Fawed Ahmed cleared to wear unbranded shirt for Australia

[enterprise]

What is haappening to Australia cricket.

 

They have agreed to allow  Fawed Ahmed to wear an unbranded shirt when he plays for Australia against England. Something to do with is religious beliefs and the sponsor brewing company VB.

 

 

 

 

In England we are mercenery and have people from Ireland,, Scotland South Africa and any where in the world, has long as they pee on the wicket they are accepted and wear the shirt.

 

 

[Ru4Real]

Just more PC bullshit.

[sinbad5]

Well VB IS shit.

 

Let's hope the Canterbury Bulldogs don't get sponsored by Australian Pork Limited. There could be a riot, uleh!

[robw]

Well VB IS shit.

 

Let's hope the Canterbury Bulldogs don't get sponsored by Australian Pork Limited. There could be a riot, uleh!

Good point and VB is piss I agree.

[enterprise]

If  VB is so bad why don't the rest of the team refuse to wear the logo. Because they don't give a xxxx about it. ,

[flotsam]

He's a Muslim and alcohol is forbidden in Islam. I don't see it as so controversial, presumably he was happy to play for Australia but can't promote alcohol, so really up to Cricket Australia, if they want him they're going to need to let him wear a shirt without the sponsor, if they don't, he wouldn't be playing. Presumably they decided having him on the team was worth more than someone else wearing a jersey with the sponsor on it. 

[jerry]

'Alcohol forbidden in Islam' , wearing a shirt is not the same as consuming alcohol is it ?

Maybe the shirt without advertisement is made by an alcoholic Christian ...  .

[mikeyboy]

Hashim Amla has been wearing a plain shirt for SA for years , without Castle Lager stamped on it .

 

As previous poster pointed out  , alchohol is prohibited by Islam , but i know muslims who like a few drinks .

 

Rules can be broken , and often are .  Don't think its a big deal .

 

Mikeyboy

[xdrt33]

So does VB get some of their money back?

 

In England, some of the soccer clubs are being sponsored by gambling and payday loan companies.

Both of these rip off large amounts of cash from poor people.

Some of the players object to them. See note below.

But do they then start to refuse to wear the shirt?

Sponsorship money is vital to the clubs.

With tobacco and alcohol already out, if gambling and loans go the same way, teams are going to run out of sponsors.

 

Note. Cisse of Newcastle United objected to wearing the "Wonga" Loans logo.

He eventually was persuaded to wear it.

[nice to visit]

Everyone's a winner. VB get a lot more publicity when he doesn't wear it than if he does. CA look like sensitive new age guys and the man himself looks like a good Muslim.

 

The real question is whether he will ever get a test wicket. He can go naked if he does that.

[SRA]

Just appalling, I would expect better from Cricket Australia, and more importantly from Fawed.

 

To play for your country involves wearing branded clothing, every sportsperson knows this.

[montypython]

Does anybody still watch Australian Cricket?

 

[sweet.buddy44]

He has come as a refugee, to a country with freedom of tyranny.

If he wishes to keep his beliefs which is so much wrong then he should

Return home and practice Muslim.

Is this man willing to forgo any of his pay cheque which is usually pretty

Good for international cricketers. Because he will not support the sponsors.

I don't know about this guy, but I know that Hashim Amla, forfeits a percentage of his match fee's in every match because he does not wear the logo shirt.

 

If this guy is also doing that, then it's his choice.

[Bobdabilda]

So does VB get some of their money back?

 

In England, some of the soccer clubs are being sponsored by gambling and payday loan companies.

Both of these rip off large amounts of cash from poor people.

Some of the players object to them. See note below.

But do they then start to refuse to wear the shirt?

Sponsorship money is vital to the clubs.

With tobacco and alcohol already out, if gambling and loans go the same way, teams are going to run out of sponsors.

 

Note. Cisse of Newcastle United objected to wearing the "Wonga" Loans logo.

He eventually was persuaded to wear it.

 

Cisse stuck to his muslim 'beliefs'....refusing to wear the Wonga (British short term cash loan company or money lender to the rest of us) sponsored team shirt.....that was until he was errrr......photographed on a phone, happily playing roulette in a Newcastle casino. On a local TV news report regular customers comented on the fact that he was there most nights and 'everybody knew who he was'.

Not surprisingly he had a miraculous change of heart and agreed to wear the shirt after all!

[bigtimeali]

Actually its a misconception that alcohol is banned in Islam. Here in oman they drink like fishes and they don't hide the fact.

[gentleenforcer]

Who is he?...another Neville Nobody that has been thrown into the Australian cricket team? Good luck to him if he has been selected to represent Australia in cricket if he has to play under that fuckwit Michael Clarke I doubt if he will have a very long career.

