Mahershala Ali made history Sunday night by becoming the first Muslim to win an Oscar. Ali, a Muslim convert since 1999 joined the minority Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, a movement seen as heretical by other Islamic sects, in 2001. 43-year-old Ali took home the Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance in the movie ‘Moonlight’. In the movie, Ali plays Juan, a Cuban-born drug dealer in Miami who becomes a father figure to the bullied child of a drug addict. …
