List of former Muslims

This is a list of notable people who have been Muslims sometime during their lives but left Islam for another religion or a non-religious ideology.

=Converted to a different Abrahamic religion=

Converted to Christianity

* Magdi Allam - Italy's most famous Islamic affairs journalist. [http://www.suntimes.com/news/world/856567,pope032208.article Pope baptizes one of Italy's most prominent Muslims at Easter vigil service] ]
* Hussain Andaryas - Afghan Christian activist and tele-evangelist. [ [http://www.hesavedme.com/story.htm He saved me - The story of Hussain Andaryas from Afghanistan] ]
* Josephine Bakhita - Roman Catholic saint from Darfur, Sudan. [cite book |title=Their Kingdom Come: Inside the Secret World of Opus Dei |last=Hutchison |first=Robert A. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1999 |publisher=St. Martin's Press |location= |isbn=0312193440 |pages=7 - Sister Josephine Bakhita had been converted by force to Islam and then, freedom restored, had chosen Christianity.]
* Abo of Tiflis - Christian activist and the Patron Saint of the city of Tbilisi, Georgia. [Birdsall, Neville. "Collected Papers in Greek And Georgian Textual Criticism", pg. 174. [http://books.google.com/books?id=tyV6I-TUlV8C&pg=PA175&lpg=PA175&dq=les+khazars+dans+la+passion+d+abo+tiflis&source=web&ots=OLU4c0xT6j&sig=N5IKASE1kAteBtYH4QPp5O-vgQQ#PPA174,M1] ; [http://www.saintpatrickdc.org/ss/0108.htm January 8th Saints] .]
* Utameshgaray of Kazan - Khan of Kazan Khanate.TES|Үтәмешгәрәй]
* Yadegar Moxammat of Kazan - Last khan of Kazan Khanate.
* Sayed Borhan khan - Khan of Qasim Khanate from 1627 to 1679.
* Simeon Bekbulatovich - Khan of Qasim Khanate.
* The Sibirsky family - The foremost of many Genghisid (Shaybanid) noble families formerly living in Russia. Michael Khodarkovsky, "Russia's Steppe Frontier", Indiana University Press, 2002, ISBN 0253217709, [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=ioOA0i2588cC&pg=PA265&lpg=PA265&dq=In+1591,+Abul-Khayir,+the+son+of+the+Siberian+&source=web&ots=avh9upuzhg&sig=n8YOdZbz7qV8gzm4WLbbU0xrSTc&hl=en, M1 Google Print, p. 265] .]
* The Shihab family - Prominent Lebanese noble family. The family originally belonged to Sunni Islam and converted to Christianity at the end of the 18th century.Ivan Mannheim, "Syria & Lebanon handbook", Footprint Travel Guides, 2001, ISBN 1900949903, [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=GOJ80DlXwwMC&pg=PA567&dq=Shihab+family+sunni&sig=17XTYyyXpDOLgwa0vsYzIixL0iY#PPA567,M1 Google Print, p. 567] .]
*Jacob Frank - 18th century Jewish religious leader who claimed to be the reincarnation of the self-proclaimed messiah Sabbatai Zevi, and also of King David. Frank publicly converted to Islam in 1757 and later to Christianity at Poland in 1759, but actually presented himself as the Messiah of a syncretic derivation of Shabbatai Zevi's Messianism now referred to as "Frankism".Gershom Scholem, " [http://www.radicaltorahthought.com/Bio%20Zvi_Frank.htm 'Shabtai Zvi (1626–1676)', 'Frank, Jacob, and the Frankists'] ", from Encyclopedia Judaica]
* Walid Shoebat - American author and former member of the PLO. [http://www.shoebat.com/bio.php?PHPSESSID=61e4c5139507437e903da869d8a6a4cc Biography of Walid Shoebat] ]
* Hassan Dehqani-Tafti - Anglican Bishop of Iran from 1961 to 1990. cite news |first=|last=|title=The Rt Rev Hassan Dehqani-Tafti, Bishop of Iran who survived an assassination attempt and had to continue his ministry in exile |url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1918728/The-Rt-Rev-Hassan-Dehqani-Tafti.html|work= The Daily Telegraph |publisher= |date=2008-05-05 |accessdate=2008-05-11]
* Nonie Darwish - Egyptian-American writer and public speaker.Friedman, Lisa. [http://www.truthandgrace.com/escapeislam.htm "Ex-Muslim calls on her people to reject hatred"] , "Los Angeles Daily News", 5 June 2005. (reproduced)]
* Mehdi Dibaj - Iranian pastor and Christian activist. [ [http://www.farsinet.com/dibaj/ The Written Defense of the Rev. Mehdi Dibaj Delivered to the Sari Court of Justice - Sari, Iran December 3, 1993] ]
* Eldridge Cleaver - Author, prominent American civil rights leader, and key member of the Black Panther Party. He converted to Mormonism. [ [http://www.ldsfilm.com/movies/Panther.html Latter-day Saint (Mormon) character in "Panther" (1997) (Eldridge Cleaver, Latter-day Saint) ] ] [John Clark Hammerback and Richard J. Jensen. "From Muslim to Mormon: Eldridge Cleaver's Rhetorical Crusade," Communication Quarterly, 34 (Winter 1986), 24-40.]
* Ghorban Tourani - Former Iranian Sunni Muslim who became a Christian minister. Following multiple murder threats , he was abducted and murdered on November 22, 2005. [ [http://www.iranvajahan.net/cgi-bin/news.pl?l=en&y=2005&m=12&d=06&a=10 Diplomats Concerned About Killing of Iranian Pastor] ]
* Jean-Bédel Bokassa - Central African Republic Emperor (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,981532,00.html I Love Jeddah in the Springtime] Time magazine]
* Patrick Sookhdeo - British Anglican canon [ [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2004/10/15/1097784043403.html?from=storylhs Islam, the West and the need for honesty] ]
* Mark A. Gabriel- Egyptian Islamic scholar and writer ["Against the Tides in the Middle East", International Academic Centre for Muslim Evangelism in South Africa, 1997 (published under the name "Mustafa").]
* Akbar Gbaja-Biamila - American football player. [http://www.thegoal.com/players/football/biamila_kabeer/biamila.html Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila] ] [ [http://blog.chargers.com/2006/07/akbar_gbajabiamila_keeps_the_f.html Akbar Gbaja-Biamila Keeps the Faith] - ("In college, Akbar converted to Christianity, while his father remains a Muslim.")]
* Alexander Kazembek - Russian Orientalist, historian and philologist of Azeri origin . [ru icon [http://www.evrazia.org/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=1146 Alexander Kazembek: Light from the East] by Alexei Pylev. 13 April, 2003. Retrieved 9 October, 2006]
* Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila - American football player.
* Qadry Ismail - Former American football player. [ [http://www.thegoal.com/players/football/ismail_qadry/ismail_qadry.html Qadry Ismail's bio on TheGoal.com] ]
