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    Bill O‘Reilly Interviews Oliver Stone’s Son About His Conversion to Islam in Iran

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    Last week, The Blaze reported about Sean Stone's conversion to Islam while visiting Iran. As we explained, the young filmmaker made the decision to become a Shiite Muslim while working on a documentary in the region. Stone, who is the son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone, sat down with Bill O'Reilly on Monday night to discuss the experience, while weighing in on Iranian relations with the U.S.

    Among the points of discussion, Stone tackled the word "conversion," which generally encompasses any move from one faith to another. Rather than fully embracing this as a characterization for his own recent faith change, he differentiated. Rather than calling it a "conversion," per se, he maintained that the Jewish, Christian and Muslim God is one in the same and that he has merely "accepted" a new religion.

    "I've always believed in the same Judeo-Christian God," Stone said. "And it’s a misunderstanding of Islam to say Allah is a different god. It's just a different name for the same one."

    In addition to discussing his personal faith "acceptance," Stone also delved into the meetings he held with Iran's top leaders. Rather than painting them in a negative light, he alluded to calm and peaceful discussions with them. Additionally, he maintained that these meetings were positive for America's image.

    "They understood my point of view," he explained. "I think it really helped for the American image, frankly, for me being there and having these conversations -- having this dialogue."

    O'Reilly took particular issue with Stone's meeting with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, who by all accounts is an extremist. The host went on to compare spending time with him to meeting with Hitler in Nazi Germany. In response, Stone attempted to temper some of Ahmadinejad's past stated views and commentary, but did admit that Holocaust denial is inexcusable.

    "It's simplistic to say that he is a fanatic," Stone said.

    The young filmmaker went on, despite O'Reilly's disagreement, to support allowing Iran to have a nuclear weapon.

    Watch the interview, below:

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    • Harry  •  San Jose De Guaymas, Mexico  •  3 mths ago
      Allah and Jesus? Nitwit get it right. God and Allah. "There is no God but God". Judaism, Christianity and Islam are all three religions who worship the God of Abraham. Jesus is considered a prophet in Islam but not the son of God. In Judaism he is not even considered. Islam centuries ago was considered the religion of tolerance, peace and secular education. Islam gave us our math, much of our science and more. However, about the 13th -14th century this started to change and Islam developed into a very harsh and backward religion. There have been attempts to alter this by people within Islam but in the end they failed. Fanatics now rule Islam and is they are the main voice of Islam. However, fanatics also have raised their heads now in Christianity, Judaism and Hinduism. This seems to be very similar to the rise of poltical fanatics during the 1920's and 30's in the world. The end result may be the same as the end result of political fanatics with a terrible outcome. Then fanatics did not have access to nuclear weapons, they do now.
      • john 3 mths ago
        That 13th century change may have had something to do with the Christians murdering all that did not believe in their bible.
      • Bob 3 mths ago
        Ouch..
      • Big Deal !! 3 mths ago
        Good point John, But the pendelum keeps swinging.
    • Raymond  •  3 mths ago
      The last time I checked, we have freedom of religion in this country. Our citizens can be any religion they choose to be.
      • Ruthless 3 mths ago
        Shut up.
      • Raymond 3 mths ago
        eat #$%$
      • Sharon 3 mths ago
        The day will come when we will realize that islam is NOT a religion!! It is a political entity that goes under the guise of religion. That way they can infiltrate a country and totally take it over. Read the book by Noni (her last name starts with a D, but I cannot remember what it is) that is Egyptian and has defected to the US. She explains the whole islam "religion" and what they plan to do with it.
    • red, white and blue  •  3 mths ago
      "And those who shout appease, appease are swallowed by those they tried to please." There were a lot of apologists for fascism in the early twentieth century. There still are for the communist dictatorships, then and now. Our liberties were hard to come by over the centuries...and those who didn't accomplish liberty sometimes hate those who did.
    • The Guffaw Conspiracy  •  3 mths ago
      Which god wants him to blow up a restaurant full of infidels? That's one god I want to avoid.
      • pillsbury 3 mths ago
        The same god that wants abortion doctors to be murdered. The same god that has for centuries been responsible for Christians and Muslims murdering people that they deemed to be infidels.
      • john 3 mths ago
        Pillsbury nailed it!!!! Does nearly 400 years of the Inquisitiuon sound familiar?
      • The Guffaw Conspiracy 3 mths ago
        The Spanish Inquisition?! NOBODY EVER EXPECTS The Spanish Inquisition!
    • Fuzzy Thinker  •  3 mths ago
      A trial court in Iran has issued its final verdict, ordering a Christian pastor to be put to death.... Nadarkhani had not practiced Islam during his adult life (age of adulthood, 15 in Islamic law... age 19, which was when he converted.) but still upheld the apostasy charge because he was born into a Muslim family....His first option was to convert back to Islam. When he refused, he was asked to declare Muhammad a prophet, and still he declined.“The world needs to stand up and say that a man cannot be put to death because of his faith,” said Jordan Sekulow, executive director of The American Center for Law and Justice (ACLJ). Feb 22, 2012. Fox News
    • I Bite Politicians  •  3 mths ago
      Just another liberal democrat apologist for Iran and terrorists! I have a feeling that this guy is probably going to start a trend among the Hollywood set.
      • Denne herre betaler! 3 mths ago
        I hope you are right. Joining Islam is fine and dandy but when the Hollywood crowd grows bored and decides to lay it aside, that is the crime of apostasy in Islam and is punished by DEATH!!!!

