There is no fun in Islam. Even sports is an act of conquest for Islamic supremacists. A win translates into Islamic supremacist bravado and contempt for the other team. And yet again, such absurdity is tolerated only for Muslims, as one cannot imagine the same words of “religious victory” being declared by a dignitary of any other religion regarding a professional sports match and going unremarked in the international media.
Sheikh Rasheed describes #Pakistan’s victory against India in the #T20WorldCup match as a "victory of Islam", and, he is a minister🤦🏻♀️
Comparing sports with religion.??
Chill, congratulate your boys, it's just a cricket match that you've won after yrs🤚@TarekFatah @kakar_harsha pic.twitter.com/Apb7H4PAg1
— Sajeda Akhtar (@Sajeda_Akhtar) October 25, 2021
“Pakistan’s victory against India is the victory of Islam: Pakistan Minister Sheikh Rasheed,” WION, October 25, 2021:
After Pakistan won a T20I by 10 wickets for the first time, Pakistan’s Interior Minister Sheikh Rasheed made a strange remark on Monday, declaring that all Muslims throughout the world, including Indian Muslims, were backing his nation during the match.
“Pakistan’s triumph against India is a victory of Islam. All Muslims throughout the world are rejoicing,” he said in a video message on twitter.
This declaration follows Mohammad Rizwan and skipper Babar Azam’s outstanding performance. At the Dubai International Cricket Stadium, Pakistan defeated India by 10 wickets.
In his message to the national squad, Sheikh Rasheed stated that Pakistan’s true T20 World Cup final was tonight versus India.
“Today’s match has a different level of excitement than any previous match in the World Cup,” he remarked, praying for Pakistan’s triumph.
It was Pakistan’s first-ever 10-wicket triumph over any opponent in a T20, while India also suffered the humiliation of losing by such a large margin…..
Ray Jarman says
And I thought that kneeling to BLM was despicable. Christine states the reason for their attitude which has little to do with the sport itself. It is fun to be at a rugby match between the Wallabies and the All Blacks because of their long rivalry and after the match, the fans and teams will find a pub and have a good time together.
Infidel says
Funny that you should mention the kneeling. In today’s game of South Africa vs West Indies, Quinton de Kock, one of South Africa’s cricketers, refused to kneel and sat out that game. Yesterday, Indian cricketers knelt, and like Meghan Rapinoe’s team, lost that game emphatically. What I don’t get is why cricket – a sport that the US is not involved in – should be a place for supporting BLM, when all the White teams in the ICC – ??????????? – are all completely woke, and none of their flags are worth kneeling against. And this game was b/w 2 black teams – West Indies and South Africa. Of which South Africa has been persecuting its Boers for the last decade, if not longer
In India, I’ve heard commentators strongly condemn the Indian team for kneeling for BLM while having nothing to say against the riots against Hindus in Bangladesh 3 weeks ago, turning Durga Puja celebrations into a nightmare. Also Virat Kohli, the Indian captain, had been running woke campaigns against Diwali fireworks and pissing off many Hindus
Wellington says
Interesting and informative post, Infidel. Thank you for it.
P.S. I know absolutely nothing about cricket and will not pretend to. I do, however, know a good bit about American football, basketball (invented by America), baseball (also invented by America but I at least know beholden to cricket as a “predecessor” as rugby is to American football), and soccer.
Well, whatever the game, bringing God into it (and especially if it is the warped deity of Islam) is highly tendentious and horribly anthropomorphic at best and, excuse my English, just fucking stupid at worst.
N.B. Islam is simply “superb” at the effing stupid “option.” Always has been; always will be.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Wellington.
Just one very small point–Basketball *was* invented in America, but was the brainchild of a Canadian, James Naismith, in 1891. He was trying to keep his gym class at the YMCA in Springfield, Massachusetts active on a rainy day.
But of course you are right that the game was also largely developed in the US and is very much an American game. Just a little hat tip to our neighbors up north.
As for Islam, the only sports innovation I have seen on their part is playing soccer with severed human heads–let’s hope *that* doesn’t catch on…
Kepha says
A Brit onc told me that baseball is just a version of rounders.
gravenimage says
True, Kepha–Baseball likely developed from Rounders.
gravenimage says
Just grotesque pandering, Infidel.
tim gallagher says
Infidel, I was very pleased that Quinton de Kock had made a stand and refused to join in with the taking the knee stuff, which I heard on the news here in Australia today. Maybe he objects to the BLM movement and its program. I hear on Sky News out here that it is a Marxist group with a whole Marxist agenda that it hopes to implement. BLM also seems so fundamentally racist to me. Their program seems to be to hate white people and contend that they are all wonderfully privileged, etc. I have heard commentators on Sky News make the point that Martin Luther KIng Jnr wanted all people to be treated equal regardless of race or colour but now this very divisive BLM mob have an attitude of hatred towards white people as well as having a whole Marxist agenda as well. I admire de Kock for his stance and hope it starts a rejection of this taking the knee by other players. This taking the knee gesture seems world wide these days. There was a demonstration march here in Australia many months ago in favour of the BLM movement and I’m pretty sure some of the police in Melbourne took the knee at that demonstration.
