To mark his nomination as GQ’s Man of the Year, Salah has appeared on the cover of the latest issue of the famous men’s magazine alongside Brazilian model Alessandra Ambrossio – something which has sparked controversy in Egypt.
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It’s not the first time that GQ has paired up famous athletes and supermodels to grace its cover. But this time the images of Salah, a practicing Muslim, and Ambrossio have caused outraged on social media among some of the more conservative factions in the North African nation, in particular an image of the Brazilian model hugging the 27-year-old striker from behind.
Salah criticism
Most of the comments criticizing the Liverpool striker have pointed to the fact he is a married Muslim man and therefore should not be embracing other women “in this way”.
“You embarrass me as a Muslim,” stated one angry social media user reacting to images of the GQ photoshoot uploaded to the player’s own Instagram account.
A video montage of the shoot posted on Twitter has also garnered a lot of criticism, with one Twitter user posting a picture of the Koran accompanied with the text: “Do you recognize this?”
Salah, who has 33.4 million Instagram and 10.4 million Twitter followers, has yet to comment on the criticism aimed at him over the GQ images.
KA8
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I don't see anything wrong. He is just a Muslim making some money
Wohcnopt
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Salah is a muslim and he did something that is not good and his brothers are just reminding him of his wrong doing. Thats islam but we should tell him in a beautiful manner.
raynknight
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Keep ur religious advices in ur pocket HaTers
radcdlno
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He's worked hard to be there and was never with you in training when he is working tirelessly . always say you never helped him to go to the top you aint gonna bring him to the bottom surely fame comes with a lot of responsibilities but he's remained loyal to his humble nice person ..Maybe his wife is the only one allowed to say when not comfortable with it ... There are far more worse doings than this even from your religion . .go condemn mass murder Racism Child trafficking Rape cases and more offences and leave the guy alone irrespective of your Religion ..Nonsense ...Salah and Mane are just soo humble to face such critics ..RABISH!
AverageS4v4g3
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Everyone's religion, customs or culture should be respected but some practices are just archaic. Don't see anything wrong with the pics that he should be getting this sorta backlash.
kenzytalbe
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Well I hate to break I to you but all the critisizm was coming from his haters but not Egyptians in general. Egyptians just made memes and jokes about it but most of them didn't criticize Salah at all. Even I'm a Muslim and Egyptian and I believe that Salah has the freedom to do anything as long as his wife is ok with it and this is an Islamic rule too. and seriously you guys are not God to judge Salah.
Tumbeopruz
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I used to be a Muslim but left some years back. It is the best thing ever happen to me
ruzabdeprt
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Wow! wow! this argument is getting out of bound..beyond simple commonsense and logic. Whatever a person choose to do knowing quite well his limitations and bounds, that decision or choice is his alone and no one else. Can anyone criticizing Salah look beyond and see the real reasons and motives why he decided to do what he did?. It's a common knowledge that Mo is a faithful Muslim by faith and deed. None of us will share the rewards for what he is doing nor any one of us would save him from all the consequences he would face with his wife , his family or even punishment he will receive from the God he is serving. In short, Mo is a humble man a father/ husband, a devout Muslim, and ofcourse fantastic footballer. He knows the risks and rewards for all his actions. My parting remark, do not bring religion into football.Leave him alone to provide entertainment to those of use who look beyond boundaries of religion. He is adored and even worshipped as one of the finest person and footballer from Egypt and Muslim world ever to grace the game of football that unites us and that should be the bottom line about who Salah really is.