A Muslim Mayor in Georgia
Fox News
The Macon, Ga., Mayor Jack Ellis Wants to convert to Islam and change his legal name to Hakim Mansour Ellis.
Ellis, 61, a Macon native who was raised Christian, said he became a Sunni Muslim during a December ceremony in the west African nation of Senegal.
Ellis said he has studied the Koran for years and that his new religion was practiced by his ancestors before they were brought to North America as slaves.
“Why does one become a Christian?” Ellis said Thursday. “You do it because it feels right. ... To me it’s no big deal. But people like to know what you believe in.”
Name-changing by Ismaic converts is a common practice that is considered commendable, though it is typically not required.
Ellis said he would keep his last name at the request of two daughters.
Ellis, whose mayoral term expires this year, said he hasn’t calculated how his religious conversion might affect him politically. He said he is proud to live in a country founded on religious freedom.
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