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Muslim entertainers
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A Muslim entertainer is a Muslim who is involved in the business of entertaining.
List
A
- Ahmad Ataya-co owner & co designer of "kifak" clothing
- Aznil Nawawi- Malaysian tv host/actor.
- Aamir Khan- Indian actor
- Aasi el Hellani- Lebanese Singer
- Abbas Kiarostami
- Abrar ul Haq - Pakistani singer
- Abby Abadi - Malaysian actress.
- Adewale Ayuba
- Adibah Noor - Malaysian singer, tv host.
- Afdlin Shauki - Malaysian actor, singer, comedian.
- Ajai - Malaysian singer, composer.
- Akon - American Rapper
- Ahmad Zahir- legendary Afghan singer,song writer, and composer
- Ahmed Best
- Alen Islamovic, Bosnian singer
- Ali Azmat - Pakistani singer
- Ali Bahar - Bahraini musican
- Ali Bouali - Dutch rapper
- Ali Farka Touré - African blues singer and guitarist
- Ali Shaheed Muhammad - American musician
- Ali Zafar - Pakistani singer
- Alvin Burke, Jr. - WWE professional wrestler billed as Montel Vontavious Porter
- Amal Hijazi - Lebanese singer.
- Amir Khan - English Boxer
- Amr Diab - Egyptian singer
- Amy Mastura - Malaysian singer.
- Anggun - International Indonesian singer
- Anita Sarawak - Malaysian singer, actress, tv host.
- Anuar Zain - Malaysian singer.
- Arash - Iranian singer.
- Armita Pachan - Indian Actor
- Arsenik - Graffiti Artist (US)
- Arshad Warsi - Indian Actor
- Art Blakey
- Artika Sari Devi- Miss Indonesia Universe 2005/Top 15
- Ashraf Sinclair - Malaysian actor of English-Malay descent
- Atif Aslam - Pakistani singer
- Azean Irdawaty - Malaysian actress
- Azhar Usman - American stand-up comedian
- Azra Gazdic - Miss Bosnia-Herzegovina/World 2006
- Azharina - Malaysian singer
- Aziz M. Osman - Malaysian film director, actor
- Azlina Aziz - Malaysian singer
- Adisa Banjoko
- Abdulaziz Padilla - Filipino Actor
- Avininder Dheendsa Scorer of Flop Pro Evolution Goals when people aren't paying attention
- Ayub Bachchu - Bangladeshi Singer and Guitarist
- Ahmad Rashad - Professional Football Player
- Ahmed Jamal -Jazz Musician
- Amir Abdul-Salaam Bayyan- Kool and The Gang
Abdul Fakir - Musician- Abul Aziz - musician
B
- Bahraini Brothers Band - Bahraini Musical Band.
- Betty Banafe - Malaysian actress. Arab-Dutch origin.
- Bienda - Malaysian singer wearing hijab.
- Brother Ali
- Babba Saad
- Bouncy - Chinese rapper
- Bizzy Bone - American Rapper
- Bulent Ersoy - famous Turkish singer
- Busta Rhymes - Rapper
- Bernard Hopkins- Professional Boxer
C
- Sibel Can - Turkish singer, dancer, actress, TV host
- Califate - Toronto(Canada) Rapper
- Camelia - Malaysian singer, actress, tv host, model
- CHANG3 - MC (rapper)
- Cheb Hasni - Algerian singer
- Cheb Mami - Algerian singer
- Cheb Tarik - Algerian singer
- Cheikha Rimitti - Algerian singer
- Celestialyriks - MC (rapper)
- Chico Slimani, English - Moroccan singer
- Chali 2na, American Rapper
- Charlie Scott Basketball Player
- Chafie Ali Fields Professional Football Player
D
- D-Clique - Hip-Hop band
- Danis Tanović - Bosnian film director and screenwriter.
- Danny Thompson
- Danny Williams- Boxer
- Dave Chappelle - African-American comedian
- Dawud Wharnsby Ali - Anglo-Saxon American musician
- Dayang Nurfaizah - Malaysian singer
- Deanna Yusoff - Malaysian singer, actress, model. Malay-Swiss origin.
- Deeyah (also known as Deepika) born and raised in Norway. Pakistani/Afghan singer/composer
- Diana Haddad - Lebanese singer. Ex-Maronite Christian.
- Dilip Kumar- (Yusuf Khan) Indian actor
- Dino Merlin-Bosnian singer
Dolores "LaLa" Brooks - Wife of Leo Morris- Dorce Gamalama - Indonesian transsexual entertainer
- Dwight Muhammad Qawi - Professional Boxer
E
- Etnik Agolli - Albanian Rapper
- El-Hadji
- Ella - Malaysian rocker, actress.
- Erdogan Atalay
- Erra Fazira - Malaysian actress, singer, model. Former Miss Malaysia.
