Dr. Jerald F. Dirks
is a former minister (deacon) of the United Methodist Church and
biblical scholar with extensive scholarship in early Christianity. He holds
a Master's degree in Divinity from Harvard University and a
Doctorate in Psychology. Author of "The Cross and the Crescent: An
Interfaith Dialogue between Christianity and Islam" (2001), and
"Abraham: The Friend of God" (2002). He formally accepted Islam
in 1993. Details
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Aminah Assilmi was born as a Southern Baptist and was a
feminist working for women's rights. She had her education in
recreation and broadcast journalism. Although she was initially opposed by
her entire family for accepting Islam in 1977, subsequently most of her
family membes accepted Islam. She is currently
the President of the International Union of Muslim
Women. Details
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Rev. David Benjamin Keldani (1867-19xx) was a former
Catholic bishop and an expert in biblical documents and languages. He
published many scholarly articles about early christianity before
accepting Islam in 1904. He is the author of "Muhammad in the
Bible", a scholarly book of linguistic analysis about reference to
Prophet Muhammad (p) in the Old Testament. After accepting Islam, he became
known as Prof. Abdul-Ahad Dawud. Details
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Leopold Weiss (1900-1992), who became famous in the
Muslim world as Muhammad Asad, was born in a Jewish family in what is
now part of Germany. He worked in the Middle East as coresspondent of
prestigious German and Swiss newspapers. He travelled widely throughout
the world and authored many books on Islam including a translation
of the Qur'an. He accepted islam in 1926. Details
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