* Raghib Ismail - Former American football player. [ [http://www.greeleytrib.com/article/20070415/SPORTOPS/104150136 Article on Raghib Ismail: Rocket shows strong path] ]
* Djibril Cissé - French international football player of Ivorian descent. [ [http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/djibril_cisse/index.shtml Djibril Cisse - Biography] "Cisse, originally a Muslim converted to Christianity."]
* Tunch Ilkin - Former American football player. [ [http://www.onmission.com/site/c.cnKHIPNuEoG/b.830611/k.9EEC/Faith_In_Sports.htm Faith in Sports] ]
* Lina Joy - Malaysian convert to Christianity. The desire to have her conversion recognized was the subject of a court case in Malaysia. [ [http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1626300,00.html Time Magazine] ]
* Carlos Menem - Former President of Argentina. Raised a Muslim but converted to Roman Catholicism, the official religion of Argentina, due to his political aspirations. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9002423/Carlos-Menem Encyclopedia Britannica- Carlos Menem] ]
* Marina Nemat - Canadian author of Iranian descent and former political prisoner of the Iranian government. Born into a Christian family, she converted to Islam in order to avoid execution but later reverted to Christianity. [ [http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/arts/story.html?id=56af0b50-c6d5-4fbf-a0a4-c95a3c34ad1b&k=94826 Flight from Iran] ]
* George Weah - Liberian soccer player (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/sports_talk/forum/1550731.stm You quizzed George Weah] - BBC.com]
* Nazli Sabri - Queen consort of Egypt. [ [http://www.4dw.net/royalark/Egypt/egypt13.htm Egypt The Muhammed Ali dynasty] ] [ [http://www.uq.net.au/~zzhsoszy/states/islamic/egypt.html Egypt] ]
* Tuğçe Kazaz - Turkish model who was Miss Turkey in 2001. [ [http://www.haber7.com/haber.php?haber_id=191607&comments=allce Beyaz: Tuğçe Kazaz şehadet getirsin] ]
* Begum Samru - Powerful lady of north India, ruling a large area from Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh. ["The Indian Mutiny and the British Imagination" by Gautam Chakravarty · Cambridge, 242 pp ISBN 0521832748 ]
* Abdul Rahman - Afghan convert to Christianity who escaped the death penalty because of foreign pressure. [http://english.aljazeera.net/news/archive/archive?ArchiveId=21687]
* Mathieu Kérékou- President of Benin (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [cite news | last =Okanla | first =Karim | title =Benin's 'magical' leader | publisher = BBC news | date = 20 August, 2003| url =http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3166593.stm ]
* Emily Ruete - (born Sayyida Salme) Princess of Zanzibar and Oman. [Emily Ruete, (1888): "Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar"] [Emily Ruete, Ulrich Haarmann (Editor), E. Van Donzel (Editor), Leiden, Netherlands, (1992): "An Arabian Princess Between Two Worlds: Memoirs, Letters Home, Sequels to the Memoirs, Syrian Customs and Usages." Presents the reader with a picture of life in Zanzibar between 1850 - 1865, and with an intelligent observer's reactions to life in Germany in the Bismarck period. Emily Ruete's writings describe her attempts to recover her Zanzibar inheritance and her homesickness. ISBN 90-04-09615-9] [ [http://www.amazon.com/dp/9987887732 Publisher's review for "Memoirs of an Arabian Princess from Zanzibar"] - ("Despite strictures confining Islamic women, she trysted with a German who is thought to have impregnated her, fled to Germany where she converted to Christianity")]
* Emir Kusturica - Bosnian filmmaker and actor. [http://www.pionirovglasnik.com/index.php?category=39&content=315 Article about Kusturica's religion on pionirovglasnik.com] ] [ [http://hem.passagen.se/hambarine/Vijesti/23072005Kusturica.htm News of Kusturica's baptism on passagen.se] ]
* Daniel Ali- Iraqi Kurdish Christian author, speaker and Islamic scholar.; evangelizes in Catholic, Protestant and Messianic Jewish circles. [ [http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Islam-Catholics-Daniel-Ali/dp/0965922855 Amazon.com: Inside Islam: A Guide for Catholics: Books: Daniel Ali,Robert Spencer ] ] [ [http://www.washingtontimes.com/culture/20031201-091332-2655r.htm Washington Times - Islam for Catholics ] ]
* Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky - Russian officer of Circassian origin who led the first Russian military expedition into Central Asia. [cite book |title=Peter the Great |last=Massie |first=Robert K. |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1981 |publisher=Ballantine Books |location=Soviet Union |isbn=0345298063 |pages=469 ]
* Umar ibn Hafsun - Leader of anti-Ummayad dynasty forces in southern Iberia. Hafsun converted to Christianity with his sons and ruled over several mountain valleys for nearly forty years, having the castle Bobastro as his residence.Damien Simonis, Sarah Andrews, "Spain", Lonely Planet, 2005, ISBN 1740597001, [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=Xq-vZyjaqP8C&pg=PA743&dq=Mozarab&lr=&sig=QJOPQkyLSsIB2sBd7jjHsXb0twM#PPA743,M1 Google Print, pp. 743] .]
* Aurelius and Natalia - Christian martyrs who were put to death during the reign of Abd ar-Rahman II, Caliph of Córdoba for apostasy. [ [http://libro.uca.edu/martyrs/cm2.htm Christian Martyrs in Muslim Spain] ]
* Johannes Avetaranian - (born Muhammad Shukri Efendi), Christian missionary and Turkish descendent of Prophet Muhammad. [ [http://www.authorsonline.co.uk/author/John%20Bechard/ Biography of Johannes Aveteranian] ]
* Paul Mulla - Turkish scholar and professor of Islamic Studies at the Pontifical Oriental Institute. [cite book |title=Patterns of Christian Acceptance|last=Jarrett-Kerr|first=Martin|authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1972|publisher=Oxford University Press |location=United Kingdom|isbn= |pages=196]
*Hamid Pourmand - Former Iranian army colonel and lay leader of the Jama'at-e Rabbani, the Iranian branch of the Assemblies of God church in Iran. [ [http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/asset/MDE13/060/2005/en/dom-MDE130602005en.html Hamid Pourmand: Imprisonment due to religious belief] ]
