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* [[Aman Tuleyev]] - secular<ref>[http://www.stetson.edu/~psteeves/relnews/9907c.html Religion in Russia] "Theologians from Chechnya and Dagestan, a neighboring mainly Moslem region of Russia, called at an assembly in Grozny for Tuleyev's death, Interfax said. They urged all Moslems to carry out the sentence at the first possible opportunity."</ref> |
* [[Aman Tuleyev]] - secular<ref>[http://www.stetson.edu/~psteeves/relnews/9907c.html Religion in Russia] "Theologians from Chechnya and Dagestan, a neighboring mainly Moslem region of Russia, called at an assembly in Grozny for Tuleyev's death, Interfax said. They urged all Moslems to carry out the sentence at the first possible opportunity."</ref> |
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* [[Taslima Nasrin]] - secular humanist and writer<ref name="khaleejtimes">[http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/March/subcontinent_March677.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= Indian Muslim group calls for beheading of writer], [[Khaleej Times]] Online / [[AFP]], [[17 March]] 2007</ref> |
* [[Taslima Nasrin]] - secular humanist and writer<ref name="khaleejtimes">[http://www.khaleejtimes.com/DisplayArticleNew.asp?xfile=data/subcontinent/2007/March/subcontinent_March677.xml§ion=subcontinent&col= Indian Muslim group calls for beheading of writer], [[Khaleej Times]] Online / [[AFP]], [[17 March]] 2007</ref> |
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* [[As'ad Abu Khalil]]- Lebanese secularist<ref>[http://angryarab.blogspot.com/ The Angry Arab News Service] comments from her blog</ref> |
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* [[Wafa Sultan]] - secular humanist<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187385,00.html Time Magazine]- Interview with Wafa Sultan</ref><ref>[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</ref> |
* [[Wafa Sultan]] - secular humanist<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1187385,00.html Time Magazine]- Interview with Wafa Sultan</ref><ref>[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</ref> |
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* [[Mina Ahadi]] - Iranian-born pacifist, founder of the German apostate-organization "Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime"<ref>{{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= }}</ref> |
* [[Mina Ahadi]] - Iranian-born pacifist, founder of the German apostate-organization "Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime"<ref>{{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= }}</ref> |
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This is a list of notable people who have been Muslims sometime during their lives but no longer are.
Converted to a different Abrahamic religion
Converted to Christianity
- Utameshgaray of Kazan - khan of Kazan Khanate[2]
- Walid Shoebat - author and former member of the PLO[3]
- Nonie Darwish - freelance writer[1]
- Mehdi Dibaj - Iranian pastor and Christian martyr[4]
- Ghorban Tourani - former Iranian Sunni Muslim who became a Christian minister. He received the death penalty for Apostasy in Islam[5][6]
- Jean-Bédel Bokassa - Central African Republic Emperor (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity)[7]
- Mark A. Gabriel- Islamic scholar and writer[8]
- Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila - American football player[9]
- Qadry Ismail - former American football player[10]
- Raghib Ismail - former American football player[11]
- Tunch Ilkin - former American football player[12]
- Lina Joy - The desire to have her conversion recognized was the subject of a court case in Malaysia[13]
- Carlos Menem - former President of Argentina[14]
- George Weah - Liberian soccer player (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity)[15]
- Tuğçe Kazaz - Turkish model; Miss Turkey 2001[16]
- Begum Samru - powerful lady of north India, ruling a large area from Sardhana, Uttar Pradesh[17]
- Hussain Andaryas - Afghani Christian activist[18]
- Abdul Rahman - Afghan convert to Christianity who escaped the death penalty because of foreign pressure[19]
- Mathieu Kérékou- President of Benin (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity)[20]
- Emir Kusturica - Bosnian film director[21][22]
- Daveed Gartenstein-Ross- from Judiasm to Islam to Christianity- counter terrorism expert.[23][24]
- Lina Joy- former muslim from Malaysia fighting to make her conversion legal [25]
- Zachariah Anani - former Muslim Lebanese militia fighter [26]
- Malika Oufkir - Author, activist and former prisoner of the Moroccan Royal Family. [27]
- Ruffa Gutierrez - Filipina actress, model and former beauty queen (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity)[28]
Converted to Judaism
- Avraham Sinai - former Hezbollah intelligence officer and spy for Israel[29]
Converted to the Bahá'í Faith
- 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.[30]
- Mishkín-Qalam- was a prominent Bahá'í and one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh, as well as a famous calligrapher of 19th century Persia.[31]
- Táhirih- poet[32]
- Nabíl-i-A`zam- Bahá'í historian, one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh[31]
- Hají Ákhúnd- follower of Bahá'u'lláh[31]
- Ibn-i-Abhar- appointed a Hand of the Cause, and identified as one of the nineteen Apostles of Bahá'u'lláh.
