Friday, August 27, 2010
Muslim Football Player
A
Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah) - former NFL player[3]
Abel Xavier - former Portuguese professional footballer converted to Islam with his new name Faisal.[4]
Abu Tammam - 9th century Arab poet born to Christian parents.[5]
Abu Usamah - American-born Imam of Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, UK.Accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims in a UK Television documentary.[6]
Adam Gadahn (born Adam Pearlman) - al-Qaeda English language spokesman. Homeschooled Christian.[7]
Addas - Companion of the prophet Muhammad during his time. One of the earliest Christian convert to Islam.
Adi ibn Hatim - Companion of the prophet Muhammad during his time.
Ahmad Rashād - Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former American football wide receiver.[8][9]
Ahmed Santos - Filipino, fugitive, founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement & suspected by Filipino authorities to be an Al Qaeda operative converted from Catholicism[10][11][12]
Ahmad Thomson - British barrister and writer and also a member of the Murabitun movement.[13]
Akhenaton - French rapper and producer of French hip hop.[14]
Alexander Litvinenko - former FSB officer converted to Islam on his deathbed.[15][16]
Alexander Russell Webb - Former Presbyterian.[17] American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the U.S.A. in the Philippines.[18][19]
André Carson - former Baptist,[20] second Muslim to serve the United States Congress.[21]
Art Blakey - American Jazz musician[22]
Aukai Collins - fought in Chechnya, paid FBI informant, author of an autobiographical book[23]
Anthony Mundine - former Australian rugby league player for the St George Illawarra Dragons and now a boxer
B
Benjamin Chavis - controversial former head of the NAACP; joined the Nation of Islam.
Bernard Hopkins - American boxer[24]
Betty Shabazz - wife of Malcolm X; former Methodist.[25]
Bilal Philips - Islamic scholar and author[26]
Bruno Metsu - French coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup[27]
Bryant Neal Vinas - participated in and supported al-Qaeda plots in Afghanistan and the U.S., and helped al-Qaeda plan a bomb attack on the LIRR[28]
C
Colleen LaRose - American citizen charged with terrorism-related crimes
Chris Eubank - British boxer[29]
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval or Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa is 18th century French nobleman.[30]
Count Cassius- Visigothic aristocrat who founded the Banu Qasi dynasty of Muladi rulers.[31]
D
Daniel Maldonado - American Islamist convicted in the United States on charges of training with al-Qaida in East Africa. Raised Catholic.[32]
Daniel Streich - former member of the right-wing party, Swiss People's Party
Danny Thompson - English double bass player converted from Catholicism.[33]
Danny Williams - British boxer[34]
David Belfield - American, fled to Iran after assassinating Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian dissident.[35]
David Benjamin Keldani, a former Catholic priest.
Dave Chappelle - comedian and television star [36]
Dawud Wharnsby-Ali (David Wharnsby) - Canadian singer/poet.[37][38]
E
Elsa Kazi - German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and one of the greatest poets of her time.
Éric Abidal (changed his name to Bilal) - French football player, currently playing for FC Barcelona, converted to Islam after marriage.[39]
Everlast - Rapper from the Irish-American hip-hop group House of Pain, converted From Catholicism.[40]
F
Franck Ribéry- a French football player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal.[41]
G
Gabriele Torsello - Italian freelance photojournalist based in London who was abducted in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.[42]
Gauhar Jaan-British-Indian Singer.[43]
George XI of Kartli - Saffavid commander.[44]
Germaine Lindsay - one of the suicide terrorists in the 7 July 2005 London bombings[45][46][47] in which 52 people were murdered.
H
Hamza Yusuf - American convert from Greek Orthodox; head of the Zaytuna Institute.[48]
Hedley Churchward - English painter[49]
I
Ian Dallas - Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi — Sufi shaykh of Scottish origins.[50]
Ibrahim Muteferrika (original name not known) - From Unitarian Christianity, an early example of a Muslim publisher and printer.[51]
Ilie II Rareş - prince of Moldavia.[52]
Ingrid Mattson - Canadian scholar and current president of the Islamic Society of North America (2006) converted From Catholicism.[53]
Isabelle Eberhardt - from Lutheran Christianity, 19th century explorer & writer[54]
Ivan Aguéli (Johan Agelii) - famous Swedish painter.[55][56]
Iyasu V - Ethiopian emperor.[57]
J
C. Jack Ellis - Mayor of Macon, Georgia[58]
Jacques-Francois Menou - French general under Napoleon I of France.[59]
James Yee - previously Lutheran[60] and former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain.[61]
Jermaine Jackson (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) - former member of The Jackson 5.[62]
Jerôme Courtailler - one of two French brothers convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists[45][63][64]
Joe Tex - soul singer and recording artist.[65]
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt was a Swiss traveller and orientalist.[citation needed]
St. John Philby - Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence operative; converted from Anglicanism.[66]
John Walker Lindh - the "American Taliban" converted From Catholicism[67][68]
John Whitehead - an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.[69]
John Nelson - first recorded Englishman to become a Muslim.[70]
Joseph Thomas - Australian convert, acquitted of terrorism charges, placed under a control order under the Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005, currently pending retrial.[71][72]
Judar Pasha - conqueror of the Songhai Empire.[73]
K
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) - retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer[74]
Keith Ellison - American, Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district, first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress, converted From Catholicism[75]
Kevin Barrett - university lecturer and member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.[76]
Khaled Edward Blair - British barrister, later married Princess Badiya bint El Hassan of Jordan.
