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Religion / Re: Popular Nigerian Pastors Who Were Born Muslims (Photos) by shegz1(m): 4:22pm On Feb 22, 2015 |
Aslan Abashidze – former leader of the Ajarian Autonomous Republic in western Georgia . [6] Basuki Abdullah – Indonesian painter converted to Roman Catholicism. [7] Ibrahim Abdullah – American former PLO terrorist. [8] Saeed Abedini – an Iranian- American Christian pastor imprisoned in Iran . [9] Abo of Tiflis – Christian activist and the Patron Saint of the city of Tbilisi , Georgia. [1] Taysir Abu Saada – a former member of the PLO and the founder of the Christian ministry Hope For Ishmael after he converted to Christianity. He was Yasir Arafat 's personal driver. [10][11] Abraham of Bulgaria – martyr and saint of the Russian Orthodox Church. [12] Rotimi Adebari - first Black mayor in Ireland. [13] St. Adolphus – Christian martyr who was put to death along with his brother, John, by Abd ar- Rahman II , Caliph of Córdoba for apostasy. [14] Leo Africanus – a Moorish diplomat and author who was baptized in the Basilica of Saint Peter's in 1520. Safdar Ali – former Maulvi (Cleric) from India . [15][16] Mehmet Ali Ağca – Turkish assassin who murdered left-wing journalist Abdi İpekçi on 1 February 1979 and later shot and wounded Pope John Paul II on 13 May 1981. While in prison in 2007 he claimed to convert to Christianity. [17] Jabalah ibn al-Aiham – last ruler of the Ghassanid state in Syria and Jordan in the 7th 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. [18] Daniel Ali – an Iraqi Kurdish author, speaker and Former Kurdish Muslim Scholar (Ulama/ Mullah). In September 1995, he became a born- again Christian and became an Iraqi Roman Catholic, and thereafter commenced his writings on Islam. [19] Magdi Allam (baptized as Magdi Cristiano Allam) – Italy's most famous Islamic affairs journalist. [4] Zachariah Anani – former Sunni Muslim Lebanese militia fighter. [20] Hussain Andaryas – Afghan Christian activist and tele-evangelist. [21] Melissa Ariani – Indonesian model and presenter TV, converted to Protestantism after marriage. [22][23] Matthew Ashimolowo – Nigerian-born British pastor and evangelist. [24] Avraamy Aslanbegov – a Russian -Azeri vice- admiral and military writer of the Russian Empire , converted to Eastern Orthodox Christianity . [25] Aurelius and Natalia – Christian martyrs who were put to death during the reign of Abd ar- Rahman II , Caliph of Córdoba for apostasy. [26] Johannes Avetaranian – (born Muhammad Shukri Efendi), Christian missionary and Turkish descendant of Muhammad . [27] Asmirandah - Indonesian actress, converted to Christianity after her controversial marriage to Jonas Rivanno, Indonesian actor. B Josephine Bakhita – Roman Catholic saint from Darfur , Sudan. [28] Sarah Balabagan – Filipina prisoner in the United Arab Emirates during 1994 – 96. [29] Fathima Rifqa Bary – American teenager of Sri Lankan descent who drew international attention in 2009 when she ran away from home and claimed that her Muslim parents might kill her for having converted to Christianity. [30] 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. [31] Bayano – an African Mandika enslaved by Spaniards who led the biggest of the slave revolts of 16th-century Panama. The Mandikas were predominantly Muslim and Bayano was baptized as a devout Christian. Simeon Bekbulatovich – Khan of Qasim Khanate. [32] Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky – Russian officer of Circassian origin who led the first Russian military expedition into Central Asia. [33] Ibrahim Ben Ali – soldier, physician, and one of the earliest American settlers of Turkish origin. [34] Mohammed Christophe Bilek – an Algerian former Muslim who lives in France since 1961. Bilek was baptized in 1970. In the 1990s, he founded the Our Lady of Kabyle (in French), a website devoted to evangelisation among Muslims. [35] Francis Bok – Sudanese - American activist, convert to Islam from