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Nooruddeen Durkee – Muslim scholar, thinker, author, translator, and the Khalifah (successor) for North America of the Shadhdhuli School for Tranquility of Being and the Illumination of Hearts, Green Mountain Branch. Maria Massi Dakake – American scholar of Islamic studies and associate professor of Religious Studies at George Mason University.
Mahershala Ali – American actor and first Muslim actor to win an Oscar [7] Muhammad Ali , an Olympian and professional boxer , converted to Islam from Christianity. Muhammad Ali (born Cassius Marcellus Clay, Jr., 1942–2016) – converted from Baptist [ 8 ] [ 9 ] to The Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam ; [ 10 ] American professional boxer ...
First Muslim woman to serve as a United States federal judge. [24] Robert D. Crane – former foreign policy advisor; author [25] Sada Cumber – first US envoy to the Organisation of the Islamic Conference [26] Hamida Dakane – first Black and first Muslim to serve in the North Dakota House of Representatives [27]
Muslim by birth, she was captured by Turkish slavers and converted to Maronite Catholicism after being released by Bashir and marrying him. House of Yusupov – former Muslim Genghisid family which converted to Russian Orthodox Christianity. Ibrahim Ben Ali – soldier, physician and one of the earliest American settlers of Turkish origin. [224]
Ayaan Hirsi Ali [a] (Somali: Ayaan Xirsi Cali; born 13 November 1969) [1] is a Somalian-born Dutch-American writer, activist, conservative thinker and former politician. [2] [3] [4] She is a critic of Islam and advocate for the rights and self-determination of Muslim women, opposing forced marriage, honour killing, child marriage, and female genital mutilation. [5]
This is the list of the Muslims in entertainment and the media outside Muslim-majority countries Comedy American comedian Dave Chappelle in 2007. Ahmed Ahmed – standup comedian, actor Humza Arshad – English comedian Dave Chappelle – standup comedian Said Durrah – standup comedian Maz Jobrani – standup comedian, actor Mohammed "Mo" Amer – standup comedian, actor [6] Hasan Minhaj ...
A woman famous in real life for her integrity and bravery when faced with dangerous odds: yes please!". [289] The second season of the Channel 4 British sitcom We Are Lady Parts, released in May 2024, contained an episode titled and inspired by Yousafzai, "Malala made me do it". It featured Malala in her debut acting role. [290]
Evelyn achieved celebrity status in 1933 at the age of 65, when she became the first Muslim woman born in the United Kingdom to perform the pilgrimage to Mecca. [7] [16] [5] In 1934, a personal account of her trip was published with the title Pilgrimage to Mecca.