Khalid Yasin - Executive Director of the Islamic Teaching Institute, and a Shaykh currently residing in Australia.[77]
Knud Holmboe - Danish journalist and explorer converted From Catholicism.[78]
Köse Mihal - a Byzantine renegade, he accompanied Osman al-Ghazi in his ascent to power and converted to Islam.[79][80]
Kumba Ialá - a Guinea-Bissau politician who converted in 2008.
L
Dolores "LaLa" Brooks - American musician.[81]
Loon - American hip hop and rap artist [82]
Lee Hughes - professional association football player, currently playing for Notts County F.C. [83]
M
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson) - retired basketball player[84]
Malcolm X - American, from Christianity to Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam, African-American civil rights leader.[85]
Marmaduke Pickthall - famous translator of the Quran.[86]
Mario Scialoja - Italian ambassador and President of the World Muslim League.[87]
Matthew Saad Muhammad (formerly Matthew Franklin) - former boxer, converted From Catholicism.[88]
Matthew Yusuf Smith, also known as Yusuf and Indigo Jo, author of the award winning blog[89] Indigo Jo Blogs, where he muses about life and courts controversy[90]
Michael Muhammad Knight - American novelist, writer, and journalist.[91]
Mike Tyson - Is an American boxer to Sunni[92]
Mihnea Turcitul - was a Prince (Voivode) of Walachia. Converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity.[93]
Mohammad Yousuf - Pakistani cricketer. Known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year, converted From Catholicism.[94]
Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador to Venezuela (1963–1969), Spain (1973–1976) and Morocco (1976–1983)[95]
Mohammed Zakariya - an American master of Arabic calligraphy, best known for his work on the popular Eid U.S. postage stamp.[96]
Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (Philip Barker) - professor of Urdu, former chair of the University of Minnesota's Department of South Asian studies and creator of the Tékumel fantasy world.[97]
Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay), from Baptist[98][99] to The Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam.[100] famous boxer.
Muhammed al-Ahari born January 6, 1965 as Ray Allen Rudder is an American essayist, scholar and writer on the topics of American Islam, Black Nationalist groups, heterodox Islamic groups and modern occultism
Murad Wilfred Hofmann - NATO official, converted From Catholicism[101]
N
Nicolas Anelka - French football player[102]
Nuh Ha Mim Keller - from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sunni Islam, Islamic scholar.[103]
Nuh ibn Zbigniew - from Catholicism to Islam, Islamic writer and speaker
O
Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III in Natchez, Mississippi[1] on 12 January 1941) is an American cornetist, guitarist and singer
Omar Bongo - Gabonese, President of Gabon.[104]
Omar Hammami - American-born member of the Somali Islamist paramilitary group al-Shabaab. Known by the nom de guerre Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki.[105]
Omar Pasha - Ottoman general. Converted from Serbian Orthodoxy.[106]
P
Peter Murphy - vocalist of the goth/rock group Bauhaus, converted from Catholicism.[107]
Pierre Vogel - German Islamic preacher and former professional Boxer.
Poncke Princen - Dutch soldier, later human rights activist, converted From Catholicism.[108]
Preacher Moss - Former Baptist,[109] American comedian and comedy writer.[110]
R
Radu cel Frumos - was the younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş (Dracula) and prince of the principality of Wallachia, converted From Catholicism.[111]
René Guénon - French Author in the field of metaphysics, converted From Catholicism.[112][113]
Richard Colvin Reid - shoe bomber (convicted terrorist) [114]
Richard Thompson - British musician, best known for his guitar playing and songwriting.[115]
Robert D. Crane is the former adviser to the late President Richard Nixon, and is former Deputy Director (for Planning) of the U.S. National Security Council.[116]
Robin Padilla - Filipino actor.[117]
Roger Garaudy - French philosopher, converted From Catholicism.[118]
Ronald Bell or Khalis Bayyan (born 1 November 1951, Youngstown, Ohio) is an American singer, composer and saxophonist
Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley - British soldier and peer.[119]
Rudolf Carl von Slatin - Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan. Later reverted to Catholicism.[120]
Rustie Lee - British television chef and celebrity.[121]
Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood - British author, converted from Protestantism.[122]
Ryan G. Anderson - former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for Al Qaeda[123][124]
Ryan Harris- football player for the Denver Broncos [125]
S
Salman the Persian A convert from Christianity[126] who was previously Zoroastrian. In search for truth, he traveled to Syria to follow Christianity. Upon the death of his teachers, he was directed to head to Arabia, where he was told the final prophet will rise. He later converted to Islam and became one of Muhammad's first companions. Is said to have been called by Muhammad as one of the Ahlul Bayt though there was no genealogical relationship.
