He pāʻina piha i ka hauʻoli, kahaha a me ka mea kupanaha nui loa, a ʻo ka mea nani loa ʻo ia ka Muslim Mahershala Ali i lanakila i ka Oscar, a no laila ʻo Mahershala ka Muslim mua ma ka mōʻaukala holoʻokoʻa o ka Oscars i lanakila i kēia makana, ʻoi aku ma kēia mau kūlana a ma hope o ke kulekele a Trump e kūʻē i ʻehiku mau ʻāina Muslim a me ka hoʻopaʻa ʻana i ka pili ʻana me nā Mahometa.
Ua lanakila ʻo Mahershala i ka Oscar no ka Best Supporting Actor, no kāna kūlana ma ke kiʻiʻoniʻoni Moonlight, Moonlight. I ka loaʻa ʻana o ka makana, ua hāʻawi ʻo ia i kahi haʻiʻōlelo hoʻohiwahiwa e pili ana i kona huli ʻana i Islam a pehea i loaʻa ai i kona makuahine ka lono o kona huli ʻana i Islam he ʻumikumamāhiku makahiki i hala. He Kristiano mau kona makuahine.
ʻO ka haʻiʻōlelo a Mahershala e pili ana i ka noho like ʻana o nā hoʻomana me kekahi, a pehea e hiki ai i kēia ao ke hoʻokipa i nā hoʻomana āpau me ke aloha a me ka maluhia.
He pēpē hou ʻo Mahershala i ʻehā mau lā i hala aku nei, akā ua hele ʻo ia i ka Oscars a pehea ʻaʻole ʻoiai ʻo ia e hoʻopaʻa nei i kahi lā hou ma ka puke puke Hollywood.