Tuesday, October 09, 2012




Must not mock Muslim prayer -- British sports commenter discovers

Gary Lineker has been forced to apologise after accidentally ridiculing two Muslim footballers during a match commentary on TV.

When the players celebrated a goal by dropping to their knees and bowing their heads in the Islamic prayer position, Lineker said they ‘ate grass’.

The gesture is often used by Muslim players to celebrate.

He was commentating on Al Jazeera TV, which is mainly aimed at audiences in the Middle East and has a huge Islamic audience.

Lineker, who is one of the BBC’s biggest faces in sport, has a clause in his contract that allows him to freelance for the other channel.

The gaffe was made during Wednesday night’s Champions League game between Schalke and Montpellier when discussing the French side’s opening goal.  He said: ‘A terrific effort from Karim Ait-Fana, who scored from just outside the area and then ate grass .... as you do.’

One viewer wrote on Twitter: ‘Lineker’s comment about Muslims [is a] very stupid remark and [one of] sheer ignorance.’

Source

There seems to be no such thing as an Islamic sense of humor


8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hey, they were just Tebowing.

Bird of Paradise said...

England pays the price for illegal immagration Dont let it happen here

Anonymous said...

First, no ones religious beliefs should be mocked, assuming you feel what he said was in fact mocking Islam. On the other hand, there is nothing so special about Islam that it should recieve protections and considerations not given other religions.

Anonymous said...

The only apparent difference between a religion and a cult is how official it's become thru' time and institualization/social power. Wasn't Chritianity just a small jewish cult in its initial stages? Certainly Islam would qualify as a religion on grounds of history, number of adherents and institutionalization/
internationalization.
But there's no more reason not to mock religions than political parties, or anything else.

Anonymous said...

Anon 3:45 PM, it really doesn't matter how you label Islam. The chilling truth is that Islam is patient, methodical, and relentless. And the pandering and tolerance afforded by the Left provides the grease Islam needs to slip and slide into an unsuspecting country under the radar. We're allowing it to be done to ourselves, and so we get what we deserve.

Anonymous said...

Does this mean all those moron "journalists" and "reporters" will have to apologize to Tim Tebow now?

Somehow I doubt it!

Anonymous said...

Annon: 2:58

Islam is a religion where god requires you to send your son to die for him. Christianity is a religion where God sent his son to die for you!

Anonymous said...

So why does any god want anyone to die for anyone- (crazy religiods!).