The Oscar-winning Green Book actor, 47, hasn’t stated on the record that he observes Ramadan, but Ali has spoken numerous times about his faith. “My mother is an ordained minister, I’m a Muslim – she didn’t do backflips when I called her to tell her I’d converted 17 years ago, but I tell you now you put things to the side and I am able to see her she is able to see me, we love each other, the love has grown and is minutiae,” Ali said at the 2017 Sag Awards.