After her recent trip to Turkey, where the actress visited Syrian refugees, pictures of Lindsay Lohan wearing a head scarf started circulating the internet. There has been a lot of buzz around the fact that Lohan might be converting to Islam because she was seen carrying the Quran while walking in the streets of New York, in 2015. Now, as pictures of her wearing the head scarf emerge, Lohan fears that she will face backlash again.
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Lindsay Lohan opens up about her interest in understanding Islam and how she was castigated for it in America.
After her recent trip to Turkey, where the actress visited Syrian refugees, pictures of Lindsay Lohan wearing a head scarf started circulating the internet. There has been a lot of buzz around the fact that Lohan might be converting to Islam because she was seen carrying the Quran while walking in the streets of New York, in 2015. Now, as pictures of her wearing the head scarf emerge, Lohan fears that she will face backlash again.
In an interview given to a Turkish TV channel, Lohan addressed the media frenzy that surrounded her back in 2015, claiming that she was considered a ‘bad person’ for reading the Holy book.
“This is just me walking with it… the paparazzi was maybe across the street, I didn’t know. And they crucified me for it, in America. They made me seem like Satan. I was a bad person for holding that Quran. I was so happy to leave and go back to London after that. I felt so unsafe in my own country after this. People were like, horrible to me… Just because this is my belief. This is something I want to learn, this is my personal — from my own will. This is not for you to express,” said an emotional Lohan, who also went on to empathize with Muslims who go through this enmity on a daily basis.
For all those wondering about Lohan’s faith again, the actress simply received the scarf from an aid worker and decided to wear it to express her gratitude. Speaking on Islam, Lohan said she was going through a lot of turmoil from things that happened to her in America, where her trials and tribulations extended over a 10-year span. She said that the Quran opened doors for her to explore another, “true meaning.”
Sadly, no good act goes unquestioned when you’re a celebrity. Many social media trolls have started questioning Lohan’s newly found interest in Turkey, with many adding that the star is now dating a pro-Turkish government billionaire. While Lohan didn’t directly address this critique, she did say that her move to London, away from her toxic friends, made it easy for her to assess what she wanted out of life, and made her realize that she wanted to work with children. She added that she did not go to the Syrian refugee camp for publicity or monetary gain.
