{"id":1830,"date":"2013-11-10T11:05:16","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T11:05:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/aussie-rugby-star-seeks-new-life-in-islam\/"},"modified":"2013-11-10T11:05:16","modified_gmt":"2013-11-10T11:05:16","slug":"aussie-rugby-star-seeks-new-life-in-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/aussie-rugby-star-seeks-new-life-in-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussie Rugby Star Seeks New Life in Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright size-full wp-image-1828\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/au_rugby.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"float: right; margin-left: 7px; margin-right: 7px;\" width=\"428\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/au_rugby.jpg 428w, https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/au_rugby-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 428px) 100vw, 428px\" \/>Seeking redemption and peace in a new life, an Australian superstar rugby play has reverted to Islam with the help of a Muslim boxer, joining a caravan of players who found Islam in the past few years.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">He&#8217;s just looking forward to changing his direction in life,<\/span>\u201d Anthony Mundine, an Australin boxer who was photographed praying with Blake Ferguson on Friday, told The Telegraph.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">At the moment he&#8217;s in good space &#8211; no drinking, no drugs, no parties.<\/span>\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson news about reverting to Islam appeared after he was photographed praying with Mundine at Zetland Mosque on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>The State of Origin star of made the commitment to his new faith, hoping it can help to save his ailing career.<\/p>\n<p>Yet, the National Rugby League player refused to comment about his conversion.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">It&#8217;s private. I can&#8217;t talk about it, I&#8217;m sorry,&#8221; he told reporters<\/span>.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-1829\" src=\"http:\/\/localhost\/rs\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/au_rugby2.jpg\" border=\"0\" width=\"429\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/au_rugby2.jpg 429w, https:\/\/r-islam.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/11\/au_rugby2-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 429px) 100vw, 429px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Ferguson and <span style=\"font-size: large;\">Mundine at <span style=\"font-size: large;\">Zetland Mosque<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Yet, the news was confirmed later after another prominent Muslim sportsperson, boxer Billy Dib, congratulated Ferguson on social media on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>Dib wrote on Twitter: &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Proud of you my brother, so happy to see you taking the right steps to resurrect your footy career.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Ferguson replied: &#8220;<span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Thanks brother.. very hapoy with where im heading.. hooe your well.<\/span>&#8220;<\/p>\n<p>Dib then tweeted &#8220;all is well my bro, getting ready for the big fight inshallah.&#8221; to which Ferguson responded with &#8220;yeah my brother goodluck inshallah&#8221;.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: times new roman,times;\"><span style=\"font-size: large;\">Source: OnIslam.net<br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seeking redemption and peace in a new life, an Australian superstar rugby play has reverted to Islam with the help of a Muslim boxer, joining a caravan of players who&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":1828,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1830","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-muslims-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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