- Eve - African-American female Rapper
- Everlast
- Ezlynn - Malaysian singer, actress, tv host.
- EW Souljaz (rap goup)
- Eddie Mustafa Muhammed -Professional Boxer
- ETERNAL CALAMITY - bahraini band
F
- Fokhrul Islam - South Shields Prolific Music Producer
- Fasha Sandha - Malaysian actress
- Fatal Skillz - An unknown Hip Hop/ Rap artist
- Fauziah Ahmad Daud - Malaysian actress, singer, tv host.
- Fauziah Latiff - Malaysian singer. Malaysian Idol jury.
- Fawzia Mohamed - Miss Egypt delegate at Miss Universe 2006
- Faazil - Indian film director(Malayalam)
- Fazley - Malaysian singer, actor.
- Freeway Rapper
- Flesh-n-Bone - African-American rapper
- Franck Ribery - French Footballer
G
- Googoosh - Iranian singer
- Ghostface Killah - African-American rapper
- Ghulam Abbas Khan-Indian Classical, Ghazal and Sufi Vocalist
- Mark Greene -Singer
H
- Hadiqa Kiani - Pakistani singer
- Hady Mirza - Winner of Singapore Idol 2006
Hakeem Olajuwon - American basketball player- Halid Bešlić- Bosnian folk singer.
- Haifa Wehbe - Lebanese singer
- Hari Mata Hari, Bosnian Singer
- Hammasa Kohistani, former miss England 2005 and first Afghan female to become Miss England
- Hassan Assad (also known as Alvin Burke), American professional wrestler, goes under the ring name "Montel Vontavious Porter".
- Hazami - Malaysian singer
- Hasan Salaam - MC (rapper)
- Hedo Turkogulu Turkish-American basketball player
- Hasim Rahman -Professional Boxer
I
- Ian Dallas (Abdulqadir al-Murabit) - a Scottish convert who is an actor and author
- Imran Abbas - Pakistani cricketer
- Ice Cube - African-American rapper/actor
- Islamic Force
- Ismail Merchant
- Idris Muhammad (Leo Morris)
- Iman Abdulmajid - Somali Super Model Based in The United States
- Irrfan Khan - Indian actor
J
- Ahmad Jamal (Fritz Jones}
- Jamal Abdillah - Malaysian singer
- Jay Jay - Malaysian singer
- Jermaine Jackson - African-American singer
- Jeslina Hashim - Malaysian singer, actress.
- Jimmy Shanley - Malaysian tv host. Malay-Australian origin.
- Joe Flizzow
- Juliana Banos - Malaysian singer, actress.
- Julie Sudiro - Malaysian singer
- Junaid Jamshed - Pakistani singer
- Javin Abdullah Nazir Talismon - Mahdi Miltalia, Hamas Movement
K
- Kamal - Indian film director(Malayalam)
- Kareem Abdul Jabbar - African-American basketball player
- Karim Abdul Jabbar - African-American football player
- K'naan - Somali Rapper and Songwriter
- Khadijah Shamillah Kiptoo - Miss Kenya/World 2006
- Khalid Al-Thawadi - Bahraini guitar player
- Kemal Malovcic
- Khaled
- DJ Khaled - Rapper
- Kris Dayanti - Indonesian singer
- Krazy tha don aka Trajic - Chitown rapper
- Kolo Toure Ivorian footballer
- Krisheena Malik - African-American Actress
- Khalis Bayyan - Kool and The Gang
- Katrina Kaif - Bollywood Actress and Model
L
- Lupe Fiasco - American Hip Hop artist
- Last Emperor - (Rapper)
- Luqman Abdul Haqq - Producer
- Luqman Al-Ghazali - African American Actor
- Larry Johson Basketball Player
M
- Muhammad Ataya - Founder and co-owner (co-designer) of KIFAK Clothing.
- M. Nasir - Malaysian singer, composer, actor, tv host.
- Maizurah Hamzah - Singaporean singer, actress.
- Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf - American basketball player
- Makka Sagaipova - Chechen pop singer, folk dancer.
- Malique Ibrahim
- Mansour - Iranian singer
- Massari - Lebanese singer
- Maryan Mursal - Somali singer
- Maya Karin - Malaysian singer, actress, tv host, model. Malay-German origin.
- Mehmet Okur - Turkish-American basketball player
- Merve Buyukarac - Miss Turkey/World 2006
- Mesut Kurtis
- Mike Tyson- Boxer
- Micheal Jackson- singer
- Shazia Mirza
- Misha Omar - Malaysian singer, actress.
- Mohammed Siddiqui - Tv model.