- Núrayn-i-Nayyirayn- two brothers who were beheaded in the city of Isfahan in 1879.
Part of a unorganized religion or no religion
Became atheists
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Somali-born politician.[33]
- Salman Rushdie - author who wrote many books critical of Islam[34]
- Lounès Matoub- secularist singer[35]
- Nursultan Nazarbayev- President of Kazakhstan[36]
- Ibn Warraq- best-selling author on Islam[37]
Secular
- Aman Tuleyev - secular[38]
- Taslima Nasrin - secular humanist and writer[39]
- Wafa Sultan - secular humanist[40][41]
- Mina Ahadi - Iranian-born pacifist, founder of the German apostate-organization "Zentralrat der Ex-Muslime"[42]
- Ali Sina, an online critic of Islam and founder of the Faith Freedom International web site, who has contributed to a book by Ibn Warraq called Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out[43][44][45]
- Anwar Shaikh - Pakistani born author. Passed away in November 2006.[46][47]
Rationalist or free-thinker
- Younus Shaikh - Pakistani rationalist and free-thinker[48]
Converted to a Dharmic religion
Converted to Buddhism
- Tillakaratne Dilshan- cricket player[49]
- Kenneth Pai- writer[50]
- Wong Ah Kiu- Malay convert to Buddhism[51]
Converted to Hinduism
- Annapurna Devi - surbahar (bass sitar) player and music teacher in the North Indian classical tradition[52]
Other
Religious founders
- Akbar - Ruler of Mughal Empire and founder of Din-i-Ilahi.[53][54] [dubious – discuss]
- Ariffin Mohamed - Founder of the Sky Kingdom who claimed a unique connection to God. Although he also stated "no restriction on practising your own faith and at the same time belonging in the Sky Kingdom."[55]
- Salih ibn Tarif - Proclaimed himself a Prophet/Mahdi and came out with his own Qur'an.[56]
- Báb - founded Babism virtually all his followers upon his death accepted Bahá'u'lláh[57]
- Bahá'u'lláh - claimed to be the prophet the Báb spoke of thus forming the Bahá'í Faith[31]
Undetermined current belief system but are former Muslims
- Parvin Darabi- Iranian Critic of Islam[58]
- Khalid Duran[59]
- Wesley Snipes- converted from Christianity in 1978 and left Islam in 1988.[60]
- David Hicks- an Australian-born political prisoner who converted to Islam[61] 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. [62]
See also
- Apostasy in Islam
- Pseudonymity
- Criticism of Islam
- List of notable converts to Islam
- Religious conversion
- Apostasy
Other apostasy-related lists
- List of ex-atheists
- List of former Protestants
- List of ex-Roman Catholics
- Former Latter-day Saints
- List of ex-Christians
References
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- ^ a b Friedman, Lisa. "Ex-Muslim calls on her people to reject hatred", Los Angeles Daily News, 5 June 2005. (reproduced)
- ^ "Үтәмешгәрәй". Tatar Encyclopaedia (in Tatar). Kazan: The Republic of Tatarstan Academy of Sciences. Institution of the Tatar Encyclopaedia. 2002.
- ^ a b Biography of Walid Shoebat Cite error: The named reference "walid" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
- ^ The Written Defense of the Rev. Mehdi Dibaj Delivered to the Sari Court of Justice - Sari, Iran December 3, 1993
- ^ http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1533122/posts
- ^ Diplomats Concerned About Killing of Iranian Pastor
- ^ I Love Jeddah in the Springtime Time magazine
- ^ Against the Tides in the Middle East, International Academic Centre for Muslim Evangelism in South Africa, 1997 (published under the name "Mustafa").
- ^ Kabeer Gbaja-Biamila
- ^ Qadry Ismail's bio on TheGoal.com
- ^ Article on Raghib Ismail: Rocket shows strong path
- ^ Faith in Sports
- ^ Time Magazine
- ^ Carlos Menem- Biography
- ^ You quizzed George Weah - BBC.com
- ^ Beyaz: Tuğçe Kazaz şehadet getirsin
- ^ The Indian Mutiny and the British Imagination by Gautam Chakravarty · Cambridge, 242 pp ISBN 0521832748
- ^ "He saved me - The story of Hussain Andaryas from Afghanistan". Retrieved 2006-08-17.
