Talk:List of converts to Islam from Christianity

Former Christians, Muslim Reverts
These are from the list of former Christian Muslim reverts article, I originally moved them from there to this article, but realised "List of converts to Islam" has a larger number of them, and there's a lot of overlap. I'm going to put them below so they can be added (if there are any not currently in this list.) Please feel free to remove them from the list below if you find they're already in the article or you've added them. Thanks! Ncboy2010 (talk) 11:17, 16 March 2012 (UTC)

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 * Akhenaton – French rapper and producer of French hip hop.
 * Torquato Cardilli – Italian ambassador.
 * Keith Ellison – American, Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district, first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress
 * Roger Garaudy – French philosopher.
 * René Guénon – French author in the field of metaphysics
 * Murad Wilfred Hofmann – NATO official
 * Knud Holmboe – Danish journalist and explorer.
 * Nuh Ha Mim Keller – from Catholicism to agnosticism to Sufism, Islamic scholar.
 * Vincenzo Luvineri – American rapper and the lyricist behind the Philadelphia underground hip-hop group Jedi Mind Tricks.
 * Ingrid Mattson – Canadian scholar and current president of the Islamic Society of North America (2006)
 * Matthew Saad Muhammad (formerly Matthew Franklin) – former boxer.
 * Peter Murphy – vocalist of the rock group Bauhaus.
 * Poncke Princen – Dutch soldier, later human rights activist.
 * Ahmed Santos – Filipino, fugitive, founder of the Rajah Solaiman Movement, suspected by Filipino authorities to be an Al Qaeda operative
 * Danny Thompson – English double bass player.
 * Mohammad Yousuf – Pakistani cricketer. Known for holding the world record for the most Test runs in a single calendar year.
 * Everlast – American musician, raised Catholic.
 * George XI of Kartli – Georgian Safavid commander.
 * Hamza Yusuf- American convert.
 * Iyasu V – Ethiopian emperor.
 * Alexander Litvinenko – former Russian spy converted to Islam on his deathbed.
 * Omar Pasha – Ottoman general. Converted from Serbian Orthodoxy.
 * Tekuder – Mongol leader of the Ilkhan empire who was formerly a Nestorian Christian.
 * Radu cel Frumos – was the younger brother of Vlad Ţepeş (Dracula) and prince of the principality of Wallachia.
 * Mihnea Turcitul – was a Prince (Voivode) of Walachia. Converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
 * Muhammad Ali (Cassius Clay), from Baptist to The Nation of Islam to Sunni Islam. famous boxer
 * Ryan G. Anderson – former Lutheran, convicted of charges of espionage for Al Qaeda
 * André Carson – former Baptist, second Muslim to serve the United States Congress.
 * Isabelle Eberhardt – from Lutheran Christianity, 19th century explorer & writer
 * Yahiya Emerick – American Muslim scholar, president of the Islamic Foundation of North America.
 * Yusuf Estes – former preacher and federal prison chaplain.
 * Silma Ihram – formerly a born again Baptist who is an Australian pioneer of Muslim education in the West, founder and former school Principal of the 'Noor Al Houda Islamic College', campaigner for racial tolerance, and Author.
 * Ruqaiyyah Waris Maqsood – British author.
 * Preacher Moss – Former Baptist, American comedian and comedy writer.
 * Yvonne Ridley – British journalist, from Anglicanism. She converted after being kidnapped and released by the Taliban.
 * James Yee – previously Lutheran and former U.S. Army Muslim chaplain.
 * St. John Philby- Explorer, writer.
 * Suhaib Webb- American Islamic activist.
 * Salman the Persian A convert from Christianity who was previously Zoroastrian. In search for truth, he traveled to Syria to follow Christianity. Upon the death of his teachers, he was directed to head to Arabia, where he was told the final prophet will rise. He later converted to Islam and became one of Muhammad's first companions.
