High school Quote by Mustafa Ali

I was raised with this consciousness of being part of this global Muslim community. At the same time, I didn't even know if I…

— Haroon Moghul

I was raised as a Muslim.

— Black Thought

I was raised in a Baptist household, went to a Catholic church, lived in a Jewish neighborhood, and had the biggest crush on the…

— Will Smith

As a teenager at high school, I felt like an outsider.

— Shawn Ashmore

I was a complete outsider in high school.

— Karen O

I was sixteen when I converted to Islam. Beyond the fraternal aspect, my conversion did not change my life. I was already living by…

— Nicolas Anelka

I'm Muslim but not really. My family did not care. And I always managed to skip religion classes when I was living in the…

— Yasmine Hamdan

I thought everybody would embrace and understand my reasons for becoming Muslim.

— Cat Stevens

I got my first exposure to Islam when I was 13.

— Mos Def

I grew up in a town where there were no Muslims whatsoever, and there was not a lot of exposure.

— Emily V. Gordon

Though I was born a Muslim, my father's job as a medical officer meant that we travelled a great deal and I went to…

— Saeed Jaffrey

I was born Muslim, but for a large part of my life, I wasn't necessarily raised Muslim. My father always kept everything around us,…

— Lupe Fiasco