Celebrities You Might not Have known are Actually Muslim

Gigi and Bella Hadid

The American Palestinian sisters, who came as a refugee at age 14, follow the same faith as their father, Mohamed Hadid. Bella told about her dad in 2017: “He’s always been religious and he always prayed with us.

She was particularly outspoken about her faith when she was a younger Hadid child. President Donald Trump called for a travel ban aimed at people from many majorities of the Muslim population. She proclaimed herself “proud to be a Muslim” in an interview with Porter magazine and first stated her religion in public.

Sinead O’Connor 

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Since converting in 2019, the Irish Nothing Compares 2 U singer has started to don hijab and often shares her knowledge about Islam on social media.

Aziz Ansari

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The actor-comedian came from Tamil Nadu family, India. While Muslim parents raised him, Ansari also acknowledged he is not religious. He was religious. Sometimes his Netflix series, Master of Noone, explores the relationship between the star and his religion.

Janet and Jermaine Jackson

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The younger sister and singer Janet of late Michael Jackson married Wissam al-Mana to the Qatari businessman and was reportedly converted to the Muslim community.

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Jermaine, her uncle, proclaimed his faith a long time ago, although not much of her personal life. Jermaine, like his others, has been brought up as a witness to God. In 1989, following a journey to Bahrain, he converted to Islam and was impressed by the devotion of the local children to their religion.

Amal Clooney 

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The human rights lawyer and beautiful wife of Hollywood actor and director George Clooney is from Lebanon’s Muslim background. The couple helped to fund Syrian refugee schools in Libya, which were already referred to as ‘ genocide ‘ acts against Palestinians.

Mike Tyson

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During his incarceration for rape between 1992 and 1995, former heavyweight boxing champion Mike Tyson converted to Islam, taking the name Malik Abdul Aziz.

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“I’m very grateful to be a Muslim. Allah doesn’t need me, I need Allah,” he once to said to Fox News. In 2010, Tyson traveled to Mecca to perform Umrah, also meeting Mufti Ismail Menk.

Akon

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Renowned singer and songwriter Akon grew up Muslim in Senegal and explained that entering the music industry was considered problematic by a number of people in his hometown.

Shanina Shaik

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Victoria’s Secret model Shanina Shaik was a raised a Muslim by her Saudi-Pakistani father and Lithuanian-Australian mother

Dr Oz

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The American television doctor Mehmet Oz, the son of Turkish immigrants, once admitted that growing up Muslim was not as easy as a child. “I’ve struggled a lot with my Muslim identity.

As a Turk, growing up in America with one parent from one side of the religious wall and one parent from the other side, and of course, America clearly supporting the secular background, I found myself tugged more and more towards the spiritual side of the religion,” he said.

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