- Mos Def
- Mousse T
- Moustapha Akkad
- Mansur Ali Khan - India - tamil actor
- Mammootty - Indian actor (Malayalam)
- Mohammed Rafi - Indian Singer
- M-Team
- Max Roach -Musican
Matthew Saad Muhammad -Professional Boxer
N
- Nasir Jones
- Napoleon (rapper), African-American rapper (part of 2Pac's Outlaws)
- Native Deen
- Nehra, Anoop - former Survivor contestant, and model for Men's Health Magazine
- Ning Baizura - Malaysian singer, actress
- Nora - Malaysian singer
- Noraniza Idris - Malaysian folk singer
- Nusrat Fateh Ali Khan - Pakistani singer
- Nadja Benaissa
- Mohammed Abdulkarim (Malko) Abdulrahman - Skeid Soccer player
- Nurul Fatiha Abd Hamid - Malaysian Gymnas
P
- P.Ramlee - Malaysian legendary actor, director, singer, composer.
- Professor Ali HipHop Mixtape DJ
- Preacher Moss Comedian, Writer for Wayan Brothers & George Lopez
- Prem Nazir - Indian actor (Malayalam)
- Azad Karim
- Prince Naseem Hamid- Professional Boxer
Q
- Q-Tip - African-American rapper
- U.K
R
- Robin Van Persie- Dutch Footballer
- A. R. Rahman- Indian singer and music director
- Rahimah Rahim - Contestant on Singapore Idol.
- Ramli Sarip - Singaporean rocker
- Richard Thompson
- Rakim- African-American Rapper
- Rasheed Wallace - African-American basketball player
- Raja Farah - Malaysian actress
S
- Sarah Arafat - American Egyptian comedian
- Saiful Nizam - Commonly knowned as Saiful Apek. A Malaysian Comedian/Actor.
- Sabrina Houssami - Miss Australia/World 2006
- Saif Ali Khan- Indian actor
- Saleem Siddiqui- Actor, Producer, Muslim Imam
- Salif Keita
- Salman Ahmed - Pakistani singer and guitarist
- Salman Khan - Indian actor
- Saloma - Malaysian singer, actress
- Sami Yusuf - Nasheed Artist
- Samira Said - Moroccan singer
- Senad Hadžifejzovic
- Sarimah Ibrahim - Malaysian singer, actress, model, tv host. Malay-Irish origin.
- Sarah Shahi - American Iranian actress
- Senad Hadžifejzovic
- Shabana Azmi Indian actress and a social activist
- Sharmila Tagore renowned Indian Actress and UNICEF goodwill ambasssador
- Shareef Abdur-Rahim - African-American basketball player
- Sharifah Aini - Malaysian singer. Arab origin
- Shahrukh Khan - Indian actor
- Shahzia Manzoor - Pakistani singer
- Shehzad Roy - Pakistani singer
- Sheila Majid - Malaysian jazz singer
- Shima - Malaysian singer
- Shohreh Aghdashloo
- Siti Nurhaliza - Malaysian singer
- Soha Ali Khan
- Soldiers of Allah
- Son Doolah - Chicago born rapper
- Spit Shine - Canadian underground rapper
- Sudirman - Malaysian singer, writer, actor, lawyer.
- Scarface - Rapper
- Spencer Haywood -Professional Basketball Player
T
- Tarkan - Turkish pop singer
- Tamer Nafar - Palestinian rapper
- Taufik Batistah - Singapore Idol 2004 winner
- Tiara Jacquelina - Malaysian actress. Convert to Islam from Catholicism.
- Tina Sani - Pakistani singer
- T Pain - African-American Singer
- Tukul Arwana - Indonesian Entertainer
- Tariq Abdul Wahad - African-American basketball player
- Talib Muhammad- Singer
U
- Ustad Ghulam Sadiq Khan -Indian classical Vocalsit and Padmashri Awardee
- Umar Epps- African American Actor
V
- Vanida Imran - Malaysian actress
- Vinnie Paz - American Rapper Jedi mind tricks
W
- Wardina Safiyyah - Malaysian actress.
- Waheeda - Malaysian singer, actress.
- Waheeda Rahman Indian actress
- Walid Tawfik - Lebanese singer
- Waris Dirie - Former Somali Model and UN advocate for the abolition of female genital mutilation.
- Waqas Qadri - Outlandish member, singer
X
Y
- Ebru Yaşar - Turkish Singer.
- Yasin - Malaysian Arabic singer.
- Yassin Yahya - Knowned as Yassin Senario or Yassin Aku Kaya. A Malaysian comedian.
- Youssou N'dour
- Yusuf Islam - Formerly known as Cat Stevens - A British singer of Greek and Swedish descent who converted to Islam.
- Yasmin Warsame - Somali Fashion Model
- Yafeu Fula (Yaki Kadafi)
- Yaya Toure - Ivorian Footballer
- Malik Yoba - American Actor
Z
- Zahid - Winner of Malaysian Akademi Fantasia 2
- Zainal Abidin - Malaysian singer
- Ziana Zain - Malaysian singer, actress
- Zain Bhikha - Nasheed Artist
- Zayed Khan - Indian Actor
- Zinedine Zidane - French Footballer
See also
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