{"id":1113728,"date":"2022-06-07T17:32:46","date_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:32:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/07\/i-converted-to-islam-because-of-my-girlfriend\/"},"modified":"2022-06-07T17:32:46","modified_gmt":"2022-06-07T17:32:46","slug":"i-converted-to-islam-because-of-my-girlfriend","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/06\/07\/i-converted-to-islam-because-of-my-girlfriend\/","title":{"rendered":"I converted to Islam because of my girlfriend"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<div class=\"td-post-featured-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"696\" height=\"410\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/image_2022-03-29_194634-696x410.png\"   alt=\"Image source: Twitter\" title=\"Thomas Partey\"\/><\/div>\n<p>Ghanaian footballer, Thomas Partey, has opened up months after news went viral that he has converted to Islam.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, he made the decision to become Muslim because of his love for his Moroccan girlfriend.<\/p>\n<p>In a video shared by TV presenter, Nana Aba Anamoah, Thomas Partey revealed that he grew up among Muslims and does not see much difference.<\/p>\n<p>He told Nana Aba that the name given to him after he converted is Yakubu.<\/p>\n<p>In March 2022, news went rife that Ghanaian footballer Thomas Party had converted to Islam.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/arsenals-thomas-partey-says-moroccan-partner-behind-his-conversion-to-islam-800x533-1.jpeg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n<p>This was after a photo went viral on social media which saw the midfielder holding the Quran with a certified marriage official in London.<\/p>\n<p>A tweet from the Imam read, \u201cPraise be to God who guides whoever wills. May God Almighty make him firm on Islam.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned=\"\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/reel\/CeXAydFjEtc\/?utm_source=ig_embed&#038;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Although Thomas Partey has been quiet about the conversion he opened up to Broadcaster, Nana Aba Anamoah.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/Thomas-Partey-and-Morrocan-girlfriend.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><figcaption>Thomas Partey and Morrocan girlfriend<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>He jokingly added that he knows his side chicks would leave him because of the decision he has taken but he does not mind.<\/p>\n<p>            <!--  [embed]https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=videoseries[\/embed]<!--\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>--><\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-embed\" data-video_id=\"klK0kb6vnwc\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Kasiebo Tau At 1:55 PM on Adom TV (7-6-22)\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/klK0kb6vnwc?feature=oembed&#038;enablejsapi=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async defer src=\"https:\/\/platform.instagram.com\/en_US\/embeds.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghanaian footballer, Thomas Partey, has opened up months after news went viral that he has converted to Islam. According to him, he made the decision to become Muslim because of his love for his Moroccan girlfriend. In a video shared by TV presenter, Nana Aba Anamoah, Thomas Partey revealed that he grew up among Muslims [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1113730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[3446,155,11754],"class_list":["post-1113728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports","tag-converted","tag-girlfriend","tag-islam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1113728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1113728\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1113728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1113728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2022\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1113728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}