Oliver Stone’s Son Converts to Islam During Visit to Iran
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Billy Hallowell
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Sean Stone, right, son of American Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, listens to chief operations officer of Reel Knights Productions, Mellissa Carter as they attend a press conference, in Tehran, Iran, Thursday, Sept. 8, 2011. Iran's semiofficial news agency FARS reported that Stone is in Iran to make a documentary film.
Sean Stone, the son of Oscar-winning film director Oliver Stone, reportedly converted to Islam on Tuesday. The younger Stone, 27, was visiting Iran, where he is working on a documentary.
The conversion ceremony, during which Fars news agency claims he became a Shiite Muslim, apparently took place in the Iranian city of Isfahan. During the ceremony, Stone chose “Ali” to be his Muslim first name.
The Tehran Times reports:
He went to the office of Shia cleric Ayatollah Mohammad Nasseri Dowlatabadi in the city of Isfahan on Tuesday and recited shahada, the Persian service of the Fars News Agency reported.
The shahada is the Islamic profession of the faith, “There is no god but Allah, and Muhammad is His messenger.” To convert to Islam, one simply has to recite this while believing it in one’s heart.
Stone’s mother is a Christian and his father is Jewish, although he claims that the conversion doesn’t mean he will be leaving behind the faith traditions he was raised with.
“The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with,” he told AFP via phone. “It means I have accepted Mohammad and other prophets.”
Stone was in the Middle Eastern nation working on a film about Rumi, a mystic poet. But, for quite some time, has has shown his admiration for the nation’s culture.
The young filmmaker also has a history of defending Iran. Reuters reports:
In an interview with TheWrap at the Toronto Film Festival in September, he supported Iran’s right to a nuclear program as a defense against threats from Israel. He said criticizing the Iranian government is “like someone coming to your house and saying the father shouldn’t hit the kids,” he said. “Who are we to tell them how to rule their country?”
“Iran is ruled by law,” said Stone (pictured with coproducer Melissa Carter in Tehran). “People don’t like Ahmadinejad, but that doesn’t warrant a war or an uprising.”
In addition to directing documentaries, Stone has appeared in a number of his father’s films.
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TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:45pmOliver Stone, Sean Stone…. AND Ron Paul. All have a fondness for Iran it seems. All three believe that Iran poses NO threat to anyone and should INDEED have a nuclear weapon. It would only be rational to think that Stone, the younger and Ron Paul don’t see Radical Islam as a threat world-wide.
Oliver Stone is a Ron Paul fan (not quite sure about his son… yet… but I’ll get there). I‘m thinking the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree in that respect.
Both Oliver Stone and Ron Paul think that traitor Pvt Bradley Manning is a hero and patriot. Not sure what Sean Stone thinks about Manning (but I’ll get there too).
Dots… connecting dots… always connecting the dots.
Report Post »Razorhunters
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:05pmlying pos
Report Post »momrules
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:09pmI always read your comments.Very enlightening.
Report Post »TIME_2_END_THE_PAUL_CAMPAIGN_IN_12
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:44pmThank you MOMRULES.
RAZOR. You can do the research on your own. Only takes a couple minutes. You type… “Ron Paul”… you then type whatever “crap” might be associated with Paul (in this instance the Stoned, er, the Stones), and PRESTO! BINGO!
But I already knew this about Oliver Stone and his Valentine… Ron Paul. Now I get to research his son (Sean). I know he’s a fan of Alex Jones… has appeared on his show with all kinds of hokey nonsense being bandied about.
Report Post »KAdams
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 2:21am@Time: What has Ahmedinejad ever done to you? Personally? Maybe this whole thing is to get people off the Israel Rabies Train (rabid for a strike on Iran) and back on the Reasonable Bus. That maybe, just maybe, all this ‘posturing’ (which of course cannot be independently confirmed) is just that? I see Orwell peeking from behind that curtain over there.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:39pmIslamic Circle of North America is working to bring Sharia rule to the U.S.
Report Post »http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/12/islamic-circle-of-north-america-is-working-to-bring-sharia-rule-to-the-us.html
TH30PH1LUS
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:53pmAli Stone said: ““The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with,”
1. He never truly understood Christianity OR Judaism… or he would have never uttered those moronic words.
Report Post »2. No one is naturally “born” a Christian. Jesus said – “you must be born again”. It is a spiritual birth.
3. I can’t wait to see how the filth-mongers of Hollyweird react to Ali Stone. Who will reject whom first?
4. He accepts a raving pedophile lunatic as a “prophet”?
rocktruth
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:04pmThis is a warning to all you Christian‘s who don’t take the word of God seriously. Teach your children the morals of the bible or you will loose them to the forces of darkness. It’s time to wake up!
