Conversion to Islam, also known within Islam as reversion, is adopting Islam as a religion or faith. Conversion requires a formal statement of the shahādah...

Forced conversion is the adoption of a religion or irreligion under duress. Someone who has been forced to convert to a different religion or irreligion...

forced conversions for political reasons and religious reasons in regards to youth and orphans. A number of groups who converted from Judaism to Islam have...

rise to power in Iran in the 16th century, the Safavid dynasty initiated a campaign of forced conversion against the Iranian populace, seeking to replace...

them to the path" – makes no sense if apostasy is punished by death, because killing apostates "would not permit repeated conversion from and to Islam" (Louay...

Conversion to Islam in prisons refers to the modern phenomenon seen in the Western world of a statistically high incidence of incarcerated criminal non-Muslims...

from Protestant Christianity to Roman Catholicism or from Shi'a Islam to Sunni Islam. In some cases, religious conversion "marks a transformation of religious...

Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person that brings about changes in what sociologists refer to as...

creation of the caliphates, expanding over a vast geographical area; conversion to Islam was boosted by Arab Muslim forces expanding over vast territories...

The following is a list of notable people who converted to Islam from a different religion or no religion (who have individual Wikipedia articles). This...

The contemporary rate of conversion to Islam is high in American prisons, for which there are a number of factors. It is the fastest growing religion...

also killed for his conversion to Islam, making him the first male martyr (Arabic: شهيد, romanized: shahīd). Her full name is said to be Sumayya bint Khabbat...

for bringing Islam in the 12th or 13th century, either from Gujarat in India or from Persia. Before the archipelago's conversion to Islam, the predominant...

the 16th century, Sunni Islam was dominant among the Iranians, but this changed with the Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam, which marked another...

Kae Asakura prior to her conversion to Islam, while other sources conflict with this and state her real name prior to her conversion was Akiko Matasuzawa...

convert to Islam each year. Some Islamic institutions and clerics have been alleged to be involved in coercing religious minorities to convert to Islam by threatening...

military age. Iranians were among the very earliest converts to Islam, and their conversion in significant numbers began as soon as the Arab armies reached...

orders, Islam spread into new areas and Muslims assimilated into new cultures. Under the Ottoman Empire, Islam spread to Southeast Europe. Conversion to Islam...

and percentage growth of Islam is primarily due to relatively high birth rates and a youthful age structure. conversion to Islam has no impact on the overall...

He had been among the main leaders of Meccan opposition to Muhammad, the prophet of Islam and member of the Quraysh, commanding the Meccans at the battles...

Sedentarization facilitated a more rapid Islamization compared to the slower pace of individual conversions among the local populace. Sufi activities...

underwent a large-scale conversion from Christianity to Islam, motivated in part by a jizya tax for those who refused to convert. Islam became the faith of...

before the rise of Islam. Their members were divided into ten main clans, most notably including the Banu Hashim, into which Islam's founding prophet Muhammad...

Hamza. Hamza took little notice of Islam for the first few years. He converted in late 616 CE.: 3  Upon returning to Mecca after a hunting trip in the...

figure in the early expansion and strengthening of the Islamic state. His conversion to Islam is considered a turning point for the early Muslim community...

ceremonies that was adaptable to a form of folk Islam popular at the time of the invasion. One theory as to why conversion to Islam was more prevalent in Bosnia...

(Arabic: أم كلثوم بنت محمد) (c. 603–630) was the third daughter of the Islamic prophet Muhammad by his first wife Khadija bint Khuwaylid. She was born...

a companion of the Islamic prophet Muhammad and a leader of the Banū Aws tribe in the city of Medina before his conversion to Islam. He inherited his leadership...

converted to Islam. This incident sparked debate over freedom of religion in India and the government decided to introduce anti-conversion legislation...

churches, conversion into churches Conversion to Hinduism, religious conversion to Hinduism Conversion to Islam, religious conversion to Islam Safavid conversion...