Converts to Islam

This article lists converts to Islam who resort to terrorism and other religiously motivated crimes, such as lying and pedophilia.

Introduction

Although terrorism is not exclusive to the Islamic ideology, it should be noted that a disproportionate number of terrorists are Muslims who are motivated by the teachings of Islam. A number of converts have appeared in the media due to their involvement in terrorism or terrorist organizations, and a 2011 study found that 55% of US born Muslims arrested for Islamic terrorist activities were converts to Islam.

Those who were born into Islam may be ignorant of their religion and its actual teachings, therefore they are Muslims who are most likely to interpret Islam in a peaceful way. However, many converts to Islam are more zealous; learning as much about their new found faith as they can. When they do that, the only conclusion that they can draw is that Islam's deity endorses terrorism and rewards terrorists.

If someone is involved in crime and terrorism and they had converted to a certain faith system, it is almost always Islam that the person converted to. The hate for non-Muslims found in Islam is quickly picked up by them. As a result, these converts often turn to the practice or support of terrorism and violence; often showing hatred for their own family, country, and former way of life.

Involvement in Terrorism

Original Name	Country of Origin	Name after conversion to Islam	Activities	More Information
David Hicks	Australia	Muhammed Dawood	Undertook terrorist training in al Qaeda-linked camps and served with the ruling Taliban regime in Afghanistan in 2001. He was then detained by the United States Government in Guantanamo Bay until 2007 when he became the first to be tried and convicted under the U.S. Military Commissions Act of 2006	Jihad" diary reveals David Hicks terror training
Jill Courtney	Australia		Arrested at her suburban Sydney home on Friday in a swoop by federal and local police operating under anti-terrorism laws. She was charged with conspiracy to murder and conspiracy to cause explosives to be placed in or near a public place	Sydney bomb plotter charged
Shane Kent	Australia		Pled guilty to being a member of a terror cell led by Islamic cleric Abdul Nacer Benbrika, and admitted involvement in the cell’s plan to place bombs at a major football event in Melbourne: the Australian Grand Final in 2005, which attracted nearly 100,000 fans and a TV audience of millions	Australian Islamist admits football terror plot
Joseph Terrence Thomas	Australia		Thomas was the first Australian to be convicted under anti-terrorism laws introduced in Australia after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the United States. He was sentenced on 31 March 2006 to five years prison with a non-parole period of two years	Thomas convicted over al-Qaeda funds
Thomas al-J	Austria		25-year-old convert who was arrested in June 2011 and charged with terrorism. Detectives believe he was planning to crash a plane into the Bundestag, German parliament headquarters in Berlin. He has also been accused of recruiting terrorists in order to send them to jihad training camps in Afghanistan and Pakistan, and of funding terrorist organizations	Austrian National Arrested for Planning Bundestag Attack
Muriel Degauque	Belgium	Myriam	Failed suicide car bomb attack in Iraq. Detonated her explosive vest amid an American military patrol in the town of Baquba, wounding one American soldier	Raised as Catholic in Belgium, She Died as a Muslim Bomber
Pascal Cruypeninck	Belgium		Sentenced in 2008. He convinced his fiancée to convert and tried to get her to go to Iraq on a suicide mission	Belgium became the basis of jihadism in Europe
Wellington Menezes de Oliveira	Brazil		Former Jehovah’s Witness who converted to Islam two years prior to killing twelve children in a school in Rio de Janeiro; lining them up against a wall and shooting them in the head at point-blank range. His motivation for the shootings and his extremist Islamic beliefs went largely unreported in Western-English media	Evidence of his conversion can be read here
Steven Vikash Chand	Canada	Abdul Shakur	Chand was one of 17 people accused of being members of an alleged homegrown terrorist cell, plotting attacks in southern Ontario. Chand is officially charged with belonging to a terrorist group, receiving training and recruiting others to participate in terrorist activity	Terror suspect served in Canadian military
Willie Virgile Brigitte	France		A French convert to Islam who associated with al-Qaeda in Pakistan and was sentenced to a maximum of nine years for conspiring to blow up Australia's only nuclear reactor and the power grid	Terrorist Willie Brigitte to be freed after serving less than half his jail sentence
Ruddy Teranova	France		Convert to Islam who, along with a member of the group "Saïki Omar" (suspected of plotting an attack at the football World Cup in 1998), was sentenced to six months in Jail for physically assaulting Abderrahmane Dahmane, the Chairman of Democratic Muslims in France (CDMF), a moderate Muslim organization	GPSC: terroriste en Algérie, innocent en France?
Robert Richard Pierre	France	Abu Abderrahmane	Found guilty of recruiting and training terror volunteers, and planning to carry out terror attacks in Morocco and to overthrow the government	Morocco Tries Frenchman On Terrorism Charges
David CourTailler	France		Trained in al Qaeda’s notorious Khalden training camp. He recruited volunteers to Afghanistan in the late 90s’ and was found guilty of conspiring with criminals engaged in a terrorist enterprise	A Paris court has sentenced a French convert to Islam to four years in jail
Jerome CourTailler	France		Trained in al Qaeda’s notorious Khalden training camp. Convicted of recruiting Islamic volunteers to Al Qaeda and planning attacks against USA targets in Holland and Belgium	Dutch court jails terror supporters
Thomas Barnouin	France	Thomas Abdelhakim	Initial indoctrination in Southwest France and then at Medina University. Captured by Syrian intelligence officials at an al-Qaeda safe house in Syria. Convicted of "criminal conspiracy for terrorist purposes." He was sentenced along with five other native French converts to Islam	French Converts To Islam Convicted Of Running Iraqi Jihad Network
Christian Emde	Germany		Converted to Islam in 2003, he was arrested along with another German convert in England and charged with having information which could be of use in terrorism. He pleaded guilty to four offenses under Britain’s Terrorism Act, relating to literature with titles such as “Destroying Buildings” and “Make a bomb in the kitchen of your mom”. Another called "The ultimate mowing machine" suggested adding blades to a four-wheel drive pickup truck in order to drive through pedestrian areas and "mow down the enemies of Allah"	German converts to Islam in UK court on terrorism charges
Daniel Schneider	Germany		Recruited by the Islamic Jihad Union, and a member of the Sauerland cell who planned to bomb mainly American targets in Germany. Sentenced to 12-years in prison	German Terrorists Sentenced to Prison After Foiled Bomb Attack Germany
Denis Mamadou Cuspert	Germany	Abou Maleeq	Once a popular rapper in Germany, now a preacher and one of the best-known singers of nasheeds in German. Security officials say he is an influential figure who incites violence through inflammatory videos and fiery speeches that praise terrorists and attack the West. German authorities say people like him inspired the shootings of two American airmen at the Frankfurt airport in March 2011	Osama’s name flows in our blood: Ex-rapper
