Before his conversion he had been adamant about not converting from his pagan religion to Christianity.

Before converting, he was a member of the Society for the Culture and Science of the Jews, alongside Joel Abraham List, Isaac Marcus Jost and Leopold Zunz.

Before the 366th Tactical Fighter Wing's arrival at Mountain Home, the 389th, 390th, and 391st Tactical Fighter Squadrons had returned from South Vietnam, joined the 347th, and began converting to F-111F aircraft.

Before his death, Chastelein had written a will that freed the slave families of Depok and gave them pieces of his land, converting slaves into landlords.

Before converting to Christianity, the inhabitants used to burn their dead and erect kurgan-like embankments over them.

Before this there were converting and two paper machines, the site having several owners after the Dixons, namely British Tissues, Jamont UK and Fort James, and is now part of the Georgia-Pacific group.

Before his death Prime also infected a wolf, Coyote, with his blood, converting Coyote into his " Get ," with all his memories and effective immortality via the same " blood mice " method that Ukiah has.

Before the 1890 Mormon Manifesto against plural marriage, Mormonism and Islam also shared in the belief in and practice of plural marriage, a practice now held in common by Islam and various branches of Mormon fundamentalism.

" Before the advent of Islam, the city was known as Yathrib but was personally renamed by Muhammad.

Before the advent of Islam in Arabia, there is mention of Eid festivals as well as some others among the Arabs.

Before Islam, the crescent was the symbol of Sassanids and after capturing Persian lands, the crescent has been adopted by Muslim Arabs and later by Islamic faith.

Before the wedding, the bride converted to Islam and took the name Tajuddawlah.

Before the advance of Islam in Transoxiana ( early 8th century ), Khwarezmian was written in a script close to that of Sogdian and Pahlavi with its roots in the imperial Aramaic script.

Before they married, they both converted to Islam, since Dharmendra was married to Prakash Kaur who refused to divorce him.

Before and after the election, Villiers has been internationally notable for his criticism of Islam in France.

Before the foundation of Jamaat he was known for his writings on the role of Islam in South Asia.

Before his conversion to Islam in 1998, Myatt was the first leader of the British National Socialist Movement ( NSM ), and was identified by the British newspaper, The Observer, as the " ideological heavyweight " behind Combat 18.

Before the 14th century, the star next to the crescent does not seem to have been associated with Islam, and appears in Christian iconography.

* Gender and Human Rights in Islam and International Law: Equal Before Allah, Unequal Before Man?

Before the " Green Book ", Islam was considered one of the ideological sources of official ideology, but the third part of this book, which appeared in the summer of 1979, did not assess its truthfulness on the basis of the precepts of Islam.

Before the advent of Islam in Central Asia, Khatun was the title of the Queen of Bukhara.

Before allowing him to return to Gondeshapur, the caliph invited him to convert to Islam but he declined, saying that he wanted to be with his fathers when he died.

Before the majority of Muslim conversions ( the majority of the former Christians had converted to Islam and then recanted ), the Empire tried to recant on liberty of conscience.

Before the influence of Islam, Arabic music was associated with prostitution and drunken entertainment.

Before Umar's conversion to Islam his harsh treatment of his convert slaves was well known.

* Before Islam, Sa ' īd's father, Zayd bin Amr was a hanif, a follower of the monotheistic tradition of Abraham, and hence never worshipped idols nor ate meat slaughtered in the name of idols.

Before the hijra, Muhammad had appointed Mus ` ab ibn ` Umair to carry out dawah ( inviting others to join Islam ), which he did excellently.

:* Chapter 1 Arabia Before Islam

* La vie devant soi — 1975 Prix Goncourt ; filmed as Madame Rosa ( 1977 ); translated as " Momo " ( 1978 ); re-released as The Life Before Us ( 1986 ).

Before the passing of the Homosexual Law Reform Act in 1986, the Salvation Army was active throughout the country gathering signatures for a petition seeking to prevent the bill's passing.

