{"id":31927,"date":"2019-04-01T16:19:20","date_gmt":"2019-04-01T16:19:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/new-zealand-rugby-player-ofa-tuungafasi-converts-to-islam-2\/"},"modified":"2019-04-01T16:19:20","modified_gmt":"2019-04-01T16:19:20","slug":"new-zealand-rugby-player-ofa-tuungafasi-converts-to-islam-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.islam.com.kw\/new-zealand-rugby-player-ofa-tuungafasi-converts-to-islam-2\/","title":{"rendered":"New Zealand Rugby Player, Ofa Tuungafasi, Converts to Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>By Editorial Staff<\/strong><\/span><\/pre>\n<p>After visiting the survivors of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastmiracle.com\/thoughts-on-new-zealand-mosque-massacre\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Christchurch mosque terrorist attack<\/a>, the All Blacks rugby player, Ofa Tuungafasi, has converted to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastmiracle.com\/islam-the-true-way-to-peace-and-paradise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islam<\/a>. He was accompanied by his \u00a0Muslim teammate Sonny Bill Williams whose mother accepted <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lastmiracle.com\/islam-empire-of-faith-part-2-the-awakening\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Islam<\/a> too.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The famous Muslim preacher, <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrFontain\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">John Fontain<\/a>, wrote on his twitter account last Tuesday, March 26, 2019:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAllahu akbar today Sonny Bill William\u2019s mother and his teammate Offa Tuungafasi accepted Islam. May Allah make it easy for them and grant them firdous ameen. Podcast coming soon inshallah,\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>Watch this short video:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">Source:<\/span><em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/ilmfeed?sub_confirmation=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ilm Feed Channel<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\"><strong>If you have a question about Islam and Muslims, please feel free to have a one-to-one live chat with us:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Website:<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.chatonfaith.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.chatonfaith.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Facebook:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChatOnFaith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChatOnFaith\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Twitter:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatOnFaith\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/twitter.com\/ChatOnFaith<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Instagram:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chataboutfaith\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/chataboutfaith\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After visiting the survivors of Christchurch mosque terrorist attack, the All Blacks rugby player, Ofa Tuungafasi, has converted to Islam. 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