LIVERPOOL – Once
again, outstanding Egyptian Muslim player Mohamed Salah has proven to be a true
inspiration for Liverpool fans, who are singing his praises, and expressing
respect and admiration for his faith after each game.
Several chants and
songs have been released by the Reds’ fans for Salah. The newest of these was
sang on Wednesday after Liverpool’s win against the Portuguese champions, Porto
FC, 5-0, Empire Of The Kop reported on February 14.
Salah scored an artistic goal and made two assists for
his teammates during this match in the European Champions League championship.
After the match in
Portugal, a group of fans chanted that Mo Salah is quite close to converting the fanbase to
Islam.
The song says, “If
he’s good enough for me, he’s good enough for you – if he scores another few,
then I’ll be Muslim too!”
Hailing
from a 90%-Muslim-majority country, Salah is a devout Muslim and often
prostrates to God on the field after scoring goals – a trend in sports that
Egyptian players have started since 2006 during the African Cup of Nations in
Egypt- hence nicknamed the ‘Prostrating Pharaohs’.
Prostrating
in Islam, or sujud, is usually done during the daily prayers. While in sujud, a
Muslim is to praise and glorify Allah. The position involves having the
forehead, nose, both hands, knees and all toes touching the ground together in
a position of acceptance and submission to Allah the only lord.
There
are several occasions for sujud, and the most famous of them is the obligatory
prostration which occurs during the daily prayers where a Muslim has to say
tasbih.
The
current squad of Liverpool’s first team contains two other Muslims players
beside Salah: the winger Sadio Mané, who comes from the 94%-Muslim-majority
Senegal, and the German midfielder Emre Can, who comes from the
82%-Muslim-majority Turkey.
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