Islam was founded to unify and spread. Conquest is not an accidental corruption of the religion. Political rule, military expansion, and religious mission were intertwined in its founding. Empire was not incidental to early Islam, it was its primary vehicle.
Cursing Christians and Jews is a standard part of Islamic prayers, recited millions if not billions of times every day by Muslims around the world. It's based on the opening chapter of the Koran, which reads:
“Guide us to the straight path — the path of those upon whom You have bestowed favor, not of those who have incurred Your wrath [Jews] or of those who are astray [Christians].”
In this video, not only does the Egyptian soccer team recite this repudiation of Christians and Jews, but — and because its playing mostly Christian teams — it repeatedly recites — thrice — other segments of the Koran that distinctly condemn Christians:
“Say, 'He is Allah, who is One... He neither begets nor is born, nor does he have an equivalent'... Infidels are they who say, 'God is one in a Trinity.' There is only One God. If they do not stop saying this, they will be afflicted with a painful punishment” [Koran 112:1-4 and 5:73].
And people wonder if it's true that Egypt's national soccer team openly rejects Coptic Christian players.
Of course, whenever a Christian player is exceedingly good, they try to entice him to convert to Islam to join the team.
Such is the sick mentality that is being welcomed into the global "fraternity of sports."
Zlatan Ibrahimović on Hossam Hassan's claim that Argentina were favoured because of World Cup marketing:
🗣️ “Every time Messi wins, people suddenly start talking about conspiracies. It's the same story over and over again. Instead of accepting defeat, they look for excuses.
“If you're leading 2–0 and still don't win the match, don't blame marketing, the referees, or the tournament. Look at yourselves first. Football doesn't forgive mistakes, especially at the World Cup.
“I have no respect for excuses like that. A national team manager should be setting the example by taking responsibility, not creating narratives that take attention away from what happened on the pitch.
“Argentina fought until the end and earned their result. If you lose, accept it, learn from it, and come back stronger. That's what football is about.”
🇦🇷🇪🇬 Everyone wanted to scream that Argentina vs Egypt was rigged.
Then the replay made it annoying.
Egypt’s first controversy came when the refs missed a foul, Egypt went coast to coast, scored, and appeared to go up 2-0.
But VAR stepped in, reviewed the buildup, and ruled no goal.
As much as people wanted to lose their minds, the foul was there.
And under VAR, if an offense leads into the buildup of a goal, exactly what happened on that play, they can review it and take the goal away.
Then came the extra detail nobody wants to hear:
The Egyptian player also appeared to remove his shirt, which is supposed to be a yellow card.
Fast-forward to the 97th minute.
Salah goes down for Egypt, Argentina go coast to coast, score, and take the lead.
But when the play is slowed down, the defender touches the ball first.
It becomes a loose ball, then the player gets tripped up.
So yes, everyone wanted the “rigged” version.
The problem is the refs may have actually gotten both calls right.
Source: @MikeDaddino on YT / Writer Sol
@LakeShowYo Fixed it for you. He won the ball. The ball was no behind Salah he doesn’t put his foot in the way but retracts and Salah touches his foot tries to claim a lame foul.