The devil is in the detail: Manchester United shirts on
display in Kuala Lumpur...
...have been condemned as sinful because of their
badges
Muslim
Manchester
United fans have been told they must
not wear team shirts that bear the club crest because it glorifies
the devil.
The warning has come from Malaysian clerics who have declared
the club shirts un-Islamic - along with those of Brazil, Portugal,
Barcelona, Serbia and Norway, all of which carry images of the
cross on their team emblems.
The Red Devils have a huge following in the far east and shirt
sales are huge but this has not impressed the conservative
religious scholars who want them banned.
Have you got this one with the number 666 on the
back? A controversial United shirt on the verge of being
sold
He added: 'Even if it is a gift, we should decline it.
It is even more sinful when people realise this is wrong and still
buy these jerseys to wear.'
Although no fatwa - a religious edict - will be issued against
the shirts, Noor insisted those Muslims wearing one ' should
repent, repent immediately.'
His view was echoed by another leading cleric, Harussani
Zakaria, from northern Perak state who agreed devils should be
shunned, not celebrated.
'Yes of course in Islam we don't allow people to wear this sort
of thing,' he said.
'Devils are our enemies, why would you put their picture on you
and wear it? You are only promoting the devil.'