Sana al-Sayegh, dean of the Science and Technology Faculty at Palestine International University, converted to Islam in August 2007. Fatah has accused its political rival Hamas of forcing the professor to convert from Christianity, a charge Hamas denies.[127]
Sarah Joseph - commentator on women's issues and founder of emel magazine, converted From Catholicism.[128]
Brad Terrence Jordan ("Scarface") - American rapper[129]
Sheila Musaji - founder of The American Muslim magazine.[130]
Silma Ihram - formerly a born again Baptist who is an Australian pioneer of Muslim education in the West, founder and former school Principal of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College', campaigner for racial tolerance, and Author.[131]
Siraj Wahaj - Former Baptist.[132] African-American Imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate Brooklyn's drug problems.[133]
Snoop Dogg - Rapper, Joined Nation Of Islam.[134]
Suhaib Webb - American Islamic activist and speaker.[135]
Suleiman Pasha - French-born Egyptian commander.[136]
T
T. B. Irving - An American scholar, author and translator
Tariq Abdul-Wahad (Olivier Saint-Jean) - originally from France, former basketball player for the Mavericks and Kings[137]
Tawana Brawley (changed her name to Maryam Muhammad) - African American woman noted for claiming to have been raped by several white men, a claim determined to be a fabrication by a grand jury. Later in life she converted to Islam.[138][139][140]
Tekuder - Mongol leader of the Ilkhan empire who was formerly a Nestorian Christian.[141]
Thomas J. Abercrombie - photographer[142]
Timothy Winter - prominent British Islamic thinker and scholar, and a lecturer in Islamic studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.[143]
Torquato Cardilli - Italian ambassador, converted From Catholicism.[144]
V
Vincenzo Luvineri - American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks, converted From Catholicism.[145]
W
Wadih el-Hage born to a Maronite Christian family in Sidon, Lebanon, a former al-Qaeda member.[citation needed]
William Abdullah Quilliam - 19th century British poet, ambassador and journalist.[146]
Willie Brigitte - French convert to Islam who associated with al-Qaeda in Pakistan and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia.[147]
Y
Yahiya Emerick - American Muslim scholar, President of the Islamic Foundation of North America, converted from Protestantism.[148]
Yasin Abu Bakr (Lennox Philip) - of Trinidad and Tobago, under trial for an attempted coup as of 9 March 2006[149]
Yusuf Estes - Former preacher and federal prison chaplain, converted from Protestantism.[150]
Yvonne Ridley - British journalist, from Anglicanism. She converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban.[151][152]
Z
Zaid Shakir - American Muslim convert former Baptist, speaker, intellectual, author, and resident scholar of Zaytuna Institute in the United States.[153][154]
Zağanos Pasha - one of the prominent military commanders of Mehmet II (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a lala, at once an advisor, mentor, tutor, councillor, protector, for the sultan.[155]
Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah) - former NFL player[3]
Abel Xavier - former Portuguese professional footballer converted to Islam with his new name Faisal.[4]
Abu Tammam - 9th century Arab poet born to Christian parents.[5]
Abu Usamah - American-born Imam of Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, UK.Accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims in a UK Television documentary.[6]
Adam Gadahn (born Adam Pearlman) - al-Qaeda English language spokesman. Homeschooled Christian.[7]
Addas - Companion of the prophet Muhammad during his time. One of the earliest Christian convert to Islam.
Adi ibn Hatim - Companion of the prophet Muhammad during his time.
Ahmad Rashād - Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former American football wide receiver.[8][9]
Ahmed Santos - Filipino, fugitive, founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement & suspected by Filipino authorities to be an Al Qaeda operative converted from Catholicism[10][11][12]
Ahmad Thomson - British barrister and writer and also a member of the Murabitun movement.[13]
Akhenaton - French rapper and producer of French hip hop.[14]
Alexander Litvinenko - former FSB officer converted to Islam on his deathbed.[15][16]
Alexander Russell Webb - Former Presbyterian.[17] American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the U.S.A. in the Philippines.[18][19]
André Carson - former Baptist,[20] second Muslim to serve the United States Congress.[21]
Art Blakey - American Jazz musician[22]
Aukai Collins - fought in Chechnya, paid FBI informant, author of an autobiographical book[23]
Anthony Mundine - former Australian rugby league player for the St George Illawarra Dragons and now a boxer
B
Benjamin Chavis - controversial former head of the NAACP; joined the Nation of Islam.
Bernard Hopkins - American boxer[24]
Betty Shabazz - wife of Malcolm X; former Methodist.[25]
Bilal Philips - Islamic scholar and author[26]
Bruno Metsu - French coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup[27]
Bryant Neal Vinas - participated in and supported al-Qaeda plots in Afghanistan and the U.S., and helped al-Qaeda plan a bomb attack on the LIRR[28]
C
Colleen LaRose - American citizen charged with terrorism-related crimes
Chris Eubank - British boxer[29]
Claude Alexandre de Bonneval or Humbaracı Ahmet Paşa is 18th century French nobleman.[30]
Count Cassius- Visigothic aristocrat who founded the Banu Qasi dynasty of Muladi rulers.[31]
D
Daniel Maldonado - American Islamist convicted in the United States on charges of training with al-Qaida in East Africa. Raised Catholic.[32]
Daniel Streich - former member of the right-wing party, Swiss People's Party
Danny Thompson - English double bass player converted from Catholicism.[33]
Danny Williams - British boxer[34]
David Belfield - American, fled to Iran after assassinating Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian dissident.[35]
David Benjamin Keldani, a former Catholic priest.