Fritz Gelowicz	Germany	Abdullah	Recruited and trained by the Islamic Jihad Union, he was the ringleader of the Sauerland cell who planned to bomb targets in Germany. Sentenced to 12-years in prison	From Fritz to Adbullah: conversion shocks Germans
Harry S.	Germany	Isa al-Khattab	Issued death threats against Wolfgang Seibert, the head of a small Jewish community in Pinneberg, a town near Hamburg	Head of small Jewish community in Germany receives death threats from Islamist
Robert Baum	Germany		Arrested along with another German convert in England and charged with having information which could be of use in terrorism. Pleaded guilty to one charge	German converts to Islam in UK court on terrorism charges
Steven Smyrek	Germany	Abdel Karim	Spent two months in a terrorist training camp in order to deal with machine guns and explosives. Convicted of planning a suicide mission for Hezbollah	From small criminals to aspiring holy warriors
Compton Eversley	Guyana	Abdel Nur	Sunni Muslim convert and the uncle of former world welterweight boxing champion Andrew "Six Heads" Lewis. Arrested in connection with the failed 2007 JFK Bomb Plot, he pleaded guilty to supporting the plot by attempting to locate an al-Qaeda explosives expert and was sentenced to 15 years	Abdel Nur sentenced in New York JFK airport fuel plot
Michael Seaforth	Guyana	Abdul Kadir	US citizen and a former Mayor and Parliament member, he was raised as a Catholic in Guyana, but later converted to Islam during his university years. Arrested and convicted for the failed 2007 JFK Bomb Plot, he was charged with conspiracy to attack a public transportation system, destroy buildings, attack aircraft and aircraft materials, destroy international airport facilities, and attack a mass transportation facility	Better that he turned to Islam than drugs - father
Russell M. Defreitas	Guyana		US citizen and convert to Islam who was the self-proclaimed ringleader behind the failed 2007 JFK Bomb Plot. Arrested in 2007 and convicted in 2010, he had previously worked as a cargo handler at the airport and had hoped the terrorist attack would be bigger than 9/11	Two convicted in JFK airport bomb plot
Laguerre Payen	Haiti		An illegal immigrant to the US who converted to Islam from Roman Catholicism while in prison during the 80's. He was one of four men from Newburgh, NY, who were arrested for the 2009 Bronx terrorism plot, a scheme to shoot down military airplanes flying out of an Air National Guard base in Newburgh, New York and blow up Riverdale Temple and Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx	P > Laguerre Payen
Dhiren Barot	India	Abu Musa al-Hindi	UK citizen, pled guilty to conspiring to murder people in terrorist attacks by targeting major financial institutions in the United States, including the World Bank and International Monetary Fund headquarters in Washington, the New York Stock Exchange and the Citigroup building in Manhattan and also setting off a 'dirty bomb' in the United Kingdom	Dhiren Barot pleads guilty to US, UK bomb plots
Terence Edward Kelly	Ireland	Khalid Kelly	Converted to Islam after being imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for making alcohol. In November 2009 he said he was "preparing to wage war against British and allied troops in Afghanistan" adding that he had a "divine calling" to kill. Arrested in 2011 for making death threats against US President Barack Obama	Irish convert misunderstands Islam, wants to kill for Allah
Domenico Quaranta	Italy		29-year-old house painter and convert to Islam, sentenced to twenty years for setting fire to a Milan subway station and trying to attack ancient Greek temples in Agrigento, Sicily	'Free-lance' militants called European threat
Germaine Lindsay	Jamaica	Jamal Lindsay	UK citizen and one of the Suicide bombers in the 7/7 attack which killed 52 people and injured hundreds	Suicide bombers' 'ordinary' lives
Kibley Da Costa	Jamaica	Abdul Khaliq	UK citizen and Muslim convert who was jailed in 2007 for helping run terror training camps in the New Forest and Berkshire	Profiles: Mohammed Hamid and his followers
Lee Boyd Malvo (aka. John Lee Malvo)	Jamaica		An illegal immigrant to the US, he carried out the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, killing 10 people. Malvo, along with John Allen Muhammad, was arrested in connection with the attacks on October 24, 2002, following tips from alert citizens. He depicted their crimes in his art as "jihad" in America and had said they were meant "to terrorize the nation"	Malvo sketches depicted 'jihad'
Robert Mustaq John	Jamaica		A Jamaican convert to Islam living in the states illegally. Convicted of sending a death threat by e-mail to blogger Debbie Schlussel, which consisted of pictures of American journalist Daniel Pearl in mid-beheading and other states of pre-rigor mortis. Also included in the subject line was the following: "JEWgirl, you might be next", and in red capital letters the words "KILL ALL KIKES"	“Religion of Peace”: Muslim Indicted, Another Guilty for Death Threats Against Schlussel
Trevor Forrest	Jamaica	Sheikh Abdullah el-Faisal	His parents belonged to the Christian evangelical group Salvation Army, but he converted to Islam after being introduced to the faith by a school teacher at about 16. He preached in a London mosque attended by convicted terrorists and was imprisoned in Britain for nearly four and a half years for inciting murder and stirring racial hatred with sermons titled "No peace with the Jews" and "Them versus Us." In one recorded sermon, he told followers that "the way forward is the bullet." On another, he said jihadists should use "chemical weapons to exterminate the unbelievers"	Leaked US cables portray worries that Jamaica could become incubator for Islamic extremism
Wadih el-Hage	Lebanon	Abd'al Sabur	A member of al-Qaida. Became a mujahideen fighter in Afghanistan. Linked to the killing of Dr. Rashad Khalifa. A weapon purchased by him was also used in the killing of rabbi Meir Kahane. Believed to have become a key aide to Bin Laden & also to have been trying to obtain chemical weapons for the terrorist group. 1 of 4 involved in the 1998 United States embassy bombings. Found guilty of belonging to a worldwide conspiracy to kill Americans and destroy U.S. property	Four embassy bombers get life
Jermaine Walters	Netherlands		Hofstad member and brother of convicted terrorist Jason Walters. Arrested (aged 17) in connection with a plot to assassinate Dutch MP Ayaan Hirsi Ali during a New Year's 2005 celebration	The 'Hofstad' group - background and profiles
Jason Walters	Netherlands	Jamal Walters	Hofstad member. Arrested, after a long 14 hour siege in The Hague, where hand grenades were thrown at police. Walters planned to assassinate Dutch political figures he deemed anti-Muslim, including Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Geert Wilders. Both, outspoken critics of Islam. Convicted on charges of terrorism	From Quiet Teen to Terrorist Suspect
Unnamed male (due to young age)	Netherlands	Maik R	Sent threatening emails to Lower House members Hirsi Ali and Geert Wilders. He had also hidden a self made explosive device in his parents home. An Amsterdam court has placed him in a juvenile pyschiatric hospital	Dutch convert to Islam who made bombs and threatened politicians had 'obsessive identification' with Islam
