Mahershala Ali becomes the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar

First-time nominee Mahershala Ali becomes the first Muslim actor to win an Oscar with his award for best supporting actor for Moonlight. In his acceptance speech Ali, who played a Miami drug dealer who mentors a young boy who is being teased and bullied in the film, thanks his teachers, colleagues and his wife, who had given birth to their daughter just four days earlierhttps://www.theguardian.com/