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Death threats for “teaching my kid about football and not teaching him about the Quran”

May 4, 2016 5:39 pm By Robert Spencer

“I received 20-30 unknown threatening calls in Afghanistan asking why I’m teaching my kid about football and not teaching him about the Quran.”

“Allah did not create man so that he could have fun. The aim of creation was for mankind to be put to the test through hardship and prayer. An Islamic regime must be serious in every field. There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.” — Ayatollah Khomeini

Messi

“Family of Afghan boy with plastic Messi jersey flees to Pakistan,” by Brandon Griggs and Syed Ali Shah, CNN, May 4, 2016:

(CNN)The family of a young Afghan boy, who gained worldwide fame after being photographed wearing a makeshift Lionel Messi soccer jersey fashioned from a plastic bag, has fled to Pakistan after receiving threats, the father of the boy told CNN.

The family is now living in Quetta and has submitted an application with the United Nations seeking asylum in Pakistan.

“I received 20-30 unknown threatening calls in Afghanistan asking why I’m teaching my kid about football and not teaching him about the Quran,” the boy’s father, Muhammad Arif Ahmadi, told CNN.

The family decided to flee to Pakistan 40 days ago for their safety, he said.

“I thought, ‘I’m not safe here.’ That’s when I decided to come to Pakistan,” Ahmadi said. “Afghanistan cannot protect itself, so how can it protect me and my kids?”

The boy, Murtaza Ahmadi, became an Internet sensation in mid-January after a fan account for Messi, the Argentine soccer star, tweeted an image of him wearing a plastic “Messi” bag. The photo showed him only from the back — a small boy with a buzz cut, wearing a brown sweater under his “jersey” — with a message that read: “A kid in Iraq …” It included an emoji of a breaking heart.

The Iraq reference turned out to be false. But the attention helped Internet sleuths locate Murtaza, 5, and his family, living in a poor village in Jaghori, Afghanistan.

The boy’s father told CNN in February that Murtaza pleaded tearfully for days for a Messi jersey before his older brother made one for him with Messi’s name and number scrawled in blue ink on the striped bag.
“He stopped crying after wearing that plastic bag shirt,” Ahmadi said.

Murtaza holds the plastic bag that made him famous. His father, Muhammad Arif Ahmadi, told CNN the five-year-old's brother made it for him when he wouldn't stop crying. "I told him that we were living in a poor village far from the city and it was impossible for me to get him the shirt," he said.

"He kept crying for days, asking for the shirt, until his brother Hamayon helped him make one from the plastic bag to make him happy," Ahmadi said. "He stopped crying after wearing that plastic bag shirt."…

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Filed Under: Afghanistan, death threats, Featured, Islamic supremacism, Pakistan, Qur'an Tagged With: Lionel Messi, Muhammad Arif Ahmadi


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  1. Peter Charles says

    May 4, 2016 at 5:50 pm

    God created man, bur allah as created by Mohammad.

  2. linnte says

    May 4, 2016 at 5:53 pm

    Hopefully this little boy will get LOTS of shirts sent to him- real ones! I’d love to see THAT story!

    • Christopher Watson says

      May 5, 2016 at 3:34 am

      Messi did send the little boy a signed shirt and a football – also signed.

  3. Bill says

    May 4, 2016 at 6:05 pm

    This child and his family have been marked. They are only marginally safer in Pakistan. It is a great game and I hope the kid has years of enjoyment playing it.

  4. Angemon says

    May 4, 2016 at 6:45 pm

    The family of a young Afghan boy, who gained worldwide fame after being photographed wearing a makeshift Lionel Messi soccer jersey fashioned from a plastic bag, has fled to Pakistan after receiving threats, the father of the boy told CNN.

    He should have worn a Ronaldo shirt – that Indonesian kid made it out like a bandit…

    http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/sportsnews/article-3147052/Miracle-tsunami-survivor-Martunis-missing-21-days-2004-disaster-signs-Sporting-Lisbon-dream-follow-footsteps-Cristiano-Ronaldo.html

    “I received 20-30 unknown threatening calls in Afghanistan asking why I’m teaching my kid about football and not teaching him about the Quran,” the boy’s father, Muhammad Arif Ahmadi, told CNN.

    I bet the kid knows more about the careers of famous footballers than about the companions of muhammad – and I bet that drives devout muslims crazy 😀

  5. Steven B. Reed says

    May 4, 2016 at 6:53 pm

    Who needs allah when you have Jesus. Hey muslims, the religion that muhammad brought you is a fraud and calls for you to kill, rape, steal and destroy. I think that mohammed was actually satan, why else is he the greatest of deceivers and calls on you to kill for him?

  6. anon says

    May 4, 2016 at 7:31 pm

    probably another phony story by the MSM. its all manipulation one way or the other. the goal is to eliminate your borders.

  7. Hope says

    May 4, 2016 at 7:42 pm

    “There are no jokes in Islam. There is no humor in Islam. There is no fun in Islam. There can be no fun and joy in whatever is serious.” — Ayatollah Khomeini

    “May the God of hope fill you with all JOY and peace and believing, so that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.”
    Romans 15:13

    “…do not be grieved, for the JOY of the Lord is your strength.”
    Nehemiah 8:10

    • Jay Boo says

      May 5, 2016 at 1:40 am

      Ironic
      Years of historical research continues to show to Muslims that:
      Islam is still a JOKE.
      Muslims are still the punch line.

      If only carpet kissing Muslims were allowed to have a sense of humor, they would eventually pick up on the buffoonery of their clown Muhammad.

  8. Marcel Berube says

    May 4, 2016 at 7:48 pm

    I’m so happy to see they are now in safety in Pakistan . It is a very nice place to live.

    Khomeiny said man was not created to have fun. Isn’t him that said in tje 1990 there was no age for a man to have sex with someone including babies newly born ? Pedophilia , isn’t about pleasure?

  9. Guest says

    May 4, 2016 at 8:20 pm

    If Allah was real, he is guilty for expecting too much and giving so less.

  10. Westman says

    May 5, 2016 at 12:15 am

    Are they really safe in Pakistan?

    • sencit says

      May 5, 2016 at 1:54 pm

      Of course they are safe in Pakistan!
      The Pakistani people have all emigrated to Britain.

  11. duh_swami says

    May 5, 2016 at 6:58 am

    Pakistan is the Land of the Pure…something went terribly wrong…

    Clots are not fun…Allah created man from a clot…What you are is an aging clot…You can ask Hillary about that…

  12. Michael Johnson says

    May 5, 2016 at 11:40 am

    If they take over do the west see where we are headed no NFL no NHL no NBA no MLB no MLS Soccer and no NASCAR all these fun sports done away with because of islam

    • Dennis says

      May 5, 2016 at 10:23 pm

      Don’t forget bacon, beer and dogs as pets. Those gone too.

  13. ninetyninepct says

    May 6, 2016 at 12:25 am

    This young footballer wants to be the best player he can in order to please Allah. It seems that those threatening death don’t want Allah to be pleased.

    As punishment, they should offer themselves to be executed by women and their bodies thrown to the pigs as they are not worthy in the eyes of Allah.

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