People keep mentioning his religion because they find the idea of an openly devout Roman Catholic citing voodoo as a reason for wanting to move clubs as bloody ridiculous, even if it was part of some weird Machiavellian scheme to engineer a transfer (spoiler: it wasn't, because it didn't happen). Regarding the article I cited, I was referring to his time at the Saint-Guidon Institute, how affable he came across in the fantastic documentary about his time there and the fact he speaks seven languages – but if you want to focus on Roberto Martinez's comments about him, feel free – it's not like they detract from my overall point, I mean Thierry Henry has pretty much mirrored what Martinez said on a couple of occasions too.
In terms of the credibility of Farhad Moshiri, I'd take Robert Martinez or any other coaches word over his given that he is
just a dodgy accountant whose fortune was almost exclusively built on the back of a stake in Alisher Usmanov's "Metalloinvest" that was literally gifted to him for all the dirty work he'd done for Usmanov and his gangster friends in the past. Even his stakes in Arsenal and in turn Everton were handed to him by Usmanov – so again, I stress that I'd take both Lukaku's and Robert Martinez's words over your weird theory about the shady old "self-made entrepreneur" you keep expressing your undying admiration for.