Watford boxer Anthony Joshua has received a torrent of abuse after he shared a photo in a mosque in Dubai.
‘Besides luck, hard work & talent.. Prayer is a solid foundation. It was nice to join my brother as he led through afternoon prayer (asr),’ he tweeted to his 800,000 followers, along with an emoji showing hands clasped in prayer.
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He also shared the photo to almost two million followers on Instagram.
Joshua, a British heavyweight boxer and Olympic champion who grew up on the Meriden estate, is not understood to be a practising Muslim but was experiencing the culture with friends who are.
Besides luck, hard work & talent.. Prayer is a solid foundation. It was nice to join my brother as he led through afternoon prayer (asr) 🙏🏾 pic.twitter.com/KJ4f2lu3mP
— Anthony Joshua (@anthonyfjoshua) January 17, 2017
Some people had a problem with that, however.
He received an immediate stream of abuse in reply to his tweet, with people saying they would no longer support him joshua1 ‘Disappointed, won’t be watching you again’, one troll posted.
Some of the responses to Anthony Joshua praying in a Mosque. Sometimes I'm ashamed to be White & English. We're not all like this... pic.twitter.com/vVqfMJTe89
— ! (@kylerowland90) January 17, 2017
Some people said they had been fans but would now be ‘praying for his opponents’.
‘Hope Klitchko batters you now tbh,’ one man wrote, referring to his upcoming fight against Wladimir Klitschko.
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