A STONE’S THROW: OLIVER’S SON CONVERTS TO ISLAM IN IRAN
Oliver Stone’s Son ‘Converts To Islam In Iran’
ISFAHAN, Iran – US filmmaker Sean Stone, the son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, said Tuesday that he converted to Islam in Iran, where he is making a documentary.”The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with. It means I have accepted Muhammad 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 became a Shiite and chose 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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