Stories of New Muslims


In the Name of Allah, the Most Compassionate, the Most Merciful

This page is built on the shoulders of those people who have volunteered their personal stories of how they entered Islam. If you, the reader, are open to the possibility that Allah, the Creator, has given you clear evidence to accept Him and His message of Islam, then read these stories. From different backgrounds, and different experiences, you just might find someone here who had the same questions and doubts that you may have. Many of these people have endured against tremendous obstacles, including parental opposition, despair with other religions, being blind, and being lied to about the true nature of Islam.

If you would like to share your story on how you entered Islam, please let us know! Send your story to us.


Becoming Muslim

Australia
Austria
Bangladesh
Brazil
Brunei
Cambodia
Canada
Czechoslovakia
Denmark
Ecuador
England
France
Germany
Hawaii
Holland
Hungary
Iceland
India
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland
Italy
Japan
Kuwait
Latin America
Mexico
New Zealand
Norway
Philipines
Poland
Russia
Scotland
Singapore
Spain
Sweden
South Africa
Taiwan
Tanzania
U.S.A
Unknown
Vietnam

AUSTRALIA
Cecilia Mahmuda Cannolly
Asiya Abd al-Zahir
Abu Saleh Benjamin Koch
Maryam Butson
Jenny

 

AUSTRIA
Muhammad Asad (Statesman, Journalist, and Author )
Dr. Umar Rolf Baron Ehrenfels (Professor of Anthropology)

 

BANGLADESH
Ranjit Das Gupta
Suresh Chandra Das
Doyal Hori Das

 

BRAZIL
Maria Moreira

 

BRUNEI
S.S. Lai


CAMBODIA
Laure (residing in France)

 

CANADA
Alberta : Yusuf Ali Bernier
Ontario : Jane
Jacklynn Winmill-Lee
Montreal : Um-Khalthum (Celine)
New Brunswick : Yahya Abdul Rahman a.k.a. Shawn Smith (trained Christian Minister)
Converts to Islam - Official Website (run by above)
Nova Scotia : Malik Hassan
State Unknown:
Bilal Philips (originally Jamaican)
Sumayya (Evelyn) Tonnellier
Thomas Irving
Lara
Tena
Rita

 

CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Coming to Islam Despite Muslims

 

DENMARK
Islam in Denmark

 

ECUADOR
Monica (currently in the U.S.)

 

ENGLAND
Cat Stevens a.k.a. Yusuf Islam
Najm Uddin Clayton
Lord Headley Al-Farooq (Statesman & Author, Cambridge University)
Anthony Green
Abd-ul-Waahid 'Bruce' Paterson
Jemima Goldsmith
Sir Jalaluddin Lauder Brunton (Statesman & Baronet , Oxford University)
Sir Abdullah Archibald Hamilton (Statesman & Baronet)
Propfessor Haroom Mustapha Leon (Etymologist, Geologist & Author)
Lady Evelyn Zeinab Cobbold
Mas'udah Steinmann
Mavis B. Jolly
Sophie Jenkins
Muhammad Jon Webster (President, The English Muslim Mission)

 

FRANCE
Leila Raffin
Laure (originally from Cambodia)

 

GERMANY
Goethe
Muhammad Aman Hobohm (Diplomat, Missionary and Social Worker)
Dr. Hamid Marcus (Scientist, Author & Journalist)
Aminah Mosler
Anja
Haus Des Islam
Murad Hofman, formerly Wilfried Hofman (Ph.D (Law) Harvard. German Social Scientist and Diplomat)

 

HAWAII
Honolulu : Abdul-Rashid Abdullah a.k.a. Ronald Lee Leuschen II

 

HOLLAND
Mr. R. L. Mellema (Anthropologist, writer and scholar)

 

HUNGARY
Dr. Abdul Karim Germanus (Professor of Oriental Studies)

 

ICELAND
Sigrún Valsdóttir

 

INDIA
Sister Noor

 

INDONESIA
Kusmari Rendrabwana

 

IRAN
Professor Abdul Ahad Dawud (formerly a Reverand).

 

IRAQ
Professor 'Abdu 'l-Ahad Dawud (former Rev. David Benjamin Keldani, B.D., Roman Catholic priest) . See also his great book.