* Donald Fareed - Iranian Christian tele-evangelist and minister. [ [http://www.persianministries.org/about/donaldfareed.php Donald Fareed's testimony on the Persian ministries website] ]
* Daveed Gartenstein-Ross- Counter-terrorism expert and attorney (from Judaism to Islam to Christianity). [ [http://hsgac.senate.gov/_files/091906GartensteinRoss.pdf Prison Radicalization: Are Terrorist Cells Forming in U.S. Cell Blocks?] Government testimony (PDF)] [ [http://www.daveedgr.com/about/ Daveed Gartenstein-Ross] biography on his website]
*Ibrahim Abdullah - American former PLO terrorist. [ [http://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/articles/2006/04/18/news/local/bcover0414.txt Former terrorist trades weapons for olive branch] ]
* Zachariah Anani - Former Sunni Muslim Lebanese militia fighter [ [http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2007/200701/20070116.html CBC Radio | The Current | Whole Show Blow-by-Blow ] ]
* Malika Oufkir - Author, activist and former prisoner of the Moroccan Royal Family. [ [http://www.wafin.com/oufkir.phtml Malika Oufkir: the American Making of a Moroccan Star] ]
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Al Qaeda terrorist Ramzi Yousef is said to have left Islam and embraced Christianity while in prison ]
* Ruffa Gutierrez - Filipina actress, model and former beauty queen (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity) [ [http://pep.ph/news/13286/Ruffa-Gutierrez-reaffirms-her-Christian-faith Ruffa Gutierrez reaffirms her Christian faith] ]
* Fadhma Aït Mansour - Mother of French writers Jean Amrouche and Taos Amrouche. [cite book |title=Francophone Studies: The Essential Glossary |last=Majumdar |first=Margaret |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2002 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=United States of America |isbn=0340806966 |pages=4]
* Imad ud-din Lahiz - Prolific Islamic writer, preacher and Quranic translator. ["Heirs of the Prophets: An account of the clergy and Priests of Islam", Samuel Marinus Zwemer, Moody press, 1946, p. 127 - "There are some examples which could easily be multiplied. Dr. Imad-ud-Din was a leading sufi and theologian in the Punjaub. He was appointed to preach against Dr. Pfander in the royal mosque at Agra; he read the Scriptures, believed and was baptised, and with another great theologian and sufi, Safdar Ali, became a missionary to his people. Afterwards he received a doctorate from Oxford University. His baptism took place New Year's Day, 1868, together with his aged father and brother. Other distinguished converts in the Punjab, such as Imam Shah, were also from the clergy."]
* Dr. Nur Luke - Uyghur Bible translator. [cite book |title=Bibles Across the World |last=Cryer |first=Neville Barker |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=1979 |publisher=Mowbrays |location=United States of America|isbn=0264664175 |pages=94]
* Hakan Tastan and Turan Topal - Two Turkish Christian converts who went on trial in 2006, on charges of "allegedly insulting 'Turkishness' and inciting religious hatred against Islam". [ [http://www.compassdirect.org/en/display.php?page=news&lang=en&length=long&idelement=4927&backpage=archives&critere=Turan%20Topal%20and%20Hakan%20Tastan&countryname=&rowcur=0 TURKEY: CONVERTS SUBJECTED TO OFFICIAL HARASSMENT] ]
* Mohammed Hegazy - First Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity to seek official recognition of his conversion from the Egyptian Government. [Threats force Egyptian convert to hide, MAGGIE MICHAEL, Associated Press Writer Sat Aug 11, [http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/egypt_muslim_convert] ]
* Francis Bok - Sudanese-American activist, convert to Islam from Christianity; but later returned to his Christian faith. [ [http://www.usaweekend.com/03_issues/031109/031109francis_bok.html Beale, Lewis. "Precious Freedom. "USA Weekend Magazine". November 9, 2003.] ]
*Josef Mässrur - (born Ghäsim Khan) missionary to Chinese Turkestan with the Mission Union of Sweden. ["In Tibet and Chinese Turkestan: Being the Record of Three Years' Exploration", Henry Hugh Peter Deasy, pg. 284]
* Gulshan Esther - Pakistani convert from Islam to Christianity. [ Gulshan Esther, Alistair Mark Dean, Thelma Sangster, "The Torn Veil: The Best-selling Story of Gulshan Esther", Zondervan (1992), pg.46, ISBN 055101153X]
* Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh - Brother of Zaynab bint Jahsh, the wife of Prophet Muhammad and one of the male Sahaba (companions of the Prophet). [ [http://www.al-islam.org/lifeprophet/25.htm Marriages of the Holy Prophet] ]
* Jabalah ibn al-Aiham - last ruler of the Ghassanid state in Syria and Jordan in the seventh century AD. After the Islamic conquest of Levant he converted to Islam in AD 638. He reverted to Christianity later on and lived in Anatolia until he died in AD 645. [ [http://www.quraan.com/index.aspx?&tabid=32&artid=52 The Human Side In The Hajjah Of The Messenger of Allah] ]
* Constantine the African - Baghdad-educated Muslim who died in 1087 as a Christian monk at Monte Cassino. [ [http://www.uh.edu/engines/epi2097.htm Constantine the African] ] [ [http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-134005/Constantine-the-African Constantine the African, or Constantinus Africanus (medieval medical scholar)] ]
* Estevanico - Berber originally from Morocco and one of the early explorers of the Southwestern United States. [ [http://www.elizabethan-era.org.uk/estevanico.htm Estevanico (aka Estevan, Esteban, Estebanico, Black Stephen, Stephen the Moor)] ]
* Abraham of Bulgaria - Martyr and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. Michael Walsh, "A New Dictionary of Saints: East and West", Liturgical Press, 2007, ISBN 081463186X, [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=8mUJ58SMMhEC&pg=PA3&dq=Abraham+of+Bulgaria+martyr&sig=npcisdsrM9bLEkufTcmGoP1lMbw,M1 Google Print, p. 3] .]
* St. Adolphus - Christian martyr who was put to death along with his brother, John, by Abd ar-Rahman II, Caliph of Córdoba for apostasy. [cite book |title=A Biographical Dictionary of the Saints |last=Holweck |first=F. G. |authorlink= Frederick George Holweck|coauthors= |year=1924 |publisher=B. Herder Book Co. |location=St. Louis |isbn= |pages=84]
