Famous muslims!

[mohammed farah]

This thread is about an incomplete list of prominent and famous (or infamous) people who are Muslims - followers of Islam. This page is a list of people identified as Muslims, particularly by themselves. This page does not differentiate between Sunni Muslims, Shia Muslims, or any other subcategory. It also does not take into account whether those listed acknowledge their Muslim identity or origins. This list takes a wide definition of a Muslim by including most individuals who might be in some way identified as Muslim, but acknowledges that more restrictive definitions may be applied by the reader. For information on Islam and Muslims in various parts of the world, please see Islam by country

Scholars

Sheikh Yusuf Estes
Ahmed Deedat
Renowned female Scholar: Aminah Assilmi
Dr. Bilal Philips
Doctor Genius: DR ZAKIR NAIK
Siraj Wahhaj

Leaders

Yasser Arafat
Dracula: Saddam Hussein
Benazir Bhutto
Iranian Revolutionary: Ayatollah Khomeini
Osama Bin Laden
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Gamal Abdul Nasser
Hussein of Jordan
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Muammar al-Gaddafi
Malcolm X

Sports Person

The Handsome Legend: Imran Khan
Football Hero: Ali Daei
Football Great: Zinedine Zidane
Mister Showman: Prince Naseem Hamed
Greatest Basketball Player: Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Saeed Anwar
Amir khan
Hakeem the Dream
Moroccan rocket: Hicham El Guerrouj
Robin van Persie
Sami Al-Jaber
Nicolas Anelka
Samir Trabelsi
Zlatan Ibrahimovic
Muhammad Ali
Obafemi martins
Ali Karimi
Franck ribery
Mido
El-Hadji Diouf
Emre Belözoğlu
Éric Abidal

Entertainers

Dave Chappelle - American Comedian
Mos Def

Singers/rappers

Napoleon, rapper
Ex Pop Sensation: Yusuf Islam aka Cat Stevens
Sami Yusuf
Zain Bhikha
Akon Rapper
Dawud Wharnsby

Do you know any other famous muslims!

[Sabbir_1]

Scholars

Sheikh Yusuf Estes
Ahmed Deedat
Renowned female Scholar: Aminah Assilmi
Dr. Bilal Philips
Doctor Genius: DR ZAKIR NAIK
Siraj Wahhaj

Hamza Yusuf
Imam Abdul Malik
Suhaib Webb
Zaid Shakir

[deen_2007]

WOW....thanks for the list..........it must have taken u time to list them!.....n no...i dnt no any1 else........i wonder if ppl will get amazed by this list: as half of them r reverts....n actually go to read what islam has to say!...........

[Sabbir_1]

Leaders

Yasser Arafat
Dracula: Saddam Hussein
Benazir Bhutto
Iranian Revolutionary: Ayatollah Khomeini
Osama Bin Laden
Megawati Sukarnoputri
Gamal Abdul Nasser
Hussein of Jordan
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Muammar al-Gaddafi

How can you forget Malcolm X.

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[chacha_jalebi]

Sports Person

The Handsome Legend: Imran Khan
Football Hero: Ali Daei
Football Great: Zinedine Zidane
Mister Showman: Prince Naseem Hamed
Greatest Basketball Player: Kareem Abdul Jabbar
Saeed Anwar

seeing as you put cricketers in the list :D i will continue . . . :shade:

the whole pakistan team, excludin danish kaneria :D

erm erm and benazir bhutto :p she werent a leader :p

[Sabbir_1]

benazir bhutto she werent a leader

she was president.

Dracula: Saddam Hussein

why u calling him a dracula for..?

[mohammed farah]

she was president.

same thing :okay:


why u calling him a dracula for..?

I found some of these at ww.famousmuslims.com and pasted it on here.

[chacha_jalebi]

she was president.

lol i know but she was like all corrupt up innit :D

[Sabbir_1]

i know but she was like all corrupt up innit

I KNOW!!! musharaaf the same, he's just as bad...

[Naheezah]

Sports Person

Robin van Persie

:eek:is dat da 1 frm Arsenal FC???:uuh:...is he muslim???:muddlehea:rolleyes:
any1 can clear me on dat?? im real confused...:s

[jzcasejz]

Yes Sis...Da One From Arsenal...I've Heard Da Same Too...Apparently He's Muslim...

^^ ps...really nice userbar in ur sig :p

[Kittygyal]

salamualikum.
many peeps say he's a muslim but many say he aint erm o0o0kay
Ma'assalama

[Strzelecki]

Shareef Adbur-Rahim [NBA Player]
Yassen Taalat [From Dead Celebrity Status, Rap group]

[waji]

:sl:

she was president.

she wasn't president
she was prime minister


in Singer list
Junaid jamsheed is missing
:w:

[Kittygyal]

salamualikum.
but but Junaid Jamshed regrets what he did in the past now alhamdulillah his nashids are calssic.
Ma'assalama

[Ubaidah]

Very interesting list, makes me want to read up on a few of these people.

