publicly that he was recanting his conversion to Islam. His abbot tried to dissuade him, to no avail, and Demetrius returned

Rae Lil Black (1,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

content from her social media accounts and publicly announcing her conversion to Islam, she was noted by the Toronto Sun as having lost followers on those

Malé Friday Mosque (1,060 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1153 by the first Muslim Sultan of Maldives, Dhovemi, after his conversion to Islam. Although the older mosque was reportedly refurbished by Ahmed Shihabuddeen

Richard M. Eaton (494 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

editor). Oxford University Press: 2003 Approaches to the Study of Conversion to Islam in India in Religious Movements in South Asia 600-1800 (edited by

Bersa Sheikh (1,137 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

Bersa-Sheikh (born Ducha; Chechen: Берса-Шайх; c. 1561 – 1623) was a Chechen sheikh and one of the first Islamic preachers in Chechnya who played a major

Islam in Tatarstan (1,465 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from Baghdad around the time of Ibn Fadlan's journey in 922. Almış' conversion to Islam made Volga Bulgaria the first Muslim state in what is now Russia

Splitting of the Moon (1,850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sahner, Christian C.; Simonsohn, Uriel; Yarbrough, Luke (2020-12-15). Conversion to Islam in the Premodern Age: A Sourcebook. Univ of California Press.

Armenian genocide (10,578 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the end of the war. Although the first and most important step was conversion to Islam, the process also required the eradication of Armenian names, language

Bali (tribe) (1,291 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Muhammad akin to those given to the Quraysh following that tribes conversion to Islam in 630. By dint of their strategic positions in the northern Hejaz

Khokhar (2,085 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the Khokhars too might be called Malahida in view of their recent conversion to Islam. During his final campaign, Muhammad also took many of the Khokars

The Smile (Homeland) (1,035 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

He described all of the fallout from Jessica discovering Brody's conversion to Islam as "fantastic scenes". HitFix's Alan Sepinwall felt Damian Lewis'

Abu'l-Hasan Ali of Granada (400 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

who he gave the name Zoraida or Soraya (Thuraya, "Star") after her conversion to Islam and with whom he had two sons. This marriage caused a scandal. In

Buddhism in Afghanistan (1,571 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

monks of the Nava Vihara monastery close to Balkh prior to their conversion to Islam Buddhabhadra, 5th century monk and translator born in Nagarahāra

Thakkar (229 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

39. The title Khwajah meaning Lord which they received on their conversion to Islam from their Pir Sadr-ud-din seems a translation of the title Thakkar

Maldivian writing systems (1,670 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

independent kingdom and it was still in use one century after the conversion to Islam. Evēla can be seen in the Lōmāfānu (copper plate grants) of the 12th

Mewat (4,760 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

standard way of treating the Meos. It seems that in spite of the Meos' conversion to Islam, they were just as turbulent as their Hindu ancestors and did not

Brother Ali (1,375 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

could peacefully coexist with different religions. Ali credits his conversion to Islam to KRS-One, whom he met during a lecture at age 13 at a local Minnesotan

Israʼiliyyat (1,539 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

661). Abdullah ibn Salam (d. 663), described as a rabbi before his conversion to Islam. Ibn ‘Abbas (d. 687 CE), a cousin and young companion (Sahaba) of

Beyond Belief: Islamic Excursions Among the Converted Peoples (377 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

dreadful mangling of history', and suffering from resultant 'neurosis'. Conversion to Islam and the ensuing emphasis on foreign holy places is for him 'the most

Strumica (1,862 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

450 were Christians and 1,330 were Muslims. These were times when conversion to Islam was at its peak in the region, which accounts for the increased number

Origin of the Vijayanagara Empire (3,735 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

capture of Harihara I and Bukka Raya I by the Sultan of Delhi and conversion to Islam is false and that the testimony of epigraphs proves that the area

Thomas Baptiste (823 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

1980) - President Selim Mohammed (formerly Charlie Umtali before conversion to Islam) Minder (high drains pilferer) (1984) - Mr. Mikabwe King (1984) -

Sanjak of Sofia (778 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Balkan Studies. The Institute. 1967. p. 207. Minkov, Anton (2004), Conversion to Islam in the Balkans : Kisve bahası petitions and Ottoman social life,

Barghawata (1,374 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

practicing Judaism appear later and are unreliable.: 167 After the conversion to Islam at the beginning of the 8th century and the Maysara uprising (739-742)