 * Thomas J. Abercrombie – photographer
 * Éric Abidal (changed his name to Bilal) – French football player, converted to Islam after marriage.
 * Kareem Abdul-Jabbar (Lew Alcindor) – retired basketball player & the NBA's all-time leading scorer
 * Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (Chris Jackson) – retired basketball player
 * Tariq Abdul-Wahad (Olivier Saint-Jean) – originally from France, former basketball player for the Mavericks and Kings
 * Robin Padilla – Filipino actor.
 * Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar (Sharmon Shah) – former NFL football player
 * Ivan Aguéli (Johan Agelii) – famous Swedish painter.
 * Dawud Wharnsby-Ali (David Wharnsby) – Canadian singer/poet.
 * Rowland Allanson-Winn, 5th Baron Headley – British soldier and peer.
 * Nicolas Anelka – French football player
 * Yasin Abu Bakr (Lennox Philip) – of Trinidad and Tobago, under trial for an attempted coup as of March 9, 2006
 * Muhammad Abd-al-Rahman Barker (Philip Barker) – professor of Urdu, former chair of the University of Minnesota's Department of South Asian studies and creator of the Tékumel fantasy world.
 * Kevin Barrett – university lecturer and member of Scholars for 9/11 Truth.
 * David Belfield – American, fled to Iran after assassinating Ali Akbar Tabatabai, an Iranian dissident.
 * Mohammed Knut Bernström – Swedish ambassador to Venezuela (1963–1969), Spain (1973–1976) and Morocco (1976–1983)
 * Jean de Béthencourt – French explorer who led an expedition to the Canary Islands.
 * Art Blakey – American Jazz musician
 * Omar Bongo – Gabonese, President of Gabon.
 * Claude Alexandre de Bonneval – 18th century French nobleman.
 * Tawana Brawley (changed her name to Maryam Muhammad) – African American woman noted for claiming to have been raped by several white men, a claim determined to be a fabrication by a grand jury. Later in life she converted to Islam.
 * Willie Brigitte – French convert to Islam who associated with al-Qaeda in Pakistan and was possibly involved in a plot to conduct a terrorist operation in Australia.
 * Dolores "LaLa" Brooks – American musician.
 * Count Cassius- Visigothic aristocrat who founded the Banu Qasi dynasty of Muladi rulers.
 * David Chappelle – comedian and television star
 * Benjamin Chavis – controversial former head of the NAACP; joined the Nation of Islam
 * Hedley Churchward – English painter
 * Jimmy Cliff – Jamaican reggae musician.
 * Aukai Collins – fought in Chechnya, paid FBI informant, author of an autobiographical book
 * Jerôme Courtailler – one of two French brothers convicted by French authorities in 2004 for abetting terrorists
 * Ian Dallas – Shaykh Dr. Abdalqadir as-Sufi – Sufi shaykh of Scottish origins.
 * C. Jack Ellis – Mayor of Macon, Georgia
 * Chris Eubank – British boxer
 * Sultaana Freeman – sued the state of Florida for niqab restrictions.
 * Adam Yahiye Gadahn – spokesperson for Al-Qaeda; on the FBI's Most Wanted Terrorists list
 * George XI of Kartli – Saffavid commander.
 * Ryan Harris- football player for the Denver Broncos
 * Bernard Hopkins – American boxer
 * Michael Muhammad Knight – American novelist, writer, and journalist.
 * Rustie Lee – British television chef and celebrity.
 * Germaine Lindsay – participated and died in the 7 July 2005 London bombings
 * Alexander Litvinenko – former Russian spy converted to Islam on his deathbed.
 * Lee Boyd Malvo – convicted of capital murder and arrested for the Beltway sniper attacks, for being involved in 16 murders and 7 additional attempted murders.
 * Iyasu V – Ethiopian emperor.
 * Jacques-Francois Menou – French general under Napoleon I of France.
