Khalid Yassin is a former Christian who converted to Islam and is now a well known lecturer and teacher.
Yasin now lives and operates his Da’wah organisation in England. He founded, directs and runs the Islamic Broadcasting Corporation and The Purpose of Life Centre. The organization was formerly known as the Islamic Teaching Institute (ITI)and the Islamic Information Network Ltd, where it is believed in the past ten years, the ITI has converted more than 5,000 persons to Islam and an additional 1,700 since the September 11 attacks.
Yusuf Estes, PhD. is an American convert to Islam and Director of “the Islamic Mission Foundation International”, an Islamic research group dedicated to presenting the message of Islam in English according to the Quran, Sunnah.
He was brought up in Texas in a Protestant Christian family; as members of the Disciples of Christ. Yusuf Estes was known then as “Skip Estes”.
A medical doctor by professional training, Dr. Zakir Naik is renowed as a dynamic international orator on Islam and Comparative Religion. Dr. Zakir Naik clarifies Islamic viewpoints and clears misconceptions about Islam, using the Qur’an, authentic Hadith and other religious Scriptures as a basis, in conjunction with reason, logic and scientific facts.
Yusuf Islam recorded pop songs under the name Cat Stevens between 1966 and 1978, including the 1971 hits “Morning Has Broken” and “Peace Train.” After attending art school, he recorded a single as Cat Stevens in 1966, and followed in 1967 with an album, Matthew & Son. He quickly gained a reputation as a talented songwriter and had his first hits in the United Kingdom. His popularity spread to the United States and he had a string of hits, including “Wild World” (1970), “Moonshadow” (1971) and “Oh Very Young” (1974). His albums became top sellers, sometimes even without the benefit of a hit single. They include Tea for the Tillerman (1970), Catch Bull at Four (1972) and Buddha and the Chocolate Box (1974). He stopped recording and performing after converting to Islam in 1978, changed his name to Yusuf Islam and devoted his time to raising a family and being active in Britain’s Islamic community. As Yusuf Islam he has made several recordings, mostly educational and pertaining to Islam. In 2004 he released Majikat, a DVD of his 1976 multimedia concert tour, and in 2006 he released an album of new material, An Other Cup.
Hamza Yusuf was born as Mark Hanson in Walla Walla Washington and was raised in Northern California in a Greek Orthodox family, the son of a US academic father, veteran of WWII, and activist mother. At the age of 17, in 1977, Hanson converted to Islam in Santa Barbara, California, after having a near-death experience in a car accident which led him to read the Quran and eventually become a Muslim.
