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Sunita Lyn "Suni" Williams (née Pandya; born September 19, 1965) is an American astronaut, retired U.S. Navy officer, and former record holder for most spacewalks by a woman (seven) and most spacewalk time for a woman (50 hours, 40 minutes).
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 ...
Ivan Aguéli – Swedish Sufi, painter and writer. Abdul-Karim al-Jabbar – former NFL player [ 6 ] Mahershala Ali – American actor and first Muslim actor to win an Oscar [ 7 ] Muhammad Ali, an Olympian and professional boxer, converted to Islam from Christianity.
Sunita Williams, an Indian American NASA astronaut aboard the Boeing Starliner on Wednesday morning, has been known to bring items representing her culture with her to space.
George of Izla — was an East Syriac martyr, theologian and interpreter. [45] Golinduch — was a noble Persian lady, She converted from Zoroastrianism to Christianity in the reign of Khosrau I. [46] Gregory the Commander — was a Sasanian military leader from the House of Mihran, who converted from Zoroastrianism to Christianity.
The significance of the Christian community in Herat can be seen in that till today there is a district outside of the city named Injil, [37] The Arabic/Dari/Pashto word for Gospel. The Christian community was present in Herat until at least 1310. [38] Tekuder, who was a Christian convert to Islam, [39] receives an embassy.
Conversion to Christianity is the religious conversion of a previously non-Christian person that brings about changes in what sociologists refer to as the convert's "root reality" including their social behaviors, thinking and ethics. The sociology of religion indicates religious conversion was an important factor in the emergence of ...
Rifqa Bary is the only daughter of Mohamed and Aysha Bary. She grew up in Columbus, Ohio with her older brother Rilvan and her younger brother Rajaa. [5] Her parents initially came to the U.S. from Sri Lanka to seek medical care for Rifqa after she became blind in her right eye when Rilvan threw a toy airplane at her when she was 5. [6]