* Nasir Siddiki - Canadian evangelist, author, and business consultant. [ [http://www.religionlink.org/tip_060227.php Is the 'prosperity gospel' prospering?] ]
* Matthew Ashimolowo - Nigerian-born British pastor and evangelist. [cite web |url=http://www.rickross.com/reference/general/general772.html |title='Wealth' church leader practised what he preached |accessdate=2007-08-04 |last=Petre |first=Jonathan |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2005-10-08 |year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Telegraph |pages= |language= |archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote=the charismatic Mr Ashimolowo, a Nigerian-born convert from Islam ]
* Stefan Razvan - Gypsy prince who ruled Moldavia for six months in 1595. ["Istoria şi tradiţiile minorităţii rromani", p.28, 2005, Sigma, Bucharest, Delia Grigore, Petre Petcuţ and Mariana Sandu - "Born to a Rom Muslim slave father and a free Romanian Christian mother, Razvan converted to Christianity, thereby, attracting the wrath of the Ottomans."]
* Skanderbeg - Albanian monarch and military leader. Skanderbeg converted to Islam from Christianity but reverted back to Christianity later in life. Rendina, Claudio (2000). La grande enciclopedia di Roma. Rome: Newton Compton, 1136. ISBN 88-8289-316-2.]
* Amir Sjarifuddin - Indonesian socialist leader who later became the prime minister of Indonesia during its National Revolution. Vickers (2005), page 86]
* Dr.Thomas Yayi Boni - President of Benin. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/4835336.stm/ Benin's new president announced] ]
* Al-Mu'eiyyad - Abbasid prince and third son of Abbasid caliph, Al-Mutawakkil. He was converted to Christianity along with his three confidants by St. Theodore of Edessa, accepting the name "John" upon baptism. [cite web
url=http://www.orthodoxytoday.org/articles4/MaximovMuslims.shtml
title=A History of Orthodox Missions Among the Muslims
publisher=Yurij Maximov, Russian author and religious studies teacher in the Religious Studies at the Moscow Orthodox Seminary
accessdate=2007-08-17 ] Joseph Patrich, "The Sabaite Heritage in the Orthodox Church", Peeters Publishers, 2001, ISBN 9042909765, [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=O4pj9YNdgJYC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Al-Mutawakkil+converted+to+christianity&lr=#PPA157,M1 Google Print, p. 157] .]
* Aben Humeya - (born Fernando de Valor) Morisco Chief who was crowned the Emir of Andalusia by his followers and led the Morisco Revolt against Philip II of Spain.L. P. Harvey, "Muslims in Spain, 1500 to 1614: 1500 to 1614", University of Chicago Press, 2005, ISBN 0226319636, [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=7QJygx-jbKcC&pg=PA223&dq=Aben+Humeya&sig=XRnq9NGpK2tNlaMU0tnpMYVTNHE M1 Google Print, pp. 223] Various Christian sources including the Christian historian, Marmol claim that with his dying breath Aben Humeya declared himself a Christian and said that what he had done was in the prosecution of a family feud.]
* Sheikh Ahmed Barzani - Head of Barzani Tribe in Iraqi Kurdistan and older brother of Mustafa Barzani, Kurdish nationalist leader. He announced his conversion to Christianity in 1931 during the anti-government uprising. [ "The Kurdish Minority Problem", p.11, Dec. 1948, ORE 71-48, CIA "The first of the major Barzani revolts took place in 1931 after Sheikh Ahmed Barzani, one of the most prominent Kurdish leaders in Iraqi Kurdistan, announced his conversion to Christianity and succeeded in defeating a number of other Kurdish tribes as well as regular Iraqi troops." [http://www.foia.cia.gov/docs/DOC_0000258376/0000258376_0014.gif] .]
* Ramzi Yousef - Al Qaeda member and the main participant in the 1993 World Trade Center bombing. cite web |date=December 10, 2007|url = http://www.catholic.org/national/national_story.php?id=25656|title = Did Ramzi Yousef Really Convert to Christianity?|format = HTML |publisher = Catholic Online | accessdate = 2008-03-19 | last=Catholic Online |quote=] cite web |date=December 10, 2007|url = http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/10/11/60minutes/main3357727_page2.shtml|title = Supermax: A Clean Version Of Hell|format = HTML |publisher = 60 minutes | accessdate = 2008-03-19 | last=60 minutes |quote=] [ [http://www.nydailynews.com/news/ny_crime/2007/10/12/2007-10-12_jailed_93_wtc_bomber_claims_hes_now_a_ch.html Jailed '93 WTC bomber claims he's now a Christian] ]
*Rudolf Carl von Slatin - Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan. [cite web |url=http://www.wienerzeitung.at/Desktopdefault.aspx?TabID=3946&Alias=wzo&lexikon=Afrika&letter=A&cob=286780 |title= Der Abenteurer aus Ober St. Veit |accessdate=2008-01-19 |last=Schwaner |first=Birgit |authorlink= |coauthors= |date=2007-06-01|year= |month= |format= |work= |publisher=Weiner Zeitung|pages= |language=German|archiveurl= |archivedate= |quote="He was absolved by the Pope for his conversion, which he reversed"]
* Shams Pahlavi - Iranian princess and the elder sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, Shah of Iran.Hussein Fardust, "The Rise and Fall of the Pahlavi Dynasty:", Motilal Banarsidass, 1999, ISBN 8120816420, [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=SJZ_xgqCOMQC&pg=PA123&lpg=PA123&dq=shams+pahlavi+converted&source=web&ots=wfvXcqgX4k&sig=6eKn-7Ndmm_E4uq_PV7NBRqWSA0&hl=en#PPA123,M1 Google Print, pp. 122–123] .]
* Saye Zerbo - President of the republic of Upper Volta (now Burkina Faso) [ [http://www.lefaso.net/spip.php?article10020 Saye Zerbo, président of the republic from 1980 to 1982 (article in French)] "At once stopped, Saye Zerbo is thrown in prison. Since his imprisonment, the deposed president contemplates and reads the Qu'ran through whole nights. He also asks so that the Bible be brought to him that the archbishop of Ouagadougou, the cardinal Paul Zoungrana, had offered to him at the time of first Christmas following his takeover. At this point in time it will have the revelation which will change its life. In a mystical dash, Saye Zerbo is brought to his knees, returns thanks to God and converts to Christianity. His entire family will do the same thing thereafter." ]