Angelo Ramirez Trinidad	Philippines	Abu Khalil Trinidad	A member of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement (a terrorist group comprising of Christian converts to Islam), and also a member of an Abu Sayyaf cell. Trinidad and an accomplice conducted the February 2005 Valentine's Day bombing of a passenger bus in Manila that killed six and wounded over 100. He assembled the bomb, helped plant it on the bus and triggered it by cell phone. He was convicted of the bombing in October 2005. He was also positively identified as having participated with the ASG in the April 2000 kidnappings of 21 foreign tourists and Malaysian workers from Sipadan Island, Malaysia	Angelo Ramirez Trinidad (The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee)
Dinno Amor Rosalejos Pareja	Philippines	Khalil Pareja Aminah	The key operative in the August 2005 twin bombings in Zamboanga City, the Philippines, which wounded 26 people, Pareja assumed a senior leadership role of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement (a terrorist group comprising of Christian converts to Islam) in 2005 following the arrests of its founder and second-in-command. In November 2006, Pareja led a group in casing bombing targets in Cebu City, the Philippines, for an attack planned to coincide with the Association of Southeast Asian Nations summit. In 2004, the RSM founder entrusted him with the groups funds	More Philippine terror arrests
Feliciano Semborio Delos Reyes Jr.	Philippines	Ustadz Abubakar Delos Reyes	A founding member and a senior leader of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement (a terrorist group comprising of Christian converts to Islam). In 2006, Reyes conducted military and counterintelligence training in the Philippines for students of an ASG and JI-linked educational center. He reportedly joined with Abu Sayyaf in 2003 to plan and prepare a proposed bombing in Manila. Also participated in the 2003 Awang airport bombing near Cotabato City, the Philippines, which killed 1 soldier and wounded 3 civilians. He was arrested Reyes in December 2006	Feliciano Semborio Delos Reyes Jr. (The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee)
Hilarion del Rosario	Philippines	Ahmad Islam Santos	Founder of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement, a radical group of Muslim converts from Christianity, responsible for the sinking of a ferry near Manila in which 116 people died in February 2004, the worst terror attack in the mainly Roman Catholic country. Suspected of planning further attacks during the long holiday which marks the Roman Catholic All Saints Day and the end of Ramadan for Muslims	Philippines says arrests Islamic militant leader
Pio Abogne De Vera	Philippines	Ismael de Vera	Believed to be the second-in-command of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement (a terrorist group comprising of Christian converts to Islam). He participated in terrorist acts conducted by Jemaah Islamiyah, and played an active role in a plot to bomb civilian targets in Manila in 2005. In a disrupted plot, he purchased and transported explosives and scouted targets frequented by Americans and other foreign nationals. De Vera also was one of two persons tasked with executing another aborted plot to bomb several targets in Luzon, the Philippines, including telecommunications and power facilities	Pio Abogne De Vera (The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee)
Redendo Cain Dellosa	Philippines	Habil Ahmad Dellosa	One of the leaders of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement (a terrorist group comprising of Christian converts to Islam), as well as a member of Abu Sayyaf. He led the 2004 Manila ferry bombing which killed 116 people. He was tasked by an ASG leader to devise a plan to kill Philippine Vice Presidential candidate Loren Legarda. Dellosa admitted that he decided to place a bomb at one of her campaign stops. He was arrested and charged with participation in the 2001 kidnapping of 20 people, several of whom were killed, from the Dos Palmas resort in Palawan, the Philippines	Redendo Cain Dellosa (The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee)
Ricardo Perez Ayeras	Philippines	Abdul Kareem Ayeras	A member of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement (a terrorist group comprising of Christian converts to Islam). A central player in the 2005 "Big Bang" plot to bomb civilian targets in Manila, he was to drive the bomb-laden car, staying with it as a suicide bomber, if necessary. He also helped purchase the explosives for the plot. In addition, several thousand US dollars, probably destined for the same attack, were channeled through Ayeras's ATM account. He was arrested for his role in the 2005 Valentine's Day bombing of a passenger bus in Manila that killed 6 and wounded over 100	Ricardo Perez Ayeras (The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee)
Ruben Pestano Lavilla Jr.	Philippines	Sheik Omar Lavilla	A founding member of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement (a terrorist group comprising of Christian converts to Islam), believed to have taken over as RSM's political, religious and strategic leader following Santos's arrest. Lavilla is considered RSM' s spiritual advisor. Lavilla channeled funds to RSM from personal Arab contacts. At some point before 2003, Lavilla also personally couriered approximately US $200,000. He was part of the Abu Sayyaf-sponsored cell that carried out the 2004 Manila ferry bombing which killed 116 people. Arrested in Bahrain in 2008 and deported to the Philippines	Bahrain deports top terrorist to Philippines
Tyrone del Rosario Santos	Philippines	Dawud Santos	The brother of Ahmad Islam Santos, founder of the Rajah Sulaiman Movement (a terrorist group comprising of Christian converts to Islam). He was arrested in 2005 for illegal possession of firearms and explosives. Santos was released on bail and immediately disappeared. In a radio phone interview aired in the Southern Philippines, in what is known as the "Julius Babao-Dawud Santos affair", he denied being a terrorist	Julius Babao-Dawud Santos affair
Christian Ganczarski	Poland		Al-Qaeda member. Responsible for recruiting fighters in Krefeld and Essen in West Germany. Charged under the nation's "association with terrorism" legislation for his role in the April 11, 2002, bombing of the Ghriba synagogue in Djerba, Tunisia. The attack claimed 21 lives, including 14 German and two French nationals	Polish-Born Muslim Convert Sentenced for Leading Role in Tunisian Synagogue Bombing
Andre Vladimirovich Bataloff	Russia		Arrested in Afghanistan in a truck carrying 1,000 pounds of explosives. Disguised himself in a burqa, the traditional veil worn by Afghan women. Planned to carry out a suicide bombing	Foreign Fighters of Harsher Bent Bolster Taliban
Aleksandr Tikhomirov	Russia	Said Buryatskiy	Converted to Islam at the age of 15. He trained suicide bombers and is believed to be responsible for 15 terrorist acts committed against the state authorities, local government and civilians	ROAR: Militants in North Caucasus lose another “ideologue”
Pavel Kosolapov	Russia		Converted to Islam in the 1990's and became a close associate of Shamil Basayev, the terrorist mastermind behind the Beslan school siege. He was one of four, accused of blowing up the Moscow to St Petersburg Nevsky Express train in 2007, which injured sixty passengers, thirty of whom required hospitalization. Also suspected by Russian authorities of planning several suicide operations in Chechnya. According to Russian authorities, he was also responsible for the train bombing in November 2009 in Russia which killed 25 people	Top terrorist warlord linked to 2007 train bombing, Former soldier suspected of train bombing
Vitaly Razdobudko	Russia		Convert from Christianity. Razdobudko is wanted by authorities for organising the Moscow airport suicide bombing which took the lives of 35 and injured more than a hundred	Moscow airport bomber converted by Russian imam: report
