Indian Celebrities Who Converted to Islam
Several Celebrities have Converted to Islam . Some saw the light of Islam while Others chose Islam to to be with the person they love . Here is a list of Few Celebrities who converted to Islam , the Indian actors who became muslims.
1: AR Rahman Converted to Islam in 1989
A. R Rahman is an Indian composer, singer-songwriter, music producer, musician and philanthropist.Rahman was introduced to Qadiri Islam when his younger sister was seriously ill in 1984. He converted to Islam (his mother’s religion) with other members of his family in 1989 at age 23, changing his name from R. S. Dileep Kumar to Allah Rakha Rahman (A. R. Rahman).
His comment about his conversion: “Its not dramatic as it sounds ,my family was isolated and when Sufism concepts influenced me and started believing Islam”
2. Dharmendra and Hema Malini Converted to Islam
Famous bollywood star Dharmendra and Hema Malini had converted to Islam just to get married to each other .According to Hindu Marriage Act, polygamy is illegal. So, Dharmendra converted to Islam and has been maintaining two separate families since then. As there were many protests during his second marriage, the actor had no other option than to change his religion to legitimise his union with Hema Malini.
3.Yuvan Shankar Raja Converted to Islam in 2014
Yuvan Shankar Raja accepted Islam: Ilaiyaraaja’s son, Yuvan Shankar Raja is India’s youngest music composer. Despite the fact that he was born into a Hindu household, Yuvan eventually decided to convert to Islam.
4. Mamta Kulkarni
Former Indian actress Mamta Kulkarni converted to Islam and is currently living with her husband ‘Vicky Goswami’, who had also converted to Islam earlier. Mamta Kulkarni got married on 10th May, 2013 and is living in Nairobi, Kenya with her husband.
2: Kamala Surayya accepted Islam in 1999
Kamala Surayya is a Malayalam writer Kamala,(pen name Madhavikkutty), one of India’s best known 20th century poet converted from Hinduism to Islam in year 1999.She had her name Changed from Madhavikkutty to Kamala Surayya.
She was born in a conservative Hindu Nair (Nallappattu) family having royal ancestry,She embraced Islam on December 11, 1999, at the age of 65 and assumed the name Kamala Surayya.
Her conversion was rather controversial, among social and literary circles,
6: Mahesh Bhatt
Indian Film director and producer,Mahesh Bhatt ,father of Alia Bhatt had Converted to Islam to marry Soni Razdan with out divorcing his first wife,Kiran Bhatt.
As per the reports Mahesh is not practicing Islam.
8. Sharmila Tagore Converted to Islam in 1969
Sharmila Tagore (also known as Begum Ayesha Sultana; born 8 December 1946) is an Indian film actressknown for her works predominantly in Hindi cinema. She has received two National Film Awards and two Filmfare Awards for her performances.She married Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the Nawab of Pataudi and former captain of the Indian cricket team, in a Nikkah ceremony held on 27 December 1969.She Converted to Islam and took on the name Ayesha Sultana.
They had three children: Saif Ali Khan (b. 1970), Saba Ali Khan (b. 1976),a jewellery designer, and Soha Ali Khan
9.Monica converted to Islam in 2014
Famous south Indian actress,Monica revealed On 30 May 2014 through press club meeting about her conversion to Islam religion.She Changed her name to MG Rehima.Rehima’s Father is Hindu and mother is Christian.She started following Islam since 2010 but revealed it on 2014.
Rehimas Comments : “I started my career in cinema as a child artist and I did 70 films in Cinema Industry. She added, “I haven’t converted for the reason of love or money, I am not such a person. I like Islamic principles and that’s why I converted to Islam. I really thank my dad for his full support. I am not obliged to change my name but I have changed my name to M.G.Raheema (M – Maruthi Raj (father), G-Gracy (mother)). Hereafter I won’t act in the film, it will be tough but I will not change my mind”
10.Amrita Singh converted to Islam in 1991
In 1991, Singh married film actor Saif Ali Khan in an Islamic wedding ceremony and converted to Islam before marriage.Twelve years younger than her, Khan is the son of former Indian test cricket captain Mansoor Ali Khan Pataudi, the ninth Nawab of Pataudi and actress Sharmila Tagore. In 1993, Amrita gave up acting for a family life with her husband. Together they have two children, a daughter named Sara Ali Khan (born September 1993) and a son named Ibrahim Ali Khan (born October 2001). After thirteen years of marriage, they divorced in 2004
11. Ayesha Takia
Ayesha Takia got married to her boyfriend Farhan Azmi, restaurateur. The marriage ceremony was a typical Islamic one, a Nikkah ceremony was also held. Ayesha never came out publicly to express her conversion, however various media outlets have claimed that sheconverted to marry Farhan.
