The beautiful game was truly left in shatters this week when a group of West Ham fans started hurling racial abuse at a small group of fellow Muslim football supporters who were praying in the concourse of the Sir Trevor Brooking Stand at Upton Park, in east London.
On the Facebook page where the videos were posted, a number of comments made jokes about the incident. One comment made was: "I'm no racist but seeing bout 30 Muslims get their prayer mats out at half time in front of a loada west ham fans at the game in the concourse has to be one of the dumbest things they can do if they don't wana be targeted or stereotyped in society. # Not doing yourself any favours."
[A COMMENT] It's difficult to believe you have considered this for more than a nano second. Anyone holding a prayer meeting in a football ground like this is likely to be ridiculed by the crowd.
No religious group should be immune from being ridiculed for praying in public, if people want to laugh at them, that is their right. If they were jehovah's witnesses would you be calling it racist bigotry? Or Scientologists or Hare Krishnas? Or Christians? [The Huffington Post UK]Read more
