{"id":184293,"date":"2023-02-22T12:26:37","date_gmt":"2023-02-22T09:26:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/?p=184293"},"modified":"2023-02-22T12:28:08","modified_gmt":"2023-02-22T09:28:08","slug":"rodtang-jitmuangnon-says-he-has-converted-to-islam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/rodtang-jitmuangnon-says-he-has-converted-to-islam\/","title":{"rendered":"Rodtang Jitmuangnon says he has converted to Islam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Rodtang Jitmuangnon has said he has converted to Islam after marrying his fianc\u00e9e in a nikah ceremony in Thailand.
\nThe ONE Championship flyweight Muay Thai king married his fellow fighter Aida Looksaikongdin in a traditional Muslim wedding last weekend.
\nHaving been ordained as a Buddhist monk last month ahead of the ceremony, the 25-year-old Thai has now confirmed he had chosen to follow his wife\u2019s religion.<\/p>\n

\u201cAlso just to clarify, he is Muslim now, he is full Muslim,\u201d an interpreter for Rodtang said alongside him during an Instagram live video, where he answered questions from fans \u2013 many of whom were asking about his faith.
\n\u201cHe took a Shahadah and became Muslim, the interpreter added, referring to the sacred Islamic oath.<\/p>\n

When one fan asked him \u201care you Muslim?\u201d following his marriage to Aida \u2013 who also appeared on camera in the Instagram video \u2013 Rodtang replied \u201cyeah, Alhamdulillah [praise be to God]\u201d.
\n\u201cWe make it brother, he is Muslim now,\u201d his interpreter added.
\nOther fans \u2013 many of them from Malaysia \u2013 congratulated him on his wedding and his religious conversion, with one saying \u201cwelcome to Islam\u201d.<\/p>\n

Rodtang has certainly been a busy man in recent months, most recently racking up a kickboxing win over China\u2019s Jiduo Yibu last month.
\n\u201cThe Iron Man\u201d also has not one but two title fights coming up on the horizon.<\/p>\n

The first is a highly-anticipated clash with flyweight kickboxing champion Superlek next month in Singapore, before he heads to Denver, Colorado, for ONE\u2019s on-ground US debut, where he will defend his Muay Thai title against Mexico\u2019s Edgar Tabares.
\nSadly for some of his fans in the US, however, Rodtang will no longer be going on his planned seminar tour from February 18 to March 4.
\n\u201cThe seminar tour to the USA, we have some updates about it and would like you guys to know,\u201d he said through the interpreter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m very sorry that we need to postpone it, because I have two upcoming fights, with Superlek for the kickboxing title, and the Muay Thai title defence in America.
\n\u201cTo focus on that I need to rest well and do my training. In order to make that happen I need to postpone the seminar tour.
\n\u201cI\u2019m very sorry to every gym we made contact with. We will make it happen for sure but we will just postpone it until after these fights.\u201d
\nRodtang\u2019s star has been growing Stateside, and he is clearly one of ONE\u2019s biggest attractions in the market \u2013 hence his sudden inclusion on the ONE Fight Night 10 card in Denver despite already being booked against Superlek.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s something we didn\u2019t expect and we are very sorry to every gym and person in the USA we have talked with,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

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Rodtang Jitmuangnon has said he has converted to Islam after marrying his fianc\u00e9e in a nikah ceremony in Thailand. The ONE Championship flyweight Muay Thai king married his fellow fighter Aida Looksaikongdin in a traditional Muslim wedding last weekend. Having been ordained as a Buddhist monk last month ahead of the ceremony, the 25-year-old Thai […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":184295,"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\/184293"}],"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=184293"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184293\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":184298,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184293\/revisions\/184298"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/184295"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=184293"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=184293"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/wardoon.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=184293"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}