Abdullah el-Faisal – Muslim cleric who preached in the United Kingdom until he was convicted of stirring up racial hatred and urging his followers to murder Jews, Hindus, Christians, and Americans[19][20] Wadih el-Hage – former Al-Qaeda member who was convicted for his part in the 1998 United States embassy bombings[21] Keith Ellison – American, Representative from Minnesota's 5th congressional district, first Muslim to be elected to the United States Congress, converted from Catholicism[22] Elpidius – Byzantine aristocrat and governor of Sicily[23] Erekle I of Kakheti – Georgian convert to Islam[24] who ruled the kingdoms of Kakheti and Kartli Yusuf Estes – former preacher and federal prison chaplain, converted from Protestantism[25] Gazi Evrenos – Byzantine convert to Islam[26]