 * Bruno Metsu – French coach of the Senegal team at the 2002 FIFA World Cup
 * Daniel Moore – poet
 * Sheila Musaji – founder of The American Muslim magazine.
 * Ibrahim Muteferrika (original name not known) – From Unitarian Christianity, an early example of a Muslim publisher and printer.
 * John Nelson – first recorded Englishman to become a Muslim.
 * Queen Noor of Jordan (formerly Lisa Najeeb Halaby)
 * Omar Pasha – Ottoman general. Converted from Serbian Orthodoxy.
 * Emin Pasha – physician, naturalist, and Egyptian governor.
 * Judar Pasha – conqueror of the Songhai Empire.
 * Bilal Philips – Islamic scholar and author
 * Marmaduke Pickthall – famous translator of the Quran.
 * William Abdullah Quilliam – 19th century British poet, ambassador and journalist.
 * Ilie II Rareş – prince of Moldavia.
 * Ahmad Rashād – Emmy award-winning sportscaster (mostly with NBC Sports) and former American football wide receiver.
 * Richard Colvin Reid – shoe bomber (convicted terrorist)
 * Franck Ribéry- a French football player. His name after he converted to Islam is Bilal.
 * Sana al-Sayegh, dean of the Science and Technology Faculty at Palestine International University, converted to Islam in August 2007. Fatah has accused its political rival Hamas of forcing the professor to convert from Christianity, a charge Hamas denies.
 * Brad Terrence Jordan ("Scarface") – American rapper
 * Mario Scialoja – Italian ambassador and President of the World Muslim League.
 * Betty Shabazz – wife of Malcolm X; former Methodist.
 * Zaid Shakir – African-American Muslim speaker and intellectual in the United States.
 * Rudolf Carl von Slatin – Anglo-Austrian soldier and administrator in the Sudan.
 * Suleiman Pasha – French-born Egyptian commander.
 * Abu Tammam – 9th century Arab poet born to Christian parents.
 * Tekuder – Mongol leader of the Ilkhan empire who was formerly a Nestorian Christian.
 * Joe Tex – soul singer and recording artist.
 * Joseph Thomas – Australian convert, acquitted of terrorism charges, placed under a control order under the Australian Anti-Terrorism Act 2005, currently pending retrial.
 * Richard Thompson – British musician, best known for his guitar playing and songwriting.
 * Ahmad Thomson – British barrister and writer and also a member of the Murabitun movement.
 * Top Topham – rock guitarist from England.
 * Gabriele Torsello – Italian freelance photojournalist based in London who was abducted in Helmand Province, Afghanistan.
 * Philippe Troussier – French, former football player & trainer of a Japanese football team
 * Mihnea Turcitul – was a Prince (Voivode) of Walachia. Converted from Eastern Orthodox Christianity.
 * Abu Usamah – controversial American-born Imam of Green Lane Masjid in Birmingham, UK. Accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims in a UK Television documentary.
 * Siraj Wahaj – African-American Imam, noted for his efforts to eliminate Brooklyn's drug problems.
 * Danny Williams – British boxer
 * Khalid Yasin – Executive Director of the Islamic Teaching Institute, and a Shaykh currently residing in Australia.
 * Alexander Russell Webb – American journalist, newspaper owner, and former Consul-General of the U.S.A. in the Philippines.
 * Suhaib Webb – American Islamic activist and speaker.
 * John Whitehead – an American singer, songwriter, and record producer.
 * Timothy Winter – prominent British Islamic thinker and scholar, and a lecturer in Islamic studies in the Faculty of Divinity at the University of Cambridge.
 * Zağanos Pasha – one of the prominent military commanders of Mehmet II (Mehmet the Conqueror) and a lala, at once an advisor, mentor, tutor, councillor, protector, for the sultan.
 * Mohammed Zakariya – an American master of Arabic calligraphy, best known for his work on the popular Eid U.S. postage stamp.

Idi Amin
Idi Amin's father was a convert to Muhammadism in 1910. This was before Idi Amin was born. The alleged source does not mention the conversion of Idi Amin to anything. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.123.215.180 (talk) 10:44, 20 September 2013 (UTC)

Notability
Wikipedia has thorough criteria for biographical inclusion, including these notability requirements. I will remove all entries which fail to satisfy these requirements. A person's inclusion on the list found on the dawah site http://www.muslimconverts.com does NOT establish notability. George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 16:24, 27 April 2015 (UTC)

Excessive detail in some entries
This list is not designed to be very biographical. It is really intended to direct readers to the linked biographical pages. George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 17:11, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * It was not biographical information, it was relevant information pertaining to the personality at hand. There are similar articles that have just as much or more. Xtremedood (talk) 17:33, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Compare List of modern-day Muslim scholars of Islam, List of Muslim theologians and List of Muslim historians. This is how it SHOULD look. George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 17:34, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Your subjective opinion should not be forced upon others. You are also making very unproductive changes, for example, you changed: "American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist who converted from Christianity" to "American Muslim minister, public speaker, and human rights activist. He converted from Christianity" for Malcolm X and claimed it was copy editing. Your edits often seem disruptive and unprofessional. Also, Theresa Corbin, Jerald F. Dirks, and perhaps Sarah Ager are notable. I do not see how they would be contrary to the notability requirements of WP. The source for Theresa is CNN and Jerald Dirks is a well known personality. Xtremedood (talk) 18:29, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Personal attacks are unnecessary. I don't attack you or call you names. We merely have a difference of opinion. So I asked a couple of other editors for their views rather than edit war with you. IMHO your source is unsuitable, and I enjoy copy-editing. I'm allow to copy edit. I think I'm quite good at it. Just because someone adds an entry doesn't mean no-one else can edit it for style or other improvements. Let's not attack each other, please. Let's see what other editors say before we revert each other again. Regards, George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 17:53, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * You did not address the main issues of my last comment and accusing me of making personal attacks, when I clearly have not, is meaningless. Patronizing statements like these "This is how it SHOULD look" are also unproductive. CNN is a legitimate source. Jerald F. Dirks is a notable personality. Theresa Corbin is a notable personality. Xtremedood (talk) 18:21, 27 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Then prove they are notable according to Wikipedia notability guidelines. And use a better source than a dawah website that merely lists people who have converted regardless of notability. I'm prepared to wait and see what other editors think. George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 02:16, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
 * Jerald F. Dirks is an author [] and speaker []. Theresa Corbin had a story about her on CNN [] and has spoken on the news []. Xtremedood (talk) 13:29, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
 * These activities do not in themselves constitute notability. Dirks does not meet WP:AUTHOR criteria. Your references re. Corbin do not establish notability. We can ask other established editors if you disagree with me. I'm open to that. Regards, George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 16:14, 28 April 2015 (UTC)
 * I see less notable people than those two in other similar articles. Feel free to involve any other editors. More input on this issue may prove to be beneficial. Xtremedood (talk) 01:05, 29 April 2015 (UTC)

The new edit
The new edit is a misrepresentation, the source is very clear, it dosen't claims that 12.5 million christian converted to Islam. The source cited that between 1990-2000, there been more people who converted to Islam comprare to Christianiy, the claiming that 12.5 million christians converted to Islam between 1990-2000 is misrepresentation.--Jobas (talk) 11:12, 26 May 2016 (UTC)
 * - You two need to discuss matters here as well, and explain how a source for settling bar bets, which says that 12.5 more people (who may or may not have been Christian) converted to Islam than they did to Christianity is reliable and relevant for an article that is specifically about Christians and only Christians converting to Islam Ian.thomson (talk) 07:18, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * With respect, Ian.thomson, you are expressing a personal bias in saying that the book is merely "a source for settling bar bets" and I'm surprised you are doing so. I have always seen you as more responsible, fair-minded and reasonable. YOU have to demonstrate that the book is unreliable before merely making the claim. By the way, I did not add the book myself; but I accept that it says what it was reported to say. George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 07:33, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm willing to drop the reliability issue, but there is still the issue that the source only establishes that 12.5 million more people converted from any religion (or lack thereof, including Hinduism, atheism, Judaism, Buddhism, and so on) to Islam than to Christianity. This article is specifically about people converting from Christianity (and only Christianity) to Islam, and the infobox suggests that the material within it is about people converting from Christianity to Islam.  That issue has not really been addressed.  Ian.thomson (talk) 07:37, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Fair comment, Ian.thomson, I didn't add that material. I only re-added it after editor Jobas deleted it after incorrectly saying that the source is false. It isn't. His justification for reversion was therefore inadequate. But you have raised a better point. Let's wait for Xtremedood to explain why he believes that the information should be added to that particular page. Thanks for your input. I appreciate you. Regards, George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 07:44, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * That what i excally tried to say, I did not say that the source is false or wrong as you say you can see here and here or even here at my first comment, I said that the information of that source is cited that 12.5 million more people converted to Islam (from different religious backgrounds) than to Christianity. While the new edit on the infobox use this source and suggests that these numbers are about people converting from Christianity to Islam, That why i said there been a misrepresentation for the information of the source. Any way the new edit place is the article List of converts to Islam and definitely not in this article.--Jobas (talk) 11:34, 28 May 2016 (UTC)


 * The problem, dear brother Jobas, is that your English is so clumsy I could not follow it (I'm sorry to say). Even now you have expressed yourself in a muddled way. Still, go in peace. Regards, George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 18:12, 28 May 2016 (UTC)
 * English is my fourth language; and regardless of the level of my English, I think my point was very clear.  have  a nice.--Jobas (talk) 19:19, 28 May 2016 (UTC)

