In an appearance on Qatari network beIN Sports, Deadline reported that Mohamed Aboutrika was asked about the UK Premier League’s Rainbow Laces campaign on the 27 November weekend.
The campaign, which is a partnership with Stonewall, aims to boost LGBTQ+ acceptance in football. Aboutrika, who played for Egypt 100 times from 2001 to 2013, spent two minutes ranting about homosexuality in response to the question. “This phenomenon is not only against Muslim nature but it’s against human nature,” he said. “Allah says in the Quran that we have to honor the children of Adam but by doing this homosexuality we are not honoring humans, we are humiliating them.” It is understood that beIN will continue to allow appearances from Aboutrika on the