List of converts to Islam

Converts to Islam
Total population
  • According to Guinness World Records, there were 12.5 million more converts to Islam than to Christianity from 1990-2000.[1]
  • In the United Kingdom and France, up to 100,000 people converted in the last decade in each country.[2]
  • Germany has up to 4,000 a year.[3]

The following is an incomplete list of notable people who converted to Islam from a different religion or no religion. This article addresses only past professions of faith by the individuals listed, and is not intended to address ethnic, cultural, or other considerations. Such cases are noted in their list entries. The list is categorized alphabetically by their former religious affiliation.

Lists of converts to Islam from various major religions

Sabianism

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See also

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