There are several issues with deleting it. First, Jobas claimed the source was incorrect, which has not been established. Then Jobas over here makes the false claim that the statement violates copyright, which is not the case. Not to mention that Jobas clearly makes 3 reverts within 24 hours, which according to my history on WP violates the 3RR, which ian.thomas claims it doesn't for some reason. It seems like an attempt by Jobas to try and divert the issue. As for the reference, it is a valid reference by perhaps the world's leading institute on world records. The source is good in that it correlates the total number of converts to Islam and Christianity. This, I think is a valid source to be included in the article. Xtremedood (talk) 03:42, 29 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Xtremedood is correct: via his talk page I warned Jobas not to violate the three-revert rule, and to take the issue to the talk page, but he went ahead and violated it anyway. George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 08:11, 29 May 2016 (UTC)


 * Regarding the 3rr claim, Jobas's reverts date to:
 * 18:23 May 27
 * 19:09 May 26
 * 18:48 May 26
 * 16:56 May 26
 * 16:56 is an hour and a half before 18:23, meaning he only made three reverts in 24 hours (not more than as is required by 3rr), or four within 26 hours. In fact, it works if you count it the other way, as well.  Between 16:56 May 26 and 16:56 May 27 he only make three reverts.  Not more than three, which is what WP:3RR actually forbids.
 * Furthermore, this article is only about specific named individuals who have converted from Christianity to Islam. It is not about atheists, Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Zoroastrians, or any other non-Christians who convert to Islam.  It is not about groups of Christians who have converted to Islam, either.  It certainly isn't about people who have converted to Christianity.  The figures from Guinness (sociological reliability aside) are about people from any belief system converting to either Islam or Christianity, and the comparison between those number of converts.  Ian.thomson (talk) 08:35, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Dear Ian.thomson, it's not like you to become pedantic. You know as well as I do that he edited four times in a teeny amount over 24 hours. George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 09:01, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Please be assured that my admitted pedantry was not directed at nor inspired by you. As I said at WP:3RRNB, I would have counted the four reverts in 26 hours if Jobas hadn't been the only person at the time trying to sort matters on the page.  Ian.thomson (talk) 09:08, 29 May 2016 (UTC)
 * Thanks Ian.thomson. That's good enough for me. Regards, George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 09:17, 29 May 2016 (UTC)

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Biased editing by Jobas
user:Jobas has engaged in an editing war in this article as well as the List of converts to Christianity from Islam. While he repeatedly removes content from this article, citing sources as the reason (even though he fails to provide evidence), he does not allow for anything to be deleted from the other article and have engaged in an edit war to suppress details of Christians converting to Islam, but exaggerate claims of Muslims converting to Christianity. Xtremedood (talk) 09:37, 28 October 2016 (UTC)

Should the material deleted by user:Jobas be reintroduced until he or someone else can prove that the sources do not indicate as he says, due to massive one-sided editing on his part? Xtremedood (talk) 09:55, 28 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Let's see most of the deleted names, do not mention that this perosn convert from Christianity, it's just mention that he or she was convert to Islam, with no information about the background and many of these source are blogs or ureliable source:
 * For example: The source of Dawud Wharnsby, IslamonLine.net is not exist. Other names as Joe Tex the source only mention he convert to Islam, it say nothing about his former religion, Other example [=http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3020416/Muslim-who-abused-troops-is-ex-British-boxing-ace.html the source here is unreliable] and say nothing about Anthony Small former religion. this list is about converts to Islam from Christianity, so you should provide source that this person convert from Christianity to Islam, not a soruce or blog that he convert to Islam with no information about his former religion. And please don't play the victim card, I changed the sources that you removed from List of converts to Christianity from Islam (I didn't revert your edit, i provided better sources).--Jobas (talk) 10:07, 28 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Comment Summoned by bot. This RfC is absurdly over-broad and poorly drafted. You're going to have to re-draft it if you want meaningful input from outside editors. I assume this editor added or removed specific persons. You need to hone in on the specifics in the text that are at issue, and set forth the dispute in a neutral fashion. Coretheapple (talk) 14:52, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * user:Coretheapple, The editor removed a lot of references here from this article, as seen here and here, while re-adding a lot of materials on the opposite article, as seen here , , , , , . The user has a history of such biased edits on similar pages such as in regards to a controversial porn star , where previous consensus (here ) was that due to the religious nature of the controversy, the porn stars religion should be addressed, something he ignored with more recent edits  . These biased edits and his history is a reason why I am proposing a reversion of this article to it's previous state, until user:Jobas can prove that the sources do not indicate such or give other information pertaining to the matter as to why they should not be included in the list. Xtremedood (talk) 22:39, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * These are not even diffs, just, in the main, prior versions of the page. How do you expect me to understand what he did without diffs? You need to be clear and to be understanding of the limited time of volunteers. For your information this article came up on STiKi as I was doing some vandal fighting a couple of hours ago. You may want to file a clear report at AN/I if you are convinced an editor is engaged in gross misconduct. But remember that diffs will be required, there as here. Coretheapple (talk) 22:48, 30 October 2016 (UTC)