Infidel says
Tim
This is how BLM describes themselves on their own website
https://blacklivesmatter.com/about/
Sky Australia is right about them being a Marxist organization. One of the founders of BLM is a former terrorist from the 80s
For the South African Cricket Board to force all their players to kneel, even while their regime is increasingly a clone of Robert Mugabe’s regime a couple of countries north, in Zimbabwe, is pretty galling. de Kock sat out that game, and I dunno whether his cricket career is therefore over: I fear that it may well be. Imo, he should flee South Africa, like a lot of Boers, and occupy himself full time in the Big Bash and IPL leagues
tim gallagher says
Thanks for the information, Infidel. I heard a comment from one of the sports commentators here in Australia which made the point that Quinton de Kock’s career as a representative of South Africa could be over. I imagine that would be true because the government of South Africa, which as you point out seems pretty terrible, would definitely force all its players to take the knee. Maybe de Kock could move to Australia. Then again, in these politically correct times, I could see that there would some kind of uproar here in Australia if they dared to accept de Kock because he refused to take the knee and support BLM. Quite a lot of white South Africans have been trying to move to Australia in recent years because of the lawlessness in South Africa where many farmers have been murdered by marauding mobs. South Africa seems to be descending into chaos. I think the stand by de Kock took some courage and integrity and is to be applauded. I admire people who have the courage to go against the prevailing fashion..
gravenimage says
BLM is actually a pretty nasty organization.
Dhimmi says
it seems the pakistany interior minister gives the tone shouting Alahu Akbar
tim gallagher says
I suppose that wherever countries that are enemies play some sport there is always a lot of passion involved. What is so moronically stupid about the Pakistani politician crowing about how the victory of Pakistan over India in one match is the victory of islam is the fact that India almost always seems to beat pakistan. So allah, who of course doesn’t exist anyway, must be a real slack arse (as if any god would care about who wins a sport contest) and islam must be a load of crap, because Pakistan usually gets beaten. I enjoy sport, but as if a contest in any sport really matters all that much anyway. Pakistan could win every match they play against everyone and pakistan would still be the same primitive, backward crap hole of a country that it is and, seemingly, always will be. That’s what islam does to countries.
gravenimage says
Yep!
tim gallagher says
gravenimage, it is ridiculous nonsense from this Pakistani politician, but there seems to be so much hatred directed at India from Pakistan that over the top garbage like this is bound to be aired. I guess also this politician would probably know that his crap would have wide spread support among the people in Pakistan, so it is a smart move for a politician to stir the pot and will make him more popular.
gravenimage says
Agreed, Tim–this claptrap is no surprise.
Infidel says
A politician saying it was one thing, but what took the cake was that after the match, in the post match interview, the Pak captain was interviewed by a Pak interviewer, who told him, “The infidel has been destroyed”. To which the captain responded, “It was the work of allah”
https://www.opindia.com/2021/10/kufr-toot-gaya-pakistani-commentator-bazid-khan-rejoices-after-pakistans-win-against-india-in-t20-world-cup
Pakistan has been playing cricket for 70+ years, but this is the first time in history that any Pak team captain or news staff brought up islam openly in the context of a victory. In the past, it was always just a part of the backstory
If the BCCI, which along w/ the Australian and English cricket boards, de-facto controls the ICC, has the cajones to object, they absolutely should bring the hammer down on both these characters
gravenimage says
Good grief. This Islamic claptrap is more unhinged all the time.
gravenimage says
Pakistan’s interior minister says of World Cup cricket: ‘Pakistan’s victory against India is the victory of Islam!’
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What a load. Doesn’t this idiot realize that Cricket was invented by the “filthy Infidels” of England?
Besides, while Pakistan has done well against India in ODI and Test Series matches, India has done *much* better in World Cup and Asia Cup matches. Has that been a victory for Hinduism? Never mind other big wins by other Kuffar nations like New Zealand and Ireland…
Walter Sieruk says
This must mean that Joe Biden loves Islamic tyranny. After all, creepy old Joe is part of the Red/Green alliance.