Oliver Stone's filmmaker son converts to Islam in Iran, is now a Shiite, report says
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Oliver Stone is under fire for making comments that some have interpreted as being anti-Semitic. (AP)
The son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone converted to Islam while making a documentary film in Iran, Agence France Press reports.
"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 from the Iranian city of Isfahan, where he reportedly underwent his conversion ceremony.
Iran's Fars news reports that Stone became a Shiite and chose the Muslim first name Ali.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Stone's director father is Jewish, and his mother is Christian.
Stone, 27, has directed several documentaries and had bit parts in his father's films, AFP reports.