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Muslims who left Islam
Muslims often advertise news of non-Muslims converting to Islam, but they don't tell other side of the story where Muslims are leaving Islam too. There are more Muslims leaving Islam than new converts joining Islam. According to some sources, Muslims are leaving Islam in millions, which is unprecedented in the history of Islam. This page will contain news relating to "Muslims Leaving Islam" and links to Testimonies of Muslims who left Islam and converted to other beliefs.
Former Muslims who became atheists/agnostics/deists
- Ibn Warraq
- Parvin Darabi
- Taslima Nasrin
- Ali Sina
- Ayaan Hirsi Ali - Dutch feminist and politician
- Anwar Sheikh
- Mark A Gabriel
- Zak Gariba
- Wafa Sultan - Arab American psychiatrist
- Salman Rushdie - Indian Born British Writer
- Dr. Younus Shaikh - Pakistani Medical Doctor & Rationalist
Former Muslims who Converted to Buddhism
Former Muslims who Converted to Christianity
Former Muslim Preachers, Mullahs, Imams, Scholars and Dawah missionaries who left Islam and converted to Christianity
- Dr Mustafa( Now Mark Gabriel)Former Muslim Imam, Ex-Professor in Al Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt(Most prestigious Islamic school of theology )
- Dr. Muhammed Rahoumy(now Dr. Samuel Paul) - former Dean in Al Azhar Islamic University in Cairo Egypt.
- Issa Ahmed Khalid -An author of answering-christianity.com, Fomer Dawa Missionary, Muslim Preacher
- El-Faqi, an ex-Imam and lawyer
- Hajji Husman Mohamed - a former ethiopian Muslim Imam
- Hamran Ambrie - Indonesian Ex-Muslim Priest
- Mohammed Amin - Former Ethiopian Islamic Cleric
- El-Akkad - Former Muslim Preacher, Egypt
- Ak-Beket - former Imam, Kazakhstan
- Mullah Assad Ullah - Former mullah, Afganistan
- Indonesian Imam Left Islam, He also led 3000 Moslems to Christ
- Fahmir - A Mullah started to preach Gospel in Afghanistan
- Mullah's supernatural conversion - becomes church planter
- Sudan: Moslem Imam converts to Christianity
- Kosovo - Converted Muslim leads Mullah to Christ
- Imam decides to follow Christ after seeing Jesus film
- Former Mosque Teacher Launches Christian Radio Ministry
- Rev. Mawlawi Dr. Imad ud-Din Lahiz - Prolific Islamic Writer, Preacher, Quranic Translator
- Khalif Majid Hassan - Former Islamic Preacher, Minister in the Nation of Islam
- Jeremiah Fard Muhammad - Muslim minister, now Christian evangelist
- Saleh Hussaini - Former Nigerian Muslim Cleric
- Sam Solomon - a former Muslim scholar
- Yusuf Roni - Former Islamic Dawah Missionary, Islamic Youth Organization Chairman, Indonesia - Now Christian Preacher
- Jamal Zarka - Former Muslim Imam, Now Evangelist
- Sheikh Mohamed Mansour - Prominent Egyptian Muslim Sheikh and Islamic Scholar
- Hamza - former Islamic scholar
- Timothy Abraham - Former Muslim preacher, Fundamentalist. Now Christian Preacher
- Daniel Shayestah- Former koranic teacher, scholar
- Maulvi Safdar Ali - Former Maulvi(Cleric) from India
- Ahmed Abdullahi - former muslim cleric
- Emmanuel (formerly Mohammed) - Former Muslim Scholar
- Zak Gariba - former Muslim Imam
- Mr. Moro S. Franci - Former Imam
- Hicham Chehab - Former Lebanese Muslim Preacher turned Militant turned Islamic Theologian
- Mario Joseph (Moulvi Sulaiman) - former Muslim cleric - india
Other Prominent Converts to Christianity from Islam
- Mosab Hassan, former member of Hamas
- Mohammad Ghazoli, Former Muslim - well known political writer in some elite Arabic news papers
- Nozad-Renowned Iranian Muslim Scholar
- Rev. Hamid Pourmand - Former Iranian army colonel
- Dr. Ergun Mehmet Caner - Turkish ex-Muslim, Now Dean of Liberty Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, Va
- Zachariah Anani - Lebanese Islamic Ex-Militant
- Mohammed Altaf( Now Simon Altaf) - Pakistani ex-Muslim - Abrahamic Faith Ministries
- Reverend Donald Fareed - Iranian Ex-Muslim
- Ibrahim Abdullah - former PLO Terrorist
- Bilquis Sheikh - former wife of a Minister of the Interior, in Pakistan
- Salah - Ex-Muslim Palestinian, Now Gospel Musician
- Dr. Abraham Sarker - Former Muslim, Bangladesh - Now christian Evengelist, Founder of "Gospel for Muslims" Ministries.
- Pastor Hormoz Shariat Ph.D(in Computers) - Iranian Ex-Muslim, Former Research Scientist in Artificial Intelligence, Now Tele-Evangelist, Bringing the Gospel to Iran.