Vladimir Khodov	Russia	Abdullah	Joined the Taliban training camp in Galashki (Ingushetia). Caught on film and identified as the prime suspect behind a terrorist attack in Vladikavkaz, which killed an army cadet and a female civilian. Also considered to have been one of the leaders in the Beslan school hostage crisis	Suspect behind Feb 3 bombing in Vladikavkaz named
Kerim Chatty	Sweden		Was suspected of attempted hijacking of an aircraft in 2002. He was subsequently released from police custody and the preliminary inquiry regarding attempted hijacking was dropped. Chatty was arrested at the Stockholm-Västerås Airport on August 29, 2002, as he was trying to board a Ryanair Flight 685 headed to the London Stansted Airport, with a loaded pistol in his hand luggage, contained in a bag of toiletries	Raised eyebrows at the decision by a court in Sweden to order the release of a suspected hijacker
Anthony Green	Tanzania	Abdur Raheem Green	British Islamic preacher who claims he is not an extremist. Told students that it was difficult to argue with the views of Osama bin Laden and said “terrorism works” during a speech at a university in London. Also wrote on his website that adultery and homosexuality must be treated “harshly” to protect society and that “a slow and painful death by stoning” is the punishment	Abdur Raheem Green: Imperious Islam
Lennox Philip	Trinidad and Tobago	Yasin Abu Bakr	The leader of the Jamaat al Muslimeen, a Muslim group in Trinidad and Tobago. The group has long-standing links with Libyan leader Muammar al-Gaddafi. Under the leadership of Abu Bakr and Bilaal Abdullah, the group staged an attempted coup d’état in 1990	For many Trinidadians, the name of Muslim group Jamaat Al Muslimeen which’s leader is Yasin Abu Bakr still conveys fear and shock, a reminder of its attempted coup more than 10 years ago that left two dozen people dead.
Winston Kingston	Trinidad and Tobago	Kareem Ibrahim	Convert to Sunni Islam who later adopted Shi'ite Islam in the 1970s, he is an imam and leader of the Shi'ite Muslim community in Trinidad. Convicted in 2011 for "conspiring to blow up the fuel lines and fuel tanks at Kennedy Airport in a fiery attack that would rival 9/11"	Brooklyn jury convicts Imam Kareem Ibrahim in Kennedy Airport plot
Andrew Ibrahim	United Kingdom		Quantities of Hexamethylene Triperoxide Diamine (HMTD), a homemade explosive, along with two homemade vests, ball bearings, air gun pellets, nails and screws, wired circuitry, batteries and electric bulb filaments found at residence	White British Converts to Islam Pose Suicide-Bombing Threat in UK
Brian Young	United Kingdom	Umar Islam	One of a group of plotters with apparent ties to Pakistan. The group planned to smuggle liquid explosives onto between 6 and 10 airliners departing the UK bound for the US. The bombers would detonate the explosives en route. Charged with Conspiracy to commit murder and acts of terrorism. Pled guilty to the allegation of conspiring to inflict public problems	Three plead guilty to jet bomb plot
Don Stewart-Whyte	United Kingdom	Abdul Waheed	Half-brother to model Heather Stewart-Whyte and one of a group of plotters with apparent ties to Pakistan. The group planned to smuggle liquid explosives onto between 6 and 10 airliners departing the UK bound for the US. The bombers would detonate the explosives en route. Charged with preparing acts of terrorism. He is also charged with possession of a firearm, silencer and magazine clip	My love for terror suspect
Graham Adams	United Kingdom	Ahmed Khalid Ibrahim	He was arrested in 2007 by Kenyan police as part of an anti-terrorism operation	Briton who converted to Islam arrested by Kenyan anti-terror police after arms seized
Matthew Newton	United Kingdom		Convicted of preparing for acts of terrorism and disseminating terrorist publications. He, along with another Muslim, tried to recruit undercover police to fight British soldiers in Afghanistan	Two convicted of terror planning in Manchester
Nicky Reilly	United Kingdom	Mohammed Rasheed	Attempted to detonate three bombs in a crowded restaurant in Exeter. Only one of the devices exploded, lightly wounding Reilly as he handled it in the restaurant’s toilet	White British Converts to Islam Pose Suicide-Bombing Threat in UK
Oliver Savant	United Kingdom	Ibrahim Savant	One of a group of plotters with apparent ties to Pakistan. The group planned to smuggle liquid explosives onto between 6 and 10 airliners departing the UK bound for the US. The bombers would detonate the explosives en route. Charged with Conspiracy to commit murder and acts of terrorism. Pled guilty to the allegation of conspiring to inflict public problems	Three plead guilty to jet bomb plot
Rakan Ben Williams	United Kingdom		The Global Islamic Media Front has threatened [the West] on the Internet by means of its new soldier, whom it calls Rakan Ben Williams, “[after] the coming attack there will be no one to analyze and investigate, because the mind and the heart will be unable to comprehend it	Warning of Rakan Ben Williams
Richard Reid	United Kingdom	Abdel Rahim	Pled guilty to a failed suicide attack, in which he tried to blow up a commercial flight using explosives hidden in his shoes	Bomb suspect 'part of network'
Simon Keeler	United Kingdom	Suleiman	A member of al-Muhajiroun. Found guilty of inciting terrorism and encouraging funding of terrorism	White British Converts to Islam Pose Suicide-Bombing Threat in UK
Jack Roche	United Kingdom		Jemaah Islamiah member and Al-Qaeda associate, personally acquainted with Osama bin Laden. Convicted of plotting to bomb the Israeli embassy in Canberra	British-born man admits bomb plot
	United States	Abu Usamah at-Thahabi	Has been accused of preaching messages of hate towards non-Muslims. On 14 January 2007, a documentary by Channel 4 entitled Undercover Mosque was aired attributing to him various comments, such as stating that Osama bin Laden was better than a "million George Bushes and a thousand Tony Blairs," or that non-Muslims were "pathological liars"	Radical cleric praises Bin Laden
Adam Yahiye Gadahn	United States	Azzām al-Amrīki	English-speaking senior operative, cultural interpreter, spokesman and media advisor for the Islamic terrorist group Al-Qaeda. Indicted by a federal grand jury for the capital crime of treason for aiding an enemy of the United States. Has appeared in a number of videos produced by Al-Qaeda	"To Americans and the rest of Christendom we say, either repent or suffer the consequences in this world and the next"
Allen Walter Lyon	United States	Hammad Abdur-Raheem	A convicted member of a militant jihadist network in Northern Virginia	U.S. Judge Reduces 'Va. Jihad' Sentences
Antonio Martinez	United States	Muhammad Hussain	Attempted to remotely detonate what he believed to be explosives in a vehicle parked in the Armed Forces recruiting station parking lot	Court papers show Maryland bomb plot suspect spooked by Oregon sting
Barry Walter Bujol	United States		Convert from Hempstead, Texas, who had been in contact with the late US-born Al-Qaeda cleric Anwar al-Awlaqi. During the two-year long FBI investigation he repeatedly pledged his commitment to "violent jihad," saying it was his duty as a Muslim. As part of his "training exercises", Bujol suggested he was willing to attack human targets in the United States. He was convicted of attempting to provide material support to Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.	Texas man convicted of attempting to aid Al Qaeda