Christianity; but later returned to his Christian faith. [36] Jean-Bédel Bokassa – Central African Republic Emperor (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [37] Dr.Thomas Yayi Boni – President of Benin. [38] Sayed Borhan khan – Khan of Qasim Khanate from 1627 to 1679. [32] Broery – Indonesian singer (from Protestantism to Islam back to Protestantism). [39][40] Nur Aishah Bukhari – a Malay, converted and baptized in October 1997 to Roman Catholicism, being sought by the Malaysian justice to have been recognized guilty of apostasy. [41][42] C Rianti Cartwright – Indonesian actress, model, presenter and VJ. Two weeks before departure to the United States to get married, Rianti left the Muslim faith to become a baptized Catholic with the name Sophia Rianti Rhiannon Cartwright. [43][44] Kassian Cephas – Indonesian photographer. [45] [46] Chamillionaire – (born Hakeem Seriki) American rapper. [47][48] Djibril Cissé – French international footballer. [49][50] Hansen Clarke – the U.S. Representative for Michigan's 13th congressional district . [51] Eldridge Cleaver – initially associated with the Nation of Islam then Evangelical Christianity then Mormonism. [52][53] Constantine the African – Baghdad -educated Muslim who died in 1087 as a Christian monk at Monte Cassino . [54][55] Converso – substantial numbers of Iberian Muslims were converted to Christianity. These New Christians of Moorish Berber origin were known as Moriscos. Over 1 million of these Moriscos were converted from Islam to Christianity. [56] Michał Czajkowski – Polish- Cossack writer and political emigre who worked both for the resurrection of Poland and the reestablishment of a Cossack Ukraine . [57] D Moussa Dadis Camara – ex-officer of the Guinean army . [58][59] Justinus Darmojuwono – the first Indonesian Cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Semarang from 1963 to 1981, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1967. Converted to Catholicism in 1932. [60] Nonie Darwish – an Egyptian - American writer, human rights activist, critic of Islam ,founder of Arabs for Israel , and is Director of Former Muslims United. Sedar Dedeoglu – a Turk who claims to be a descendant of Islam's prophet Muhammad has converted to Christianity while living in Germany. [61] Hassan Dehqani-Tafti – the first ethnic Persian to become a Christian bishop of Iran since the 7th century and the Islamic conquest of Persia. [62] Mehdi Dibaj – Iranian Christian convert from Sunni Islam , pastor and Christian martyr . [63] [64] Momolu Dukuly – Liberian politician became the second foreign minister under William V.S. Tubman . [65][66] Daniel Bambang Dwi Byantoro – leader (and Archimandrite) of the Indonesian Orthodox Church. [67][68] E Bahaa el-Din Ahmed Hussein el-Akkad – Egyptian former Muslim sheikh who theological discourse with a Christian led him to conduct an intensive study of Christian Scripture, after which he converted to Christianity in January 2005. [69] Soraya Esfandiary-Bakhtiari – the second wife and Queen Consort of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi , the late Shah of Iran who converted to Roman Catholicism. [70] Antonio Espares – Filipino worker based in Libya, beheaded for apostasy in 2014 (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [71] [72] Estevanico – Berber originally from Morocco and one of the early explorers of the Southwestern United States. [73] Gulshan Esther – Pakistani convert from Islam to Christianity. [74] F Joseph Fadelle – (born Mohammed al-Sayyid al-Moussawi), is a Roman Catholic convert from Islam and a writer born in 1964 in Iraq in a Shiite family. [75] Donald Fareed – Iranian Christian tele- evangelist and minister. [76] Hazem Farraj – an Palestinian-American writer, minister, and televangelist. [77] 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. [78] G Mark A. Gabriel - Egyptian Islamic scholar and writer. [79] Daveed Gartenstein-Ross - counter-terrorism expert and attorney (from Judaism to Islam to Christianity). [80][81] Akbar Gbaja-Biamila – a former American football linebacker who currently works as a sports analyst for NBC and NFL Network who converted to Christianity from Islam. Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila – an American football defensive end who was drafted by the Green Bay Packers and is currently a free agent. George XI of Kartli – a Georgian monarch who ruled Eastern Georgia from 1676 to 1688 and again from 1703 to 1709. Being an Eastern Orthodox Christian, he converted to Islam prior to his appointment as governor of Qandahar. He later converted to Roman Catholicism. [82] Fathia Ghali - Egyptian princess and youngest daughter of Fuad I of Egypt and Nazli Sabri . [83] [84] Ghias ad-din – an Azeri prince of the Seljuk dynasty of Rum, convert to Eastern Orthodox Christianity . [85] Ruffa Gutierrez – Filipina actress, model and former beauty queen (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [86][87][88] H 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. [89] Naveed Afzal Haq – Pakistani - American charged for the July 2006 Seattle Jewish Federation shooting . He converted to Christianity in December 2005 but reverted to Islam by the time of the shooting. [90] Khalif Majid Hassan – former African American Islamic Preacher, Minister in the Nation of Islam (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [91] Rajah Humabon – first Filipino Sultan convert to Roman Catholicism in the name of Carlos. [92] [93] Mohammed Hegazy – first Egyptian Muslim convert to Christianity to seek official recognition of his conversion from the Egyptian Government. Hegazy was forced into hiding because of threats related to his conversion. 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 . [94] I Ubayd-Allah ibn Jahsh – brother of Zaynab bint Jahsh , the wife of Muhammad and one of the male Sahaba (companions of the Prophet). [95] Tunch Ilkin – former American football player. [96] Nasir Isiaku – former member of the Islamic sect Boko Haram . [97][98] Mariam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag – a Sudanese woman condemned to death for apostasy 2013, but released to June 2014. [99] Raden Iskak – Indonesian teacher, soldier, director, and composer converted to Catholicism in the name of Robert. [100][101] Jessica Iskandar – Indonesian actress and model (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [102][103] Qadry Ismail – former American football player. [104] Raghib Ismail – former American football player. [105] J Sabatina James – (1982 in Dhedar, Pakistan) is an Austrian-Pakistani book author. She started a new life in Vienna , changing her name and converting to Catholicism where she was baptized in 2006. [106] Esther John – a Pakistani Christian nurse. [107] She is counted in ten most famous Christian martyrs of the present day. Lina Joy – a Malay convert from Islam to Christianity. Born Azlina Jailani in 1964 in Malaysia to Muslim parents of Javanese descent, she converted at age 26. In 1998, she was baptized, and applied to have her conversion legally recognized by the Malaysian courts. [108] Don Juan of Persia – (1560–1604) a late 16th- and early 17th-century figure in Iran and Spain . He is also known as Faisal Nazary. He was a native of Iran , who later moved westward. He settled in Spain where he became a Roman Catholic. [109] K Alina Kabaeva – a Russian gymnast. [110][111] [112] Jesse of Kakheti – a Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty , son of King Leon of Kakheti converted to Islam in the Service of the Safavid dynasty , but returned to Orthodox Christianity after his return to Georgia . [113] Jesse of Kartli – a Georgian prince of the Bagrationi dynasty (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [114] Alexander Kazembek – Russian Orientalist, historian and philologist of Azeri origin . [115] Mathieu Kérékou - President of Benin (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity). [116] Chulpan