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Mr khalid iqbal my question is for you, about Nikah Halala and Polygamy in Islam, I respect Islam & I see Islam in Gud way bt when I read about halala nikah & it’s process I felt very bad as I can’t belive on such things & I’m unable to belive that it’s mention in the holy book quran so I’m asking this question in gud way, why in halala nikah is mentioned for women’s to do sex with maulvi, or her brother in law or father in law to do marriage again with her ex husband, if a Muslim man gave divorce to her wife by just saying talak 3 times & after it if he willing to live with her ex wife again so why he forces to do a shameless thing to her wife & if u said that in Islam ur Allah allowed to do 3 marriage to save women’s from prostitution so what is this shameless halala how can any man allowed to her ex wife to do sex with maulvi or her brother in law or her father in law just for marrying u again it means in islam no any respect for women’s & if u talking about respect for women’s & her pride in inslam so what is this & how it can be written in ur holy book quran, plz tell me actual thing & also tell me that is it really mentioned in quran, bcz I’m not expecting such kind of thing, & I’m not saying this thing like that I’m asking it because I have read it on Google & I felt very very bad after reading the situation of women’s.
Dear Mahima,
Yes you are right that halala is a solution to men who divorce their wife with 3 talaq. I am talking about this as a woman myself so listen to it with an open mind.
The procedure of halala that is prevalent in our society these days where molvis and other agents have made this a business is disgusting. It is not the way how shariah has prescribed halala to be. If a person marries a woman for the purpose of making her lawful for the first husband, it is disapproved. The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Curse be upon the one who marries a divorced woman with the intention of making her lawful for her former husband and upon the one for whom she is made lawful.(sunan Abu Dawud).Actually it is the result of ignorance of men who do not know how to give talaq and sometimes it is due to the uncontrolled anger of some woman who enrage their husband and force them to utter the words of talaq that they have to undergo through this procedure. If some one wants to get separated from his wife, the correct way to give talaq is just say it once. Talaq happens with just 1 statement. After 1 talaq, he can still marry her. If he marries her again and still if he wants to give talaq, he can give 1 more talaq and still after that he has the option of marrying her once more. The third time he gives talaq is the end of his opportunity of divorcing and marrying again and again. If he still wants to marry her, it is a punishment to him that he has to get her married to some one else. This provision was meant to prevent married men to divorce women in jest. The woman can refuse to undergo halala and marry a better person instead and live with dignity with the new husband rather than staying with such kind of person who neither has the knowledge of shariah nor can he control his anger and keeps humilating her by divorcing again and again. Only if the Parents educate their kids about the rules of nikah and Talaq before they get them married, these kind of situation can be avoided. Hope this answers your question.
My question to author, if a women married to Muslim men than why always she converted to Islam. Muslim men also needed to convert into Hindu. Another question, in Islam, a man can marry multiple women at once. Why can’t same women marry multiple Muslim men. That’s a gross injustice to Muslim women.
Indian government should make a rule to nullify Nikah Halala and Polygamy in Islam. What do think, would you implement these rules to your sister and mother?
one of the worst religion to convert into. only weak minded idiots convert
it’s amazing what the conversion happens gorgeously
Religion is what given you by birth which means it’s a God gift and these idiots change it for their personal reasons.
Seems like most of the celebrity converted to Islam to do another marriage. They have nothing to do with Islam value. That’s just a shame. India need one civil code rule to avoid all these. Jai Shree Ram.
Legitimizing cheating on their wives has got nothing to do with Islam but exploiting the religion for personal reasons
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Conversion for personal gains only, either than the worship of the one ALMIGHTY GOD and the practice of GOOD MORALS, is not ISLAM.
Thanks to Saurabh Agrawal for his questions. As a layman I will attempt to answer some of his questions.
According to the Quran a non -Muslim woman is not allowed to marry a Muslim man unless she willingly accepts Islam. The purpose of Islam is twofold. It provides human beings the guidance of how to live in this world in harmony. The other one is how best to worship the Almighty God, Allah or Bhagwan, to prepare for the next life in heaven, after death. In the Quran we find that God rejected and warned Prophet Abrahim when he attempted to pray to God for the forgiveness of his father’s sins because he was worshipping multiple gods and did not worship “the creater, sustainer and the destroyer” of the world. God wants to be worshipped alone because other gods created by our primitive ancestors are themselves dependent on the mercy of the Almighty God.
The other question was “Why can’t a Muslim woman have multiple husbands? In this case when the woman will give birth to a child she will not know who the father is. This child will be a black sheep of the society and will not have a good future. The other reason is if more than one husband want to sleep with the woman there is going to be a lot of fighting and the marriage will not work.
With the question of nullifying a nikah and polygany, I think the Indian government will be creating a big social problem. Islam prohibits man and woman to live together in marriage-like situation without being married.
As for multiple women marrying one man, the Quran says that up to four are allowed but “God prefers that you marry only one”. The marriage to multiple women is only allowed, not for lust but to provide a form of social security system by the husband, so that these vulnerable women can save themselves from forbidden sins, such as prostitution, stealing, and so on.
In the Western world and in India and other capitalist countries, is there any religious or political solution to stop practices of prostitution of our mothers and sisters? Instead prostitution is legalized and the victims become social outcasts and normally will end up never to have a husband.
My suggestion to Saurabh Agrawal is that there is some good in every religion and search and practice anything that benefits him in this world and in the hereafter.