 

IRELAND
Somayyah

 

ITALY
Iman

 

JAPAN
Miss Fatima Kazue
Umar Mita (Economist, Social Worker and Preacher)
Ali Muhammad Mori (Social Worker and Preacher)
Muslim Women in Japan
Yoko
Nakata Khaula

 

KUWAIT
Sarah McBride

 

LATIN AMERICA
Latin American Muslim Unity (LAMU)
Small wave of Latinos feel draw of Islam (The Christian Science Monitor)

MEXICO
Abiquiu : Dar al Islam (main office in Virginia)

 

NEW ZEALAND
Michael Yip

 

NORWAY
Chahida Elisabeth Zanabi her story or her website

 

PHILIPINES
Ahmadsalam Tagamolila
Khadija Zafar
Miguelito Lopez and Maria Lourdes (currently in Singapore)
Sitti Warda Abdullah (currently in Singapore)

 

POLAND
Bogdan Ataullah Kopanski (now American. Ph.D in History & Politics)
PARADOX FK, the first Muslim Publishing House

 

RUSSIA
Archpriest Viacheslav Polosin

 

SCOTLAND
Aisha Bhutta a.k.a. Debbie Rogers (The Guardian Newspaper, England, Thursday 8th May 1997)

 

SINGAPORE
Chua Gim San
Miguelito Lopez and Maria Lourdes (formerly from the Philipines)
Sitti Warda Abdullah (formerly from the Philipines)
"Princess Diyana"

SPAIN
Anselm Tormeeda (An ex-priest, the greatest Christian scholar (during) the 14th century, author of "The Gift to the Intelligent for Refuting the Arguments of the Christians")

SWEDEN
Helena
Ibrahim a.k.a. Ulf Karlsson
Aso Asinger

 

SOUTH AFRICA
Fathima Lienberg

 

TAIWAN
Taifu

 

TANZANIA
Al Hajj Abu Bakr John Mwaipopo (former Lutheran Arch Bishop Martin John Mwaipopo)

 

VIETNAM
Vietnamese Muslims

COUNTRY UNKNOWN
Asiya Abd-az-Zahra

 

U.S.A
California : C. Huda Dodge
Yahiye Adam Gadahn
Shariffa Carlo Al Andalusia (originally South American)
Islam in Los Angeles
Sean Champ - The Symmetry Net
Chicago, Illinois : Islam's thriving spirit
Mahira Khan's Page for Children
Colorado : Diane Beatty
Connecticut : Dr. Jeffrey Lang (Mathematics, University of Kansas)
Indiana : Kenneth L. Jenkins (Former Minister and Elder of the Church)
Tavis Adibudeen
Kansas : Anisah Hayes
Hafsah
Massachusetts : Tisha M. Smith
Mississippi : Rob Wicks
Joie Kay Hendricks
Nebraska : Malcolm X
New York : Michelle
Othman Ajunsun
K.H. Abdullateef
Muhammad Alexander Russel Webb (Diplomat, Author & Journalist)
North Carolina : Kaci Starbuck
Sarajiki Pierson
Christopher Shelton
Rehana
Oklahoma : Aminah Assilmi
Iman Al Mu'minah (Um Isa)
Philadelphia : E. Ahmed Tori
Pittsburg : Iman
Rhode Island : Mary Cabral Abdalla
San Francisco : Dr. Kari Ann Owen, Ph.D. (ancestors - Spanish Jew)
Abd al-Hayy Moore (writer and poet)
South Dakota : Eric Wenger
Human Interaction for Religious Understanding
Texas: Sharon's Page
John Kirch
Gabriela Pruneda
Hudda Droll (currently in Gaza Strip)
Virginia, Fairfax : Dar al Islam
Richmond : Malaak
North: Chaplain Yusuf Estes (Director of IslamToday.com)
Washington D.C. : Khadija Abdullah Abdurrahman (Christine Lin)
Jewellee

US State Unknown: Natassia M. Kelly
Bailey Varos
Anonymous & Struggling
Sarajiki Pierson
Black American Conversions
Maryam al-Mahdayah
Phreddie
Nur Habiba bint Geeston
Ruqayya
Rachel Singer
Shakira Graham
Adam Knoerzer
Maryam Jameelah
Kareema
Themise Cruz
David Pradarelli
Col. Donald S. Rockwell (Poet, Critic & Author)
Michelle Al-Nasr
Karima Slack Razi
Erin/Sumaya Fannoun
Jeremiah McAuliffe
Cassius Clay

 

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