Lindsay Lohan on being 'crucified' for holding the Quran in the US and wearing a headscarf
In 2015, Hollywood star Lindsay Lohan was criticised in the US for carrying the Quran while walking the streets of New York. This year she donned a headscarf while working with Syrian refugees in Turkey and threw the media in a frenzy.
In an interview with Turkish TV channel Haber Turk, Lindsay opens up about the recent events in her life that made headlines for all the wrong reasons.
The Parent Trap actor explained how she felt like an outsider in her own country after being 'crucified' for holding the Quran in the US.
"This was just me holding it and walking... the paparazzi had been across the street... and they crucified me for it in America. They made me seem like Satan; I was a bad person for holding the Quran. I'm so happy to have left and gone back to London after that because I felt so unsafe in my own country. And this is my belief, if this is something I want to learn then this is my personal will, it's not for you to express," she said.
Lindsay's tumultuous life was in the public eye for years, she explains that her close friends in London and Saudi Arabia had given her the Quran to help her through the difficult time she was facing in the US. "[They] gave me the Quran and I brought it to New York because I was learning and it opened doors for me to experience and spiritually to find another true meaning," she explains.
But having faced that ordeal, she finally understood "why women who wear headscarves are looked at differently," because she felt like an 'outsider' too.
Earlier this month, Lindsay visited the Syrian refugees camps in Turkey and during her visit she was presented with a headscarf by one of the refugees. The headscarf on the Hollywood actor's head soon made headlines in the West.