BLM activist Shaun King converts to Islam 'in solidarity' with Palestinians amid ongoing Israel-Hamas war

Far-left activist and onetime Christian pastor Shaun King has announced that he converted to Islam in solidarity with Palestinians at the start of Ramadan.

King shared a video Facebook of him and his wife taking the shahada, professing their faith, at the Valley Ranch Islamic Center in Irving, Texas.

'My heart is with my dearest friends in Gaza and I’m proud that we were able to provide meals tonight to thousands and thousands of families from the North to the South in Gaza and will do so every day of Ramadan,' he wrote in the post.

The controversial Black Lives Matter activist was once the pastor of Courageous Church in Atlanta from 2008 to 2011, according to BuzzFeed.

He has been outspoken in his stance against Israel since the start on the Israel-Hamas war and claimed he was banned from Instagram over his pro-Palestine posts.

Far-left activist and onetime Christian pastor, Shaun King (center) announced he converted to Islam

King shared a video Facebook of him and his wife taking the shahada, professing their faith, at the Valley Ranch Islamic Center in Irving, Texas

King was previously accused of lying by the family of two American hostages who he claimed he helped free from Hamas and said he was kicked off Instagram for pro-Palestine posts

'What's clear is Meta, Facebook and Instagram have decided to stand in the way of those of us that are fighting for the human rights and dignity of Palestinians. I wont stand for it, I'm going to keep fighting everywhere I can,' he said when his Instagram account was taken down.

A spokesperson for Meta told DailyMail.com that King's Instagram account was suspended because 'due to multiple instances of praise for designated entities in violation of our policies.' 

The activist, known as one of the loudest voices behind the Black Lives Matter movement, had 5.6million followers on Instagram, where he fiercely criticized Israel and the U.S. following the October 7 terrorist attacks against the Jewish nation.

He has repeatedly framed the resulting war as a genocide against Palestinians by Israel financed by the United States government.

King was also previously accused of lying by the family of two American hostages who he claimed he helped free from Hamas.

He claimed he helped free Natalie Shoshana Raanan, 17, and her mother Judith Tai Raanan, 59, who were two of over 200 hostages taken by Hamas following their attack that killed over 1,200 Israelis on October 7.

King said that 'dozens of us' worked on their freeing and that the Raanan family 'have been supporters of mine, and protested police violence in America alongside us.'

But the family say King is lying and he did nothing to help the two women to their freedom, saying in a statement that: 'First and foremost, we make it clear he is lying!'

'Our family does not and did not have anything to do with him, neither directly nor indirectly,' they told TMZ. 'Not to him and not to anything he claims to represent.'

Uri Raanan, Natalie's father, later said to The Daily Beast that his son had been contacting King but that he still had little do with the release.

'We reached out to many people far and wide to bring Natalie and Judith to safety. We are not affiliated with Mr. King,' he said. 'Ben, my son was talking with him without anybody in the family knowing about it until today.'

'Our family in Israel posted this statement denying we knew him, before we learned about Ben talking to him,' Raanan added. 'We have nothing further to say.'

He claimed he helped free Natalie Shoshana Raanan, 17, and her mother Judith Tai Raanan, 59, who were two of over 200 hostages taken by Hamas on October 7

King, in a statement, claimed he was telling the truth but did not specify that he talked to anyone beyond the Raanan's son.

'I spoke directly and repeatedly with this family. I have a job, career, and family. I would be throwing everything away to make such a thing up,' King said. 'Thankfully I kept records of all of them.'

He has also been accused of fraud on various occasions, including by the mother of Tamir Rice - a 12-year-old Ohio boy killed by Cleveland police - who claims he held unauthorized fundraisers in her son's name.

King has battled allegations of fraud for many years, but has not been formally accused of any wrongdoing in connection to Grassroots, which he founded to help get progressive elected to office.

Most infamously, he was accused of lying about being the victim of a horrific hate crime in his youth as a result of his race, which he allegedly faked his race to take advantage of a Oprah Winfrey scholarship.