Fop 1 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 German football song irks Muslims FC Schalke 04 are contenders for the Bundesliga title An anthem sung by fans of the German football club FC Schalke 04 has drawn protests from Muslims because of its reference to the Prophet Muhammad. The Gelsenkirchen club, which plays in Germany's top league, the Bundesliga, has asked an Islam expert to consider whether the song might be insulting. The third verse contains the words: "Muhammad was a prophet who understood nothing about football". "But of all the lovely colours he chose [schalke's] blue and white," it goes. The club has received hundreds of e-mails from angry Muslims recently, since Turkish media carried reports about the song. Police in Gelsenkirchen, in the industrial Ruhr region of western Germany, say they are taking the Muslim complaints very seriously. The head of Germany's Central Council of Muslims, Aiman Mazyek, said his council would not call for a ban on the anthem, but would like "an explanation of its background". The song is called "Blue and White, how I love you" and in German the lyrics about Muhammad read: Mohammed war ein Prophet, der vom Fussballspielen nichts versteht. Doch aus all der schoenen Farbenpracht hat er sich das Blau und Weisse ausgedacht. The German news website Deutsche Welle says the song was written in 1924 and it is not clear when the Muhammad reference made its way in. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8185209.stm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trophyshy 6434 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Thank Christ N17 has already disowned us! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angelus71 4 Posted August 5, 2009 Share Posted August 5, 2009 Thank Christ N17 has already disowned us! you just know his piss will be boiling reading it and wanting to reply to it! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob W 0 Posted August 6, 2009 Share Posted August 6, 2009 bizarre thing to put in a song Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fop 1 Posted August 7, 2009 Author Share Posted August 7, 2009 bizarre thing to put in a song Bizarre thing to get riled up about - but then much like the "cartoons" it's probably been part of a sustained campaign by the Daily Mailistan to whip up "outrage". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Stevie Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 (edited) German football song irks Muslims FC Schalke 04 are contenders for the Bundesliga title An anthem sung by fans of the German football club FC Schalke 04 has drawn protests from Muslims because of its reference to the Prophet Muhammad. The Gelsenkirchen club, which plays in Germany's top league, the Bundesliga, has asked an Islam expert to consider whether the song might be insulting. The third verse contains the words: "Muhammad was a prophet who understood nothing about football". "But of all the lovely colours he chose [schalke's] blue and white," it goes. The club has received hundreds of e-mails from angry Muslims recently, since Turkish media carried reports about the song. Police in Gelsenkirchen, in the industrial Ruhr region of western Germany, say they are taking the Muslim complaints very seriously. The head of Germany's Central Council of Muslims, Aiman Mazyek, said his council would not call for a ban on the anthem, but would like "an explanation of its background". The song is called "Blue and White, how I love you" and in German the lyrics about Muhammad read: Mohammed war ein Prophet, der vom Fussballspielen nichts versteht. Doch aus all der schoenen Farbenpracht hat er sich das Blau und Weisse ausgedacht. The German news website Deutsche Welle says the song was written in 1924 and it is not clear when the Muhammad reference made its way in. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/8185209.stm They're always moaning about something, have they got fuck all better to do, it's not even offensive, the Schalke fans should think up a new one, along the lines of the Rangers why don't you go home one, something like why don't you go home, why don't you go hooooome, Ramadan is over, why don't you go home - then they'd have something to moan about. Edited August 8, 2009 by Stevie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew 4224 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 How dare they suggest the prophet knew nothing about a game invented many years after his death. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AgentAxeman 82 Posted August 8, 2009 Share Posted August 8, 2009 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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