List of converts to Catholicism from Islam

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The following is a list of notable individuals who converted to Catholicism from Islam (including to Eastern Catholic Churches).

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Juliana Awada (born 1974), Lebanese-Argentine businesswoman, First Lady of Argentina, with Queen Leticia of Spain Awada Letizia 4.jpg
Juliana Awada (born 1974), Lebanese-Argentine businesswoman, First Lady of Argentina, with Queen Leticia of Spain

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Josephine Bakhita (c. 1869-1947), Sudanese-Italian Canossian religious sister and Catholic saint Bakhita Szent Jozefina.jpeg
Josephine Bakhita (c. 1869–1947), Sudanese-Italian Canossian religious sister and Catholic saint

C

Constantine the African was a physician who converted to Christian-Catholicism from Sunni Islam. Konstantinderafrikaner.jpg
Constantine the African was a physician who converted to Christian-Catholicism from Sunni Islam.

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E

F

Rima Fakih (born 1985), Lebanese-American beauty pageant Rima Fakih b.jpg
Rima Fakih (born 1985), Lebanese-American beauty pageant

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H

I

J

Sabatina James (born 1982), Pakistani-Austrian author Sabatina James-1.jpg
Sabatina James (born 1982), Pakistani-Austrian author

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L

M

N

O

Karim Ouchikh, French lawyer and politician of Algerian (Kabylie) origin Karim Ouchikh.jpg
Karim Ouchikh, French lawyer and politician of Algerian (Kabylie) origin
Malika Oufkir, Berber-Moroccan writer Malika oufkir 2006.jpg
Malika Oufkir, Berber-Moroccan writer

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S

Bashir Shihab II (1767-1850), Lebanese Emir of Mount Lebanon, Ottoman Lebanon BashirChehab.jpg
Bashir Shihab II (1767–1850), Lebanese Emir of Mount Lebanon, Ottoman Lebanon
Albertus Soegijapranata, a national hero of Indonesia, was the first native Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop in Indonesia. Soegijapranata Nasional 8 Nov 1960 p1.jpg
Albertus Soegijapranata, a national hero of Indonesia, was the first native Indonesian Roman Catholic bishop in Indonesia.
Queen Nazli Sabri of Egypt, who converted to Christian-Catholicism from Sunni Islam Nazlicoronation.jpg
Queen Nazli Sabri of Egypt, who converted to Christian-Catholicism from Sunni Islam

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Z

See also

References

  1. ["Robert Young Pelton's The World's Most Dangerous Places: 5th Edition", Robert Young Pelton, Collins Reference, 2003, p.270: "Denard has seven wives and has at various times converted to Judaism (in Morocco) and Islam (in the Comoros) and then back to Catholicism."]
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