Khamatova – Russian actress . [117] [118] Ilyas Khan – born in Britain to a Muslim family, by the age of 18 or 19, Khan began to question his Muslim faith. Khan was attracted to the practices of traditional Catholicism and an important contribution to his faith was through regular attendance, over a decade prior to his formal conversion. Kitty Kirkpatrick – born in India and brought up as Shia Muslim. Mekki Kuku – a Sudanese teacher condemned to death for apostasy 1998. [119][120] Emir Kusturica – a Serbian and Yugoslavian filmmaker and actor. [121][122] L Imad ud-din Lahiz – prolific Islamic writer, preacher and Qur'anic translator. [123] Miguel Layún – Mexican footballer whose parents converted to Christianity after escaping from Lebanon . Fernão Lopes (soldier) – a 16th-century Portuguese soldier in India who converted to Roman Catholicism. Dr. Nur Luke – Uyghur Bible translator. [1 1 Like |
Politics / Re: Enugu Train Station Revived By President Jonathan (photo) by shegz1(m): 7:48am On Feb 08, 2015 |
Skako: After owing civil servant 4 month salary without paying yet..... |
Technology Market / Re: [SALES ENDED]. Mtn Data- 1gig@N800, 2gig@N1500, 250m@250naira, etc by shegz1(m): 6:41pm On Dec 24, 2014 |
falansa:kudos to him |
Technology Market / Re: [SALES ENDED]. Mtn Data- 1gig@N800, 2gig@N1500, 250m@250naira, etc by shegz1(m): 5:57pm On Dec 24, 2014 |
falansa:Trust no one |
Religion / Re: Akudaya:myth Or Reality? by shegz1(m): 7:05am On Nov 16, 2014 |
i believe akudaya exist because of the story i have heard about them and don't forget one that happen in Osun state last year. But I don't know why people now mixed religion with tradition. If you have elders at home go and ask them the difference between Akudaya and Anjannu, there is different between them. |
Politics / Re: Rivers PDP Rivals Exchange Blows In Abuja by shegz1(m): 7:53am On Oct 10, 2014 |
pix or i don't believe |
Phones / Re: Nigerian Networks And Their Annoying Texts/calls by shegz1(m): 7:40pm On Sep 21, 2014 |
Very annoying message, sometimes on MTN I do received up to 10 message within 5 minutes. I don't know what NCC is doing |
Celebrities / Re: Why Seun Osewa Of Nairaland Is More Influential Than Linda Ikeji by shegz1(m): 8:47pm On Sep 17, 2014 |
Nairaland the best, changing Nigeria youth life for better |
Phones / Re: MTN Customer Care Thread by shegz1(m): 8:50am On Jul 24, 2014 |
please help me cancel Facebook weekly subscription from my line because I was been charge automatically. 07034981810 |
Food / Re: Photo Of A Baker Sleeping On Piles Of "Agege Bread" by shegz1(m): 5:56pm On Dec 19, 2013 |
Why can't we use common sense, Do you think bread can withstand the weight of that man. #Photoshop |
Culture / Re: Ooni Of Ife Warns Against Distortion Of Yoruba History by shegz1(m): 2:02pm On Dec 10, 2013 |
4th to comment for the first time. Dancing skelewu True talk oni, all Yoruba hail frm Ife. |
Politics / Re: Doubts Surround Alleged Attack On Oduah’s Car by shegz1(m): 9:33am On Nov 26, 2013 |
Space reserved . . . . . . I'm coming back for my comment |
Politics / Re: Gunmen Fired Shots At Oduah's Car In Abuja by shegz1(m): 8:42am On Nov 26, 2013 |
See politic, madam Stella u don't plan it well, why ar you not in the car. The plotting will not justify the armour car you buy. Try another thing that can justify it |
Education / Re: We Merged Osun Schools To Improve Standard Of Education - Speaker by shegz1(m): 4:43pm On Oct 18, 2013 |
Why don't he talk about the boys school that have been existing for decade that has nw been turn to mixed school. Good policy but not well planned. |
Islam for Muslims / Re: China Bans Ramadan For Muslim Students by shegz1(m): 11:21pm On Jul 15, 2013 |
maclatunji:Are you Blind? Don't you see what he write. Let other religion be permitted in Saudi Arabia too if Islam is truly a religion of peace |
Islam for Muslims / Re: Lagos Did Not Ban Hijab In Public Schools by shegz1(m): 12:15am On May 21, 2013 |
