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Kwesi Nyantakyi�s half-sister � Ama [Salima] � has confirmed the Ghana FA boss� religious status as a Muslim with an Islamic name �Osman�. The GFA boss surprised many when he swore by the Holy Quran when he made his debut appearance before the Presidential Commission of Inquiry. The situation degenerated into a heated exchange with one of the Commissioners � Moses Foh- Amoaning wanting to know the religious faith of Kwesi Nyantakyi who until now has been widely considered to be a Christian. But Nyantaki�s half-sister on the matrilineal side � Ama [Salima] � confirmed the GFA boss has been a practicing Muslim since his childhood and also revealed his brother�s Islamic name as �Osman�. �Kwesi Nyantakyi is my brother [of the same mother] and we are all Muslims,� she told an Accra based radio station in a telephone interview from her base in Wa. �But he [Nyantakyi] has been using the name �Kwesi� for a long time and that is why he is widely known as such. �But his Islamic name is �Osman�.� Nyantakyi had through his lawyer Thaddeus Sory confirmed to the commission that his client was a Muslim by virtue of having taken his oath with the Holy Quaran.