Boxer Anthony Joshua Abused By Anti-Muslim Netizens For Praying In Dubai Mosque
Gold Olympic winner, Anthony Joshua, arrived in Dubai three weeks ago for a bit of a break with a few friends. Joshua is British of Nigerian descent, and although he does not practice the religion, it seems the boxer was open to experiencing the country’s culture as a whole.
Yesterday, Joshua posted a photo with his Muslim friend and trainer @healthy_mindset leading the afternoon prayer in a mosque, which then received a lot of backlash from Anti-Muslim netizens.
The Photo That Sparked The Multitude of Hate Tweets
Fans turned to enemies
But, a lot of netizens (both Muslim and otherwise) came to his and the religion’s defence shortly after
Dear Muslims, sorry about the morons disrespecting your religion. I bet not 1 of them could name the 5 pillars without Googling. Luv from UK
— ExerciseClassesKiddy (@ECKidderminster) January 17, 2017
‘Remember, Muhammed Ali, one of the greatest boxers ever’ was also Muslim
Lol like @anthonyfjoshua really cares about the views of some ignortans…
Remember @MuhammadAli, one of the greatest boxers ever.— Hêlîn (@MUnitedGirl) January 17, 2017
ignore these racist’s lot of respect you !!!
— Ali (@Muraad__) January 17, 2017
might of lost a couple narrow minded fake fans but youve gained the love and respect of thousands BIG up AJ
— Jaykae (@Jaykae10) January 17, 2017
