In the 12 May video, Boko Haram says some of the Christians have converted to Islam and, dressed in Islamic attire, they are heard reciting Koranic verses.
Aisha Y. Musa, a graduate student in Arabic and Islamic studies at Harvard University, converted to Islam in 1979, married a Palestinian Muslim and began attending a mosque in Portland, Ore.
Al-Khansa' was a female poet of the pre-Islamic era who converted to Islam and became a companion of the Prophet, and her elegies for her male relations are keystones of the genre.
During 800 years of Islamic rule, many Christians converted to Islam.
He went thoroughly native, wore local garb, converted to Islam, married two wives in the Islamic way and produced 13 offspring.
Some were threatened with death unless they converted to Islam, stopped attending school, and complied with Islamic dressing practices.
It is believed he converted to Islam from Zoroastrianism, the religion of pre-Islamic Iran.
He converted to Islam in 2012, and attended the al-Furqan Islamic centre.
Abdul Maalik Taylor, who converted to Islam from Hinduism 20 years ago and now runs Islamic tours of London, was one of the men who took part.
In March, Colleen R. LaRose, an American who converted to Islam and used the pseudonym JihadJane, was charged with trying to recruit Islamic terrorists to kill Mr. Vilks.
