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SONRADAN MÜSLÜMAN OLAN BAZI TANIDIK VE MESHUR SIMALAR : July 6 2003, 11:19 PM




(Bunlarin arasinda sanatçilar, sairler, yazarlar, sporcular, diplomatlar, gazeteciler ve politik liderlere rastlamak mümkün...Dedektif)

El-Hajj Malik El-Shabazz -- More popularly known as Malcom X; black-rights activist and religious leader. In 1964, after a pilgrimage to Mecca, he announced his conversion to orthodox Islam and his belief in the possibility of brotherhood between blacks and whites.

Michael Wolfe – Author of The Hajj: An American"s Pilgrimage to Mecca, and One Thousand Roads to Mecca: Ten Centuries of Travelers Writing About the Muslim Pilgrimage. Born of a Christian mother and Jewish father, he is most well known for his documentary on ABC’s Nightline which aired on April 18, 1997 called An American in Mecca.

Muhammad Ali – formerly Cassius Clay. This three-time heavy weight champion of the world reverted to orthodox Islam in 1965. To this day, the boxer is the most widely recognized sports personality in the world.

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – Formerly Ferdinand Lewis Alcindor. Before the 1971-72 season Alcindor converted from Catholicism to Islam and took the name Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He played 20 seasons in the league with the Milwaukee Bucks and Los Angeles Lakers. By the time the 7 foot 2 basketball player retired in 1989, Abdul-Jabbar was a six-time Most Valuable Player and is now one of the 50 Greatest Players in NBA History.

Cat Stevens -- Seventies British singer-songwriter (“Wild World” and “Peace Train”) He reverted to Islam in 1973 and left the music world. He changed his name to Yusuf Islam.

Haiqa Khan – Formerly Jemimah Goldsmith, Jewish daughter of billionaire Sir James. At the age of 21 she married famous Pakistani cricket player Imran Khan and converted to Islam.

Erik Schrody – lead singer of Everlast, who is of Irish decent, converted from Catholicism to Islam in 1997. The rapper turned rocker’s hit single “What It’s Like,” off his "Whitey Ford Sings the Blues," garnered triple-platinum sales of his album. The lyrics of his album"s closing track, "Graves to Dig,” reflect his religion: "One for the prophet/Two for Islam/Three for the khutba from the imam."

Muhammad Marmaduke Pickthall – He was born William Pickthall in 1875 in London. He converted to Islam in 1917 and by 1930 Pickthall published The Meaning of the Glorious Koran; which was an English language translation (meaning) of the Qur’an.

Art Blakey, Abdullah Ibn Buhaina - American drummer and jazz musician. His contribution to jazz from 1954 to 1990 as leader of the Jazz Messengers established the sound Hard Bop, greatly influencing later generations of musicians and entertainers.

Mohammad Asad (1900-1992) – formerly Leopold Weiss, born in Lwow, Galicia now in Poland, to a Jewish father in 1900. Asad was an Austrian statesman, journalist, and leading Muslim scholar, who reverted to Islam in 1926. Asad was a former foreign correspondent for the Frankfuerter Zeitung, and is best known for his books, “Islam at the Crossroads,” and “Road to Mecca,” and for his English translation of the Qur"an.

Hamdan Chris Eubank -- In March 1997, after former super middleweight world champion Chris Eubank defeated Camilo Alocon of Columbia at the Dubai Tennis Stadium in a light heavyweight contest, Eubank embraced Islam and took the name Hamdan.

Fareed Kamal – formerly Jonathan Davis. He is more popularly known as Q-tip, the former member of A Tribe Called Quest. He converted to Islam around 1996.

Queen Noor of Jordan -- Born Lisa Najeeb Halaby to a prominent Arab-American family. Raised by Christian parents, she converted to Islam when she married the late King Hussein, on 15 June 1978. When she converted, she changed her name to Noor al-Hussein -- the light of Hussein

Aminah Assilmi - Denver area broadcast journalist; now director of the International Union of Muslim Women (former Baptist)

Margaret Marcus – a Jewish American essayist, poet, journalist and author of several books. She converted from Judaism to Islam in 1962 and changed her name to Maryam Jameelah. An Open Letter To Her Parents.

Daniel Moore - Anglo-American poet

Mos Def – formerly Dante Smith. He is a recording artist, actor, and activist who converted to Islam in 1993. His 1999 album "Black on Both Sides," opens with “Bismillahir-Rahmanir-Rahim" (In the name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful). His tract "Umi Says" became the score for Michael Jordan"s "Brand Jordan" Nike division 2001 broadcast campaign "Much Respect."

Michael Wolfe -- writer and author best known for his documentary on ABC’s Nightline, called An American in Mecca. The documentary, which aired in April 1997, took viewers along with Wolfe on his pilgrimage to Hajj. Wolfe was born of a Christian mother and Jewish father. Since converting to Islam he has written several books on the Islamic faith.

Murad Hofman – formerly Wilfried Hoffman. He was born into a Catholic family in Germany in 1931. The Harvard Law graduate, former German Social Scientist and Diplomat, and former director of information for NATO, embraced Islam in 1980 and changed his name. He has lectured and written extensively on Islam