Dave Chappelle - comedian and television star [36]
Dawud Wharnsby-Ali (David Wharnsby) - Canadian singer/poet.[37][38]
E
Elsa Kazi - German writer of one-act plays, short stories, novels and history, and one of the greatest poets of her time.
Éric Abidal (changed his name to Bilal) - French football player, currently playing for FC Barcelona, converted to Islam after marriage.[39]
Everlast - Rapper from the Irish-American hip-hop group House of Pain, converted From Catholicism.[40]
F
Franck Ribéry- a French football player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal.[41]
G
Gabriele Torsello - Italian freelance photojournalist based in London who was abducted in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.[42]
Gauhar Jaan-British-Indian Singer.[43]
George XI of Kartli - Saffavid commander.[44]
Germaine Lindsay - one of the suicide terrorists in the 7 July 2005 London bombings[45][46][47] in which 52 people were murdered.
H
Hamza Yusuf - American convert from Greek Orthodox; head of the Zaytuna Institute.[48]
Hedley Churchward - English painter[49]
I
Ian Dallas - Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi — Sufi shaykh of Scottish origins.[50]
Ibrahim Muteferrika (original name not known) - From Unitarian Christianity, an early example of a Muslim publisher and printer.[51]
Ilie II Rareş - prince of Moldavia.[52]
Ingrid Mattson - Canadian scholar and current president of the Islamic Society of North America (2006) converted From Catholicism.[53]
Isabelle Eberhardt - from Lutheran Christianity, 19th century explorer & writer[54]
Ivan Aguéli (Johan Agelii) - famous Swedish painter.[55][56]
Iyasu V - Ethiopian emperor.[57]
J
C. Jack Ellis - Mayor of Macon, Georgia[58]
Jacques-Francois Menou - French general under Napoleon I of France.[59]
James Yee - previously Lutheran[60] and former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain.[61]
Jermaine Jackson (Muhammad Abdul Aziz) - former member of The Jackson 5.[62]
Jerôme Courtailler - one of two French brothers convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists[45][63][64]
Joe Tex - soul singer and recording artist.[65]
Johann Ludwig Burckhardt was a Swiss traveller and orientalist.[citation needed]
St. John Philby - Arabist, explorer, writer, and British colonial office intelligence operative; converted from Anglicanism.[66]
John Walker Lindh - the "American Taliban" converted From Catholicism[67][68]
John Whitehead - an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.[69]
John Nelson - first recorded Englishman to become a Muslim.[70]
Joseph Thomas - Australian convert, acquitted of terrorism charges, placed under a control order under the Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005, currently pending retrial.[71][72]
Judar Pasha - conqueror of the Songhai Empire.[73]
K
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) - retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer[74]
Keith Ellison - American, Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district, first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress, converted From Catholicism[75]
Kevin Barrett - university lecturer and member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.[76]
Khaled Edward Blair - British barrister, later married Princess Badiya bint El Hassan of Jordan.
Khalid Yasin - Executive Director of the Islamic Teaching Institute, and a Shaykh currently residing in Australia.[77]
Knud Holmboe - Danish journalist and explorer converted From Catholicism.[78]
Köse Mihal - a Byzantine renegade, he accompanied Osman al-Ghazi in his ascent to power and converted to Islam.[79][80]
Kumba Ialá - a Guinea-Bissau politician who converted in 2008.
L
Dolores "LaLa" Brooks - American musician.[81]
Loon - American hip hop and rap artist [82]
Lee Hughes - professional association football player, currently playing for Notts County F.C. [83]
M
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson) - retired basketball player[84]
Malcolm X - American, from Christianity to Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam, African-American civil rights leader.[85]
Marmaduke Pickthall - famous translator of the Quran.[86]
Mario Scialoja - Italian ambassador and President of the World Muslim League.[87]
Matthew Saad Muhammad (formerly Matthew Franklin) - former boxer, converted From Catholicism.[88]
Matthew Yusuf Smith, also known as Yusuf and Indigo Jo, author of the award winning blog[89] Indigo Jo Blogs, where he muses about life and courts controversy[90]
Michael Muhammad Knight - American novelist, writer, and journalist.[91]
Mike Tyson - Is an American boxer to Sunni[92]
Mihnea Turcitul - was a Prince (Voivode) of Walachia. Converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity.[93]
Mohammad Yousuf - Pakistani cricketer. Known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year, converted From Catholicism.[94]
Mohammed Knut Bernström - Swedish ambassador to Venezuela (1963–1969), Spain (1973–1976) and Morocco (1976–1983)[95]
Mohammed Zakariya - an American master of Arabic calligraphy, best known for his work on the popular Eid U.S. postage stamp.[96]
Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (Philip Barker) - professor of Urdu, former chair of the University of Minnesota's Department of South Asian studies and creator of the Tékumel fantasy world.[97]
Muhammad Ali (formerly Cassius Clay), from Baptist[98][99] to The Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam.[100] famous boxer.