Bryan Neal Vinas	United States	Bashir al-Ameriki	An American-born New Yorker and al Qaeda member, who trained to become a suicide bomber. Fought side-by-side with terrorists in Afghanistan and supplied the terror network with information about New York's public transit system, according to federal prosecutors. Charged for a rocket attack on U.S. forces in Afghanistan	New Yorker Joined Al Qaida in Attacks on Troops
Carlos Bledsoe	United States	Abdulhakim Mujahid Muhammad	A 24-year-old Little Rock resident, facing a first-degree murder charge and 15 counts of engaging in a terrorist act, for the shooting of 2 soldiers at a Little Rock military recruiting center	Gunman Kills Soldier Outside Recruiting Station
Carlos Eduardo Almonte	United States		Converted to Islam in 2005 or 2006. He intended to take a flight to Egypt on his way to Somalia to join a terrorist organization known as Al Shabaab	N.J. suspect charged in terror case told neighbors he'd be away on trip for six months
Charles Patrick Boyd	United States		Converted to Islam in 1981. In June 1991, he and his brother Daniel Patrick Boyd who was also a convert were accused of robbing a branch of United Bank in a Peshawar suburb in Pakistan. According to prosecutors, the brothers trained in terrorist camps and fought the Soviet Union	Brother defends accused terror head
Christopher Paul	United States	Abdul malek	Has agreed to plead guilty to a charge of conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. Federal prosecutors say that Paul worked with Iyman Faris and Nuradin Abdi, who plotted to help raise money and provide equipment for the terrorist organization. Authorities say he traveled to Pakistan and Afghanistan for training as a terrorist	Worthington man agrees to plead guilty to terrorism charge
Clement Rodney Hampton-el	United States	Rashid	Travelled to Afghanistan for training to fight jihad. Assisted in the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993	Terror Ties Of Miami, Florida Muslim Group Go Deep
Cleven Raphael Holt	United States	Isa Abdullah Ali	After serving with the U.S. Army in Korea, converted to Islam and joined the Afghan fight against the Soviets. Forced by an injury back to Washington, he soon left for Lebanon, where he worked with the Amal militia and Hezbollah	Hundreds of Americans have followed the path to jihad
Colleen R. LaRose	United States	Fatima Rose/Jihad Jane	Charged with actively trying to recruit Islamic terrorists, including at least one American, to wage jihad and murder Swedish artist Lars Vilks	Colleen LaRose (Wikipedia)
Craig Benedict Baxam	United States		24 year old Iraq War veteran who converted to Islam after he came across an Islamic religious website nearing the end of his time with the military. Charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to al-Shabaab.	Ex-soldier from Laurel charged with trying to join terrorist group in Somalia
Daniel Patrick Boyd	United States	Saifullah	Arrested and charged with conspiring to provide material support to terrorists overseas; Boyd and his son, Zakariya Boyd, traveled to Gaza in March 2006, where the elder Boyd "attempted to enter Palestine in order to introduce his son to individuals who also believed that violent jihad was a personal obligation." Daniel was recorded saying "I love jihad. I love to stand there and fight for the sake of Allah"	Seven North Carolinians charged in terror plot
Daniel Joseph Maldonado	United States	Daniel Aljughaifi	Converted to Islam in 2000 and participated in a jihadist training program that included weapons and explosives. Captured by the Kenyan military, in 2007 he was charged with playing a role in terrorist activities in Somalia	US Citizen Pleads Guilty to Training to Fight Jihad
David T. Belfield	United States	Dawud Salahuddin	Assassinated an Iranian critic of Ayatollah Khomeini and fled to Iran	Airbrushing a killer
David Williams	United States		One of four men from Newburgh, NY, who were arrested for the 2009 Bronx terrorism plot, a scheme to shoot down military airplanes flying out of an Air National Guard base in Newburgh, New York and blow up Riverdale Temple and Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx. He is not related to Onta Williams (also involved in the same incident)	Terror Suspects Are Jailhouse Converts
Derrick Shareef	United States	Talib Abu Salaam Ibn Shareef	Arrested by federal agents on charges of planning to set off hand grenades at an Illinois shopping mall on Dec. 22 as part of his plan to commit "violent jihad" against civilians	Feds Arrest Man They Say Planned to Detonate Grenades in Illinois Shopping Mall
Donald Thomas Surratt	United States		A member of a militant jihadist network in Northern Virginia. Pled guilty to weapons violations and conspiring to aid the Taliban in its fight against the United States	3 Plead Guilty as Terror Investigation in Virginia Expands
Earnest James Ujaama	United States		Pled guilty to the charge of conspiring to provide goods and services to the Taliban	Earnest Ujaama sentenced
Emerson Winfield Begolly	United States	Asadullah al-Shishani	Pennsylvanian neo-Nazi who converted to Islam and had "posted jihadi songs and pictures of himself in Nazi garb online." Pled guilty to using the Internet to solicit others into committing terrorism. The solicitations included urging individuals in the US to sabotage train tracks; destroy phone lines, power lines, and cell phone towers; start forest fires; and engage in isolated attacks against Americans civilians, police, and military officials	American Muslim pleads guilty to using the Internet to solicit terrorism
Frederick Domingue, Jr.	United States	Walli Mujahidh	Charged, along with another convert, with plotting to attack a Seattle military recruiting station that also houses a daycare center with machine guns and grenades in the hope of killing more people than a single gunman achieved in the deadly 2009 attack at Fort Hood. Their aim was to inspire other Muslims to carry out similar attacks	Feds: Converts to Islam Planned Ft. Hood-Style Assault in Seattle
Gregory Patterson	United States		A member of Islamic terrorist group Jam’iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh (The Association of True Islam). Arrested for armed robbery of gas stations, to fund terror operations. Pled guilty to plotting terror attacks against U.S. military facilities, Israeli offices and Jewish synagogues	Terrorism and the Times: What's Not Fit To Print
Hiram Torres	United States	Mohammed Salman	Suspected member of Harkat ul- Mujahedeen, a Pakistani group with ties to Al Qaeda. Died while participating in armed jihad in Afghanistan	Missing New Jersey Man's Name Turns Up in Kabul
Jameela Cecila Barnette	United States		Threatened several lawmakers, including New York State Senator Greg Ball whom she sent an anti-Christian/Semitic, threatening letter in a box with a stuffed monkey with Stars of David pinned to it, and Representative Peter King whom she sent a bloody pig's foot and another anti-Semitic letter. She was shot dead on Christmas Day when she attacked a police officer with a knife and gun	US: Muslim convert who threatened a state senator, attacks police officer, shot dead on Christmas Day
James Cromitie	United States	Abdul Rahman	According to his mother, he converted to Islam from Christianity in prison sometime between 1998 and 2004. Leader of a group of four men from Newburgh, NY, who were arrested for the 2009 Bronx terrorism plot, a scheme to shoot down military airplanes flying out of an Air National Guard base in Newburgh, New York and blow up Riverdale Temple and Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx	C > Cromitie, James
Jamie Paulin-Ramirez	United States		Detained in Ireland in connection with an alleged plot to kill cartoonist Lars Vilks	US mom: Daughter held in Ireland 'lost her mind'
