{"id":117450,"date":"2026-07-07T16:59:52","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T11:59:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=117450"},"modified":"2026-07-07T17:10:36","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T12:10:36","slug":"australias-famous-footballer-tate-young-converts-to-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/australias-famous-footballer-tate-young-converts-to-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Australia&#8217;s famous footballer, Tate Young converts to Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australia&#8217;s famous 25-year-old young footballer, Tate Young, has converted to Islam. According to a foreign news agency, after reciting the Kalima for accepting Islam in a mosque, the Australian footballer said that this decision is not the result of a sudden emotional moment.<\/p>\n<p>Rather, it is a long intellectual, spiritual and personal quest. He said that one day I went to a mosque in the Australian city of Adelaide just out of curiosity to see Muslims worshipping closely.<\/p>\n<p>Tate Young said that I wanted to know what the atmosphere of a mosque is like. During this time, I met the famous religious <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/famous-islamic-scholar-nasir-madni-suffers-heart-attack-during-friday-prayers\/\">scholar Mufti Ismail Menk<\/a>, who talked to me after Friday prayers.<\/p>\n<p>He asked if I had ever recited the Kalima Shahadah. So I replied that no, I had never recited the Kalima.<\/p>\n<p>He said that Mufti Ismail invited me to convert to Islam, which I gladly accepted and recited the Kalima Shahadah in the mosque itself.<\/p>\n<p>The famous footballer said that my journey towards Islam did not start with a single incident. Over time, studies, reflection, and other experiences have created an interest in Islam in my heart.<\/p>\n<p>He said that I decided to convert to Islam with complete satisfaction and personal conviction, which makes me feel at peace.<\/p>\n<p>It should be noted that 25-year-old young footballer Tate Youngi is an emerging Australian football star who belongs to a family of South Sudanese origin and is famous for his physical strength, speed, and aggressive play. He has made a place in the Australian national team while representing several clubs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australia&#8217;s famous 25-year-old young footballer, Tate Young, has converted to Islam. According to a foreign news agency, after reciting the Kalima for accepting Islam in a mosque, the Australian footballer said that this decision is not the result of a sudden emotional moment. Rather, it is a long intellectual, spiritual and personal quest. He said [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":32121,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,3],"tags":[43593],"class_list":["post-117450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sports","category-world","tag-tate-young"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=117450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":117457,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/117450\/revisions\/117457"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32121"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=117450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=117450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=117450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}