[misteregg]

I applaud this man for taking a stance for his religious beliefs. On a different note, I think it's wrong for national sports teams to take sponsorship from companies that don't promote a healthy lifestyle. The England football team is sponsored by Mars and McDonalds FFS. It's a joke. And the FA Cup by Budweiser. Gary Player would never take sponsorship from alcohol companies or play in tournaments that are sponsored by them. He leads a strictly healthy lifestyle and is a vegan. I respect him for that. Phil

[Mick Pattaya]

I applaud this man for taking a stance for his religious beliefs. On a different note, I think it's wrong for national sports teams to take sponsorship from companies that don't promote a healthy lifestyle. The England football team is sponsored by Mars and McDonalds FFS. It's a joke. And the FA Cup by Budweiser. Gary Player would never take sponsorship from alcohol companies or play in tournaments that are sponsored by them. He leads a strictly healthy lifestyle and is a vegan. I respect him for that. Phil

Even Sachin Tendulkar at the peak of his career never endorsed any liquor company, he still doesn't, guess he would have made a few more millions if he had relented in his hay days.

[boob_kook]

It's great that he's standing up for his beliefs and really awesome that Cricket Australia accepted his request.

[Scumbag]

Actually its a misconception that alcohol is banned in Islam. Here in oman they drink like fishes and they don't hide the fact.

There is no misconception. Alcohol is not halal for Muslims. If some choose not to follow that it does not change the nature of the religion.

[bigtimeali]

Just to clarify this that alcohol is not banned in the holy quran here is a little extract for you from some clerics regarding this:

This following is narrated by Imams Abu Dawud, Tirmidhi, Nasa'I, and Ahmad: "When the prohibition of alcohol was [being] revealed, Umar said, "O Allah! Clarify for us the [matter of] alcohol with a clear statement," thus the verse which is in Baqarah was revealed, "They ask you about alcohol and gambling. Say: In them is great sin…" So Umar was called and it was read to him and he said [again], "O Allah! Clarify for us the [matter of] alcohol with a clear statement." Thereafter the verse in Al-Nisa was revealed: "O you who believe! Do not approach prayer while you are drunk…" Hence, the herald of the Messenger of Allah, the peace and blesseings of Allah upon him, would call out when the prayer was about to commence, "Let no drunken approach the prayer," and Umar was called [again] and it was read to him. He said, "O Allah! Clarify for us the [matter of] alcohol with a clear statement," so the verse was revealed, "…so will you not refrain?!" Umar said, "We refrain."

 

So basically. You can't turn up to a mosque drunk and be allowed to pray. And if you can't pray then you are an unbeliever. Carrion, blood and the flesh of swine are however banned as is mentioned in the holy quran.

[dean2926]

He's a Muslim and alcohol is forbidden in Islam. I don't see it as so controversial, presumably he was happy to play for Australia but can't promote alcohol, so really up to Cricket Australia, if they want him they're going to need to let him wear a shirt without the sponsor, if they don't, he wouldn't be playing. Presumably they decided having him on the team was worth more than someone else wearing a jersey with the sponsor on it. 

 

The problem is that slowly and surely Muslims are changing our western way of life.

 

They come to our countries for the freedoms they provide and then try to change and undermine these same freedoms.

 

They want to make our countries the same as the nut houses they fled from and we're letting them do it.

 

Recently the first Muslim member of parliament was sworn into the South Australian parliament and he was allowed to swear on the Qoran. 

 

We have all gone fucken mad.

[Nongkue]

Well VB IS shit.

 

Let's hope the Canterbury Bulldogs don't get sponsored by Australian Pork Limited. There could be a riot, uleh!

Nothing wrong with VB, notice both you guys from Sydney and that would explain the VB hatred.  5555555!

Jealousy???

[Skalliwag]

Wonder what Boony thinks of it.

[sinbad5]

The problem is that slowly and surely Muslims are changing our western way of life.

 

They come to our countries for the freedoms they provide and then try to change and undermine these same freedoms.

 

They want to make our countries the same as the nut houses they fled from and we're letting them do it.

 

Recently the first Muslim member of parliament was sworn into the South Australian parliament and he was allowed to swear on the Qoran.

 

We have all gone fucken mad.

Section 116 of the Australian Constitution states: "The Commonwealth shall not make any law establishing any religion, or for imposing any religious observance, or for prohibiting the free exercise of any religion, and no religious test shall be required as a qualification for any office or public trust under the Commonwealth."

 

Far from being Un-Australian (hate that word) it's a Constitutional guarantee and politicians have been given the option of swearing on whichever holy text they choose (or none at all) since 1901.

 

Bob Hawke affirmed, as an agnostic (he wasn't sure if he was god or not). Michael Danby and Josh Frydenberg swore their oath on the Torah.

 

Ed Husic swore on the Koran and he didn't come here to change anything; he was born in Sydney.

 

Personally, I couldn't care less which imaginary friend politicians take the oath of office on. But the Constitution guarantees their freedom of religious expression. Up to them.

 

Is there any truth in the rumour that Kevin took the oath on a copy of "American Psycho" this time round?