don the turban

don the turban
   to become a Muslim
   Certain Europeans, for reasons of conscience or expediency, changed religion while resident in a Muslim society:
    British travellers of the period regularly brought back tales of their compatriots who had 'donned the turban' and were now prospering in the Islamic world. (William Dalrymple in Sunday Telegraph, 20 February 2000)

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