German news channel Welt is receiving backlash after linking three Moroccan football players with ISIS for “posing with the Islamic State gesture.”
The allegations refer to a photo of Moroccan player Ilias Chair, Abdelhamid Sabiri, and Zakaria Aboukhlal celebrating their win against Portugal, by raising their index finger.
“It is unknown whether the Moroccan players were aware of the meaning of the gesture,” the German news report continued, ignoring that the gesture has been used by Muslims for centuries as a reminder of the oneness of God and an affirmation of faith.
Despite the report’s acknowledgment of this fact, it insisted that the gesture had been appropriated by IS Jihadists in celebration after conquests.
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