Afridi (1,917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sepāh Akā Ḵēl Ādam Ḵēl Afridis follow the Sunni sect of Islam. Their conversion to Islam is attributed to Sultan (Emperor) Mahmud of Ghazni by Denzil Ibbetson

Bakarwal (796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

traditionally practiced Hinduism,[better source needed] before their conversion to Islam.[citation needed] The term Bakarwal is an occupational one and is

Buhaina's Delight (240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reference to the Muslim name, Abdullah ibn Buhaina, Blakey received upon conversion to Islam in 1948 while traveling in West Africa. Although he stopped practicing

Michael Sells (801 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Christoslavism:: 36 In the nineteenth century, the three myths – conversion to Islam based only upon cowardice and greed, stable ethnoreligious groups

Archil of Imereti (1,048 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

A History. Routledge, ISBN 0-7007-1163-5. Rota, Giorgio (2017). "Conversion to Islam (and sometimes a return to Christianity) in Safavid Persia in the

Mehmed IV (2,178 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

women. Mehmed IV witnessed the double execution: he offered the man conversion to Islam so as to avoid being stoned to death (he was beheaded instead).[citation

Afridi (1,917 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sepāh Akā Ḵēl Ādam Ḵēl Afridis follow the Sunni sect of Islam. Their conversion to Islam is attributed to Sultan (Emperor) Mahmud of Ghazni by Denzil Ibbetson

Greek Muslims (20,126 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

great many Greeks and Slavs became Muslims to avoid these hardships. Conversion to Islam is quick, and the Ottoman Empire did not keep extensive documentation

Buhaina's Delight (240 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

reference to the Muslim name, Abdullah ibn Buhaina, Blakey received upon conversion to Islam in 1948 while traveling in West Africa. Although he stopped practicing

2014 Tours police station stabbing (762 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

any watchlist. The attacker had taken Bilal as his new name upon conversion to Islam, and had been posting Islamist material on his Facebook page, including

Ceddo (film) (636 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Ceddo abduct his daughter, Dior Yacine, to protest their forced conversion to Islam. Two members of the tribe try and fail to recapture the princess

Abu'l-Khayr Khan (800 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islamization and native religion in the Golden Horde: Baba Tükles and conversion to Islam in historical and epic tradition Pennsylvania State University Press

Buddhism in Malaysia (1,626 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

according to some sources, the government actively promotes the conversion to Islam in the country. The law requires any non-Muslim who marries a Muslim

Malcolm X—Ella Little-Collins House (380 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in 1939. It was Malcolm's primary residence until 1944. Malcolm's conversion to Islam (and adoption of the name "Malcolm X") began with exposure to the

Islamia Primary School (661 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islam, the singer/songwriter who was known as Cat Stevens until his conversion to Islam in 1978. In 1998, the school was the first Muslim school in Britain

Fasilides (1,371 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

al-Mutawakkil Isma'il assumed that Fasilides was interested in a conversion to Islam, a Yemeni embassy was sent to Gondar in 1646. However, when the Yemenis

Suru Valley (2,008 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

supposition. The change of title from "Tri-gyal" to "Tri Sultan" indicates conversion to Islam having taken place. Local tradition informs us that the father of

Mayi (clan) (304 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

South Bihar in the 17th century from Delhi. Following the families conversion to Islam, they retained their original clan name. Nuraon Khan had two sons

Saini (1,187 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

who ruled these kingdoms, who came to these areas to avoid forced conversion to Islam. Gahlot and Banshidhar indicate some commonality in origin with Rajput

African-American names (2,204 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

celebrities began adopting Muslim names (frequently following a religious conversion to Islam), including Muhammad Ali, who changed his name in 1964 from Cassius

Sham Ennessim (1,131 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

through their cultural agency, which was quite limited after the conversion to Islam in Egypt, but that cannot be taken to be the reason why the Muslim

Timeline of the history of Islam (18th century) (892 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

rising Maratha Empire power in the Third Battle of Panipat. 1764: Conversion to Islam of Areadi Gaya, ruler of Futa Bandu State in West Sudan. 1768: Start

Big Ben Donovan (1,696 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

visited by Dakota North where she recorded his confession and his conversion to Islam. He later got a visit from Matt Murdock, who wanted to be his lawyer

Maghrebis (1,471 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the seventh century, the region's peoples began their nearly total conversion to Islam. There was a small but thriving Local Jewish community, as well as