- Emir Caner - Turkish Ex-Muslim. (Brother of Dr.Ergun Mehmet) Dean of The College at Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Bishop John Subhan - Former Sufi Muslim
- Abdul Saleeb - Former Sufi Muslim from Middle East, Now Christian Missionary to Muslims.
- A Kurdish leader, writer, historian finds God through Bible translation
- Gulshan Esther - Pakistan Ex-Muslim, Smitten with typhoid - then crippled by polio as a teenager , Healed by Lord Jesus Miraculously, Became Christian Preacher
- Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo - a former Muslim, Now leads the largest and Fastest growing church in England.
- Abdullahi Jibril - Former Muslim Extremist Now Faces Persecution in Nigeria
- Ergun Caner - President of Liberty Theological Seminary at Liberty University
- Dr. Nasir K. Siddiki - successful Muslim businessman, Now Christian Preacher
- Rev. Majed El Shafie
- Rev KK Alavi - Son of a staunch Islamic cleric, India - The preacher Muslim extremists love to hate, one of the bravest Christians in India
- Walid Shoebat - A Former PLO Islamic Terrorist
- Reverend Khalid Soomro - Pakistani ex-Muslim http://gospelgo.com/a/soomro.htm
- Reza F.Safa - Iranian Ex-Muslims, Now Christian Evangelist
- Rev. Dr. Patrick Sookhdeo - Pakistani, International Director of UK-based Barnabas Fund.
- Taysir Abu Saada "Tass" - Islamic Fatah fighter trained to kill Jews.
- Guryel Ali - Gospel Musician.
- WL Cati - Ex Muslim, Now Evangelist
- Nonie Darwish - Freelance writer and public speaker.
- Dr. Anis Shorrosh - Famous Christian Debator.
- Hussain Andaryas - Afghani Christian activist .
- Alexander Bekovich-Cherkassky - Russian officer of Circassian origin who led the first Russian military expedition into Central Asia (note: was converted under unknown circumstances).
- Akbar Gbaja-Biamila - American football player
- Kabeer_Gbaja-Biamila - American football player
- Tunch Ilkin - former American football player
- Qadry Ismail - former American football player
- Raghib Ismail - former American football player
- President of Benin (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity)
- Carlos Menem - former President of Argentina
- Emily Ruete - Princess of Zanzibar and Oman
- Ghorban Tourani - former Iranian Sunni Muslim who became a Christian minister
- George_Weah - Liberian soccer player (from Christianity to Islam back to Christianity)
Websites of former muslims who converted to Christianity
- Zak Gariba - Former Muslim Imam
- Mark Gabriel - Former muslim imam, Al-azhar Islamic university professor
- Walid Shoebat - A Former PLO Islamic Terrorist
- Jeremiah Fard Muhammad - Former Muslim minister
- Nonie Darwish - Freelance writer and public speaker
- Mohammad Ghazoli, Political writer in Elite Arabic news papers
- Dr. Ergun Mehmet Caner - Turkish Ex-Muslim(Dean of Liberty Theological Seminary in Lynchburg, Va)
- Reverend Donald Fareed - Iranian Ex-Muslim, Persian Ministries
- Salah - Ex-Muslim Palestinian, Gospel Musician
- Dr. Abraham Sarker - Bangladeshi Ex-Muslim, "Gospel for Muslims" Ministries . Also: http://www.understandmymuslimpeople.com
- Hussain Andaryas - Afgani Ex-Muslim
- Afgan Converts WebSite
- Nurudeen I. Adeojo
- David Naseer
- Emir Caner - Dean of The College at Southwestern
- Dr. Nasir K. Siddiki - Muslim businessman, Now Christian Preacher
- WL Cati- Zennah Ministries
- Ahmed Abaza
- Ajeenah El-Amin
- Abdul Hakeem - Nur Ul alam Ministry
- Yemeni ex-muslims
- An Ex-Muslim Christian Website run by Iraqi ex-Muslims
- Pastor Hormoz Shariat Ph.D, Scientist, Iranian Ex-Muslim, Now Tele-Evangelist
- Rev. Majed El Shafie
- Simin - Iranian ExMuslim
- Mohammed Altaf(Now Simon Altaf) - Pakistani ex-Muslim
- One Anonymous muslim
- Jerry Rassamni - Ex-Militant, Now Christian, popular speaker on apologetics
- Abdoul Rahim - "Building Bridges to the Truth" Ministries
- Paul Ciniraj Mohamed - SALEM VOICE MINISTRIES
- Betsy Tan - "In Him" Ministries
- Ellie Davidian - former devout Shiite Muslim
Collections of Video Testimonies
- More Than Dreams-Five video testimonies of Muslims who came to Christ through dreams about Jesus.
- Muslim Journey to Hope-Featuring tens of video testimonies by Muslims who became Christians.
- Muslims for Jesus-Youtube Channel contains many testimonies of former Muslims who became Christians.