[rania2820]

:sl:

there are two rappers named beanie seagel and freeway that are muslim.

[deen_2007]

:sl:

there are two rappers named beanie seagel and freeway that are muslim.

:grumbling :raging: :eek: :thumbs_do ...(not at u sister....at dem & those who rap!)

[Ubaidah]

Other people:

Mos Def (rapper)
Lupe Fiasco (rapper)

[Ubaidah]

More:

John Coltrane (Jazz musician)
Az-Zahir Hakim (Amercian football player, NFL)
Hidayet Türkoğlu (NBA Player)
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (NBA Hall of Famer)

[JanatAllah]

Musician

Diana Haddad - Lebanese Singer (revert)
Napolean (ex rapper)
Jermaine Jackson
Q Tip - Tribe called Quest

Actor/Actress
Omar Sherif (Revert)
Salma Hayek
Wesley Snipes

Sports

Zinedine Zidane (Football)
Nicholas Anelka (Football)
Chris Eubanks (Boxing)
Mike Tyson (Boxing)

Journalist/Writer

Yvonne Ridley
Marmaduke Pickthall (Translator of Qur'an into English)
Roger Garaudy - French Philosopher who denied the holocaust
Tariq Ramadan

Miscellaneous

Charles Yarborough (Earl of Yarborough)
Azhar Usman - Comedian

[rania2820]

:sl:

Actor/Actress
Omar Sherif (Revert)
Salma Hayek
Wesley Snipes

actually Wesley Snipes has left islam.my mom told me he hasn't been Muslim for about 10 years.and as for salma hayek she's catholic.

[JanatAllah]

:sl:
actually Wesley Snipes has left islam.my mom told me he hasn't been Muslim for about 10 years.and as for salma hayek she's catholic.

I didn't know Wesley Snipes left Islam.

I checked Salma Hayek again and it seems the confusion comes from the fact that she is half Arab (Lebanese) and so people probably assume that makes her Muslim.

[Strzelecki]

Click me. ^__^

[Naheezah]

Van Persie is still not in da list from dis link..i wonder if he really is a convert...

[waji]

:sl:

Journalist/Writer
Yvonne Ridley
Marmaduke Pickthall (Translator of Qur'an into English)
Roger Garaudy - French Philosopher who denied the holocaust
Tariq Ramadan

if u add poet also in ^^^ section then
Allama Iqbal
should be there

:w:

[arinum]

Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad! hmm..how bout Neil Armstrong?Or is that just a myth? :) Cassius Clay..

[brother_rk]

Salam... I can't believe Dave Chappelle is a Muslim. MashAllah that's amazing! Thanks for the list... interesting stuff :)

[brother_rk]

Salam... I can't believe Dave Chappelle is a Muslim. MashAllah that's amazing! Thanks for the list... interesting stuff :)

Here's the link to a video on Google Video about Dave Chappelle and his family that you guys might find interesting... I found it on another Islamic forum, but the video is from Google... enjoy!

http://video.google.com/googleplayer...21534179309285

[Lina]

Van Persie is still not in da list from dis link..i wonder if he really is a convert...

Allahu A'lam.

Some say he did.

Can't say, eventhough he's wife is a muslim.

[I.Q.R.A]

Nasheed

Sami Yusuf
Zain Bhikha
Rashid Bhikha
Dawud Wharnsby Ali
Yusuf Islam
Kamal Uddin
Khaleel Muhammad
786 Boyz
Raihan
Awais Qadri
Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan
Rahat Ali Khan
Abida Khanum
Rufi
Junaid Jamshed
Native Deen
Farhan Ali
Mesut Kurtis

[Umar001]

Here's the link to a video on Google Video about Dave Chappelle and his family that you guys might find interesting... I found it on another Islamic forum, but the video is from Google... enjoy!

http://video.google.com/googleplayer...21534179309285

Is that video true? 25??

Wallahi, there are days, most days, where it feels like its certain that my mum is going to die as a non Muslim, its so wierd, I worry so much like walking down the street and just think oh man what if she'd dead now.

SubhanAllah.

When I hear stories like that, of people having their family accept islam after years, it does give me so hope insha'Allah.

:)

[brother_rk]

InshAllah it is true, Brother. And Allah is the Best of Planners.

[Re.TiReD]

you Missed Imam Anwar Al-Awlaqi! :cry:

[RaihanBD]

Is Zidane really a muslim? I mean his wifes name is Veronique :p

[mohammed farah]

Frédéric Kanouté

[H4RUN]

Malaysian prime minister Dr Mahathir Mohammad! hmm..how bout Neil Armstrong?Or is that just a myth? :) Cassius Clay..

:sl:
Cassius Clay, slave name...Why not call the Muslim by the Muslim name? ie Muhammad Ali....
ah well, the list of people doesnt really do us any good except for a few...a few that spoke sense, and encouraged the rest of us to stand up for what we believe in and so forth...
:w: