{"id":183276,"date":"2022-11-08T12:31:02","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T09:31:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/?p=183276"},"modified":"2022-11-08T12:43:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T09:43:03","slug":"didier-drogba-denies-claims-of-muslim-conversion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/didier-drogba-denies-claims-of-muslim-conversion\/","title":{"rendered":"Didier Drogba denies claims of Muslim conversion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-183278\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0712_ddrogba_g.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"620\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0712_ddrogba_g.jpeg 620w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0712_ddrogba_g-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0712_ddrogba_g-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/0712_ddrogba_g-420x420.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Ivory Coast&#8217;s football legend Didier Drogba has denied claims of converting to Islam after he was pictured praying with a Muslim cleric.<\/p>\n<p>The cleric published the picture and reportedly announced that the former Chelsea striker had become a Muslim.<\/p>\n<p>But in a tweet on Monday evening, Drogba clarified that he was &#8220;just paying respect to my Muslim brothers&#8221; while visiting his village.<\/p>\n<p>He described it as &#8220;a moment of togetherness&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The cleric Mohamed Salah later deleted the post and said Drogba had not embraced Islam, but he will still pray for his conversion.<\/p>\n<p>Drogba played more than 100 times for Ivory Coast, including at the 2006 and 2010 World Cups. He became the country&#8217;s all-time top scorer before retiring in 2018.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-183277\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314368580_678671590632524_5181312079624809929_n.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314368580_678671590632524_5181312079624809929_n.jpeg 960w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314368580_678671590632524_5181312079624809929_n-300x300.jpeg 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314368580_678671590632524_5181312079624809929_n-150x150.jpeg 150w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314368580_678671590632524_5181312079624809929_n-768x768.jpeg 768w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314368580_678671590632524_5181312079624809929_n-696x696.jpeg 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/314368580_678671590632524_5181312079624809929_n-420x420.jpeg 420w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-183285\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844568431.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844568431.webp 720w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844568431-300x225.webp 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844568431-696x522.webp 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844568431-560x420.webp 560w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844568431-80x60.webp 80w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844568431-265x198.webp 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-183286\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844576941.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844576941.webp 720w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844576941-300x225.webp 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844576941-696x522.webp 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844576941-560x420.webp 560w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844576941-80x60.webp 80w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844576941-265x198.webp 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-183287\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844621725.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844621725.webp 720w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844621725-300x225.webp 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844621725-696x522.webp 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844621725-560x420.webp 560w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844621725-80x60.webp 80w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844621725-265x198.webp 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-183288\" src=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844600563.webp\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844600563.webp 720w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844600563-300x225.webp 300w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844600563-696x522.webp 696w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844600563-560x420.webp 560w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844600563-80x60.webp 80w, http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/1667844600563-265x198.webp 265w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ivory Coast&#8217;s football legend Didier Drogba has denied claims of converting to Islam after he was pictured praying with a Muslim cleric. The cleric published the picture and reportedly announced that the former Chelsea striker had become a Muslim. But in a tweet on Monday evening, Drogba clarified that he was &#8220;just paying respect to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":183278,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_10221280388112155_325455220908133":"","twitter_917774835383787521_917774835383787521":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183276"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=183276"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183276\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":183289,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/183276\/revisions\/183289"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/183278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=183276"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=183276"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=183276"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}