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How many convert to Islam while in the military. Particularly, how many converted during the Gulf War?

John Muhammad converted to Islam long before the Gulf War.
(Ex-wife Carol Williams) "said Muhammad converted to Islam after divorcing her 17 years ago, about the time he joined the Army."
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Muhammad (then Williams) served at the Fort Lewis Army Base outside Tacoma, in 1985.
But it wasn't until April 2001, that the former John Allen Willams legally changed his name to John Allen MUHAMMAD)
Another, possibly related story:
No one was ever charged in a triple slaying on August 1, 1984, but police suspect Fuqra. The victims were Lela Nevaskar, an Indian national who was in the United States as part of a government-sponsored health project, and her sister and brother-in-law. The three were murdered in a suburb of Tacoma, Wash., during a spate of firebombings of Hindu and Hare Krishna temples in Seattle, Denver, Philadelphia, and Kansas City, Mo. Police found news reports of the Tacoma murders from Seattle papers among Fuqra files seized in a later case…
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I wonder if any of the Fuqra trails in the 1984 Tacoma murders lead to Fort Lewis, where John Muhammad was serving in 1985?
Does anyone know if Muhammad (as Williams) converted to Islam before or after being stationed at Fort Lewis?

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Someone on Fox is reading these threads. They interviewed the coffeehouse singer and also this morning the guy who sold the car from Sure Shot autos in Camden.

According to the interview this morning, the car was not modified when it was sold. Also Malvo was not with Mohammad at the time he looked for the car, just the co-owner. Mohammed was not very talkative, spun a line about being from Jamaica, then started to talk with an accent. Salesman said he remembered him because after saying he was from Jamaica, and then saying he was from Canada but of Jamaican ancestry, he then pulled out a DC driver's license. Salesman said he could not engage the guy in conversation.

FBI merely asked him if he had sold the car, and asked him who bought it. Apparently Fox asked more detailed questions than the FBI.