Liverpool star, Mohamed Salah has once again come under fire from his Muslim fans following his yearly custom of celebrating the yuletide.
Muslim fans criticised Mohamed Salah on Instagram after he posted a Christmas message to his Christian fans.
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He shared a photo of himself with his entire family in front of a Christmas tree in his living room.
For his Christmas post, he and his wife Magi and their daughters Makka and Kayan all wore matching pyjamas and grinned in front of their tree and a gingerbread man as has become their custom.
“Merry Christmas” is the caption that the Muslim Liverpool star wrote on the picture.
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While some Muslims participate in the celebrations held during the Christian holiday Muslims do not customarily celebrate Christmas.
His post was not well-received by most of his Muslim fans as they have expressed their displeasure with his move and condemned him claiming he has disrespected his maker.
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Check out a few comments below;
‘You let me down bro,’ wrote one user on Instagram, where Salah shared the post with his 63.7 million followers.
‘Delete this right now,’ posted another, while a third wrote: ‘At this point am just disappointed in you bro.’
Another said: ‘We Muslim people look up to you and you do this in return,’ accompanied by three crying emojis.
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Others defended Salah, with one fan writing: ‘Merry Christmas Mo. Ignore all these idiots. Hope you and your family have a well deserved holiday season.’
Another posted: ‘In what has become an annual tradition on Christmas Day, I read and enjoy the comments on post for an hour. Never disappoints.’
muathtb wrote; “And the earth will burst open and the mountains will fall down [Maryam: 88 + 89 + 90] You thus reinforce the Christian principle that Jesus is the son of God and this thing is very forbidden. Advice for God’s sake abandon this thing. O God, guide all Muslims..”
geopndy wrote; “I bear witness that there is no god but God, and I bear witness that Muhammad is the Messenger of God.”
trustworth0237 wrote; “Bro, you are disrespecting your maker who said: He neither begot nor not begotten, yet you said he is having a son and you are here celebrating the birthday of his son? Biggest lie on earth! Please delete this disrespectful and nasty lies from your page”
muaotboss wrote; The French Benzema who was not born in the farmers and lives in France and Spain all his life, doesn’t do like this, why?!