Antemoro people (3,027 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

intermediaries between living beings and the creator. By the time of conversion to Islam, the creator god had been all but forgotten, with much greater focus

Nuristanis (5,663 words) [view diff] no match in snippet view article find links to article

the following about pre-Islamic Nuristani religion: Before their conversion to Islâm the Nuristânis practiced a form of ancient Hinduism, infused with

List of mosques in the Maldives (234 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(Veligaa) Oldest coral stone mosque in Maldives built straight after conversion to Islam. Fuvah Mulah Kedeyre Mosque Kedeyre Miskiy Fuvah Mulah Addumulah

Circassians in Iran (1,687 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

formation. The ones in the armies received, after advanced education, conversion to Islam, and upbringing by Muslim families, the best military training and

Culture of the Maldives (1,527 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the language and culture of the Maldives, because of the general conversion to Islam at that time, and its location as a crossroads in the central Indian

'Ali ibn al-'Abbas al-Majusi (1,012 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of name typically taken by a neophyte, a fact which suggests that conversion to Islam took place in the generation of his grandparents, if not earlier

Ottoman Greece (4,846 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

allegiance to the Ottomans following the conquest of the Balkans. Conversion to Islam was not a requirement, and as late as the fifteenth century many

Islam in Mali (1,550 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Sufi brotherhoods (tariqah) playing an instrumental role. Conversion to Islam connected the West African savannah through belief in one God and

Battle of Hunayn (2,290 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Bani Salima, and this was my first property which I gained after my conversion to Islam. — Sahih al-Bukhari 3142 The event is also in Imam Maliks Al-Muwatta

Laamu Atoll (1,074 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Lōmāfānu and the Dhanbidhū Lōmāfānu copperplates, relating to the conversion to Islam, the destruction of the Buddhist monuments, the beheading of the

Rakhi Sawant (2,392 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

severely criticized. Criticism began against Sawant began over her conversion to Islam after marrying her boyfriend Adil Durrani, with people even saying

Afro-Iraqis (1,227 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

people to own land, and enslavement was not generally hereditary. Conversion to Islam sometimes enabled enslaved people to escape their condition. Skin

Arsi Province (664 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

subsequent weakening of local institutions that accelerated the Arsi's conversion to Islam. By the end of the 19th century, the Arsi embraced Islam en masse

Borommatrailokkanat (1,217 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sultanate. The Thai had been suspicious of the sultanate since its conversion to Islam. The expedition was mentioned in Portuguese chronicles, written several

Resm-i çift (549 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 17 April 2011. Minkov, Anton (2004). Conversion to Islam in the Balkans: Kisve bahası petitions and Ottoman social life, 1670-1730

Jizya (23,469 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and imposing heavier taxes on poor Muslims. The situation where conversion to Islam was penalized in an Islamic state could not last, and the devout

Principality of Kastrioti (1,109 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

sons Gjergj Kastrioti to the Sultan's court as hostages. After his conversion to Islam, the young Skanderbeg attended military school in Edirne and led

Religion in Afghanistan (2,802 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

World Prayer Center. 1997. Retrieved 11 April 2019. Before their conversion to Islam, the Pashayi followed a religion that was probably a corrupt form

Islam in Uttar Pradesh (4,826 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kshatriya and Vaishya clans who used the title of Sheikh after conversion to Islam, the Mughals, descendants of Central Asian Turks and Mongols and

Murder of Du'a Khalil Aswad (1,099 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Nineveh Governorate, Iraq Type Honor killing, stoning Cause Alleged conversion to Islam or alleged absence from home one night Target Du'a Khalil Aswad Perpetrator

Netaji Palkar (850 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

distributing sweets in Agra. Netaji Palkar, eventually, underwent a conversion to Islam. His wives were later transported to Delhi and similarly underwent

Türgesh (2,082 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

(961–1100) Pylypchuk, Ya. "Turks and Muslims: From Confrontation to Conversion to Islam (End of VII century – Beginning of XI Century)" in UDK 94 (4): 95

Muhammad Juki (790 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde: Baba TŸkles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Tradition. Penn State Press. p. 338. ISBN 978-0-271-04445-3

Afrin District (1,655 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Patrick (18 April 2018). "Yazidis who suffered under Isis face forced conversion to Islam amid fresh persecution in Afrin". The Independent. Archived from

Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (7,634 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tolerant and economic". The preference of collection of jizya over the conversion to Islam is a major economic motivator. Hindus and Buddhists who were classified

Here Comes My Baby (Cat Stevens song) (1,083 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

the first film he granted permission to use his songs after his conversion to Islam in the late 1970s. After Stevens shelved "Here Comes My Baby", it

Muhammad ibn al-Qasim (7,634 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

tolerant and economic". The preference of collection of jizya over the conversion to Islam is a major economic motivator. Hindus and Buddhists who were classified

Hamid Algar (935 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Shi'a religious scholars in the 19th century. In regards to his conversion to Islam, Algar has said, "I don't look like the average person's idea of

Muslims (5,903 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Galonnier, Juliette. "Moving In or Moving Toward? Reconceptualizing Conversion to Islam as a Liminal Process1." Moving in and out of Islam. University of

Ottoman Bulgaria (8,991 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Communist Bulgarian historiography. According to scholarly consensus, conversion to Islam was voluntary as it offered Bulgarians religious and economic benefits

Berat (6,560 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

surrounding villages of Gjeqar, Gjerbës, Tozhar, Fratar, and Dobronik. Conversion to Islam of the local urban population in Berat had increased during this

The Weekend (Homeland) (1,293 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

maintains his innocence but makes some revelations. He admits his conversion to Islam and that he often prays in his garage. He says the "Issa" he mentioned

Serer religion (6,929 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

John Glover. Sufism and jihad in modern Senegal: the Murid order. Conversion to Islam: Military Recruitment and Generational Conflict in a Sereer-Safin

Tibetan Muslims (2,029 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to their cultural integration of Hui religious beliefs and their conversion to Islam, and have been recognized as "Tibetan Muslims" and "Tibetan Muslims"

Nuh Ha Mim Keller (789 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

philosopher Seyyed Hossein Nasr's writings as one of the reasons for his conversion to Islam.: 198 He then began a prolonged study of the Islamic sciences with

Albanian Orthodox Church (6,144 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

adherents and reduced the ability for Orthodox Albanians to resist conversion to Islam. By the mid-19th century, due to the Tanzimat reforms which imposed

Banu Hanifa (1,516 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

curiosity that the tribe produced almost no poets of any repute after conversion to Islam. The tribes small pastoralist bedouin section, mentioned only fleetingly

Georg Stadtmüller (560 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to find crypto-religious groups everywhere in the Balkans where conversion to Islam took place Ilirjani, Altin; Elbasani, Arolda; Peshkopia, Ridvan (2006)

Sultanate of Women (1,813 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Süleyman the Magnificent, who became known as Hürrem Sultan after her conversion to Islam. Roxelana was mistakenly assumed to be of Russian descent, probably

Demographic history of Palestine (region) (12,646 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

army of Jund Filastin (military district of Palestine). The pace of conversion to Islam among the various Christian, Jewish, and Samaritan communities in

Lazistan Sanjak (811 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

massacre, and resulted in the dissolution of the Clergy and subsequent conversion to Islam or Hellenization of the Laz people. Local orthodox inhabitants, once

Elliott Coues (1,612 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

January 1895, pp. 1–11. Bowen, Patrick D. (2015). A History of Conversion to Islam in the United States, Volume 1: White American Muslims Before 1975

Muhammad V of Kelantan (2,112 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

private on 7 June 2018, in Kota Bharu, Kelantan, following Oksana's conversion to Islam in April 2018. There is no official record of a marriage in Russia

Religion in the United Arab Emirates (2,105 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

noncitizens, the laws of their home country apply, rather than Sharia. Conversion to Islam is viewed favorably, though converting from Islam to other religions

Islam in Mongolia (1,934 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

first Mongol rulers to convert. Other Mongol leaders owed their conversion to Islam due to the influence of a Muslim wife. Later, it was the Mamluk ruler

Hisham ibn al-Kalbi (446 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2008-11-19. Retrieved 2009-04-16. Ibrahim, Ayman S. (2021-02-09). Conversion to Islam: Competing Themes in Early Islamic Historiography. Oxford University

Peter Kassig (1,198 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2014, his parents released a video in which they stressed that his conversion to Islam was not forced, and that his path to conversion began before he was

Khalilah Sabra (2,156 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Education series. She was converted to Islam in the age of 15. Sabra’s conversion to Islam in a predominantly Christian country was a profoundly transformative

