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*[[Robert "Kool" Bell]] – musician<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/07/01/db0103.xml|title=Charles Smith|publisher=telegraph.co.uk|date=2006-07-01|accessdate=2010-04-07|location=London, UK}}</ref>
*[[Robert "Kool" Bell]] – musician<ref>{{Cite news|author=Staff|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2006/07/01/db0103.xml|title=Charles Smith|publisher=telegraph.co.uk|date=2006-07-01|accessdate=2010-04-07|location=London, UK}}</ref>
*[[Mohammed Knut Bernström]] – Swedish ambassador<ref>Archive for the Psychology of Religion</u> By Jacob A. Belzen, Nils G. Holm, p. 51.<!-- publishing info and ISBN needed --></ref>
*[[Mohammed Knut Bernström]] – Swedish ambassador<ref>Archive for the Psychology of Religion</u> By Jacob A. Belzen, Nils G. Holm, p. 51.<!-- publishing info and ISBN needed --></ref>
*[[Wojciech Bobowski]] – Polish musician; Bible translator<ref>[http://siratalmustaqim.blog.onet.pl/2,ID61069769,index.html Wojciech Bobowski profile], siratalmustaqim.blog.onet.pl; accessed March 25, 2015.</ref>
*[[Wojciech Bobowski]] – Polish musician; Bible translator<ref>[http://siratalmustaqim.blog.onet.pl/2,ID61069769,index.html Wojciech Bobowski profile]{{dead link|date=December 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}, siratalmustaqim.blog.onet.pl; accessed March 25, 2015.</ref>
*[[Lauren Booth]] – British<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malefirst.co.uk/im-a-celeb-get-me-out/Im+A+Celebrity+Get+Me+Out+Of+Here-26260.html|title=Biodata|website=Malefirst.co.uk|accessdate=11 December 2017}}</ref> [[Presenter|broadcaster]], [[journalist]] and [[human rights]] activist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7593921.stm|title=Blair's relative 'stuck in Gaza'|date=2 September 2008|accessdate=11 December 2017|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="site 1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/oct/24/lauren-booth-converts-to-islam|title=Tony Blair's sister-in-law converts to Islam|accessdate=October 24, 2010|work=guardian.co.uk|location=London, UK|first=Helen|last=Carter|date=2010-10-24}}</ref>
*[[Lauren Booth]] – British<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.malefirst.co.uk/im-a-celeb-get-me-out/Im+A+Celebrity+Get+Me+Out+Of+Here-26260.html|title=Biodata|website=Malefirst.co.uk|accessdate=11 December 2017}}</ref> [[Presenter|broadcaster]], [[journalist]] and [[human rights]] activist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7593921.stm|title=Blair's relative 'stuck in Gaza'|date=2 September 2008|accessdate=11 December 2017|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="site 1">{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2010/oct/24/lauren-booth-converts-to-islam|title=Tony Blair's sister-in-law converts to Islam|accessdate=October 24, 2010|work=guardian.co.uk|location=London, UK|first=Helen|last=Carter|date=2010-10-24}}</ref>
*[[Charles Brooks, Jr.]] – convicted murderer, first person in the United States to be executed using lethal injection<ref name="meals3">[https://web.archive.org/web/20031202214318/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm Final Meal Requests]. ''[[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]'' (2003-09-12); archived from [http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm the original] on 2003-12-02; retrieved 2007-08-17.</ref>
*[[Charles Brooks, Jr.]] – convicted murderer, first person in the United States to be executed using lethal injection<ref name="meals3">[https://web.archive.org/web/20031202214318/http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm Final Meal Requests]. ''[[Texas Department of Criminal Justice]]'' (2003-09-12); archived from [http://www.tdcj.state.tx.us/stat/finalmeals.htm the original] on 2003-12-02; retrieved 2007-08-17.</ref>
*[[H. Rap Brown]] – civil rights activist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historyisaweapon.org/defcon1/dnd.html|title=Die Nigger Die: A Political Autobiography by H. Rap Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin)|publisher=Historyisaweapon.org|accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref>
*[[H. Rap Brown]] – civil rights activist<ref>{{cite web|url=http://historyisaweapon.org/defcon1/dnd.html|title=Die Nigger Die: A Political Autobiography by H. Rap Brown (Jamil Abdullah Al-Amin)|publisher=Historyisaweapon.org|accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref>
*[[Jonathan A.C. Brown]] – American Islamic scholar and assistant professor at Georgetown University<ref>[http://faculty.washington.edu/brownj9/cv.html] {{dead link|date=December 2017}}</ref>
*[[Jonathan A.C. Brown]] – American Islamic scholar and assistant professor at Georgetown University<ref>{{cite web |url=http://faculty.washington.edu/brownj9/cv.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2012-10-03 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121007020502/http://faculty.washington.edu/brownj9/cv.html |archivedate=2012-10-07 |df= }} </ref>
*[[Laurence Brown (writer)|Laurence Brown]] – American writer, novelist, ophthalmologist <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gr54pYc3Ak ''Peace TV talk How I came to Islam – Dr. Laurence Brown''], accessed 13 September 2015.</ref>
*[[Laurence Brown (writer)|Laurence Brown]] – American writer, novelist, ophthalmologist <ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Gr54pYc3Ak ''Peace TV talk How I came to Islam – Dr. Laurence Brown''], accessed 13 September 2015.</ref>