Converted to Judaism

* Reza Jabari - Israeli of Iranian birth who hijacked a flight between Tehran and the Iranian resort island of Kish in September, 1995 while working as a flight attendant for Iranian carrier Kish Air flight 707. [ [http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=2007/03/03/story_3-3-2007_pg4_15 Iranian Muslim converts to Judaism] ]

Converted to the Bahá'í Faith

These were mostly people who were followers of the Bahá'u'lláh at the time he founded the Bahá'í Faith. They were formerly Muslims.
*Mírzá Abu'l-Fadl - Foremost Bahá'í scholar who helped spread the Bahá'í Faith in Egypt, Turkmenistan, and the United States. One of the few Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh who never actually met Bahá'u'lláh.cite web | title = Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, Mirza | first = Moojan | last = Momen | url = http://www.northill.demon.co.uk/relstud/abulfadl.htm | accessdate = 2007-02-19 | date = 2002-03-04]
*Mishkín-Qalam- Prominent Bahá'í and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, as well as a famous calligrapher of 19th century Persia.cite book |author=Balyuzi, H.M. |year=1985 |title=Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher=The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton |id=ISBN 0853981523 | pages = pp. 270-271]
*Táhirih- Persian poetess and theologian of the Bábí faith in Iran.cite book |author = `Abdu'l-Bahá |authorlink = `Abdu'l-Bahá |origyear = 1915 |year = 1997 |title = Memorials of the Faithful |edition = Softcover |publisher = Bahá'í Publishing Trust |location = Wilmette, Illinois, USA |id = ISBN 0877432422 |url = http://reference.bahai.org/en/t/ab/MF/]
*Nabíl-i-A`zam- Bahá'í historian and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláhcite book |last = Balyuzi |first = H.M. |authorlink = Hasan M. Balyuzi |year = 1985 |title = Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh |pages = pp. 268-270 |publisher = The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton |id = ISBN 0853981523]
*Hají Ákhúnd- Eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh. He was appointed a Hand of the Cause, and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.cite book |first=Hasan |last=Balyuzi |year=1985 |title=Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher=The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton |id=ISBN 0853981523 | pages = pp. 265-266]
* Ibn-i-Abhar - appointed a Hand of the Cause, and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.cite book |first=Hasan |last=Balyuzi |year=1985 |title=Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher=The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton |id=ISBN 0853981523 | pages = pp. 245-256]
* Mírzá Mahmúd - Eminent follower of Bahá'u'lláh, the founder of the Bahá'í Faith.cite book |first=Hasan |last=Balyuzi |year=1985 |title=Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher=The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton |id=ISBN 0853981523 | pages = pp. 290-310]
* Núrayn-i-Nayyirayn - two brothers who were beheaded in the city of Isfahan in 1879.cite book |first=Hasan |last=Balyuzi |year=1985 |title=Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh |publisher=The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton |id=ISBN 0853981523 | pages = pp. 335-350]

