Portuguese Football Coach José Morais Converts to Islam in Iran
He made the announcement while speaking at a press conference on Friday after one of Sepahan’s matches.
One reporter asked Morais about rumors about his conversion to Islam. The 58-year-old coach said, “Yes, I changed with honor … already.”
Meanwhile, the Varzesh3 sports news website offered further details about the conversion. According to the report, Morais reached out to the club’s managers, expressing his interest in Islam and asking them to help them with the conversion process.
The cultural department of the club offered consultations to the coach and he finally said the Shahada in the presence of a cleric, converting to Shia Islam, the report said.
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According to reports, Morais intends to marry an Iranian woman and the ceremony may soon be held.
“I am a member of an Iranian family,” the coach said in the presser, indirectly confirming the reports.
Morais started his managerial career in 1999 with Benfica B. He has managed more than a dozen clubs in the past 25 years across the world. He has also acted as an assistant coach in top European teams such as Inter Milan and Real Madrid.
Islam is the fastest-growing religion in the world, with the number of Muslims set to grow at more than twice the rate of the overall world population between 2015 and 2060 according to research by the Pew Research Center.
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