Muhammed al-Ahari born January 6, 1965 as Ray Allen Rudder is an American essayist, scholar and writer on the topics of American Islam, Black Nationalist groups, heterodox Islamic groups and modern occultism
Murad Wilfred Hofmann - NATO official, converted From Catholicism[101]
N
Nicolas Anelka - French football player[102]
Nuh Ha Mim Keller - from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sunni Islam, Islamic scholar.[103]
Nuh ibn Zbigniew - from Catholicism to Islam, Islamic writer and speaker
O
Olu Dara (born Charles Jones III in Natchez, Mississippi[1] on 12 January 1941) is an American cornetist, guitarist and singer
Omar Bongo - Gabonese, President of Gabon.[104]
Omar Hammami - American-born member of the Somali Islamist paramilitary group al-Shabaab. Known by the nom de guerre Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki.[105]
Omar Pasha - Ottoman general. Converted from Serbian Orthodoxy.[106]
P
Peter Murphy - vocalist of the goth/rock group Bauhaus, converted from Catholicism.[107]
Pierre Vogel - German Islamic preacher and former professional Boxer.
Poncke Princen - Dutch soldier, later human rights activist, converted From Catholicism.[108]
Preacher Moss - Former Baptist,[109] American comedian and comedy writer.[110]
R
Radu cel Frumos - was the younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş (Dracula) and prince of the principality of Wallachia, converted From Catholicism.[111]
René Guénon - French Author in the field of metaphysics, converted From Catholicism.[112][113]
Richard Colvin Reid - shoe bomber (convicted terrorist) [114]
Richard Thompson - British musician, best known for his guitar playing and songwriting.[115]
Robert D. Crane is the former adviser to the late President Richard Nixon, and is former Deputy Director (for Planning) of the U.S. National Security Council.[116]
Robin Padilla - Filipino actor.[117]
Roger Garaudy - French philosopher, converted From Catholicism.[118]
Ronald Bell or Khalis Bayyan (born 1 November 1951, Youngstown, Ohio) is an American singer, composer and saxophonist
Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley - British soldier and peer.[119]
Rudolf Carl von Slatin - Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan. Later reverted to Catholicism.[120]
Rustie Lee - British television chef and celebrity.[121]
Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood - British author, converted from Protestantism.[122]
Ryan G. Anderson - former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for Al Qaeda[123][124]
Ryan Harris- football player for the Denver Broncos [125]
S
Salman the Persian A convert from Christianity[126] who was previously Zoroastrian. In search for truth, he traveled to Syria to follow Christianity. Upon the death of his teachers, he was directed to head to Arabia, where he was told the final prophet will rise. He later converted to Islam and became one of Muhammad's first companions. Is said to have been called by Muhammad as one of the Ahlul Bayt though there was no genealogical relationship.
Sana al-Sayegh, dean of the Science and Technology Faculty at Palestine International University, converted to Islam in August 2007. Fatah has accused its political rival Hamas of forcing the professor to convert from Christianity, a charge Hamas denies.[127]
Sarah Joseph - commentator on women's issues and founder of emel magazine, converted From Catholicism.[128]
Brad Terrence Jordan ("Scarface") - American rapper[129]
Sheila Musaji - founder of The American Muslim magazine.[130]
Silma Ihram - formerly a born again Baptist who is an Australian pioneer of Muslim education in the West, founder and former school Principal of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College', campaigner for racial tolerance, and Author.[131]
Siraj Wahaj - Former Baptist.[132] African-American Imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate Brooklyn's drug problems.[133]
Snoop Dogg - Rapper, Joined Nation Of Islam.[134]
Suhaib Webb - American Islamic activist and speaker.[135]
Suleiman Pasha - French-born Egyptian commander.[136]
T
T. B. Irving - An American scholar, author and translator
Tariq Abdul-Wahad (Olivier Saint-Jean) - originally from France, former basketball player for the Mavericks and Kings[137]
Tawana Brawley (changed her name to Maryam Muhammad) - African American woman noted for claiming to have been raped by several white men, a claim determined to be a fabrication by a grand jury. Later in life she converted to Islam.[138][139][140]
Tekuder - Mongol leader of the Ilkhan empire who was formerly a Nestorian Christian.[141]
Thomas J. Abercrombie - photographer[142]
Timothy Winter - prominent British Islamic thinker and scholar, and a lecturer in Islamic studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.[143]
Torquato Cardilli - Italian ambassador, converted From Catholicism.[144]
V
Vincenzo Luvineri - American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks, converted From Catholicism.[145]
W
Wadih el-Hage born to a Maronite Christian family in Sidon, Lebanon, a former al-Qaeda member.[citation needed]
William Abdullah Quilliam - 19th century British poet, ambassador and journalist.[146]
Willie Brigitte - French convert to Islam who associated with al-Qaeda in Pakistan and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia.[147]
Y
Yahiya Emerick - American Muslim scholar, President of the Islamic Foundation of North America, converted from Protestantism.[148]
Yasin Abu Bakr (Lennox Philip) - of Trinidad and Tobago, under trial for an attempted coup as of 9 March 2006[149]
Yusuf Estes - Former preacher and federal prison chaplain, converted from Protestantism.[150]
Yvonne Ridley - British journalist, from Anglicanism. She converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban.[151][152]
Z
Zaid Shakir - American Muslim convert former Baptist, speaker, intellectual, author, and resident scholar of Zaytuna Institute in the United States.[153][154]
Zağanos Pasha - one of the prominent military commanders of Mehmet II (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a lala, at once an advisor, mentor, tutor, councillor, protector, for the sultan.[155]
Thursday, August 19, 2010
Lukas Podolski (German pronunciation: [ˈluːkas poˈdɔlski]); born Łukasz Podolski IPA: [wu'kaʂ poˈdɔlski]) on 4 June 1985 in Gliwice, Poland) is a German footballer who plays as a striker for Köln and for the German national team. He joined 1. FC Köln in 1995 where he broke into the first team in 2003 and made 81 appearances for the club before moving to Bayern Munich. After three years in Munich with mixed success, Podolski returned to Köln. He was first capped in 2004 and has been part of the squad in all major tournaments since then. Although he was eligible to play for Germany and Poland, Podolski chose (like most Silesians) to play for Germany.
