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Sunita Lyn Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut, United States Navy officer, and former record holder for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).
Marmaduke Pickthall – English convert to Islam, famous for his English-language translation of the Quran known as The Meaning of the Glorious Koran. José Padilla – also known as Abdullah al-Muhajir or Muhajir Abdullah; US citizen from Brooklyn, New York; convicted in federal court of aiding terrorists; also known as "the dirty bomber" [110]
After his conversion to Islam, he later became the founder of the Kedah Sultanate. [203] Shah Shahidullah Faridi (born John Gilbert Lennard) – British convert. [204] Ibn Sahl of Seville – Jewish poet and diplomat, born in 1212–3 to a Jewish family in Seville; Mubarak Shah (Chagatai Khan) – He was the first Chagatai Khan to convert to Islam
Converts to Christianity from Islam Total population Between 8.4 million (2014 study) - 10.2 million (2015 study) According to the study 6 million of those converts came from Indonesia; however, the 6 million figure also includes descendants of those converts. Significant numbers of Muslims convert to Christianity in: Afghanistan, Albania, Algeria, [6] [7] Australia, Austria, [8] Azerbaijan ...
C. Converts to Shia Islam from Catholicism (5 P) Converts to Sunni Islam from Catholicism (1 C, 25 P)
The word's first appearance in the West was in an Arabic-to-French translation of the 1001 Arabian Nights tales in 1712. [10] Its first appearance in English was in a popular novel, Vathek, an Arabian Tale by William Beckford, in 1786. [18] Ghouls appear in English translations of the 1001 Arabian Nights tales in the 19th century. [19] giraffe
t. e. Conversion to Islam is accepting Islam as a religion or faith and rejecting any other religion or irreligion. [ 1] The person who converts to Islam is often referred to as a Revert (instead of Convert ), because many Muslims believe that all children are born Muslims (meaning: 'submitters [to God ]').
Boeing Crew Flight Test ( Boe-CFT) is the first crewed mission of the Boeing Starliner capsule. Launched on 5 June 2024, the mission flew a crew of two NASA astronauts, Barry E. Wilmore and Sunita Williams, from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station to the International Space Station. The mission was meant to last eight days, ending with a landing ...