Before Aruba's separation from the Netherlands Antilles in 1986 it was also one of three hubs for Air ALM.

Before his death, Lynott was planning a third solo album, and had spoken to Downey about a possible reformation of Thin Lizzy around March 1986, with Gorham and Sykes, and had booked studio time for January of that year.

Before entering state politics, Gallop worked as a tutor and lecturer at both Murdoch University and The University of Western Australia, and was a City Councillor at Fremantle from 1983 to 1986.

Before serving as president, Khatami had been a representative in the parliament from 1980 to 1982, supervisor of the Kayhan Institute, Minister of Culture and Islamic Guidance ( 1982 – 1986 ), and then for a second term from 1989 to May 24, 1992 ( when he resigned ), the head of the National Library of Iran from 1992 to 1997, and a member of the Supreme Council of Cultural Revolution.

Before that, four women were granted the title as individuals as Woman of the Year – Wallis Simpson in 1936, Soong May-ling ( Madame Chiang Kai-shek ) in 1937, Queen Elizabeth II in 1952, and Corazon Aquino in 1986.

Before Duran Duran reunited in 1986, Le Bon formed the band Arcadia with fellow Duran Duran members Nick Rhodes and Roger Taylor.

Before the 1986 Masters Tournament, Tom McCollister, writing in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, said that Nicklaus was " done, washed up, through ," and this spurred him on.

Before 1986, some of the congregations that form the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada were part of the ELCA's predecessor churches.

Before leaving the series to work on his new television series, Crime Story, Michael Mann handed the role of executive producer to Dick Wolf prior to the third season ( 1986 – 1987 ).

Before 1986 no Alapaha Bulldogs where registered and hence not considered a pure breed, until the Lane family of Rebecca Georgia having and been breeding these dogs for over 80 yrs, of Southern United States registered this rare breed with ARF, one of the oldest registries in the United States of America.

Before 1986, the organization that existed was Radio-Television-Movies, and adjunct of the National Media Production Center which was based in Malacañang.

Before becoming Chief Constable of Northumbria, he served as Assistant Chief Constable of the Hampshire Constabulary ( 1986 – 88 ) and Deputy Chief Constable of the Cambridgeshire Constabulary ( 1988 – 91 ).

Before 1986, the Vietnamese government repressed hát chầu văn and other forms of religious expression.

Before Luxo Jr., a message states: " In 1986 Pixar Animation Studios produced their first film.

Before becoming president, he was a mayor ( Slovak: primátor ) of Košice in 1983 – 1986 and 1994 – 1999 respectively.

Before entering, in 1987, ERC, he was an active member of the Socialist National Liberation Party ( PSAN ) between 1970 and 1977 and of the Left Nationalists ( NE ) between 1980 and 1986.

Taschereau's story was documented by author Bernard L. Vigod in his 1986 book, Quebec Before Duplessis-The Political Career of Louis-Alexandre Taschereau.

Before actual construction of the building could begin, American Fletcher became the first major Indianapolis bank holding company to be sold to an out-of-state financial institution, agreeing in the spring of 1986 to merge with Ohio's rapidly growing Bank One Corporation.

Before entering Parliament, Morley was a Labour member of Hull City Council representing Drypool Ward from 1979 to 1986.

Before becoming an MP, he was president of the National Union of Students from 1984 to 1986, a television producer for the BBC on Newsnight from 1988 to 1990 ( where he became firm friends with fellow Manchester United supporter Michael Crick ), producer at ITN's Channel 4 News from 1990 to 1991 and head of communications at the GMB trade union from 1991 to 1997.

Before entering politics, Timms worked in the telecommunications industry for 15 years, first for Logica from 1978 – 86 and then for Ovum from 1986 – 94, where he excelled as a manager responsible for producing reports on the future of telecommunications.

Before the 1986 election, no Republican had occupied the Blaine House in two decades.

Before joining Junior Soprano's crew Bobby was a head waiter until at least 1986 and was groomed by his father, Bobby Sr. At some point, Bobby became a made man, although without making his bones ( committing murder ).