Jeff Fort	United States	Abdullah-Malik	Converted to Islam while serving a prison sentence. He was convicted in 1987 of conspiring with Libya to perform acts of domestic terrorism	Jeff Fort and the Blackstone Rangers
Jeffrey Kearse	United States	Siraj Wahhaj	Former Sunday school teacher in a Baptist church, now an imam of Al-Taqwa mosque in Brooklyn, New York and the leader of The Muslim Alliance in North America (MANA). Also the first Muslim to deliver the daily prayer in the U.S. House of Representatives. On Feb. 2, 1995, U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White named Siraj Wahhaj as one of the "unindicted persons who may be alleged as co-conspirators" in the attempt to blow up New York City monuments	CAIR: 'Moderate' friends of terror
Jeffrey Leon Battle	United States		A member of a terrorist group dubbed the "Portland Seven." pled guilty to seditious conspiracy and levying war against the United States. He had planned to kill hundreds of Jews at a Portland-area synagogue or Jewish school	Terror suspects led quiet lives
Jesse Curtis Morton	United States	Younus Abdullah Mohammad	A former resident of Brooklyn, New York, now believed to be in Morocco. Co-founder of a radical Islamic group, charged with making threats against the creators of "South Park"	Muslim convert charged with threats to 'South Park' creators
John Allen Williams	United States	John Allen Muhammad	Carried out the 2002 Beltway sniper attacks, killing 10 people. Muhammad, along with Lee Boyd Malvo, were arrested in connection with the attacks on October 24, 2002, following tips from alert citizens. He was sentenced to death in 2004. Malvo depicted their crimes in his art as "jihad" in America and had said they were meant "to terrorize the nation"	Snipers who murdered 10 people in a killing spree that terrorised Washington
John Patrick Bedell	United States		Shot two Pentagon police officers at a security checkpoint in the Pentagon station. Officers returned fire and he died a few hours later	2010 Pentagon shooting, see this link for proof of his conversion.
John Walker Lindh	United States	Suleyman al-Faris	Spent seven weeks at an al Qaeda camp "al Farooq" and had met Osama Bin Laden. Originally indicted by a federal grand jury on ten charges, including conspiring to support terrorist organizations and conspiring to murder Americans. Offered a plea bargain, and pled guilty to serving in the Taliban army and carrying weapons	The case of the Taliban American
José Padilla	United States	Abdullah al-Muhajir	On August 16, 2007, José Padilla was found guilty, by a federal jury, of charges against him that he conspired to kill people in an overseas jihad and to fund and support overseas terrorism	Jose Padilla, a US Muslim convert, has been sentenced to more than 17 years in prison for plotting to kill people overseas and of supporting terrorism
Jose Pimentel	United States	Muhammed Yusef	Catholic convert to Islam, who was arrested for allegedly making bombs in New York City. He was inspired by radical cleric Anwar Awlaki and was allegedly plotting to attack U.S. servicemen and police officers, according to officials. He also has a prior arrest for criminal possession of stolen property.	Alleged 'Lone Wolf' Arrested in New York on Terror Charges
Joseph Anthony Davis	United States	Abu Khalid Abdul-Latif	Charged, along with another convert, with plotting to attack a Seattle military recruiting station that also houses a daycare center with machine guns and grenades in the hope of killing more people than a single gunman achieved in the deadly 2009 attack at Fort Hood. Their aim was to inspire other Muslims to carry out similar attacks	Feds: Converts to Islam Planned Ft. Hood-Style Assault in Seattle
Joseph Jeffrey Brice	United States		Convert to Islam who nearly killed himself with his own bomb. He created a jihadi website and used it to post bomb-making tips and video, and also planned to rob a Zions First National Bank in Lewiston, Idaho. He faces a possible charge of manufacturing a weapon of mass destruction and rendering material support to terrorists	Washington State: Convert to Islam injured in bomb accident, charged with attempting to aid Islamic jihadists
Joseph Cohen	United States	Yousef al-Khattab	Converted to Islam in 2000 and expressed support for Nidal Malik Hasan, responsible for the Fort Hood shooting. He founded the group "Revolution Muslim" which gave a veiled death threat to South Park's creators in April 2010 over an episode depicting Muhammad. Supposedly, Cohen left the group in December 2009 and distanced himself from the South Park issue saying he had nothing to do with it. The founders of Revolution Muslim posted a statement from the Yemeni-American Al Qaeda member Anwar al-Awlaki, connected to various terrorists including the 9/11 hijackers, the Fort Hood shooter, and the Christmas Day 2009 bomber	Revolution Muslim
Kathie Smith	United States	Zubaida	U.S. citizen living in Indianapolis and married to a suspected German jihadist. She is under investigation for her possible ties to suspected and convicted international terrorists. She appeared in a pro-jihadist video brandishing a gun	Indiana Grandmother, a Muslim Convert, Being Investigated for Possible Terror Link
Kevin Lamar James	United States		Founder of Islamic terrorist group Jam’iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh (The Association of True Islam) Pled guilty to plotting terror attacks against U.S. military facilities, Israeli offices and Jewish synagogues	Man who formed terrorist group sentenced to 16 years in federal prison
Kobie Diallo Williams	United States	Abdul Kabir	Referred to by the media as the lead member of the "Houston Taliban", he pled guilty to a conspiracy charge in which he admitted to paramilitary training and donating money to the Taliban. All 4 members of the Houston Taliban group were members of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and two of them (possibly three) were members of ICNA’s Whyislam which is the organization they used to collaborate with each other according to news reports. 1 was also President of the Muslim Students Association (MSA) at UTD	Houston Taliban Plot
Lawrence Prescott	United States	Akbar Muhammad	Nation of Islam cleric who in 2011 was detained in Guyana on suspicion of ties to drugs and terrorism. In 2009 he was accused of using different names to obtain lines of credit and mortgages from 1983 through 2007. He pleaded guilty to one count of mail fraud and received a five-year probation	Muslim cleric with ties to St. Louis is arrested in Guyana
Levar Washington	United States		Member of Islamic terrorist group Jam’iyyat Ul-Islam Is-Saheeh (The Association of True Islam) Arrested for armed robbery of gas stations, to fund terror operations. Pled guilty to plotting terror attacks against U.S. military facilities, Israeli offices and Jewish synagogues	2 Plead Guilty In Southern Calif. Terror Plot
Marcus Dwayne Robertson	United States	Abu Taubah	An imam of an Orlando mosque. He was arrested by the FBI and charged with possession of a firearm by a previously convicted felon. The U.S. Government’s intention to use its FISA powers signals probable cause to charge Imam “Taubah” Robertson “the target of such search is a foreign power or an agent of a foreign power”	Orlando Florida Imam Arrested by the FBI
Mark Fidel Kools	United States	Hasan Karim Akbar	A sergeant in the U.S. Army. Found guilty of a grenade and rifle attack on members of the 101st Airborne Division, that killed two of his officers and wounded 14 others at an army camp in Kuwait	Sgt. Hassan Akbar Sentenced to Death for Kuwait Attack
