List of converts to Shia Islam

Converts to Shia Islam or commonly known as enlightened (mustabsir) refers to people who have been sure about the justice done by Ali and his descendants as well as studying the Shia thoughts, finally convert to Shia Islam and testify the position of Muhammad prophet's family. == From Sunni Islam == Malcolm Shabazz -the son of Qubilah Shabazz, the second daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz Kabir Bello – Nigerian football striker Qasim Umar Sokoto -a contributor to the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, the prayer leader and Islamic teacher in Sokoto, the Northern city of Nigeria Tajul Muluk -a Shia religious leader of Madura Island, Indonesia Edoardo Agnelli -the eldest child and only son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat Ibrahim Zakzaky -an outspoken and foremost Shi'a Muslim cleric in Nigeria Hasan Shahhata -Shi'a Muslim cleric in egypt Muhammad al-Tijani -a Tunisian Shia Islamic scholar, academic and theologian Abdullah al-Dahdouh -Shi'a Muslim cleric from Morocco Mujahid Abdul-Karim -an African-American convert to Islam, who is best known for his involvement and "spearheading" of the 26 April 1992 Watts Gang Truce Abdillahi Nassir -a Shia cleric based in Mombasa, Kenya Riad Al Solh -the first prime minister of Lebanon after the country's independence Al-Qadi al-Nu'man -an Isma'ili jurist and the official historian of the Fatimid caliphs Ali al-Sulayhi -the founder and sultan of the Sulayhid dynasty in Yemen Khvajeh Ali Safavi -great-great-grandfather of Ismail I of Persia Nasir Khusraw -Ismaili missionary and poet Öljaitü -the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler from 1304 to 1316 in Tabriz Ali Adil Shah I -the fifth Sultan of Bijapur Sultanate Humayun -the second Sultan of Mughal Empire Rustam II -the twelfth ruler of Bavand dynasty Ibrahim II Sheykhshah -the fortieth ruler of Shirvan == From Christianity == Hamid Algar – scholar and convert to Shia Islam, received his Ph.D. in oriental studies from Cambridge Marzieh Hashemi – an American-Iranian journalist and television presenter.

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List of converts to Shia Islam

Converts to Shia Islam or commonly known as enlightened (mustabsir) refers to people who have been sure about the justice done by Ali and his descendants as well as studying the Shia thoughts, finally convert to Shia Islam and testify the position of Muhammad prophet's family. == From Sunni Islam == Malcolm Shabazz -the son of Qubilah Shabazz, the second daughter of Malcolm X and Betty Shabazz Kabir Bello – Nigerian football striker Qasim Umar Sokoto -a contributor to the Islamic Movement of Nigeria, the prayer leader and Islamic teacher in Sokoto, the Northern city of Nigeria Tajul Muluk -a Shia religious leader of Madura Island, Indonesia Edoardo Agnelli -the eldest child and only son of Gianni Agnelli, the industrialist patriarch of Fiat Ibrahim Zakzaky -an outspoken and foremost Shi'a Muslim cleric in Nigeria Hasan Shahhata -Shi'a Muslim cleric in egypt Muhammad al-Tijani -a Tunisian Shia Islamic scholar, academic and theologian Abdullah al-Dahdouh -Shi'a Muslim cleric from Morocco Mujahid Abdul-Karim -an African-American convert to Islam, who is best known for his involvement and "spearheading" of the 26 April 1992 Watts Gang Truce Abdillahi Nassir -a Shia cleric based in Mombasa, Kenya Riad Al Solh -the first prime minister of Lebanon after the country's independence Al-Qadi al-Nu'man -an Isma'ili jurist and the official historian of the Fatimid caliphs Ali al-Sulayhi -the founder and sultan of the Sulayhid dynasty in Yemen Khvajeh Ali Safavi -great-great-grandfather of Ismail I of Persia Nasir Khusraw -Ismaili missionary and poet Öljaitü -the eighth Ilkhanid dynasty ruler from 1304 to 1316 in Tabriz Ali Adil Shah I -the fifth Sultan of Bijapur Sultanate Humayun -the second Sultan of Mughal Empire Rustam II -the twelfth ruler of Bavand dynasty Ibrahim II Sheykhshah -the fortieth ruler of Shirvan == From Christianity == Hamid Algar – scholar and convert to Shia Islam, received his Ph.D. in oriental studies from Cambridge Marzieh Hashemi – an American-Iranian journalist and television presenter.

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