Part of an unorganized religion or no religion

=Became atheists=

* Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Somali-born Dutch feminist, writer, and politician. [http://www.elsevier.nl/nieuws/politiek/dossier/asp/portal/0/sctr/0/dossier/290/hoofdstuk/2/sortering/False/artikel/12785/bt//index.html Dutch article link: 'Ik geloof niet meer'] ]
* Ali Soilih - Comorian socialist revolutionary and president of the Comoros. [ [http://www.statraveluk.lonelyplanet.com/africa/comoros_and_mayotte/index.html Comoros & Mayotte] ]
* Aziz Nesin - Popular Turkish humorist and author of more than 100 books. [ [http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=990CE6DB103FF934A35754C0A963958260 Aziz Nesin of Turkey Dies at 80; Writer Escaped Militants' Arson] ]
* Zackie Achmat - South African anti-HIV/AIDS activist; founder of the Treatment Action Campaign. [cite news | author = John Carlin | title = Zackie's story: The man who took on Mbeki - and won | url = http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article2029292.ece | work = The Independent | date = 2005-08-05 | accessdate = 2007-08-27 | quote = A homosexual, an atheist, and a militant anti-apartheid campaigner whose political ideas were forged on an intense reading of Marx, Lenin, and Trotsky...]
* Humayun Azad - Bangladeshi writer and scholar. [ [http://www.mukto-mona.com/Articles/ajoy/humayun_azad_laid_rest.htm Dr. Humayun Azad laid to rest] ] [ [http://www.uscirf.gov/events/hearings/2004/april/04302004_wTest_Banu.html Bangladesh: Protecting the Human Rights of Thought, Conscience, and Religion: U.A.B. Razia Akter Banu Prepared Testimony] - ("Dr. Azad is a Muslim by birth and by name ... He is an atheist.")]
* Turan Dursun - Turkish writer and Islamic scholar. He was once a Turkish mufti and later authored many books critical of Islam. [ [http://www.turandursun.com/ Turan Dursun Website] ]
* Ehsan Jami - Dutch politician and founder of the Dutch Central Committee for Ex-Muslims. [http://abcnews.go.com/International/Story?id=3607887&page=1 A New Brand of Nonbelievers] ]
*Enver Hoxha - Communist dictator who declared Albania the first atheist state, and who has been identified as an "arch-atheist." [Kamm, Henry (1993, June 10). 'Hallelujah' is heard in the arch-atheist's temple. "The New York Times" (Late Edition (East Coast)), p. A4. Retrieved August 27, 2007, from National Newspaper Abstracts]
* As'ad Abu Khalil - Lebanese professor of political science at California State University, Stanislaus. He describes himself as an "atheist secularist". [ [http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ The Angry Arab News Service] comments from her blog] [ [http://www.campus-watch.org/pf.php?id=2062 Between disparate worlds: On California State University professor As'ad AbuKhalil] (1: "...who is also an atheist..." 2: "My Sunni family of my mother taught me how to pray") ]
*Al-Ma'arri - Blind Arab philosopher, poet and writer. [ [http://www.sdsmt.edu/student-orgs/tfs/reading/freethought/islam.html Freethought Traditions in the Islamic World] by Fred Whitehead]
*Sarmad - 17th century mystical poet and sufi saint, arrived from Persia to India, beheaded for assumed heresy by the Mughal emperor, Aurungzebe. Sarmad renounced Judaism, briefly converting to Islam and then Hinduism. He later denounced all religions and rejected belief in god. [ [http://www.crda-france.org/fr/6histoire/par_pays/inde_sarmad1.htm Sarmad, the mystic poet] ] [ [http://www.chowk.com/articles/9350 Hazrat Sarmad Shaheed: The Naked Sufi Martyr] ]
* Lounès Matoub - Algerian Berber Kabyle singer. [ [http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xjwnk_matoub-interview interview with Lounès Matoub] ]
* Barack Obama, Sr. - Kenyan economist and father of Illinois Senator and presidential candidate Barack Obama. [cite news | author=Barack Obama | coauthors= | title=My Spiritual Journey | date=October 23 2006 | publisher= | url =http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1546579,00.html | work =TIME | pages = | accessdate = 2007-02-18 | language = ]
* Ramiz Alia - Albanian communist leader and former president of Albania. [ "Europe since 1945: An encyclopedia", Bernard A Cook, Taylor & Francis, 2001, ISBN 0815340575, p. 31]
* Salman Rushdie - British-Indian novelist and essayist. Interview with Rushdie by Gigi Marzullo; Sottovoce, RAIUNO, March 31 2006.]
* Seema Mustafa - Indian journalist, Political Editor and Delhi Bureau Chief of The Asian Age newspaper. [ [http://www.mail-archive.com/[e-mail]/msg00495.htmlPakistan: Appeasing the Mullahs] ] [ [http://www.contactpakistan.com/kashmir/article3.htm The Communalisation of Kargil] ]
* Hassan Bahara – Moroccan-Dutch writer. [cite web|url=http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article452030.ece/Als_dit_niet_werkt%2C_beledig_ik_Wilders_wel|title=‘Als dit niet werkt, beledig ik Wilders wel’|first=Annieke|last=Kranenberg|publisher=De Volkskrant|date=2007-08-11|accessdate=2008-05-09|language=Dutch Quote: (Translation) “In interviews he calls himself an atheist, but until now he has been left alone by "beardmonkeys" (referring to Muslims). Perhaps I have to make myself heard just a little bit better, I should be more explicit in my aversion to Islam and religion in general.” (Dutch) “In interviews noemt hij zichzelf atheïst, maar tot nog toe ‘ben ik ongemoeid gelaten door de baardapen. Misschien moet ik een hardere toon aanslaan en wat explicieter zijn in mijn afkeer van de islam en religies in het algemeen.’” ]
* Hafid Bouazza - Moroccan-Dutch writer. [Humanistische Omroep, [http://cgi.omroep.nl/cgi-bin/streams?/tv/human/vangodlos/bb.bouazzal.asf Link to video interview with Hafid Bouazza] Quote: (Translation) “Believers live behind a fence, and non-believers live in a pasture and they know there are believers out there behind the fence.” “It [religion] is a matter of conditioning, of brainwashing.” “I know that when I die, it's over with me.” (Dutch) “Gelovigen leven achter een hek, en ongelovigen in een weiland, waarin ze weten dat er gelovigen zijn die achter hekken wonen.” “Het [religie] is een kwestie van conditionering, van hersenspoeling” “Ik weet dat het moment dat ik ter aarde word besteld, dat het afgelopen is met mij.” ] [cite web|url=http://www.leonverdonschot.nl/content/view/17/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=17&Itemid=39|first=Leon|last=Verdonschot|title="Ik kan niet leven zonder roes." Interview met Hafid Baouzza, gepubliceerd in Dif nr.1|publisher=Leonverdonschot.nl|date=2008-05-08|language=Dutch|accessdate=2008-05-09 Quote: (Translation) “Look, I'm an atheist. I believe God does not exist, I do not believe in an afterlife. How terrible it may be: Hitler isn't in hell getting pinched in his ass with a trident. I'm fine with he fact there are people who do believe that and get comfort from it, like my mother. I just hope the influence of religion on policy makers will diminish, because my freedom is precious to me.” (Dutch) “Kijk, ik ben atheïst. Ik geloof niet dat God bestaat, ik geloof niet dat er een hiernamaals is. Hoe gruwelijk ook: Hitler wordt op dit moment niet in de hel met een drietand in zijn reet geprikt. Dat er mensen zijn dat dat wél geloven en daar troost uit putten, mensen als mijn moeder: prima. Als de invloed van religies op beleidsmakers maar steeds kleiner wordt, want mijn vrijheid is me dierbaar.” ]
* Hossein Derakhshan - Iranian-Canadian journalist and weblogger. [ [http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/812597.html King of the Iranian bloggers] ]
* Ismail Kadare - World-renowned Albanian writer. [ "Muslim Identity and the Balkan State",Hugh Poulton, Suha Taji-Farouki, 1997, ISBN 1850652767, [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=lQqHjwW6XzcC&pg=PA133&dq=Ismail+Kadare+Islam&sig=jYi5xNIQFwbqyZq2fgGHaUN31Zw#PPA133,M1 google print p. 133] .]
*Omar Sharif - Academy Award-nominated Egyptian actor who has starred in many Hollywood films. [ [http://omarsharif.netfirms.com/articles.htm#El%20Mundo%20interview%20--%202002 Interview: Omar Sharif (English translation)] - El Mundo on 2002.]
* Naguib Mahfouz - Egyptian novelist who won the 1988 Nobel Prize for Literature and is regarded as one of the first contemporary writers of Arabic literature.Ilan Pappé, "The Modern Middle East", Routledge, 2005, ISBN 0415214092, [http://books.google.co.in/books?id=7mKD-KJMHH8C&pg=PA189&lpg=PA189&dq=Naguib+Mahfouz+atheist&source=web&ots=luXxizNZBN&sig=Tn95WQUZqfjqNcFfNRRco6OeYuo&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=5&ct=result#PPA189,M1 Google Print, p. 189] .]
* Mirza Fatali Akhundov - 19th century Azerbaijani playwright and philosopher. [ [http://mirslovarei.com/content_fil/AXUNDOV-MIRZA-FATALI-2072.html Ахундов Мирза-Фатали] ]