Michael Finton	United States	Talib Islam	A 29 year old Decatur, Illinois man, arrested in a plot to detonate a car bomb in front of the state capitol. Talib Islam drove a van which he believed contained 1 ton of high explosives and parked it in front of the target	Man in bomb plot studied many religions before choosing Islam
Michael Julius Ford	United States		22 year old man opens fire with a long-barreled handgun at a Safeway warehouse in Denver, Colorado, where he was employed, randomly killing one employee and injuring five others before he was shot and killed by police	Safeway shooter hinted of act "Something is going to go down"
Naser Jason Abdo	United States		Soldier who converted to Islam at age 17. He was granted conscientious objector status because he claimed his Muslim beliefs prevented him from fighting in Afghanistan. Went AWOL after he was charged with possessing child porn. In 2009 he publicly denounced the Fort Hood massacre, but in 2011 when he was arrested and found with a large quantity of weapons and explosives materials, he admitted planning another similar attack on Fort Hood	Fort Hood II Foiled
Norman Leboon	United States		Charged with threatening to kill United States Congressman Eric Cantor and his family. In 2011 he was sentenced to two years in prison followed by three years’ supervised release	Philadelphia Man Charged with Threatening to Kill U.S. Congressman and His Family
October Martinique Lewis	United States		A member of a terrorist group dubbed the "Portland Seven." pled guilty to six counts of money laundering and admitted to transferring money abroad to Jeffrey Leon Battle, her ex-husband, in order to assist him in his efforts to aid the Taliban	Terror suspects led quiet lives
Omar Hammami	United States	Abu Mansoor Al-Amriki	Member of the Somali Islamist paramilitary group al-Shabaab. "We are striving to establish the Islaamic Khilaafah from East to West," Hammami writes in an Internet posting of Jan. 8, 2008, "after removing the occupier and killing the apostates"	Fanatic convert to terrorism spent year in Toronto
Onta Williams	United States	Hamza	Converted to Islam in prison during the 90's. One of four men from Newburgh, NY, who were arrested for the 2009 Bronx terrorism plot, a scheme to shoot down military airplanes flying out of an Air National Guard base in Newburgh, New York and blow up Riverdale Temple and Riverdale Jewish Center in the Bronx	W > Onta Williams
Patrice Lumumba Ford	United States		A member of a terrorist group dubbed the "Portland Seven." pled guilty to seditious conspiracy and levying war against the United States. Admitted that after the September 11th attacks, he purchased a shotgun and then conducted weapons training on two occasions at a gravel pit in Washougal, Washington	Two sentenced for trying to join Taliban
Paul Rockwood	United States	Bilal	A disciple of the American-Born cleric, Anwar al Awlaki, he (and his wife) pleaded guilty to charges of lying to federal investigators about the compilation of a terror hit list which contained the names of fifteen individuals whom they believed were "anti-Muslim and had harmed Muslim civilians and therefore deserved to die." He had also researched explosive devices, with the intention to use them in acts of domestic terrorism	US-British Couple Admit Terror Hit List Lies
Dr. Rafiq Sabir	United States		Arrested for swearing allegiance to al-Qaeda and planning to open a jihad training camp in addition to going abroad to treat mujahideen. He was sentenced to 25 years for his terrorist activities in 2007	Are Terrorist Cells Targeting America?
Randall Chapman	United States	Seifullah Chapman	A member of a militant jihadist network in Northern Virginia, dubbed the "Paintball Jihadists". Conspiracy to possess and use a firearm in connection with a crime of violence	U.S. Judge Reduces 'Va. Jihad' Sentences
Randall Todd Royer	United States	Ismail	A member of a militant jihadist network in Northern Virginia. pled guilty to the charges of using and discharging a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and with carrying an explosive during the commission of a felony	Two Defendants in Virginia Jihad Case Plead Guilty
Reed Stanley Berry	United States		Converted to Islam while serving a 4 year prison sentence for Delivery/Manufacture of Marijuana. He tried to crash into the car of an FBI agent who was following him. Reed was under surveillance because of his suspected terrorist links, according to an FBI affidavit filed in U.S. District Court in Grand Rapids. The government has said the links include Internet communication with one or more groups involved in international terrorism.	Terror Suspect Reed S. Berry tried to hit FBI agent with his car
Roger Stockham	United States	Hem Ahadin	What was first believed to be an attempted anti-Muslim terrorist attack against a Shi'ite Dearborn mosque, turned out to be motivated by inter-Islamic sectarian differences. Stockham faces charge of possessing explosives with an unlawful intent. He converted to Islam while living in Indonesia	Dearborn Terror Case Update: Sunni Convert Roger Stockham Rejects Shia Attorney/New Lawyer for Dearborn Mosque Threat Suspect Roger Stockham
Ryan Gibson Anderson	United States	Amir Abdul Rashid	A Specialist in the U.S. 81st Armored Brigade of the United States Army National Guard. Found guilty on five counts of attempting to aid and provide intelligence to al-Qaeda (including methods for killing soldiers)	Soldier Guilty Of Al Qaeda Aid
Victor Alvarez	United States		An auto mechanic and carpenter who was born in New York City and raised in Puerto Rico. Conspiring to blow up targets such as the United Nations tower, the George Washington Bridge and the Holland Tunnel, Alvarez was convicted and sentenced alongside 10 others for seditious conspiracy, bombing conspiracy, attempted bombing and various firearms charges	New York's terrorist sheikh jailed for life
Walter Missouri Jr.	United States	Waheed Islam	Convicted felon who described himself as a “mujahideen”, and the need for body armor because "It's a war out here and Satan's soldiers are on the attack. So we must prepare ourselves!". He was sentenced to 18 months for possession of ballistic body armor by a person who has been convicted of a violent crime	Manchester Man Charged with Import, Possession of Body Armor
Yong Ki Kwon	United States		A member of a militant jihadist network in Northern Virginia, dubbed the "Paintball Jihadists". Born to Christian parents, but converted to Islam in 1997. Was convicted and sentenced to 11 years 6 months for conspiracy to commit an offense against the United States, use of a firearm in connection with a crime of violence, and transferring a firearm for use in a crime of violence	Witness testifies against Al-Timimi
Zachary Adam Chesser	United States		Gained notoriety for threatening South Park creators on the revolutionmuslim.com website for mocking the Prophet Muhammad. Intended to undergo six-weeks of training before serving as a "foreign fighter" in Mogadishu. Arrested and charged with providing material support to the Somali terror group, al-Shabab, linked to al-Qaida. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison	South Park critic in US court on terror charge
Ilich Ramírez Sánchez	Venezuela		Ramírez Sánchez achieved notoriety for a 1975 raid on the OPEC headquarters in Vienna, resulting in the death of three people. For many years he was among the most wanted international fugitives. He is now serving a life sentence in Clairvaux Prison in northeast France	Ramirez Sanchez is to be tried in France over a series of bombings in the 1980s that left at least 11 dead

