AmericanMovie Actresses & Actors who have converted to Islam:
Ellen Burstyn is
an American actress who played the role of the mother of the young girl who was
possessed by Jinn (demons) in the famous movie "The Exorcist". She converted to
Islam.
Rebecca Brooke an American actress in the adult
industry, from 1973 till 1977, converted to Islam shortly after
retiring from acting.
American Movie Directors who have converted to Islam:
Sean Stone (son of famous Jewish American Director
Oliver Stone)
American Boxers who have converted to Islam:
1. Muhammad Ali Famous boxing champion, speaking about
his conversion to Islam
2. Mike Tyson Heavy-weight boxing champion who
has converted to Islam
4. Kristin Ritchie
female rap artist, better known by the stage name
MC Router.
American civil rights activists who have converted to Islam:
Malcolm X
a civil rights activist and an African American leader.
American politicians who have converted to Islam:
1. Keith Ellison The first American Muslim
Congressman. He represents Minnesota in the House of Representatives.
2. Jack EllisMayor of Macon, Georgia
from 1999-2007
American Christian pastors, priests, ministers, missionaries, and preachers
who have converted to Islam:
1. Dr. Yvonne K. Seon, holds Master's degree in Divinity
and Ph.D. in African American Studies. She is the
first African American woman to be ordained as a Minister in the Unitarian
Church.
3. Dr. Jerald Dirks
Reverend/Deacon at United Methodist Church, who graduated Harvard Divinity
School
American university professors who have converted to Islam:
1. Dr. Fidelma O'Leary Professor
of NeuroScience at St. Edwards Univ. (Catholic Univ.), Austin, TX, converted to Islam
American Converts to Islam who have become University Professors of Religion, Islamic
scholars, intellectuals, Imams, Islamic speakers and lecturers, authors of Islamic books:
Mr. Sadiq Abdul-Malik is an
American Islamic scholar, speaker and debater. He is a
convert to Islam.
Mr. Ammar
Amonette American Islamic
scholar who is a convert to Islam. He was born in Michigan, but currently
resides in Colorado.)
Dr. Khalid Blankinship He is an American
Islamic Scholar.
He is Chair of the Department of Religion at Temple University,
Philadelphia, PA.
Dr.
Jonathan Brown He is an American Islamic Scholar. He is Associate
Professor of Islamic Civilization at Georgetown University. He is a convert
to Islam.
Dr.
Lawrence Brown American Ophthalmologist - Eye Surgeon - and a convert to
Islam.
Dr. Robert
Crane is the former adviser to U.S. President Richard Nixon, and is former Deputy Director (for Planning) of the
United States National Security Council. In September 1981, President Ronald
Reagan appointed Crane to be U.S. ambassador to the United Arab Emirates. In
1962, Crane became one of the four co-founders of the first Washington-based
foreign-policy think-tank, the Center for Strategic and International
Studies (CSIS). In 1966, he left to become Director of Third World Studies
at the Hudson Institute, a think-tank. He is a convert to Islam. Since the
early 1980s, Crane has worked full-time as a Muslim activist. From 1983 to
1986, he was the Director of Da’wa at the Islamic Center in Washington, D.C.
In 1986, he joined the International Institute of Islamic Thought as its
Director of Publications. Then, he helped in founding the American Muslim
Council, now defunct, serving as Director of its Legal Division from 1992 to
1994. He was the founding President of the Muslim American Bar Association.
In 2012, he was appointed as full professor in Qatar Faculty of Islamic
Studies and Director of Center for the Study of Islamic Thought and Muslim
Societies.
Dr. Jerald Dirks
American, former Deacon of United Methodist Church, psychologist, and a
convert to Islam.
John Ederer
American Imam of a mosque in
Charlotte, North Carolina. He was bornand raised in
Oklahoma. He is a convert to Islam.
Mr. Yusuf Estes
American scholar, former Christian Preacher and a convert to Islam
Dr. James FrankelaJewish American Professor of Religion, at Univ. of Hawaii, who has
converted to Islam.
John (Yahya)
Graff American Imam of a mosque in Houston, Texas. He is a convert to
Islam.
Khalid Green is an American Islamic speaker, and
lecturer. He is a convert to Islam.
Dr. Jeffrey Lang
American Professor of Mathematics at Univ. of Kansas and a convert to Islam.
Saajid Lipham is an American Islamic
scholar, speaker, and lecturer.
He is pursuing Islamic studies in Saudi Arabia.
Dr. Joseph
Lumbard American Professor at The American University of Sharjah.
He is a convert to Islam.
Abd-Raheem McCarthy is
an Irish-American Islamic speaker and lecturer.
After accepting Islam in 1994, he moved to Sudan and then Saudi Arabia where he
spent ten years in Madina studying Arabic at the Arabic Institute and Islamic
Studies at the Islamic University of Madina.
Abd-Rahman Murphy
is an American Islamic speaker and lecturer from Chicago. He is a convert to
Islam. He spent two years studying at Riyadh As-Saliheen Institute in
Chicago. He graduated from Imam Certificate Program in Makka. In May of
2014, he formally graduated from the Qalam Seminary’s one-year program in
Arlington, Texas. He has served as a youth director, Muslim chaplain, and
assistant Imam in a full-time capacity since 2009.
Dr. Jamal Diin Omar is an American Islamic speaker and
lecturer from Minnesota. He is a convert to Islam. He has Ph.D. in Educational
Leadership and curriculum.
Nicholas (Nick) Pelletier
is an American Islamic speaker and lecturer. He was born and raised in
Massachusetts, U.S. He accepted Islam in 2004 after graduating from the
University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth with a B.A. in Political Science.
He has worked in the Muslim community as a Public Affairs Representative, an
Imam, and more recently as the Director of Dawah and Outreach for one of the
largest Islamic centers in the United States. He obtained a B.A. degree in
Islamic Law from the Islamic University in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
Saeed Purcellis an American Islamic speaker and Lecturer.born
and raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He is a convert/revert to Islam.
John StarlingAmerican Imam of a mosque in New Jersey, U.S. He was born and raised in
North Carolina. He converted to Islam during his second year of studying Business at North Carolina
State University. Later, he studied at the Islamic University in Medina, Saudi Arabia.
Mr. Siraj Wahhaj Imam of Brooklyn, NY,
mosque and an American convert to Islam
Mr. Suhaib WebbAmerican scholar from Oklahoma and a convert to Islam
Tahir Wyatt is
an American Islamic scholar, speaker and lecturer, from Philadelphia. He converted to Islam in
1993. He is a graduate of the Islamic University of Madina. He is currently pursuing his PhD in 'Aqeeda and
Comparative Religion. In
addition, he has been appointed by Saudi Royal Decree to teach in the Prophet's
Mosque in Madina.
Mr. Hamza Yusuf (Mark Hanson)American scholar, co-founder of Zaytuna Institute for
Islamic Studies and a convert to Islam
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