Early life
Podolski was born to Waldemar Podolski, who played professional football in Poland and won the Polish championship in 1980 with Szombierki Bytom, and to Krystyna Podolska, a former member of the Polish national handball team in the Silesian industrial town of Gliwice (near Katowice), Poland. In 1987, when Łukasz Podolski was two years old, his family emigrated from Poland to West Germany and was given Aussiedler status as a result of his paternal grandparents having German citizenship prior to WWII (Gliwice had until 1945 been a part of Germany as Gleiwitz).[4] Podolski grew up in Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, and later in Pulheim, both near Cologne.[5]
Podolski holds both German and Polish nationality, but has stated that he does not have a Polish passport.[6][7][8] In an interview Podolski said that the Polish football association never cared about him until started playing for the U21 national team and received coverage in the media. At that point, Podolski says his heart was "already beating for Germany.
Friday, August 13, 2010
Friday, July 30, 2010
THIS NIGHT
17:00 Catania ? - ? Iraklis Saloniki
17:00 Sivasspor ? - ? Cambuur Leeuwarden
18:30 Chemnitzer FC ? - ? Energie Cottbus
18:45 St. Pauli ? - ? Racing Santander
19:30 SC Heerenveen ? - ? Mallorca
21:00 Brentford ? - ? Crystal Palace
22:15 Benfica ? - ? Feyenoord Rotterdam
France - Coupe De La Ligue
14:40 July 30
20:00 Ajaccio ? - ? Istres
20:00 Angers ? - ? Bastia
20:00 Clermont Foot ? - ? Metz
20:00 Dijon ? - ? Amiens
20:00 Grenoble ? - ? Guingamp
20:00 Laval ? - ? Chateauroux
20:00 Le Havre ? - ? Le Mans
20:00 Sedan ? - ? Nimes
20:00 Strasbourg ? - ? Evian Thonon Gaillar
20:00 Tours ? - ? Vannes
20:00 Troyes ? - ? Reims
Belgium - Jupiler League
14:40 July 30
20:30 Standard Liege ? - ? Zulte-Waregem
Austria - Erste Liga
14:40 July 30
18:30 Austria Lustenau ? - ? St. Polten
18:30 Gratkorn ? - ? FC Trenkwalder Admira
18:30 Hartberg ? - ? FC Lustenau 07
18:30 SV Grödig ? - ? Kresta St. Andra
20:30 Vienna FC ? - ? Altach
Ireland - Premier Division
13:40 July 30
19:45 Bohemians ? - ? St. Patricks
19:45 Drogheda United ? - ? Bray Wanderers
19:45 UC Dublin ? - ? Galway
Ireland - 1. Division
13:40 July 30
20:00 Finn Harps ? - ? Derry City
20:00 Monaghan ? - ? Mervue United
20:00 Shelbourne ? - ? Limerick FC
20:00 Wexford Youths ? - ? Longford Town
Czech Republic - Gambrinus Liga
14:40 July 30
17:30 Usti nad Labem ? - ? Liberec
Czech Republic - 2. Liga
14:40 July 30
18:00 Jihlava ? - ? Slovan Varnsdorf
Russia - Premier Liga
16:40 July 30
18:45 Saturn ? - ? Anji Makhachkala
21:00 Spartak Nalchik ? - ? Amkar Perm
Russia - 1. Division
16:40 July 30
19:00 FC Rotor Volgograd ? - ? Volga Nyzhnyi
19:00 FC Salyut Belgorod ? - ? Khimki
19:00 FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi ? - ? Baltika
19:00 Gazprom ? - ? KamAZ
19:00 Mordovya ? - ? Ural S.R
19:00 Nizhny Novgorod ? - ? Irtysh
19:30 Avangard ? - ? Kuban Krasnodar
20:30 FC Krasnodar ? - ? FC Dinamo St Petersburg
Croatia - 1. Division
14:40 July 30
18:00 Hrvatski Dragovoljac ? - ? NK Lokomotiva
20:00 Inter Z. ? - ? Slaven Belupo
Hungary - Borsodi Liga
14:40 July 30
19:00 Ferencvaros ? - ? Paks
Romania - Liga I
15:40 July 30
18:00 Otelul Galati ? - ? Pandurii
20:30 FC Vaslui ? - ? Targu Mures
Brazil - Serie B
09:40 July 30
21:00 Icasa ? - ? Guaratingueta
21:00 Portuguesa ? - ? Sao Caetano
21:00 Vila Nova ? - ? Coritiba
Chile - Apertura
10:40 July 30
Postp. Union Espanola ? - ? Everton CD
Ecuador - Clausura
07:40 July 30
18:00 Manta ? - ? Universidad Catolica
Paraguay - Clausura
10:40 July 30