*[[Abdullah ibn Buhaina]] – American musician, also known as Arthur "Art" Blakey, American jazz drummer and bandleader; stopped being a practicing Muslim in the 1950s and continued to perform under the name "Art Blakey" throughout his career<ref name="muslim-american">Brandi Denison, 2010, "Blakey, Art (Ibn Buhaina Abdullah)", ''Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History'' (Edward E. Curtis, Ed.), pp. 85f (New York: Infobase Publishing); {{ISBN|1438130406}}; available [https://books.google.com/books?id=owZCMZpYamMC here]</ref>
*[[Abdullah ibn Buhaina]] – American musician, also known as Arthur "Art" Blakey, American jazz drummer and bandleader; stopped being a practicing Muslim in the 1950s and continued to perform under the name "Art Blakey" throughout his career<ref name="muslim-american">Brandi Denison, 2010, "Blakey, Art (Ibn Buhaina Abdullah)", ''Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History'' (Edward E. Curtis, Ed.), pp. 85f (New York: Infobase Publishing); {{ISBN|1438130406}}; available [https://books.google.com/books?id=owZCMZpYamMC here]</ref>
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*[[Isabelle Eberhardt]] – explorer and writer<ref name="the">{{cite web|url=http://www.geneve.ch/fao/2002/20020902.asp|title=Isabelle Eberhardt, Reporter et Voyageuse|publisher=Canton Geneva|work=Feuille d'Avis Officielle|accessdate=March 25, 2015}}</ref>
*[[Isabelle Eberhardt]] – explorer and writer<ref name="the">{{cite web|url=http://www.geneve.ch/fao/2002/20020902.asp|title=Isabelle Eberhardt, Reporter et Voyageuse|publisher=Canton Geneva|work=Feuille d'Avis Officielle|accessdate=March 25, 2015|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://archive.is/20130115163715/http://www.geneve.ch/fao/2002/20020902.asp|archivedate=January 15, 2013|df=}}</ref>
*[[Baron Omar Rolf von Ehrenfels]] – Austrian anthropologist and orientalist<ref>Dr S. M. Abdullah (Khulusi 1963, pp. 234–235).</ref>
*[[Baron Omar Rolf von Ehrenfels]] – Austrian anthropologist and orientalist<ref>Dr S. M. Abdullah (Khulusi 1963, pp. 234–235).</ref>
*[[Keith Ellison]] – U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district; converted to Islam at age 19
*[[Keith Ellison]] – U.S. Representative for Minnesota's 5th congressional district; converted to Islam at age 19
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*[[Patrice Lumumba Ford]] (of the [[Portland Seven]]) – part of a group based in the U.S. charged with aiding the Taliban and al-Qaeda<ref name=Willamette>[http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=3246 The Making of a "Terrorist"], ''[[Willamette Week]]'', June 6, 2002.</ref>
*[[Patrice Lumumba Ford]] (of the [[Portland Seven]]) – part of a group based in the U.S. charged with aiding the Taliban and al-Qaeda<ref name=Willamette>[http://www.wweek.com/story.php?story=3246 The Making of a "Terrorist"], ''[[Willamette Week]]'', June 6, 2002.</ref>
*[[Jeff Fort]] – former Chicago gang leader, co-founder of the [[Black P. Stones]] gang, and founder of its [[El Rukn]] faction; convicted in 1987 of conspiring with [[Libya]] to perform acts of [[domestic terrorism]]<ref name=AP87>{{Cite news|title=Five Draw Long Sentences for Terrorism Scheme|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5D71F3CF932A05751C1A961948260|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=1987-12-31|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=2007-12-21}}</ref><ref>Robert W. Dart, ''The Future is Here Today: Street Gang Trends'' (1992)<!-- publishing info; ISBN needed --></ref>
*[[Jeff Fort]] – former Chicago gang leader, co-founder of the [[Black P. Stones]] gang, and founder of its [[El Rukn]] faction; convicted in 1987 of conspiring with [[Libya]] to perform acts of [[domestic terrorism]]<ref name=AP87>{{Cite news|title=Five Draw Long Sentences for Terrorism Scheme|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9B0DE5D71F3CF932A05751C1A961948260|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=1987-12-31|agency=Associated Press|accessdate=2007-12-21}}</ref><ref>Robert W. Dart, ''The Future is Here Today: Street Gang Trends'' (1992)<!-- publishing info; ISBN needed --></ref>
*[[Akhenaton (rapper)|Philippe Fragione]] – French rapper and producer of French hip hop<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfimusique.com/sitefr/biographie/biographie_9046.asp|title=Akhénaton|publisher=RFI Musique|accessdate=2010-04-07}}</ref>
*[[Akhenaton (rapper)|Philippe Fragione]] – French rapper and producer of French hip hop<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rfimusique.com/sitefr/biographie/biographie_9046.asp|title=Akhénaton|publisher=RFI Musique|accessdate=2010-04-07|deadurl=yes|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100323221710/http://www.rfimusique.com/sitefr/biographie/biographie_9046.asp|archivedate=2010-03-23|df=}}</ref>
*[[Sultaana Freeman]] – attempted to sue the state of Florida in order to wear a face veil for her driver's license picture<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2970514.stm|work=BBC News|title=US Muslim ordered to lift veil|date=2003-06-06}}</ref>
*[[Sultaana Freeman]] – attempted to sue the state of Florida in order to wear a face veil for her driver's license picture<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/2970514.stm|work=BBC News|title=US Muslim ordered to lift veil|date=2003-06-06}}</ref>



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Converts to Islam
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The following is an incomplete list of notable people who converted to Islam from a different religion or no religion. This article addresses only past professions of faith by the individuals listed, and is not intended to address ethnic, cultural, or other considerations. Such cases are noted in their list entries. The list is categorized alphabetically by their former religious affiliation.

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See also

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