Not only general public influenced by Islam or any aspect of Islam, but also famous people are increasingly converting to Islam due to many reasons. Celebrities from subcontinent seem commonly convert to Islam by Hinduism, Sikhism or Christianity. Many of famous actors from Bollywood and many of artists have been recorded to left their previous believes and embraced Islam whether female or male.

Here we will name some of the most famous but shocking celebrities who converted to Islam you may not know from subcontinent, i.e. India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh etc. And all of them ‘celebrity convert to Islam’ remain the celebrity. You may also be a big fan of them yet you might not know about their conversion with due respect. So let’s start naming them.
 

Hans Raj Hans

From the top of the list we would like to name Hans Raj Hans. Hans Raj Hans is a popular Indian singer who was Sikh by birth, has belted out some popular chartbusters like Aaja Nachle, Dil Tote Tote and Duma Dum Mast Qalandar etc. Pakistani media buzzed with reports that popular Indian singer Hans Raj Hans has converted to Islam recently. It is also reported that he was studying the Islamic literature from few days before conversion. However, his son has denied the report of his conversion yet it is pretty evident from the fact that he has been converted as he has decided to stick to only the Sufi genre of singing.


 

Dharamendra

2nly we would like to name, Dharamendra. Dharamendra was born as Dharam Singh Deol. He is one of the most charismatic heroes that Indian cinema has ever produced. He was converted to Islam in 1979. He was known as romantic as well as the action hero with finesse. It is said that after having 4 kids from his first wife, Prakash Kaur, he was in love with Hema Malini and converted to merry her because a Hindu cannot marry again as per the Hindu Marriage Act.
 

A.R. Rehman

Finally, I would like to name a person you may never be known as Hindu ever, or converted one to Islam. Yes, A.R. Rehman. Though the whole world knows about his music, not much is known about his personal life. Naming A.R Rehman as converting surely be the shocking one for you. India’s most famous music composer, singer-songwriter, music producer and musician were born as Hindu naming as A. S. Dileep Kumar. It is said that later in his childhood he was an atheist. His mother was belonging to Islamic family before the marriage. At a sudden, when his younger sister fell severely ill in 1984, he was enchanted by the ideals and values of the religion and converted to Islam. However, he was introduced to Qadiri Islam as he inspired by the sufi aspect of Islam.

We’re sure you’d had like to read about three most famous celebrities who embraced Islam which may also be shocking for you. To get more and more shocking information about Islam, stay tune to us.

Last Updated: 21/7/2015