=Secular=

* Mirza Fatali Akhundov - Azerbaijani author, playwright and philosopher. [cite book |title=Between Two Empires: Ahmet Agaoglu and the New Turkey |last=Shissler |first=A. Holly |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2003 |publisher=I.B. Tauris |location= |isbn=186064855X |pages=104 ]
* Cenk Uygur - Main host of the liberal talk radio show The Young Turks. He is an agnostic. [ [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/cenk-uygur/six-degrees-of-barack-oba_b_99110.html Six Degrees of Barack Obama] ]
* Wafa Sultan - Syrian-born American psychiatrist and controversial critic of Islam. She describes herself as a "Secular Humanist" [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187385,00.html Time Magazine] - Interview with Wafa Sultan] [ [http://www.memritv.org/Transcript.asp?P1=1050 There is No Clash of Civilizations but a Clash between the Mentality of the Middle Ages and That of the 21st century] Feb. 2006]
*Ibn Warraq - British Pakistani secularist author and founder of the Institute for the Secularisation of Islamic Society "Warraq, 60, describes himself now as an agnostic..." [http://66.102.9.104/search?q=cache:rtj7aXNI4_8J:www.worldmag.com/articles/13052+Fixing+islam&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=4&gl=us Dissident voices] , World Magazine, June 16, 2007, Vol. 22, No. 22.]
* Mina Ahadi - Iranian-born pacifist, founder of the German apostate-organization "Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime" [cite news |first= |last= |authorlink= |author= |coauthors= |title=Founder of ex-Muslim group threatened |url=http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Top_News/20070223-014518-1922r/ |format= |work= |publisher=United Press International |id= |pages= |page= |date=February 23, 2007 |accessdate= |language= |quote= ]
* Maryam Namazie - Iranian communist, political activist and leader of the British apostate-organization "Council of Ex-Muslims of Britain" [ [http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/the_way_we_live/article3530256.ece It's time to take a stand against Islam and Sharia] ]
* Anwar Shaikh - British author of Pakistani descent."The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West" by Daniel Pipes, Pg. 283]
* Zohra Sehgal - Indian actress who has appeared in several Hindi and English language films. [ [http://www.hinduonnet.com/thehindu/mp/2002/12/19/stories/2002121900450100.htm Ninety and spunky] ]

=Rationalist or free-thinker=

* Younus Shaikh - Pakistani medical doctor, human rights activist, rationalist and free-thinker. [ [http://www.rationalistinternational.net/associates/y_shaikh.htm Younus Shaikh] - short biography]
* Ibn al-Rawandi - early skeptic of Islam.On Ibn al-Rawandi, from the Encyclopaedia of Islam, 1971, Volume 3, E J Brill, Leiden, p 905]
* Taslima Nasrin - Bangladeshi author, feminist, human rights activist and secular humanist."I was born in a Muslim family, but I became an atheist." [http://www.unesco.org/webworld/points_of_views/nasreen_121199.shtml For freedom of expression] , Taslima Nasreen, November 12, 1999 - Taslima Nasreen took the floor during Commission V of UNESCO's General Conference, as a delegate of the NGO International Humanist and Ethical Union (Accessed 23 December 2006).]

Converted to a Dharmic religion

Converted to Buddhism

* Tillakaratne Dilshan- Sri Lankan cricketer. [ [http://content-aus.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/48472.html Cricinfo Profile] Retrieved 20-12-2006.]
*Wong Ah Kiu- Malaysian of mixed Chinese and Malay descent. She was raised as a Buddhist.cite news|url=http://www.bernama.com.my/bernama/v3/news_lite.php?id=177118|publisher=Bernama|date=2006-01-23|title=Syariah Court Decides Nyonya Tahir Not A Muslim|accessdate=2007-05-02]
*Kenneth Pai- Chinese American writer of Hui descent. [ [http://www.independent.com/news/2006/sep/28/peony-dreams/ Peony Dreams] Retrieved 12-6-2008.]