Dhund (tribe) (1,470 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

they eventually adopted the name 'Dhund-Abbasi' to reflect their conversion to Islam at the hands of one Syed Abbas Shah Gilani, during the 12th-13th

Jewish philosophy (11,517 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Jewish—some "Islamic scholars" were Jewish scholars prior to forced conversion to Islam, and there were episodic willing conversions of Jewish scholars to

New Julfa Armenian Cemetery (645 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

man who had entered his house. He chose to be executed instead of conversion to Islam and died as a Christian martyr. Alexander de Rhodes (1591–1660) –

Hagiography (2,690 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde: Baba Tukles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Tradition. State College, PA: Penn State University

Ottoman Albania (4,771 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of districts, or vilayets. The Ottoman authorities did not stress conversion to Islam and the conversion was done initially by Albanian nobles in the end

Sheykh Ahmad (81 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Azerbaijan Dhondia Wagh, who was given the name "Shaikh Ahmad" after his conversion to Islam This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title

Badhan (Persian governor) (550 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

Thereafter, Badhan sent a message to Muhammad, informing him of his conversion to Islam. He sent messages to various parts of Yemeni Arab settlers of different

Qocho (5,746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islam in Uyghur culture has been done for various reasons. After the conversion to Islam by Uyghurs, the term "Uyghur" fell out of use until it was revived

Religion in Uzbekistan (2,140 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of the Christian community there, and the economic advantages of conversion to Islam for those involved in trade, since the Silk Road trade by this time

Rebeka Ibrahima (736 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Retrieved 8 December 2018. "Latvia's champion weightlifter announces conversion to Islam". Public Broadcasting of Latvia. July 28, 2020. Retrieved July 28

Banu Thaqif (2,132 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

by one of their chiefs, Abd Yalil, to Muhammad to negotiate their conversion to Islam. After the submission of the Thaqif, its idols in Ta'if were destroyed

Druze in Jordan (1,285 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

massacres, demolishing Druze prayer houses and holy places and forced conversion to Islam. According to the Druze narrative, those were no ordinary killings;

Rayhana bint Zayd (1,053 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on to be manumitted and subsequently married to Muhammad upon her conversion to Islam from Judaism. According to early islamic scholars, it has never been

Islam in the Republic of Ireland (2,194 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Sinéad O'Connor, Irish traditional and pop singer who announced her conversion to Islam in October 2018 There are several student Islamic societies in universities

List of converts to Hinduism from Islam (1,142 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the 17th century. Married to the emperor Farrukhsiyar following conversion to Islam, she reverted to Hinduism after her husband's assassination. Salabega

Jimmy Cliff (3,041 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

government handling of the COVID-19 pandemic, and denied his earlier conversion to Islam, claiming it "didn't satisfy my soul." Cliff quickly returned to

Zayd al-Khayr (351 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

epithet "al-Khayr" referred to the blessings of God upon him for his conversion to Islam. Zayd had two sons, Mikhnaf and Harith, who were Muslims. In 631–632

Battle of Marj al-Dibaj (1,358 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Eastern gate entered the city. Jonah's fiancé on hearing of his conversion to Islam broke the engagement and decided to move with the Byzantines to Antioch

Çandarlı family (816 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

high ranks. The only prerequisite for an official appointment was conversion to Islam. However, families like the Çandarlı (or, for example, the Köprülü)

Fatimid Caliphate (17,165 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Christians included closing and demolishing churches and forced conversion to Islam. With the succession of Caliph al-Zahir, the Druze faced a mass persecution

French West Africa (3,149 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Storbritannien: AltaMira Press. p. 38-39 Peterson, Brian J. (27 January 2012). Conversion to Islam Reconsidered: Multigenerational Religious Drift in Rural French Sudan

Islam in Switzerland (1,942 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Party won the poll, the campaign was rocked[citation needed] by the conversion to Islam of Daniel Streich, a council member from the party. Streich left

2019 Mettupalayam wall collapse (1,385 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

the state, visited the villagers and threatened them against their conversion to Islam. In February 2020, the Tamil Puligal claimed that more than 430 Dalits

Thessaly (4,301 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

2307/j.ctvh1dqhd.21, retrieved 2023-03-21 Minkov, Anton (2004). Conversion to Islam in the Balkans : Kisve bahası petitions and Ottoman social life,

