If you seen the recent episode of Life and her show about lesbians then you know that she isnt muslim.
Did you see whats she was wearing in the lastest episode of Life, if she went to Iran they would hang her.
Not that i aprove that.

To try and clear some things up, it would appear Sara Shahi:
Is ethnically half-Persian (father's side) and half-Spanish (mother's side).
Is of no particular religion though her father may have been a practicing Muslim who was born in a nation state called Iran that occupies lands that were part of the Persian Empire.
Is not "Iranian" because she was not born in Iran.
Is an American.
Is exceptionally gorgeous.

Dave's not here.

Did she happen to mention a particular town or city? 'Cause your statement makes it seem like the majority of school age girls in Texas go to Catholic school. Having been born and raised in Texas (I've spent 22 of my 26 years on this planet there), I can assure you that the majority of us do not attend Catholic school (or any other religious school, for that matter).
"I go online sometimes, but everyone's spelling is really bad, and it's depressing." -Tara

I read in an interview that when she was younger she wanted to be like all the other girls in Texas and go to a catholic school and that her mom said because her dad was Muslim she couldnt. But I dont think she follows it.

Her mom's Spanish. Why doesn't anybody ask if she's Catholic?
Fine, I'll ask.
Is Sarah Catholic?
sheesh

Are they still Jews in Iran?
Are there still Jews in Germany? You people are idiots, Iran has has the 2nd largest Jewish community in the Middle East just behind Israel.

Are they still Jews in Iran?

It doesn't matter to me what her religious practices are. She's a good actress and beautiful.

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100% persians being muslims? Not true. I read a book once on religions around the world, and they had an entire chapter devoted to Persians who follow the ancient pagan faith of the persian empire

dude.. ofcourse she is persian.. iran is the name of persia now.. dugh

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

I remember she was half spanish.

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.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Moors

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)

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.

And not all Americans are Christians. Sarah Shahi is American, her father is Iranian, not her. And no Sarah Shahi is neither Christian nor Muslim, she's irreligious.

Not all Iranian's are Muslim. In fact that are a lot of Iranian jews living in California.

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I guess she didn't want people mispronouncing her name everyday.

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.

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.

Most Iranian Americans identify themselves as Persian and about 80%-85% say they are Moslem (Pew 2012/Zogby 2011)

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.