Converted to Hinduism

* Annapurna Devi - surbahar (bass sitar) player and music teacher in the North Indian classical tradition [ [http://www.hindu.com/br/2005/06/28/stories/2005062800181400.htm Unveiling the mystique of a reclusive artiste] The Hindu - June 28, 2006]
*Asha Gawli - (born Aisha) Wife of Arun Gawli, notorious gangster turned politician from Mumbai, India. [ [http://www.indianexpress.com/res/web/pIe/ie/daily/19990909/ipo09068.html Daddy in jail, Mummy seeks votes for both] - Indian express]
* Bukka I - King of Vijayanagara empire who converted to Islam, then reverted to Hinduism.Chopra, P.N. T.K. Ravindran and N. Subrahmaniam.History of South India. S. Chand, 2003. ISBN 8121901537]
* Harihara I - King of Vijayanagara empire who converted to Islam, then reverted to Hinduism.
* Haridas Thakura - Prominent Vaishnavite saint, instrumental in the early appearance and spread of Hare Krishna movement. [ [http://www.stephen-knapp.com/haridasa_thakura.htm Haridasa Thakura] ]
* Harilal Mohandas Gandhi - Son of Mahatma Gandhi. Upon converting to Islam he adopted the name "Abdullah Gandhi", but later reverted back to Hinduism. [http://www.newindpress.com/NewsItems.asp?ID=IE420070727015933&Title=Features+-+People+%26+Lifestyle&rLink=0 Watching 'Gandhi my Father' was painful: Tushar] ]
* Hassan Palakkode - Malayali writer and Islamic scholar. [ [http://www.tribuneindia.com/2000/20000407/nation.htm#13 Muslim scholar embraces Hinduism] The Tribune, Chandigarh - April 7, 2000]
* Ifa Sudewi - Chief judge for the 2002 Bali bombing trials. [ [http://www.newstext.com.au/docs/STE/2003/get.jsp?docid=STE-20030525-1-002-4074680V1@NSW-METRO-2004-2003 Five bombers were prepared to die] Sunday Morning Telegraph - May 25, 2003]
* Khushboo Sundar - Tamil movie actress. [ [http://www.ndtvmovies.com/newstory.asp?section=Movies&id=ENTEN20080056519 Southern siren Namitha has a temple] NDTV - July 10, 2008]

Converted to Sikhism

*Kuldeep Manak - (born Latif Mohammed) Famous Punjabi singer who, after his conversion, released a number of Sikh devotional tracks. [ [http://www.desihits.com/artist/view/Kuldip%20Manak Kuldip Manak: The Official Artist Page at desihits.com] ]

Other

Religious founders

* Salih ibn Tarif - Second king of the Berghouata. He proclaimed himself a Prophet/Mahdi and came out with his own Qur'an. [ [http://64.233.167.104/search?q=cache:0FIAbkyw8rQJ:www.umass.edu/afroam/downloads/allen.identity.pdf+%22Salih+ibn+Tarif%22+syncretic+-wikipedia&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=2&gl=us U of Massachusetts] ]
* Akbar the great - Mughal emperor and founder of Dīn-i Ilāhī, a religious movement whose followers never numbered more than 19 adherents. [http://www.britannica.com/eb/topic-163768/Din-i-Ilahi Dīn-i Ilāhī] ]
*Kabir - 15th century mystical poet and founder of the Kabirpanthi. Born to a Hindu Brahmin widow but adopted and raised as Muslim by a childless Muslim couple, later denouncing both Hinduism and Islam. [ [http://www.crl.edu/focus/Spr05litGems.asp?issID=3 Rare Literary Gems: The Works of Kabir and Premchand at CRL] ] . [ [http://www.hinduwebsite.com/sacredscripts/other/kabir.asp The songs of Kabir] ]
* Musaylimah - False prophet of the Banu Hanifa tribe who lived during and after the lifetime of Prophet Muhammad. [ [http://al-islam1.org/message/62.htm A short biography of Musaylimah] "He was one of those persons, who came to Madina in the tenth year of migration and embraced Islam. However, after his return to his birthplace he himself claimed to be a prophet and some simple-minded and also some fanatical persons responded to his call".]
* Báb - the founder of Babism. Virtually all his followers upon his death accepted Bahá'u'lláh. [Shoghi Effendi, introduction to "The Dawn-breakers", p. xxx.]
* Bahá'u'lláh - claimed to be the prophet the Báb spoke of, thereby founding the Bahá'í Faith.cite book |first=Hasan |last=Balyuzi |year=2000 |title=Bahá'u'lláh, King of Glory ]
*Dwight York - African American author, black supremacist leader, musician, convicted child molester and founder of the religious doctrine called Nuwaubianism. [ [http://www.trincoll.edu/depts/csrpl/RINVol9No1/Cult%20Fighting%20in%20Middle%20Georgia.htm Cult Fighting in Middle Georgia] ]

Undetermined current belief system

* Parvin Darabi- Iranian born American activist, writer and woman's rights activist.Darabi, Parvin "Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident" ISBN 1-57392-682-5 ]
* Khalid Duran - Specialist in the history, sociology and politics of the Islamic world. [Duran, Khalid"Children of Abraham : An Introduction to Islam for Jews" Ktav Publishing House ISBN 0881257249]
* Wesley Snipes - American actor, film producer, and martial artist. Snipes converted from Christianity in 1978 and left Islam in 1988. ["Wesley Snipes, Hollywood's hottest new star talks about: his divorce, his days on the streets and why he doesn't have 'jungle fever." Ebony Magazine. Sept, 1991 by Laura B. Randolph]
* Charles Bronson - British criminal and self-styled "most violent prisoner in Britain". [ [http://www.amazon.co.uk/Loonyology-Own-Words-Charles-Bronson/dp/product-description/1906358117 Loonyology: In My Own Words (Hardcover) - Amazon.com] ]
* David Hicks - Australian-born Guantanamo Bay detainee who converted to Islam [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3044386.stm David Hicks: 'Australian Taleban'] ] and was notorious in his homeland for his once support of radical Islam and for the circumstances surrounding his incarceration, is believed to have renounced Islam whilst incarcerated at Guantanamo Bay. [ [http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,21298791-662,00.html Hicks drops Islamic faith] ]

ee also

* Apostasy
* Apostasy in Islam
* Criticism of Islam
* List of converts to Islam
* Pseudonymity
* Religious conversion

Other apostasy-related lists

*List of former atheists
*List of former Protestants
*List of ex-Roman Catholics
*Former Latter-day Saints
*List of former Christians

References