 * Oppose Not only is this RfC poorly formulated, as User:Coretheapple mentioned, but individuals should only be included in this list if the citation specifically states that the religion they converted from was Christianity. It's evident that many of the citations don't claim that and therefore, User:Jobas's edits were warranted. Bmbaker88 (talk) 22:49, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * I'm glad you were able to figure out what the issue is, as I could not from this RfC. A properly drafted RfC would deal with the specific problem that this editor feels is being caused. Give us something to work on! Don't force us to use detective work to figure out what the issue is. I sure won't. I don't have the time or interest. Coretheapple (talk) 22:52, 30 October 2016 (UTC)
 * List of converts to Islam from Christianity is is specifically about people converting from Christianity (and only Christianity) to Islam, so every name is mentioned here is should be well sourced and the source should mention clearly that this people  converting from Christianity (and only Christianity) to Islam, many sources of the article are unreliable and blogs, yet i only removed the names which the source don't cliam that converting from Christianity to Islam, I will give an example here, Marion Caunter is been removed since the source don't mention he converting from Christianity, It's only been mentioned that she is convert to Islam, onther example is Dave Chappelle, he is been removed the source is mention that he is convert to Islam, but is say nothing about former religion, other example edley Churchward he is been removed since the source again it's only mention that he convert to Islam, the same case is for Zainab Cobbo the source do not mention that she convert from Christianity.
 * Just a note, I do not claimed that this sample do not converted from Christianity, but the source that been surpported withn do not cited that, so it been removed.--Jobas (talk) 07:10, 1 November 2016 (UTC)
 * I agree that the source must state the religion from which they are converting. We cannot just take a stab at it or assume. BLP requires that. Coretheapple (talk) 14:04, 1 November 2016 (UTC)


 * Agreed, it must be referenced reliably that the people in this article are converting specifically from Christianity to Islam. Rubbish computer (HALP!: I dropped the bass?) 14:15, 3 November 2016 (UTC)

Additional entries
Well-intentioned but misguided page owners are currently blocking entries to the page, confusing a need for citations in questionable and contested areas with a need for citations despite existing well-sourced pages and the de-facto nature of conversion for every Janissary as a part of the definition of the word "Janissary". "May be challenged" does not mean "must necessarily be challenged", when things fall under WP:BLUE.

Kindly restore this content in the future when they've chilled out a bit or reread the relevant policies:


 * Usta Murad (1570–1640), Ottoman corsair and dey of Tunis

Alternatively, since the page owners are theoretically here to enjoy improving the page rather than getting off on newbie-biting gatekeeping, they're welcome to go to the linked page and pull over sources to cross the Ts and dot the Is on the policy they're so interested in.

EDIT: I see from above that some of this tetchiness comes from previous garbage and spam being placed on the page. The current behavior, unpleasantness, and snarkiness is not the way to move forward either. No, there won't be any garbage being added to your page if everyone is fed up and leaves; no, that's not the actual goal we're looking for here. — Llywelyn II   02:16, 6 November 2018 (UTC)


 * Then why not please add a clarification to the top of the list page itself that a Wikipedia page is sufficient in lieu of citations on the list entry. Thanks and best wishes, George Custer&#39;s Sabre (talk) 02:21, 6 November 2018 (UTC)

not doing that. Arbaz1528 (talk) 18:36, 3 April 2020 (UTC)

Ascending order
As i have noticed it is mixed up. So i am going to categorize it in ascending order Arbaz1528 (talk) 18:09, 3 April 2020 (UTC)