Former Muslims who Converted to Hinduism
Here are just a few prominent people who left Islam and converted to Hinduism:
- Muslim scholar Hassan Palakkode
- Aasish Khan, the son of sarod maestro Ustad Ali Akbar Khan
- Nafisa Ali, former Miss India and leading social activist
- Nargis Dutt (Fatima Rashid), famous Bollywood actress
- Annapurna Devi (Roshanara Khan), famous musician
- Revathi Masoosai, Muslim born Malaysian convert
- Haridas Thakura - Prominent Vaishnavite saint born in 1450, instrumental in the early appearance and spread of Hare Krishna movement. He used to chat "Hare Krishna" 300,000 times daily! His Muslim name remains unknown to this day. [1]
- Khushboo Sundar (born Khushboo Khan) - Tamil movie actress[2]
- Annapurna Devi (born Roshanara Khan) - Surbahar (bass sitar) player and music teacher in the North Indian classical tradition[3]
- Asha Gawli (born Aisha) - Wife of Arun Gawli, notorious gangster (dada) turned politician from Mumbai, India.[4]
- Aashish Khan (born Ustad Aashish Khan Debsharma) - Indian musician[5]
- Ifa Sudewi - Chief judge for the 2002 Bali bombing trials in Indonesia.[6][7]
- Harilal Mohandas Gandhi - He was the son of Mahatma Gandhi (father of India) and converted to Islam. He was in Islam for a few months, before reverting back to Hinduism.[8]
- Mohammad Umer - Bhopal born man whose marriage and conversion to Hinduism was upheld by an Indian High Court[9]
News of Muslims leaving Islam
- 2 million ethnic Muslims converted to Christianity in Russia
- In Africa, 6 million muslims convert to Christianity every year.
Shiekh Ahmed Katani : "In every hour, 667 Muslims convert to Christianity. Everyday, 16,000 Muslims convert to Christianity. Ever year, 6 million Muslims convert to Christianity. These numbers are very large indeed". (English Translation | Arabic)
- Muslim Preachers, Dawa Missionaries, Islamic Scholars, Mullahs, Imams Leave Islam and Enter Christianity
- 200,000 UK Muslims Left Islam
- PDF file - 50,000 Iranian Muslims have embraced Christianity in Iran in last 2 years
- 250000 Muslims left Islam in Malaysia | English translation
- 10,000 French Muslims converted to Christianity
- France: Around 15,000 Muslims each year are converting to Christianity - around 10,000 to Catholicism and 5,000 to Protestantism.
- Thousands of Kashmiri Muslims leave Islam and Convert to Christianity
- Thousands of Bangladeshi, North African, Kashmiri, Indian Muslims, Central Asian Muslims Leave Islam and Embrace Christ
- Some 35,000 Turks converted from Islam to Christianity in 2004
- Kyrgyzstan: 100,000 Muslims have converted to Christianity in 3 Years
Omurzak Mamayusupov, the director of Kyrgyzstan's religious affairs committee, "The percentage of Muslims declined from 84 percent of the total population in 2001 to 79.3 percent in 2004. In terms of figures, he added, some 100,000 Muslims, of the country's five million population, have converted to Christianity."
- Indonesia : "According to A.T. Willis and others between 2 or 3 million Muslims converted to Christianity after the massacres of the communists in Indonesia, in 1965"
- Catholic officials: Approximately 10,000 Muslims convert to Catholicism each year
- Urban Muslim youth out to junk faith - Ibnlive.com (India)
- More Muslims have come to Christ in the last two decades that in all of history-Charisma Magazine article
- Hundreds of Muslims across Israel and the Palestinian areas have come to Christ-SBC article from June/July 2002 Issue
New Muslim Converts Leave Islam within a Few Years
According to research by Dr. Ilyas Ba-Yunus[10], 75% of New Muslim Converts in the US leave Islam within a few years. Listen to the clipdetailing this research.
Ex-Muslim Organizations
- Ex-Muslim Council for those who renounce Islam(Germany)
- Ex-Muslim Council for those who renounce Islam(UK)
Websites from other former Muslims who became atheists/agnostics/deists
- Ampbreia
- http://www.middleastwomen.org/
- http://www.apostatesofislam.com/
- http://www.mukto-mona.com/
- http://www.ladeeni.net/english.htm
- http://www.muslimsandislamic.faithweb.com/
- http://www.geocities.com/freethoughtmecca/
- http://www.islamreview.org/
- http://www.webspawner.com/users/hfali1/
- http://www.geocities.com/ibn_rushd2
- The Apostate
- The Apostate
See Also
References
- ↑ Haridasa Thakura
- ↑ Southern siren Namitha has a temple NDTV - July 10, 2008
- ↑ Unveiling the mystique of a reclusive artiste The Hindu - June 28, 2006
- ↑ Daddy in jail, Mummy seeks votes for both - Indian express
- ↑ Indian musician goes back to roots OneIndia - August 23, 2006
- ↑ Five bombers were prepared to die in Bali - The Sunday Telegraph - Australia - Newstext
- ↑ Five bombers were prepared to die The Australian - May 25, 2003
- ↑ Watching 'Gandhi my Father' was painful: Tushar
- ↑ Hindu-Muslim love gets HC's blessing Times of India - April 12, 2007
- ↑ Dr. Ilyas Ba-Yunus, Emeritus Professor of Sociology, State University of New York at Cortland