omokayode9258: u ar nt a reasnable human bn nd if u ar, u ar reasoning fac is faulty. Hw culd d cele nd co be proud workn round d street wtout bn criticisd, hw culd d jehova wtnss be intrudn to pples house wtout bn corectd nd hw culd d christians be wearn skimpy, jumpa, trousers of dif kind wtout bn curbed. Nd d muslims dt ar covern dr chastity ar denied of dr civic right nd u ar dr comentn rubish. Do u knw dt hijab is allowed in virtualy al westrn country even oxford uni alows hijab talkles of unstandardisd schs in dis country wel, i reserv my coment til wen they finish dr useles consultatnAr Muslim denied to wear hijab in Nigeria tertiary institution or uni, let dem get to higher institution before using there hijab unless every religion will b claiming der own dressing code in the government school 1 Like |
Education / Re: Check Your Jamb Result Here by shegz1(m): 3:06pm On May 04, 2013 |
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Islam for Muslims / Re: How An American Lady Converted To Islam by shegz1(m): 10:01am On Dec 26, 2012 |
There is nothing big for a christian to live the light and go opposite of it. There are thousand muslim converting to a christian in a day. JESUS IS THE LIGHT |
Computers / Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by shegz1(m): 8:58am On Aug 11, 2012 |
Thank you all for all ur contribution. I have restore the system back to a month ago and later scan it with malwarebyte. The computer is now working properly. Pls can install two antivirus "Avast and malwarebyte" on my computer without removing one for each other. |
Computers / Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by shegz1(m): 5:35pm On Aug 08, 2012 |
The main problem is most of my program has stop respondin even the avast antivirus and other program |
Computers / Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by shegz1(m): 5:12pm On Aug 08, 2012 |
Its window 7, when i type mrt inside the run box what it display is window cannot find mrt. |
Computers / Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by shegz1(m): 4:44pm On Aug 08, 2012 |
Its not image software, the problem start immediatly i select the picture from the flash drive with name porn. |
Computers / Help My Programing Project Inside by shegz1(m): 3:42pm On Aug 08, 2012 |
Pls can someone help me, i was unable to open my any install program on my computer again, the icon of all the program has change to image type even my antivirus and anytime i want to open any program its not respondin and i tried to use recovery its not loadin 2. The problem start wen i borrow someone my flash and it was return wit some folder name porn and sexy and wen i click on it. Pls wat can i do abt d virus |
Computers / Re: Post Your Computer (PC) Troubles Here. by shegz1(m): 3:10pm On Aug 08, 2012 |
Pls i was unable to open my any install program on my computer again, the icon of all the program has change to image type even my antivirus and anytime i want to open any program its not respondin and i tried to use recovery its not loadin 2. The problem start wen i borrow some1 my flash and it was return wit some folder name porn and sexy and wen i click on it. Pls wat can i do abt d virus |
Webmasters / Re: Breaking: Nigeria Labour Congress Website Hacked by shegz1(m): 10:48am On Jan 28, 2012 |
Kudos to the hacker, any way you will use what you have to save yourself. |
Education / Information About Keebi State University Of Science And Technology by shegz1(m): 11:12pm On Sep 21, 2010 |
Please anybody with information about these university post utme should help me |
Education / Re: Fed Poly Ilaro Admission Merit List Is Out by shegz1(m): 8:31pm On Sep 06, 2010 |
I chose ilaro as 2nd choice 277 in utme, science laboratory technology but my name is not included in the merit. What should i do? |
Education / Info On Ksusta by shegz1(m): 3:34pm On Jul 03, 2010 |
Please anybody with information on Kebbi state university of science and technology. |
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