My choice of Muhammad to lead the list of the world's most influential persons may surprise some readers and may be questioned by others, but he was the only man in history who was supremely successful on both the religious and secular level. --Michael H. Hart, THE 100: A RANKING OF THE MOST INFLUENTIAL PERSONS IN HISTORY, New York: Hart Publishing Company, Inc., 1978, p. 33. ......................... The doctrine of brotherhood of Islam extends to all human beings, no matter what color, race or creed. Islam is the only religion which has been able to realize this doctrine in practice. Muslims wherever on the world they are will recognize each other as brothers.- Mr. R. L. Mellema, Holland, Anthropologist, Writer and Scholar. ....................... The essential and definite element of my conversion to Islam was the Qur'an. I began to study it before my conversion with the critical spirit of a Western intellectual .... There are certain verses of this book, the Qur'an, revealed more than thirteen centuries ago, which teach exactly the same notions as the most modern scientific researches do. This definitely converted me............... Ali Selman Benoist, France, Doctor of Medicine. ........................... I have read the Sacred Scriptures of every religion; nowhere have I found what I encountered in Islam: perfection. The Holy Qur'an, compared to any other scripture I have read, is like the Sun compared to that of a match. I firmly believe that anybody who reads the Word of Allah with a mind that is not completely closed to Truth, will become a Muslim Saifuddin Dirk Walter Mosig, U. S.A. .......................The nation's claim to be a Christian country is about to meet its first challenge: the number of practising Muslims is set to overtake Anglican Christians.... There has also been a number of high-profile conversions to Islam from Christianity. These include Mike Tyson, the former world champion boxer; Chris Eubank, the British middleweight boxing champion, who has changed his name to Hamdan; and Cat Stevens, the pop musician, who calls himself Yousef Islam.... Prince Charles courted controversy earlier this year when he reaffirmed his claim that when he succeeds the throne, he does not wish to be the defender of only the Christian faith. Rajeev Syal and Christopher Morgan Sunday Times (London, U.K.) ...........................Everything made so much sense. This is the beauty of the Qur'an; it asks you to reflect and reason....When I read the Qur'an further, it talked about prayer, kindness and charity. I was not a Muslim yet, but I felt the only answer for me was the Qur'an and God had sent it to me. Cat Stevens (YusufIslam), former British pop star. ............................Professor Tagata Tagasone, formerly Head of the Department of Anatomy and Embryology at the University of Shiang Mai in Thailand . He is now the Dean of the College of the Medicine at the University. From my studies and from what I have learned throughout this conference, I believe that everything that has been recorded in the Qur’aan 1400 years ago must be the truth, that can be proved by the scientific means. Since the Prophet Muhammad could neither read nor write, Muhammad must be a messenger who relayed this truth which was revealed to him as an enlightenment by the One Who is an eligible Creator. This Creator must be Allah, or Allah. Therefore, I think this is the time to say ‘Laa ilaaha illallah’, that there is no Allah to worship except Allah, ‘Muhammad Rasool Allah’, Muhammad is messenger of Allah... ...............

No offense, but none of this does anything to really convince that Islam is true. There are a number of people who have converted to Christianity and other religions, including well educated people. I'm sure I can also find a large list of very intelligent people who have "converted" from a religion to atheism or agnosticism. Also, I would not mention Mike Tyson as a high profile convert. Sure, he is an outstanding boxer (and also very unprofessional not to mention a rapist), but that adds nothing to the credibility of Islam. Have you ever listened to the guy talk? Mike Tyson sounds as dumb as a brick. And yes, many Christians have converted to Islam, and Muslims have also converted to Christianity. Are you familiar with Abdul Rahman of Afghanistan? He converted to Christianity even though he faced a death sentence for it under the laws of Afghanistan, which is supposeldy based on Shariah law. So what is my point? My point is that just because somebody converts to another religion adds hardly any relevance to that religion being true. Also, you claim that Muhammad could not read or write. How do you know that? How do you know that Muhammad actually wrote the Quran himself? I am asking because I honestly do not know.