- ^ http://english.aljazeera.net/news/archive/archive?ArchiveId=21687
- ^ Okanla, Karim (Wednesday, 20 August, 2003). "Benin's 'magical' leader". BBC news.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Article about Kusturica's religion on pionirovglasnik.com
- ^ News of Kusturica's baptism on passagen.se
- ^ Prison Radicalization: Are Terrorist Cells Forming in U.S. Cell Blocks? Government testimony (PDF)
- ^ Daveed Gartenstein-Ross biography on his website
- ^ Pressly, Linda (November 15 2006). "Life as a secret Christian convert". BBC News.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ http://www.cbc.ca/thecurrent/2007/200701/20070116.html
- ^ Malika Oufkir: the American Making of a Moroccan Star
- ^ Ruffa Gutierrez reaffirms her Christian faith
- ^ Avni, Idan (2006-09-14). "A righteous man from Hizbullah land". YNetNews. Retrieved 2006-12-17.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help) - ^ Momen, Moojan (2002-03-04). "Abu'l-Fadl Gulpaygani, Mirza". Retrieved 2007-02-19.
- ^ a b c d Balyuzi, H.M. (1985). Eminent Bahá'ís in the time of Bahá'u'lláh. The Camelot Press Ltd, Southampton. pp. pp. 270-271. ISBN 0853981523.
{{cite book}}:|pages=has extra text (help) Cite error: The named reference "Balyuzi" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page). - ^ `Abdu'l-Bahá (1997) [1915]. Memorials of the Faithful (Softcover ed.). Wilmette, Illinois, USA: Bahá'í Publishing Trust. ISBN 0877432422.
- ^ Dutch article link: 'Ik geloof niet meer'
- ^ Interview with Rushdie by Gigi Marzullo; Sottovoce, RAIUNO, March 31 2006.
- ^ interview with Lounès Matoub
- ^ Kazakstan - Government Mongabay
- ^ "Warraq's book Why I Am Not a Muslim presents a strident historical, moral, and philosophical indictment of Islam and advocates not just a firm separation of mosque and state but outright atheism." Holy War, by Chris Mooney at The American Prospect online (Accessed 29 August 2006).
- ^ Religion in Russia "Theologians from Chechnya and Dagestan, a neighboring mainly Moslem region of Russia, called at an assembly in Grozny for Tuleyev's death, Interfax said. They urged all Moslems to carry out the sentence at the first possible opportunity."
- ^ Indian Muslim group calls for beheading of writer, Khaleej Times Online / AFP, 17 March 2007
- ^ Time Magazine- Interview with Wafa Sultan
- ^ There is No Clash of Civilizations but a Clash between the Mentality of the Middle Ages and That of the 21st Century Feb. 2006
- ^ "Founder of ex-Muslim group threatened". United Press International. February 23, 2007.
{{cite news}}: Check date values in:|date=(help); Cite has empty unknown parameter:|coauthors=(help) - ^ Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out Prometheus Books (May 2003) ISBN 1-59102-068-9
- ^ Faith Freedom International- about
- ^ Ex-Muslim's site trashes Muhammad
- ^ Autobiography of a Dissident - Anwar Shaikh in Leaving Islam: Apostates Speak Out by Ibn Warraq. Prometheus Books (May 2003) ISBN 1-59102-068-9
- ^ The Rushdie Affair: The Novel, the Ayatollah, and the West by Daniel Pipes, Pg. 283
- ^ Younus Shaikh- short biography
- ^ Cricinfo Profile Retrieved 20-12-2006.
- ^ Peony Dreams Retrieved 27-7-2007.
- ^ ""她是回教徒" 老婦舉殯宗教局搶屍 ("She was a Muslim": Religious Affairs Department snatches woman's corpse)". Sin Chew Daily. 2006-01-20. Retrieved 2007-05-02. Has picture of Wong.
- ^ Unveiling the Mystique of a Reclusive Artiste, Jaya Ramanathan, The Hindu, 28 June 2005.
- ^ Abul Fazl - Akbarnama Volume III
- ^ Abul Fazl - Akbarnama Volume II
- ^ The Telegraph
- ^ U of Massachusetts
- ^ Shoghi Effendi, introduction to The Dawn-breakers, p. xxx.
- ^ Darabi, Parvin Rage Against the Veil: The Courageous Life and Death of an Islamic Dissident ISBN 1-57392-682-5
- ^ Duran, KhalidChildren of Abraham : An Introduction to Islam for Jews Ktav Publishing House ISBN 0881257249
- ^ 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
- ^ David Hicks: 'Australian Taleban'
- ^ Hicks drops Islamic faith