South African Fast Bowler Wayne Parnell Accepts Islam

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The South African left-arm fast bowler Wayne Parnell has accepted Islam as his new religion. He, if selected in future, will now be third Muslim in current South African team along with Hashim Amla and Pakistan born Imran Tahir.

A South African news agency Independent Online published news that Wayne Parnell has converted to Islamic faith. Proteas’ team manager Dr Mohammad Moosajee confirmed the news by saying: “It was his choice to embrace Islam.”

Another  South African news site also says  that he has not finalized his Islamic name yet but it is likely to be Waleed. As of now he is Wayne Dillon Parnell.

Some forwarded text messages are of the view that Proteas ODI vice-captain Hashim Amla’s influenced Parnell’s conversion from Christianity to Islam. However, Parnell’s agent Ismail Kajee has denied this rumor.

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Wayne Parnell, who is about to turn 22, was captain of South Africa’s team in U/19 WC 2008. He made his Test debut in 2010 against England after making his ODI debut in 2009 against Australia.

Parnell is a left-arm bowler who relies on his pace and is highly regarded as limited-over cricket specialist. In ODIs, so far, he has taken 31 wickets in 19 games. He is also known for his hostile, yorker-infested, spell against Pakistan in ICC World T20 Semi Final 2009 in Nottingham.

He has also represented Delhi daredevils and Pune Warriors in IPL 2010 and 2011 respectively. Currently, he is a team-mate of Rana Naveed-ul-Hassan and Umar Gul in Sussex county’s campaign in Friends life t20 in England.

166 thoughts on “South African Fast Bowler Wayne Parnell Accepts Islam”

  1. Tanveer Ali Mavia

    Islam is a universal truth no body can calim against this relegion because Islam is not for only Muslim Islam is for all over the world like that Muslim and Non Muslim. Earth mesaurement has equally label from East and West Soth and North Dip and High, no body can claim a single CM difference from this mesurement. Peaple of the worlds are getting strong energy from Sun without connection of any cable 24 four hours a day without any load shading. Peaple of the worlds are getting Cold energy from Moon without connection of any cable 24 four hours a day without any load shading. No body can explain about expiry of the world, the earth is standing since last million,billion,trillion year no body can prove earth date of birth. the earth is standing withut any foundation.
    Its simple and minor example for your knowledge review purpose.

  2. Why on earth,would any body do such a mistake.religion is being used as a platform for personal gain eg;Yousuf Youhana converted to Mohammed Yousuf,it backfired.He wanted favours from the team management but atlast lost his religion and his place in the team.People who are commenting & praising about a religion can never be true humans.and why is everybody so excited,if Wayne is converted its his personal choice.Let people live their life which again like you people say is given by the almighty.And. Finally to one & all,you great great grandfathers were not Moslems,they either embraced Islam or were converted by force or circumstances.No hard feeling. People love you for what ever religion you follow.

  3. Md Faiyaz Hussain

    ” Ya-Allah ” puri South African Team ko ” Islam ” mein Convert hone ki toufeeq aata farma…

    ” AMEEN “

  4. Muhammad Usman

    Aslamoalkum! i know that you are greater boy because you accepted Islam. I respect you.I love you. i respect you by own heart.Allah bless you.you are good bowler at that moment.i feel that you will get heavy future.Allah Hafiz

  5. mohammad urvah

    AS SALAMU ALYKUM,, ALLAH aapki har jaiz tamnna ko pura kare, i am verry happy , wel come my brodher, marhaba ALLAH BLESS YOU

  6. NAZIRMOHAMMAD SHAIKH

    AS SALAMU ALYKUM,, ALLAH aapki har jaiz tamnna ko pura kare, i am verry happy , wel come my brodher, marhaba mere bhai waleed

  7. helo namrata,beter not to divert the mind of the ones who are willing and doing wat has been looking good to him,,already in several posts waleed has mentioned dat he is not under any pressure nor has been ,,influenced by the ones who are muslims …kindly please read his posts he only has told that he has studied carefully each and evrythng abt islam….and had accepted islam

    Namrata y dont you once go through quran read it and undersatand it ,,in english language u can find quran easily anywere

    Almighty has gave us brains to understand ,,eyes to see,ears to hear,tongue to speak
    See i m not forcing you up,, as an frnd i m suggesting you up better once read quran undrstnd it meaning,,and go through the life and know each & evrythng of our beloved prophet mohammed sallalahualaihiwasalm(peace be upon him)..

    so dat it wil be helpful you to understand easily..

    Being in a country like south africa which is a true western culture it has not been easy tfor waleed to accept islam ,,he too have studied and he also came to know wai is rite and wat is wrong,,datz y he has accepted islam

    we all are not a small infant to accept or get influenced by all the people to accept islam,almighty has given us minds and have given us the way to think wat is rite & wat is wrong…

    So kindly dont take all dis in a negative aspect wat all i have told u ,,just once go through wat i have told u with a calm & cool mind……

    May almighty Allah show u up the right path….

    Regards
    Shoaib…..

  8. syed ameeruddin

    Assalamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barkatahu

    V welcome u wholeheartedly to the religion of peace and truth in islam, may allah subhana tala gives u success and fulfill all ur needful dreams, ameen

  9. it is amazing i welcome wholeheartedly to the religion of peace and truth, may Allah give more success in his cricket carrier

  10. vrey well when i am heard to you accepted islam i am very exxcited god bless you it is my pray you have become the winner all the formet

  11. Welcome to the Light of Islam. May Allah bless you and all of us. May Allah be your power in every field of life. Love you Baby. Advance, the Great Allah is and will be with you. Thanks for your reply on Facebook.

  12. Hey george specially to you, In the whole bible Jesus (pbuh) never said that he is god if u have any doubt u can ask to ur paster… so plz dont be in misunderstanding bcouz life is short, so plz find the truth.. and the truth is Jesus(pbuh) is one of the messenger of ALLAH but not the god. which can be prove by bible itself.. so dont be in angry bro.. every person have right to know the truth..and hope one day u will find the truth..

  13. well come in religion Islam my friend @@@@@@@@@@@
    Allah bless u and give u peace and prosperity
    from zohaib hassan from pakistan

  14. Subhanallah, God bless you!
    Welcome Back to Islam, ’cause: Every baby born in a state of fitrah (Islam), then the second person that his parents made him Jewish, Christian, or Zoroastrian. (Narrated by al-Bukhari: 1358; Muslim: 2658; Ahmad: II/233).
    And Enjoy the Kingdom of God. (Kingdom of God : the dream of every Christian who has been enjoyed by Muslims ->please visit my blog http://ishamerdeka.blogspot.com)

  15. MASHALLAH
    Allah Bless you. May Allah show us the right path and give us strength to practically implement Islam in our lives and spread Islam around us.

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