If you‘re not sure about who God is then I highly advise you do your homework now before it’s too late. START HERE: http://gospelmessage.org/
Report Post »flyoverbob
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:07pmWonderful<I think he should move over to Iran and live in one of the cities that have a nuclear facility.In that way he can thumb his nose at Israel.
Report Post »These spoiled pukes really fancy themselves as enlightened people.They live in a make beleive world that tells them how important they are.
TAXEVERYONE
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:11pmPLEASE stay there Mr. Stone !!!
Report Post »HKS
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:19pmThose silver spoon radicals are such a breathe of fresh air and so brain dead from all that liberal smoke they don’t even know which planet there on. Maybe the apple really doesn’t fall far from the tree.
Report Post »4XGrace
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:30pmHey! What do you know … I know another way to spell idiot … Sean Stone! … St. Upid strikes again.
Report Post »Yeh, this guy NEVER knew ANYTHING about Christianity or Judaism.
What he learned he probably got from a public broadcasting program “Religion for Dummies”.
He’ll be killed soon by his new found Muslim brothers for being a blasphemer if he continues spouting that crap. Oh, but wait … One less Muslim … Hey Sean why don’t you go up into one of those minarets they have in Iran and shout that stuff out so they can all hear your take on it?
QuranIsCorruptAndMuhammadPossessedBySatan
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:35pmIslam is the new fad for Liberals, it used to be communism, but since communism has failed useful idiots have to find a new fad and since Islam, especially shia islam, hates the USA, so do Liberals and the far left.
But unlike Communism, you can’t leave Islam. It is a death penalty.
But of course HE IS the son of Oliver Stone. I expect Sean Penn converting soon.
Report Post »Bluefish49
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:26pmBad parenting….
Report Post »ICRedifURBlue
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 7:51pmJust another numb skull on my list of places to store used bullets……..
Report Post »midwesthippie
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 12:36am…if this is true he is actually to the right of you right -wing religious fundamentalists. that said…pleeeeez stay in iran…don’t come back. thanks
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 6:39amWhen this naive clown realises that he has made a mistake and tries to quit, he will realise that they are serious about killing apostates.
Report Post »nzkiwi
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 6:45amHas young Mr Stone seen this video, I wonder.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQQCFGPRsqw
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 6:49amWhat a huge pile of baloney! ( which I am sure he will not give up even though it is made of pork.)
Report Post »Seeking publicity, with evidently no knowledge of the prophet’s life and times, and the murders he himself committed, and the writings of the Koran which call for the purification of the impure Christian and Jewish faiths. What a jerk! Obviously thinks his good looks have made him smart without trying. In some places, what he has said about not abandoning his Jewish or Christian faith could get him killed– if they didn’t know who he was, that is.
Please, can’t someone follow him around for six months and film him purifying himself and praying 5 times a day? The Prophet demanded this of his followers.
Jinglebob
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 12:18pmThe nut doesn’t fall far from the nut tree.
Report Post »Thatsitivehadenough
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:38pmLet‘s see who’s next in Hollywood. Madonna?
Report Post »QuranIsCorruptAndMuhammadPossessedBySatan
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:41pmSo now he has to pray FIVE TIMES a day to a BLACK ROCK located in a cube temple every day.
If he converted to SHIA Islam in Iran…they are considered HERETICS in the majority of Islam.
Report Post »oneshiner
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 11:18amHope Papa is proud of his parenting to this child.
Report Post »ImaHippyBurning
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:37pmGood Maybe he will enlist a Jihad on his Dad!
Report Post »rs9
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:49pmYeah lets hope that he brings home a suicide vest and takes out daddy and a bunch of his Hollywood freak friends
Report Post »AvengerK
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:08pmPerhaps he should take a look at his legless Iranian Shia buddy in Bangkok today…..
Report Post »Zenzazin
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:30pmLook at the kinds of things you write about people you have never met and probably never will. You always accuse the left of being hate-filled, and yet never seem to notice when the vitriol is flowing from your own mouths (or typing fingers, in this case)
Report Post »midwesthippie
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 12:38am…avengerk…that is just too good. well said.
Report Post »NeoFan
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 12:39am@Zenzapinhead. Stick to what you know, food good. Fire bad.
Report Post »Zenzazin
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 1:17pmthanks for further proving my point, ignorant unaware fools
Report Post »crackerone
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:36pmOf course he did!
Report Post »QuranIsCorruptAndMuhammadPossessedBySatan
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:38pmAfter all his father IS Oliver Stone, the man who hates the USA and the West.
