US social justice activist and writer Shaun King along with his wife Rai King embraced Islam on Monday on the eve of Ramazan.

The couple took their shahada in the presence Dr Omar Suleiman, at the Valley Ranch Islamic Centre in Dallas, Texas.

King’s conversion ceremony was broadcast live on Instagram where he wore a Palestinian keffiyeh.

Addressed the participants of the ceremony, he said that his decision was attributed to the past six months of suffering and trauma of the people in Gaza.

“It has touched me in the most profound ways to see people right now in the most dangerous, traumatic place on the planet still be able to sometimes look at nothing but rubble and the remains of their family, and still see meaning and purpose in life,” he added.