Terrorist Groups

• Rajah Sulaiman Movement: Founded by Ahmed Islam Santos (aka Hilarion del Rosario), they are a group of Christian converts to Islam who were behind the 2004 Manila ferry bombing that killed 116 people in Philippines' worst terror attack.

Terrorism in Europe

It is believed that between 2003 and 2009 some 60 French citizens have left France to join the jihad overseas. At least 12 have been killed (including two suicide bombers) while another 30 have returned home to incarceration in French prisons.

Involvement in other Crimes

Due to Islam's stance on subjects like lying, pedophilia, and non-Muslim family members, terrorism is not the only crime which converts find themselves embracing when they whole-heartedly accept Islamic teachings.

Original Name	Country of Origin	Name after conversion to Islam	Activities	More Information
Kwasi Amoah	Ghana	Issah Amoah	Convert to Islam who was arrested and detained for attempting to stab his son whom he accused of adopting the Christian religion of his mother. Since then, his son has gone into hiding, and Issah has said, "I will rather kill him and face the firing squad, than live to see my son not worshipping Allah"	Father Vows To Kill Son Over Religious Disagreement
Madhuri Gupta	India		She was taken in custody on the allegations of intelligence work for Pakistan and may have adopted the religion of Islam 6 years ago	Madhuri Gupta Suspected to be Shia Muslim: Reports
Ericka Tazi	United Kingdom		60 year old convert to Islam who accused Christian hoteliers, Benjamin and Sharon Vogelenzang, of laughing at and insulting her for wearing the hijab and angrily criticizing her religion, calling Muhammad a murderer and a warlord, likening him to Saddam Hussein and Hitler. The Christian couple were cleared of all charges	'Freedom of speech' victory as Christian hoteliers are CLEARED of insulting Muslim woman as judge slams her evidence
James A. Larry	United States		Converted to Islam while in prison and killed his mother, Leona Larry, 57; his wife, Twanda Thompson, 19; his 7-month-old son, Jihad; his 3-year-old niece, Keleasha Larry; and his 16-year-old niece, Keyshai Fields, who was pregnant, because they refused to convert to Islam.	Man sentenced to life for killing 5 family members
Maron Thomas	United States		20 year old man shoots and kills his mother, step-father, brother, sister, and two-year old niece in Austin County, Texas. Afterwards, he beheaded his dead niece with a machete. Surviving sister believes he was motivated by his new religious beliefs	Capital murder charge filed in Bellville massacre
Vincent Mosby	United States		23 year old convert to Islam married a 14 year old and had sex with her 3 times. He was charged with statutory rape	Man charged with statutory rape in ‘marriage’ to 14-year-old girl

Prison Converts

One of Islam's main sources for converts are prisons. Many Muslims who resort to terrorism and other crimes (for example; 3 of the 4 Muslims involved in the 2005 Los Angeles bomb plot, and James A. Larry who slaughtered his family for not converting), originally converted to Islam whilst serving prison sentences. In fact, 80% of prisoners in the US who "find faith" in prison, choose Islam as their religion. This phenomenal rate of conversion to Islam is not found outside of prisons where it is losing as many adherents via conversion as it gains. Clearly, people with criminal backgrounds tend to find Islam more appealing than the general population.

Other Converts

Converts whose crimes may have not been religiously motivated, or who officially converted at a later date, etc.

Original Name	Country of Origin	Name after conversion to Islam	Activities	More Information
Heiden Ludwig	Germany	El Hadj	WWII Nazi convert to Islam, who worked as a journalist for the anti-jewish agency Weltdienst (NSDAP). After the war he lived in Egypt and translated Mein Kampf into Arabic, a book which still remains a bestseller in the Muslim world	Nazis During WWII: Where Are They Now?
Seipel	Germany	Emmd Zuher	WWII Nazi convert to Islam, who was an SS-Sturmbannführer (Nazi Party paramilitary rank equivalent to a Major) with the Gestapo in Paris. After the war he worked in the Security Services with the Interior Ministry in Cairo	Nazis During WWII: Where Are They Now?
Charles Brooks Jr.	United States		Was a convicted murderer who was the first person executed by lethal injection in the world. He had been to prison before, serving time at the United States Penitentiary, Leavenworth for illegal possession of firearms	Convicted murderer became 1st U.S. prisoner to be executed by lethal injection
David Millar	United Kingdom		Convicted of stabbing an 82-year old grandmother to death. He converted to Islam to avoid having to work in the prison laundry during Ramadan and on Fridays, and to enjoy the special halal meals, such as curries, afforded to Muslim prisoners	Gran killer turns Muslim to dodge work
Levi Bellfield	United Kingdom	Mohammed	Convicted of killing a 13 year-old girl and 2 other females. Believed to have converted to Islam to "gain special treatment at the jail" and to "impress the Muslim extremists who have given him a hard time while he has been incarcerated there"	Milly Dowler killer Levi Bellfield 'converts to Islam while in jail after changing his name to Mohammed and only eating halal meat'
Malcolm Webster	United Kingdom		Convicted of murdering his first wife in a car fire and attempting to kill his second in another crash to get life assurance. He converted to Islam after learning about the "exotic" halal meals, such as Indonesian chicken, afforded to Muslim prisoners	Killer turns Muslim for jail curries
Marlon King	United Kingdom	Abu Hamza	King was convicted of sexual assault and assault occasioning actual body harm when he punched a 20-year-old female university student and broke her nose in December 2008. He has now converted to Islam	Shamed former Wigan star Marlon King converts to Islam in prison and names himself after 'hero' Abu Hamza
Tali Fahima	Israel		Left-wing activist, convicted and sentenced to three years in prison for aiding Palestinian terrorists. In 2010 at the Umm al-Fahm mosque, she converted to Islam and became a "full-fledged Muslim"	Leftist Tali Fahima converts to Islam
Wesley Cook	United States	Mumia Abu-Jamal	Was convicted and sentenced to death for the December 9, 1981 murder of Philadelphia police officer Daniel Faulkner. Before his arrest he was a member of the Black nationalist Black Panther Party	Four witnesses who saw all or part of the shooting implicated Abu-Jamal

See Also

• Converts - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Converts
• Terrorism - A hub page that leads to other articles related to Terrorism

External Links

• Why American Muslim Converts Turn to Terrorism - Robert Spencer, Human Events
• Europe Fears Islamic Converts May Give Cover for Extremism - New York Times

References

For a general list of converts to Islam please see Wikipedia's article: List of converts to Islam. Wikipedia's article though may not have all the names on this list