Mahmud Pasha Angelović (1,487 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

kadıasker (chief judge) and şeyhülislam (Islamic scholar). Upon conversion to Islam, he received the name Mahmud. Little is known about his activities

Isa Khan of Bengal (3,214 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

married Sarnamoyee, the daughter of Chand Rai of Sripur. After her conversion to Islam, Sarnamoyee took the name Sona Bibi. Khan's son, Musa Khan, took

Sahel, Tunisia (1,766 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

on the sea since antiquity; this tradition predates the region's conversion to Islam and Arabisation, but its continuity with region's Arab history is

Umayyad invasion of Georgia (555 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

David, from whom, upon their capture, he demanded unconditional conversion to Islam, which both refused. He tortured and then killed them for their refusal

Religious persecution (19,791 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Christians included closing and demolishing churches and forced conversion to Islam. Since 2011 hundreds of Egyptian Copts have been killed in sectarian

Gujrat, Pakistan (2,691 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

in the tradition and memory of the Gujjars centuries after their conversion to Islam, led British historians to conclude that the Gujjars were originally

Raja Ganesha (1,746 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Ganesha after his reconversion to Hinduism and before his second conversion to Islam. Historian Jadunath Sarkar dismisses this view, saying the Muslim

Bahin (388 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

mughal rule and stopped paying taxes, and Hindus refused offer of conversion to Islam made at Bahin village by Aurangzeb's emissary "Sher Khan". Kanha

Jamie Foxx (5,627 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

is the son of Darrell Bishop (renamed Shahid Abdula following his conversion to Islam), who sometimes worked as a stockbroker, and Louise Annette Talley

Sikh Empire (9,170 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Pandits in avoiding conversion to Islam and was arrested under the orders of Aurangzeb. When offered a choice between conversion to Islam and death, he chose

Umm Sulaym bint Milhan (359 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

companion of Muhammad. Ibn an-Nadr was polytheist and was angry for her conversion to Islam. He left her and went to Syria and died there. Following the death

Maluku Islands (4,065 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

merchants began to arrive in the fourteenth century, bringing Islam. The conversion to Islam occurred in many islands,[citation needed] especially in the centres

Timurid invasions of Georgia (1,834 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

of a 12,000-strong army which was to enforce Georgian Kingdom's conversion to Islam. Bagrat secretly informed his son George, who raised an army and

Sinéad O'Connor (12,482 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

She later changed her surname from Davitt to Sadaqat. After her conversion to Islam, Sadaqat called those who were not Muslims "disgusting" and criticised

Nasreddine Dinet (866 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

culture, that he eventually converted to Islam. He announced his conversion to Islam in a private letter of 1908, and completed his formal conversion

Keita dynasty (726 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

According to Mandinka/Bambara legends dating to the period after the conversion to Islam and passed down by djelis, Bilal had seven sons, one of whom settled

The Transition (album) (163 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

issues and his own personal history. The album features themes of his conversion to Islam, his personal background, life experience, problems of the Muslim

Sultanate of Gowa (2,524 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

to Sultan Alauddin. He ruled the kingdom from 1591 to 1629. His conversion to Islam is associated with the arrival of three ulama from Minangkabau: Datuk

Jamaat-e-Islami (2,412 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

state". Members uttered the Shahada, the traditional statement of conversion to Islam, when they joined, implying to some that Jama'ati felt they had been

Calicut kingdom (4,534 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Kulasekhara (1089–1102). Although there is no basis for the last Perumal's conversion to Islam and pilgrimage to Mecca, it is now accepted that following his mysterious

Slavery in Nigeria (2,796 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

plantations but may also have been granted freedom conditional on conversion to Islam. By 1900, Sokoto had "at least 1 million and perhaps as many as 2

Meša Selimović (1,875 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

paternal heritage was that of Orthodox Christian identity, alleging a conversion to Islam back in the 17th century for pragmatic reasons. The chapter Parents

Ibn Ishaq (3,158 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Qays ibn Makhrama ibn al-Muṭṭalib ibn ʿAbd Manāf ibn Quṣayy. On his conversion to Islam, he was manumitted as "mawlā" (client), thus acquiring the surname

Peirol (1,968 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

after that, Austorc d'Aurillac, composed a sirventes encouraging conversion to Islam. Both later poems were exercises in reverse psychology and attempts

Islam in Ghana (2,096 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Journal of Religious Studies 28.1-2 (1996): 70–84. Skinner, David E. "Conversion to Islam and the promotion of ‘Modern’Islamic Schools in Ghana." Journal of