20:30 Olimpia ? - ? Rubio Nu
Japan - League 2
21:40 July 30
FT Okayama FC 1 - 0 Consadole Sapporo
Singapore - S-League
20:40 July 30
52' Geylang United FC 0 - 1 Albirex Niigata FC
Thailand - Premier League
19:40 July 30
82' Royal Thai Army 2 - 1 TTM Phichit
17:00 Catania ? - ? Iraklis Saloniki
17:00 Sivasspor ? - ? Cambuur Leeuwarden
18:30 Chemnitzer FC ? - ? Energie Cottbus
18:45 St. Pauli ? - ? Racing Santander
19:30 SC Heerenveen ? - ? Mallorca
21:00 Brentford ? - ? Crystal Palace
22:15 Benfica ? - ? Feyenoord Rotterdam
France - Coupe De La Ligue
14:40 July 30
20:00 Ajaccio ? - ? Istres
20:00 Angers ? - ? Bastia
20:00 Clermont Foot ? - ? Metz
20:00 Dijon ? - ? Amiens
20:00 Grenoble ? - ? Guingamp
20:00 Laval ? - ? Chateauroux
20:00 Le Havre ? - ? Le Mans
20:00 Sedan ? - ? Nimes
20:00 Strasbourg ? - ? Evian Thonon Gaillar
20:00 Tours ? - ? Vannes
20:00 Troyes ? - ? Reims
Belgium - Jupiler League
14:40 July 30
20:30 Standard Liege ? - ? Zulte-Waregem
Austria - Erste Liga
14:40 July 30
18:30 Austria Lustenau ? - ? St. Polten
18:30 Gratkorn ? - ? FC Trenkwalder Admira
18:30 Hartberg ? - ? FC Lustenau 07
18:30 SV Grödig ? - ? Kresta St. Andra
20:30 Vienna FC ? - ? Altach
Ireland - Premier Division
13:40 July 30
19:45 Bohemians ? - ? St. Patricks
19:45 Drogheda United ? - ? Bray Wanderers
19:45 UC Dublin ? - ? Galway
Ireland - 1. Division
13:40 July 30
20:00 Finn Harps ? - ? Derry City
20:00 Monaghan ? - ? Mervue United
20:00 Shelbourne ? - ? Limerick FC
20:00 Wexford Youths ? - ? Longford Town
Czech Republic - Gambrinus Liga
14:40 July 30
17:30 Usti nad Labem ? - ? Liberec
Czech Republic - 2. Liga
14:40 July 30
18:00 Jihlava ? - ? Slovan Varnsdorf
Russia - Premier Liga
16:40 July 30
18:45 Saturn ? - ? Anji Makhachkala
21:00 Spartak Nalchik ? - ? Amkar Perm
Russia - 1. Division
16:40 July 30
19:00 FC Rotor Volgograd ? - ? Volga Nyzhnyi
19:00 FC Salyut Belgorod ? - ? Khimki
19:00 FC Zhemchuzhina-Sochi ? - ? Baltika
19:00 Gazprom ? - ? KamAZ
19:00 Mordovya ? - ? Ural S.R
19:00 Nizhny Novgorod ? - ? Irtysh
19:30 Avangard ? - ? Kuban Krasnodar
20:30 FC Krasnodar ? - ? FC Dinamo St Petersburg
Croatia - 1. Division
14:40 July 30
18:00 Hrvatski Dragovoljac ? - ? NK Lokomotiva
20:00 Inter Z. ? - ? Slaven Belupo
Hungary - Borsodi Liga
14:40 July 30
19:00 Ferencvaros ? - ? Paks
Romania - Liga I
15:40 July 30
18:00 Otelul Galati ? - ? Pandurii
20:30 FC Vaslui ? - ? Targu Mures
Brazil - Serie B
09:40 July 30
21:00 Icasa ? - ? Guaratingueta
21:00 Portuguesa ? - ? Sao Caetano
21:00 Vila Nova ? - ? Coritiba
Chile - Apertura
10:40 July 30
Postp. Union Espanola ? - ? Everton CD
Ecuador - Clausura
07:40 July 30
18:00 Manta ? - ? Universidad Catolica
Paraguay - Clausura
10:40 July 30
20:30 Olimpia ? - ? Rubio Nu
Japan - League 2
21:40 July 30
FT Okayama FC 1 - 0 Consadole Sapporo
Singapore - S-League
20:40 July 30
52' Geylang United FC 0 - 1 Albirex Niigata FC
Thailand - Premier League
19:40 July 30
82' Royal Thai Army 2 - 1 TTM Phichit
Tuesday, July 27, 2010
Early career
Terry was born in Barking, east London, and attended Eastbury Comprehensive School. Terry played initially for Senrab, a side that featured many future stars of the English game, including current Premiership players Sol Campbell, Jermain Defoe, Bobby Zamora, Ledley King and Jlloyd Samuel.[12] As a boy he initially was part of West Ham United's youth system, joining them as a midfielder in 1991.[13] He moved to Chelsea at 14, playing for the club's youth and reserve teams. It was due to a shortage of central defenders that he was moved to centre-back, the position he plays today.
