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Date of source: Friday, September 12, 2003
German expert Rudolph Sindler, who is working in an engineering project in Upper Egypt, converted to Islam and married an Egyptian. He said he converted to Islam because of its tolerance and mercy.
See also art. 27.
Date of source: Tuesday, June 3, 2003
The article is an overview of a book titled “This is How They Became Muslims… Converts from East and West” by Wafa’a Sa’adawi. The book recounts the conversion stories of 18 Christian and Jewish women and the reasons behind their conversion.
Date of source: Saturday, March 1, 2003
Background of Michel Wolf, son of a Jewish father and a Christian mother, who embraced Islam and produced a movie about it.
Date of source: Friday, April 15, 2005
A total of 330 searches were made
on the google search engine, 170 on yahoo, and a few others on less famous search engines, seeking to know whether or not the
rumor about Bill Gates’ conversion to Islam was true.
Date of source: Sunday, February 20, 2005
While those who convert to Islam, such as Cat Stevens, Jemina Khan, and Lord Birt, the former BBC Director – General, can publicly celebrate their new religion, those whose faith goes in the other direction face persecution.
Muslims who lose their faith face execution or imprisonment, in line with...
Date of source: Sunday, December 2, 2001
The Italian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia was recalled after declaring his conversion to Islam. Some Italian newspapers explain that the reason behind the recall is to question the ambassador’s motives for conversion. Other newspapers speculated that due to the racist attitude of the European public...
Date of source: Monday, November 26, 2001
The Italian embassy in Riyadh announced that the Italian ambassador in Saudi Arabia had converted to Islam at the beginning of this current month of Ramadan.
Date of source: Friday, December 8, 2000
The book of "Why did they join Islam? The reasons behind the conversion of the world’s elite to Islam," by journalist Usama Al-Alfi introduces many examples of those who converted to Islam. The author believes that Al-Alfi wrote his book to open Muslims’ eyes to the greatness of their religion. The...
Date of source: Wednesday, December 20, 2006
In this article the author reviews the conversion experience of a Jew who converted to Islam
Date of source: Friday, November 12, 1999
Born in a Catholic family some five decades ago in Guinea-Bissau, Ibrahim Saila, was reared as a missionary in order to become a priest in his country. Though born in a Catholic family and brought up at a Catholic mission, he was not to serve Catholicism, but to serve Islam - a fact which is hard...
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Emerging Perspectives on Intercultural and Interreligious Relations
Dialogue Across Borders is a database of summary translations of Arabic newspaper articles with references to their sources about intercultural and interreligious relations, focusing primarily but not exclusively on Muslim-Christian relations. The database also contains articles with editorial analysis and interviews on the subject.