William Henry Quilliam - an affluent lawyer from Liverpool and a
descendent of Nelson's first
Lieutenant- Captain John Quilliam, accepted Islam in 1887. Quilliam
adopted an Islamic name Abdullah.
During his time around 150 other Liverpudlians also accepted the
reality and truth of Islam.
Abdullah Quilliam established the first mosque in the British Isles
in 1887.
Rt. Hon. Sir Rowland George Allanson
Peer, Statesman, and Author. He was born in 1855 A.D. and was a
leading British peer, statesman
and author. Educated in Cambridge, he became a peer in 1877, served
in the army as a captain and
later on as Lieut. Colonel in 4th Battalion of North Minister
Fusiliers. Lord Headley embraced Islam
on 16th November 1913(8) and adopted the Muslim name of Shaikh
Rahmatullah al-Farooq. He was also
the author of several books, most well known amongst them being: A
Western Awakening to Islam.
Sir Charles Edward Archibald Watkins Hamilton embraced Islam on 20th
December 1923. A well-known
English statesman, fifth baronet of the first (1770) and third
baronet of the second creation
(1819) Sir Abdullah was born on 10th December 1876. He was a
Lieutinent in the Royal Defence Corp. and
was also the President of the Selsy Conservative Association. "As
the time progressed, I wished to
be at peace with my Creator, and I found that both the Church of
Rome and the Church of England
were of no real use to me. In becoming a Muslim I have merely obeyed
the dictates of my conscience,
and have since felt a better and a truer man." (Source:
http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/newmuslims/hamilton.html)
Micheal Barry- TV Cook and radio programmer who changed his name to
Micheal Bukhit.
Joe Ahmed Dobson: Son of former cabinet minister Frank Dobson, Joe
turned to Allah at university.
While his contemporaries drank away their student grants, Dobson was
diligently praying the
standard five times a day. He works on inner city regeneration,
finds spiritual satisfaction in Islam's
constant impetus to do the right thing, and credits his first-class
degree to the structure his
faith has brought to his life. The 26-year-old is now chairman of
the Muslim Council of Britain's
Regeneration Committee and has the full support of his family - his
dad buys him Islamic books for
Christmas.