[edit]Early time with Chelsea
Terry made his Chelsea debut on 28 October 1998 as a late substitute in a League Cup tie with Aston Villa; his first start came later that season in an FA Cup third round match, a 2–0 win over Oldham Athletic. He spent a brief period on loan with Nottingham Forest in 2000 to build up his first team experience. While playing for Forest, Terry was spotted by then-Huddersfield Town manager Steve Bruce who bid £750,000 for the defender. Chelsea accepted the offer, but it fell through as Terry opted to remain with the Premier League club and learn his trade in the top division.[14] Terry was involved in an incident at a West London nightclub with Chelsea team mate Jody Morris and Wimbledon's Des Byrne. He was charged with assault and affray, but later cleared.[15] During the affair, he was given a temporary ban from the England national side by the FA.[16] Previously, along with Chelsea team-mates Frank Lampard, Jody Morris, Eiður Guðjohnsen and former team-mate Frank Sinclair, in September 2001 Terry was fined two weeks wages by Chelsea after drunkenly harassing grieving American tourists in the immediate aftermath of the September 11 attacks.[17][18] During his early days at Chelsea Terry shared a flat with Andrew Crofts.[19]
[edit]First-team regular
Terry began to establish himself in the Chelsea first team from the 2000–01 season, making 23 starts, and was voted the club's player of the year.[20] He continued his progress during 2001–02, becoming a regular in the defence alongside club captain and French international Marcel Desailly. On 5 December 2001 he captained Chelsea for the first time, in a League match against Charlton Athletic. Chelsea reached the FA Cup final, following wins against London rivals West Ham and Tottenham in the fourth and six rounds respectively, and Fulham in the semi-final – where Terry scored the only goal in a 1–0 victory. A virus denied Terry a place in the starting line-up for the final, although he came on as a second-half substitute as Chelsea lost 2–0 to Arsenal. In season 2003–04, his performances led to him being handed the captain's armband by manager Claudio Ranieri, when Desailly was out of the side. He played well in the absence of the French international, forming a strong defensive partnership with William Gallas.
Sunday, July 25, 2010
Daniel Andre "Danny" Sturridge (born 1 September 1989) is an English footballer who plays for Chelsea as a striker. Part of a footballing family, Sturridge started his professional career at Manchester City, where he played in two FA Youth Cup finals. He made his first team debut in 2007, and scored his first goal in January 2008. Over the course of 2007–08 season, Sturridge became the only player ever to score in the FA Youth Cup, FA Cup and Premier League in the same season. Mainly used as an impact substitute at Manchester City, he left the club in 2009 after failing to agree a new contract, and signed for Chelsea.
Contents [hide]
1 Club career
1.1 Manchester City
1.2 Chelsea
2 International career
3 Career statistics
4 Honours
5 References
6 External links
[edit]Club career
[edit]Manchester City
Sturridge began his career at local club Aston Villa before moving to Coventry City in 2002, from where he joined Manchester City's Academy in 2003, aged 13.[2] A Football League committee later ordered Manchester City to pay Coventry £30,000 compensation, with further payments up to a maximum of £200,000 based upon appearances and international honours.[3] The following year, he was the leading scorer and voted player of the season (the only other person to achieve this was Argentine footballer Carlos Tévez) as City won the Nike Cup, the world's largest under-15 tournament.[4] At 16, he played for Manchester City Youth during their 2006 FA Youth Cup run. The youngest player in the side, he scored four goals en route to the final,[5] and another two in the final, though they were insufficient to prevent a 3–2 aggregate defeat to Liverpool.[6] That summer, he signed his first professional contract, which came into effect when he turned 17.[7]
From the start of the 2006–07 season, Sturridge began to train with the City first team. A hat-trick in a reserve match was rewarded by a place on the substitutes' bench for the senior side's match with Reading in February 2007.[2] He duly made his debut from the bench, replacing Georgios Samaras for the final quarter-hour.[8] He made a second substitute appearance a month later, but then suffered a hip injury which sidelined him for the remainder of 2007.[9]
He scored his first goal for City on 27 January 2008 in an FA Cup match against Sheffield United, followed three days later by his first league goal on his full debut, against Derby County.[10] However, first team opportunities were sporadic, so Sturridge continued to play for the youth team in the FA Youth Cup. City again reached the final, with Sturridge the leading scorer in the competition.[11] This time City won the final, with Sturridge scoring in the first leg.[12] In the 2007–08 season, Sturridge became the only player ever to score in the Youth FA Cup, the FA Cup and the Premier League in the same season.[13]
As of 1 May 2009, after 16 appearances in the 2008–09 Premier League season, Sturridge had scored four goals and provided three assists.[14] At the end of the 2008–09 season, the Manchester City fans voted Sturridge as the Manchester City Young Player of the Season, in which he dedicated the award to his family and his uncle Dean.
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