Report Post »SweetTexasTea
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:33pmProbably not a true convert, just wanted to avoid hassles while in Iran! He can change back when filming is done and he’s back in the USA!
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:42pmIn Islamic law that is worthy of a death sentence.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:04pmIf it was not a true conversion, there is a strong possibility of death squads come after him at some point.
Report Post »ProudConservativeinCA
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:32pmHMMMMM, is not Islam the religion of Peace….?
I wonder if Tavis Smiley is going to misinform the public and say that the Christians will now send a “ Death Squad ” after Mr. Stone….??? I also understand Mr. Stone, coincidentally enough, is changing is full name to: Barrack Hussein Stone….?
Hollywood Liberal‘s are such Cheeky little Rascals aren’t they…..!!!!
Report Post »AmeriCat
Posted on February 15, 2012 at 3:47amJust wait until he gets tired of his new fad, being a Muslim,
and wants to leave Islam in the dust.
I think it was in Indonesia, a couple years ago,
a young man converted to Islam and then wanted to leave the religion.
Blasphemy! He tried to escape, but was beheaded.
And at this very moment, a young man is in jail
for tweeting against Muhammed on that pedophile’s birthday.
He, too, is expected to die for his transgressions.
Your Daddy won’t be able to save you, Sean Stone.
Report Post »Anonymous T. Irrelevant
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:33pmWell, that’s coming as no surprise. This kid didn’t have any sort of chance from the start. Of COURSE he would convert. Same with Liam Neeson. Hollywood is FULL of kooks. I am surprised more aren’t converting, as much as they hate America.
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:02pmGreat Hollywood parenting.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:24pmNeeson has not converted, he has only said he’s considered it. I’ll be convinced Hollywood has really boarded the crazy train when some famous actress converts.
Report Post »Zenzazin
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:31pmjust because people have a different idea of how to best solve the problems we are facing doesn’t mean they hate America. you’re the hater.
Report Post »I.Gaspar
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:33pmThe nut doesn’t fall far from the nut tree.
Report Post »(While you’re there…ask your dad to join you…permanently.
B-Neil
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:31pmThats what weak minded people do. The old proverbial ( LOOK AT ME, I’M SO SPECIAL ). Why would Stones drip be any differant? This little tib-bit of info is going to have a large inpact on our future. I can see the movie now. CARRY ON McDUFF
Report Post »shackero
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:31pmIslam = Death and Oppression.
Report Post »Arc
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:30pmPermanently place his azz on the “ NO FLY List”
Report Post »TheObamanation
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:28pmWhen will Obama come out of the closet ?
Report Post »itsjustgigi
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:33pmWhat do you mean…I thought he already did!
Report Post »paleoman
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:05pmDon’t you mean when did he come out of the barn.
Report Post »momrules
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:28pmHe is either Muslim or he is not. There is no in between.
Report Post »Lloyd Drako
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:31pmYou are right, but Stone does not believe there is an in-between either.
When he says, “The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with,” he means what a Muslim would call “true” Christianity or Judaism.
Muslims believe that Moses, Jesus and others were authentic prophets of God who essentially taught the Koran, but that the message was corrupted by wicked men and has now been restored by Muhammad.
Stone doesn’t mean that he will now commence Torah study or that he still believes that Christ was God incarnate.
Report Post »Maximus_Delta
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:27pmanother brain dead moron to join the ranks of hussein obama…
Report Post »13th Imam
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:27pmThe news magazine Iran Today, quoted him as saying, ” I love little boys, and as my “wife” is not allowed to drive and has to wear Mr Omar‘s creation’s, I can now beat her at a whim, so she won’t complain.And now I can legally kill infidel’s, and those filthy American’s and the Jews.
Report Post »JayCee
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:17pmWill he have to kill his coke snorting dad?
Report Post »JayCee
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:20pmIsn’t he obligated to kill his Jewish dad and his Christian mom?
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:26pmMinus one loon , maybe he just wants to learn the “halal” way to beat up a woman or a wife & then he can upgrade into jihad to get his 72 whores .
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:03pmIt‘s probably more like Costanza’s conversion to Latvian Orthodox than genuine conversion.
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:14pmHe was not built upon rock to begin with, obviously.
Report Post »Robert-CA
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:49pmRISEANDSHINE
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:03pm
It‘s probably more like Costanza’s conversion to Latvian Orthodox than genuine conversion.
