Iker Casillas Fernández was born in Móstoles, Spain, just outside Madrid. He was raised there and also briefly in the Basque Country.
Casillas' religion is a matter of much internet speculation, which teeters between Muslim and Catholic.[1] It seems more likely to me that he is Catholic, and not only because around 70% of Spaniards are devoted to that religion.[2]
Casillas' parents are from Spain, and most of Spain's Muslim population are fairly recent immigrants.[3] He has also earned the nickname "Saint Iker" for his divine goalkeeping abilities,[4] which says more about the religion of his country than of himself, although I couldn't find any indication that he minds the title.
It's also entirely possible that Casillas is simply not religious at all. Or. . . he's established his own church under the guise of a fan blog. It's all speculation from here, folks. Leave us a comment if you can steer us toward some facts.
Casillas has equally little say about politics, aside from his hope that football can be a positive distraction from the bad economic news which relentlessly plagues his country.[5]
Although he doesn't appear to have anything to say about Catalan independence, at least one blogger thought that a Casillas transfer from Real Madrid to Barça could do more than politicians to quell the independence movement and restore civility between the two camps.[6]
My guess is that Casillas would rather not be a pawn for either side in the middle of that debate.
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