muslim?
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ShareStuff — 12 years ago(April 08, 2014 04:20 AM)
Has she said she's muslim or are you just assuming that based on her ethnicity?
According to national statistics, only a third of Iranian Americans identify themselves as muslims: the rest identify themselves as irreligious (which includes Atheist/Agnostic), Christian, Jewish, etc.
Seriously though, religion was created to help guide people, to know right from wrong and now it's the 21st century we now have laws, education, common sense. Religion is pretty much obsolete. -
duongdogg — 9 years ago(December 21, 2016 06:05 PM)
I don't think so. She changed her name because she was embarrassed by the really long and weird name. People made fun of her in school. She is not ashamed by her origin but her name wasn't the right fit for her.
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worshipper_pa — 9 years ago(December 22, 2016 12:43 PM)
duongdogg:
She changed her name because she was embarrassed by the really long and weird name. People made fun of her in school. She is not ashamed by her origin but her name wasn't the right fit for her.
According to Wikipedia her real name is
Aahoo Jahansouz Shahi
. That's not really long, my full name is about the same length. Shame on those Texas kids who made fun of her normal Persian name. Aahoo means gazelle in Persian. A beautiful name in my opinion. -
balkan_bloke7 — 17 years ago(April 29, 2008 09:56 AM)
Shes not just Iranian.Shes Persian. Iran is the name of the nation which has a large majority of ethnic Persians, plus minorities of Armenians, Arabs, Jews and Kurds. Im not sure, but ide say 100% of the Persians would consider themselves Muslim.
As for her being Muslim..obviously she isnt. Her dad is Persian and her mum is Spanish. Unless her mother is Spanish Muslim (Which i doubt she is) then Sarah cant be considered one either.
Who cares anyway..shes stunning. Only reason i ever switch onto the L word. -
PeykanTM — 17 years ago(May 29, 2008 12:53 AM)
Her mom is Persian too. The mom's name is Mahmonir, which is a pure Persian name.
It should be noted though that Qajars are actually Turks, not Persian and are pretty much viewed as the worst dynasty ever in Iranian history. They and their descendants are very much hated because they lost so much territory (Azerbaijan, Armenia, parts of Turkey, Iraq, Afghanistan, Georgia, parts of Russia) -
surreal_25 — 17 years ago(September 27, 2008 09:09 AM)
Yes i had noticed that too. Its hardly a typical Spanish name. Also she could be Muslim - there is a community of Moorish people living in Spain you know.
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alma1088 — 17 years ago(September 16, 2008 12:11 PM)
for a person to be muslim their mom doesnt have to be one either. Thats a jewish thing.
And like everyone else said, she is not a practising muslim or atleast not a hardcore one, same as most american muslims