Two Men in Town (2014 film) (454 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article

relentless to see Garnett return to his old ways. Garnett's earlier conversion to Islam and meeting Teresa Flores, a reserved bank employee whom he develops

First Islamic state (4,246 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

exceptions. This was, according to Ibn Ishaq, influenced by the conversion to Islam of Sa'd ibn Mua'dh, one of the prominent leaders in Medina. In the

Ali Abolhassani (1,307 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Mehrdad Amanat in book "Jewish Identities in Iran: Resistance and Conversion to Islam and the Baha'i faith" referred to Sheikh Ibrahim Zanjani's book to

Timothy Insoll (3,810 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

period onwards, and evaluate archaeological evidence for trade, conversion to Islam, and the composition of the population over time. The research has

Gerash (2,097 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islamic conquests during the second Caliphate's time. Prior to its conversion to Islam, Gerash was ruled by a Zoroastrian leader by the name of Sarem Khoora

Kadazan people (6,554 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

influence and some marriages to Muslim spouses, resulting in a mandatory conversion to Islam, still induces outrage and rejection and is known to divide fiercely

Ramathipadi I (1,444 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Hendrick Indijck. French missionaries mentioned Ramathipadi I and his conversion to Islam in their reports own from 1682 to 1685. Loureiro, Vanessa (June–December

List of sultans of Brunei (1,181 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

from the declining Majapahit Empire and subduing local vassals. His conversion to Islam, motivated by a marriage alliance with the Sultan of Johor, marked

Ali Mech (586 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Muslim convert in present-day North Bengal. In the wake of Ali Mech's conversion to Islam, some Mech and Koch tribes also adopted the faith. The modern descendants

Vasily Radlov (500 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islamization and Native Religion in the Golden Horde: Baba TŸkles and Conversion to Islam in Historical and Epic Tradition. Penn State Press. pp. 241–42. ISBN 9780271044453

Cat Stevens (14,436 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he was taken with its content, soon beginning his transition and conversion to Islam, which would change forever his private and professional life. During

Berat County (2,684 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

day Ulcinj) who created controversy among his followers upon his conversion to Islam. Folk music culture exists in Berat County and the performers often

Indian Ocean trade (3,759 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

millo1415–1580 Bailey Wallys Diffie p.234ff [1] LaViolette 2008, Conversion to Islam and Islamic Practice, pp. 39–40 Allen 2017, Slave Trading in the

Mohamed Barakatullah Bhopali (1,372 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

and her father, Baron Kentaro Hiki. This is said to be the first conversion to Islam in Japan. In 1912, Barakatullah "became at once more fluent in his

Shahid (2,784 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

female) in Islam was Sumayyah bint Khayyat, who was executed for her conversion to Islam. She died after Abu Jahl, an anti-Muslim leader of the Quraysh, stabbed

Funj Sultanate (7,029 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

century. Rituals stemming from Christian traditions outlived the conversion to Islam and were still practiced as late as the 20th century. From the 17th

Hans Raj Hans (898 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

YouTube. 3 May 2019. "Lok Sabha Polls 2019: Hans Raj Hans Denies Conversion to Islam, Hits Out at "Liar" Kejriwal". If one thing falls in place... Archived

Simon I of Kartli (1,492 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Georgia. Reaktion Books. ISBN 978-1780230702. Rota, Giorgio (2017). "Conversion to Islam (and sometimes a return to Christianity) in Safavid Persia in the

USBWA National Freshman of the Year (1,519 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

legally changed his name to Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf in 1991 upon his conversion to Islam. No award was given from 1995 to 1997, although the official USBWA

Maginoo (1,864 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

ruler was the sultan, an Arabic-derived title adopted after their conversion to Islam. The power of the sultan is counterpoised by a council of datu. Female

Al-Harith ibn Hisham (703 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

stipend lower than others in the army because of his relatively late conversion to Islam. Unhappy with his pay, he permanently established himself in Syria

Ibn Malka al-Baghdadi (2,221 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

he is seldom cited in Jewish philosophy, probably because of his conversion to Islam. Abu'l-Barakāt influenced certain conceptions of Suhrawardi. Physics

Growth of religion (28,091 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Islam is expanding along with other religions, is not because of conversion to Islam, but primarily to the nature of the religion, as he calls it "pro-natal"