I guess he liked the hats or turban in this case :)
Report Post »riseandshine
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 9:25pmThere ya go
Report Post »SychinLegacy
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:25pmWhy is this newsworthy again? The Blaze is rapidly slipping into MSM levels.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:42pmYour obviously not a viewer of GBTV.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:58pmUhmm in the 50s thru 70s Hollywood type thought it was chic to declare themselves communists. Nowadays it is chic to declare themselves Muslims. Many people look up to Hollywood type. Look at all the print they sell. All the people buying mags & tabloids can’t all be gapers (looking at a wreck).
Report Post »blackstone22
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:33pmThis is totally newsworthy, it speaks to the lunacy of a generation of spoiled, clueless, entitled Americans.
Report Post »If it doesn‘t interest you then don’t read it !!
mike_trivisonno
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:25pmThe muslims believe that they can use him as a tool of Jihad. I have to admit, I have no idea who Sean Stone is or why his “for entertainment purposes only” conversion to a faith he does not understand is being offered up now.
Let’s see what sort of dawa they have him say. His own remarks about his conversion reveal he knows nothing about Islam. Not a thing.
Report Post »Collbuzz
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:23pmAnd so what? Why is this an issue again?
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:37pmThe radical Islamists/communists/ socialists (Hollywood Liberals) will:
· Work together against Israel.
· Work together against capitalism.
· Work together to overturn stability.
Their goal is a One World Caliphate.
Islamic Circle of North America is working to bring Sharia rule to the U.S.
Report Post »http://www.jihadwatch.org/2010/12/islamic-circle-of-north-america-is-working-to-bring-sharia-rule-to-the-us.html
rocktruth
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:20pmTrain up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. Proverbs 22:6
Fathers, do not exasperate your children; instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord. Ephesians 6:4
Report Post »nocomment
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:52pmNo offense intended, but please, enough with the Bible in the Blaze comments section.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:56pm@nocomment – Just a reminder that if you do not do what the bible says you are looking for trouble.
The only reason why Islam will take over the USA will be the lack of bible in our society.
Report Post »nocomment
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:01pmI doubt if that‘s the ’only’ reason. There’s probably a few others.
Thanks.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:09pm@ nocomment – it would be the primary reason… But I really can’t think of any other reason.
Any other reason will be a symptom of the primary & root problem.
Report Post »rocktruth
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 5:17pm@ nocomment What I meant was it was the lack of living by biblical principles. Or not taking heed the warnings of the bible will be our utter destruction. If we are not a doer of the Word we deceive ourselves.
One more bible verse for you.
Report Post »..let God be true, but every man a liar; as it is written, That you might be justified in your sayings, and might overcome when you are judged. Romans 3:4
DrFrost
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:18pmThe term “christian” means different things to different people. In europe it has a very different meaning than in the U.S. for example. I don’t think Mr. Stone’s understanding of the term agrees with mine. (This is simply because I can’t see how anyone who holds to the teachings of Jesus as represented in the New Testament could convert to islam without abandoning some very fundamental precepts of those teachings.) And I don’t think what he means by “conversion to islam” is what most people in Iran mean by that phrase.
Report Post »Redleg
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:18pm“The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or Judaism, which I was born with,” he told AFP via phone. “It means I have accepted Mohammad and other prophets.”
Report Post »You’ll have a hard time convincing Jesus of this. Muslims believe Jesus was ONLY a prophet.” Jesus said I am the truth, the light, and the way. None come to the father but through me. ”
I wonder if he has to murder his father now since Oliver is Jewish?
dmerwin
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:16pmConversion is conversion, Dumbass.
Report Post »hauschild
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:16pmFirst question I’d have for this kid is, “Why???”
Ironic how progressives think they’re always ahead of the curve, moving forward in life, but in all actuality, they’re nothing more than backwards hillbillies. I can’t name anything less backwards than Islam – lazy, envious, unclean, the list goes on and on.
Report Post »dmerwin
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:45pmThey do wipe and eat with opposite hands. And Khomeni decided you could use three stones or pieces of paper or one if one did the job. This was in the eighties and apparently needed instruction from on high on how to wipe your ass.
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:56pmSebellius would make a good ayatollah. After sex change operation. She is making up the most detailed rules for our life via the Obama care Law.
He daddy was governor of Ohio & she was governor of Kansas. She was born to the purple.
She might like Islam better because that would give her more power.
Report Post »kentuckypatriot
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:16pmSomeone tell this hollywood bozo that they will kill you if you are Christian or Jew. In Stone’s case, he has 2 strikes against him. Does he really think the radical mooslims will let him live if they find out his religious heritage?
Report Post »Walkabout
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 4:52pmYes they would let him live. In the 1st 20 to 40 years of Islam who do you think the converts were? Animists, Christians & Jews.
Report Post »Welcome Black Carter
Posted on February 14, 2012 at 6:33pmSatan adds another minion to his fold.
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