Boxer Anthony Joshua receives wave of abuse after posting photo in a mosque

[Boom boom legend]

Star boxer Anthony Joshua has received a torrent of abuse after he shared a photo in a mosque in Dubai.

‘Besides luck, hard work & talent.. Prayer is a solid foundation. It was nice to join my brother as he led through afternoon prayer (asr),’ he tweeted to his 800,000 followers, along with an emoji showing hands clasped in prayer.

He also shared the photo to almost 2 million followers on Instagram.

Joshua, a British heavyweight boxer and Olympic champion, is not understood to be a practising Muslim but was experiencing the culture with friends who are.

Some people had a problem with that, however.

He received an immediate stream of abuse in reply to his tweet, with people saying they would no longer support him

‘Disappointed, won’t be watching you again’, one troll posted.

Some people said they had been fans but would now be ‘praying for his opponents’.

‘Hope Klitchko batters you now tbh,’ one man wrote, referring to his upcoming fight against Wladimir Klitschko.

It wasn’t only from right-wingers that he got the criticism from (although they made up the vast majority).

Some Muslims joined in, asking why he was wearing sunglasses in the mosque and looking upwards instead of at the floor.

But we can’t imagine Anthony Joshua MBE, who won gold at the 2012 Olympics, is going to be too concerned about the backlash.

He’s probably got more important things to focus on, like being a world-renowned sporting hero.

And thankfully, the messages of support in response now outweigh the abuse.

http://metro.co.uk/2017/01/17/boxer...buse-after-posting-photo-in-a-mosque-6387226/

 

[shaz619]

It was pathetic stuff, his friends are muslim and he was sought of just experiencing the culture and getting involved a bit no harm done; I don't think the guy is a muslim as well but it just goes to show that Britain as a whole has failed to integrate, the English community in particular has failed [MENTION=43583]KingKhanWC[/MENTION]

Good job he didn't post the pictures before tickets were sold for his fight, not sure it would have broken the records it has set at Wembley and perhaps [MENTION=132916]Junaids[/MENTION] would have found some cheaper tickets!

 

[Abdul]

Truly sad state of affairs!

 

[KingKhanWC]

A tremendous role model. From a young age he has worked hard, eventually winning the gold medal in the Olympics. His tweet was typical Joshua, trying to inspire people towards a lifestyle which will help them succeed.

"Besides luck, hard work & talent.. Prayer is a solid foundation"

Unfortunetly there are a lot of braindead idiots esp in the UK who are so brainwashed all sense becomes void when they can't comprhened how someone they admire mixes with somethging which is meant to be alien to them.

I doubt Joshua cares too much though, he has more than enough fans being a true champ that he is.

 

[Saj]

Sad effort from some people.

Social media really does seem to bring the worst out in people.

 

[Pakpak]

Also shows its Khan's religion that is the reason for most of the hate it gets. Not the ''cockyness'' he gets accused off, plenty of boxers are cocky. Hatton was, DelBoy is, Haye was another level yet average brit always supported them. They did so with Joshua, but as soon he is seen near a mosque.

 

[shaz619]

A tremendous role model. From a young age he has worked hard, eventually winning the gold medal in the Olympics. His tweet was typical Joshua, trying to inspire people towards a lifestyle which will help them succeed.

"Besides luck, hard work & talent.. Prayer is a solid foundation"

Unfortunetly there are a lot of braindead idiots esp in the UK who are so brainwashed all sense becomes void when they can't comprhened how someone they admire mixes with somethging which is meant to be alien to them.

I doubt Joshua cares too much though, he has more than enough fans being a true champ that he is.

As a fighter the jury is still out on him as far as I am concerned even if he does beat Wlad but I believe in his potential, however he is a top top bloke who's a solid role model for all of us in Britain; he's not perfect but overcame all the bad in his life to become a fine gentleman. Very sad to see the abuse directed at him and you're right it didn't bother him he's on holiday I believe but long term abuse on social media can take an effect as Tyson Fury found for being a Gypsy.

 

[shaz619]

Also shows its Khan's religion that is the reason for most of the hate it gets. Not the ''cockyness'' he gets accused off, plenty of boxers are cocky. Hatton was, DelBoy is, Haye was another level yet average brit always supported them. They did so with Joshua, but as soon he is seen near a mosque.

I would never classify Khan as cocky but super confident and that has always rubbed people the wrong way, race and religion may have played a part to but in the end he has made for a very polarizing figure in our country which has translated to ££££££ for Amir because he is never in a fight which is not entertaining and even the haters by tickets with the hope they'll get to see him get KO'd. I still rate him as an ATG British fighter despite the losses.

 

[WC-Passion]

I don't think he really cares about these idiots, and he shouldn't. People seem to find a problem with everything.

 

[The_KING]

Idiots

 

[Abdullah719]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">Mashallah &#55357;&#56652;&#55356;&#56818;&#55356;&#56806; <a href="https://t.co/FKMOYZJPqu">pic.twitter.com/FKMOYZJPqu</a></p>— Anthony Joshua (@anthonyfjoshua) <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyfjoshua/status/990290063182483457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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[TQ89]

I detest that he is abused for this. There is no prohibition in Islam on Non-muslims entering mosques except the Haram area. Such people should study the basics first before they want to be Islam's self proclaimed defender on social media.

 

[KingKhanWC]

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="in" dir="ltr">Mashallah ������ <a href="https://t.co/FKMOYZJPqu">pic.twitter.com/FKMOYZJPqu</a></p>— Anthony Joshua (@anthonyfjoshua) <a href="https://twitter.com/anthonyfjoshua/status/990290063182483457?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">April 28, 2018</a></blockquote>
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Where is this?

 

[shaz619]

Where is this?

Morocco going by the flag, I heard it's an amazing place to go for a holiday

 

[KingKhanWC]

Morocco going by the flag, I heard it's an amazing place to go for a holiday

I was planning to visit Morocco myself. I think some of his friends are Muslims which is why he goes to mosques. Even so I would love to see Wilder knock him out.

 

[Suleiman]

Hope Wilder beats him, but don't want Anthony bhai's W/L ratio to be disturbed

 

[shaz619]

I was planning to visit Morocco myself. I think some of his friends are Muslims which is why he goes to mosques. Even so I would love to see Wilder knock him out.

Same here , I want to ride a quad bike in the dessert Hopefully, that would be very nice indeed if we were born in another era perhaps this fight would have happened by now

 

[shaz619]

Hope Wilder beats him, but don't want Anthony bhai's W/L ratio to be disturbed

Hopefully Wilder beats him but Anthony still cashes in his money in the bank briefcase to retain the undisputed championship

 

[PakLFC]

What has he done that is so terrible!? Leave him alone.