Publication Date:
Mon, 2005-09-19 03:00
ISLAMABAD, 19 September 2005 — Pakistan’s cricket Vice-Captain Yousuf Youhana has officially confirmed his conversion to Islam and announced his changed name as Mohammad Yousuf, a media report said yesterday.
Dawn reported that the 31-year-old batsman officially announced his conversion from Christianity after offering prayers at Lahore’s Qaddafi Stadium along with his teammates Saturday.
Earlier local media had quoted teammates on Youhana’s decision but he himself was tightlipped about it.
The prolific batsman, the only Christian in the team, had undergone the conversion in Makkah earlier along with his family and had been issued certificates confirming his changed status.
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