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US film director Oliver Stone's son converts to Islam in Iran
Stone's famous father is Jewish, while his mother is Christian, did not say why he converted.
According to Iran's Fars news agency, Sean Stone had become a Shiite and had chosen to be known by the Muslim first name Ali. PHOTO: REUTERS
TEHRAN: US filmmaker Sean Stone, son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, converted to Islam on Tuesday in Iran, where he is making a documentary, he told AFP.
“The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with. It means I have accepted Mohammad (PBUH) and other prophets,” he said in a brief telephone call from the central Iranian city of Isfahan, where he underwent the ceremony.
Sean Stone’s famous father is Jewish, while his mother is Christian.
The 27-year-old filmmaker did not say why he converted.
According to Iran’s Fars news agency, Sean Stone had become a Shiite and had chosen to be known by the Muslim first name Ali.
Sean/Ali Stone has acted in minor roles in several of his father’s films, and has directed a handful of documentaries.
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Islam is a religion of peace and harmony. Islam is a message of Allah and those who follow Allah’s message will be successful here and in the Afterworld , Islam is Rising
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To each his own
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religion is a personal issue. please dont make it a news. this is what fuels hatred between people.
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Welcome Sean/Ali to the religion of peace, if you stay away from fanaticism, you will find it as the best of the best.
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@hello:
Having child or getting married is also a personal issue but it is news as long as it involves a famous personality.
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Dear ET, this is not news.
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I am eager to see how various sectarian Pakistani Sunni jamaats will react to this news. Personally I do not find this act very different from that of Hanoi Jane during Vietnam war. She has been apologizing for her action since then!
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I wonder what Bibi Netanyahoooo has to say about this at his press conference tomorrow, probably another reason to attack Iran
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All the ongoing propaganda against Iran and a promiment Jew goes there and converts. Sweet!
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yea, just like Paris Hilton, Michael Jackson, and Pam Anderson =P
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has anyone taken a closer look at his T shirt…. very ironic..:)
But never-the-less..there is nothing to be scared of.. if he has converted to islam then it shud be known..there is no problem in declaring it in the open… he has accepted Islam not some terrorist organisation…
Liam Neeson is next on line.. i wish him all the best…
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@Anis
Islam religion of peace? HAHAHAHHAHA
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@Waqar
Your comment is an evidence of how media-riddled your mind is.
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How come a prominent news-paper of pakistan publishes news about religious conversion.?? It’s a shame on Journalism..
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Let’s just hope he doesn’t change his mind later and deconverts. Muslims aren’t too fond of apostates.
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To early to rejoice.He may be an american spy.Iranians should be watching him closely.
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Offcource it is a news and a important news because this promot the True religion of Islam.. and if ET can publish the news of Queer rights in Pakistan then why not this..
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Why has he choosen Shia over Sunni?
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Wow…the other posters are so full of negativity. I think its good news even though I’m not a shia or anything…its good that someone found the truth in the Quran and it IS news because its a high profile personality just like Liam Neeson who recently made a similar announcement. Congrats Ali.
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Good news that he joined Shia community that too in Iran.
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Conversion is nothing but leaving one cage for another…
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If these news are realy true then M.R ALI realy succeded if he fullfiled the requirements of Islam and soon he will feel about the goodness,truthness and peace of Islam!.Recommend
assalamu alikum (whr) u was nw in rigtht way means islam is truth and peace way i welcome u and those who non muslim in the world .non muslim brothers plz dont blame to islam .
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@Arsalan:
you forget how important privacy is, even to important/famous people…should we still invade their privacy?
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Conversion is such a strange concept. What prevents one from holding the beliefs of a faith without having to repudiate/ disavow those of the other? Especially in the case of Judaism and Islam, which have so much in common.
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May Allah shower his blessings on brother SEAN.
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@Sanjay
“….leaving one cage for another.”
Brilliant.Simply brilliant.
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@ Ansari
dude, I have read the Quran, and am from Pakistan too. If Islam is really a religion of peace, why is there punishment for leaving Islam?
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warm welcome Ali to the best religion and i hope you will stay as a real faithful.
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I am a Sunni muslim but i welcome brother Sean Ali Stone to the ultimate truth(Islam).Islam spreding so fast in the west and their celebs reverting to it despite the fact that not only the western media but hypocrites and deviants within the muslim ummah spew so much propaganda against is a sign that truth cannot be suppressed with demonization disinformation and propaganda.This also something from which secluar western slaves in our country should leran from.
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Waqas hw r u to decide what’s peceful and what’s not If Islam is truth Quran is revelation and Allah is only God than you have accept its teachings weather you like it or not you are suppose to judge religion on the basis of its scripture and Concept of God and beliefs not on the basis of its teachings.For hypocrites like who are muslim by birth and still reject the truth these are the signs of Allah almighty.No matter how much propaganda people like you spread against deen a Haq ultimately it will prevail as a way of life in the haul world as Allah has promised in the Holy Quran.
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Islam is not the monopoly of any nation or country. Those who are blessed by God, are indeed fortunate to surrender to Islam and Islamic teachings, irrespective of the place they live in. STone is one of them. He has no oblligation to any nation but to Mohammad S A and his followers such as HAZRAT ALI.
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Islam means surrender. and Sean Ali Stone has been forturnate to be blessed by allah and mohamad and al mohommad. Islam does not beg man but man should always beg God to put him on serat-d mostagim. and Islam shows the ,ultimate path for prosperity of human beings.
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A stone is a stone whether above, or under the water.
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I hope you will push for Baluchistan independence now.
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