        Imagine George Clooney living in fear and hiding. Pretty good story.
      • ralphb 3 mths ago
        Liberals, and in particular atheist/agnostic liberals, are not apologists for Islam. That is an absurd claim, just as absurd as claiming that Obama is BOTH a secret Muslim AND an Atheist Communist/Socialist at the same time. Atheists think the same thing about Islam as they do about Christianity.
      • IronHorseMan 3 mths ago
        Another pampered and closet occutard!
    • Mike  •  Dodge City, Kansas  •  3 mths ago
      Yeah ok! Whatever! Iran has always been a threat, will be a threat until dealt with in appropriate way! A bunch of nonsense and media crap!
      • red, white and blue 3 mths ago
        Right until the general dig at, "media". Representational democracy is finished without the message getting out...no information, no democracy. Stop watching Fox "news"...read a book.
    • Nicholas  •  3 mths ago
      Again....... Who is Sean Stone and why should I care?
    • Hans  •  3 mths ago
      God did not tell anyone of us to kill in his name.
    • Sacarex  •  Fresno, California  •  3 mths ago
      Another Hollywood elite with no idea what religion is. Saying that the Christian, Jewish and Islam God is the same proves he has no idea. Another empty talking head!
    • CAPITALVALUATION  •  3 mths ago
      "They understood my point of view," he explained. "I think it really helped for the American image, frankly, for me being there and having these conversations -- having this dialogue."
      lol!!! Talk about an over inflated ego! Oh what we do as Americans if he wasnt there to fix our image. Hope he had no trouble getting his head through the door!
    • Carmel  •  3 mths ago
      Another second generation dipsh!t.
    • fwiw  •  Reno, Nevada  •  3 mths ago
      Mr. Stone should have researched the Islamic definition of "apostate" before signing on the bottom line.
    • JJ  •  3 mths ago
      Ignorant twit - the only thing real about any religion is the hope it sells.
      There is nothing else folks.
    • Big Ed Grissill  •  3 mths ago
      Look, I'll tell you what happened, Stone is gay, the moose-slums dirty little secret is they cornhole all the young boys and "infidels". This nit wit just got cornholes and he fell in love with his cornholer.
    • Frank Hammer  •  3 mths ago
      He's an infidel
    • T  •  3 mths ago
      I bet this kid can get Sean Penn to star in his next movie.
    • Here4Years  •  3 mths ago
      Freedom of religion means you have the right believe whatever you want and for whatever reason. Though modifying how one sees an almost probably non-existent entity is hardly an "improvement".
    • VD  •  3 mths ago
      spoiled brat
    • Eric  •  Fremont, California  •  3 mths ago
      Stone is meathead
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