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Ali Karimi

Football star accused of eating in public during Ramadan; kicked out of team

(AFP) – Popular Iranian footballer Ali Karimi, sometimes described as "the Maradona of Asia," has been fired by his club for not fasting during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the club said on Sunday. Steel Azin FC said on its website www.steelazin.com that it was "forced to sack one of its players, Ali Karimi, for being disobedient and not fasting during Ramadan," when devout Muslims fast from dawn until dusk. Karimi, who was the Asian Player of 2004, had even "insulted officials of the (Iranian) football federation and the Tehran team's supervisor who confronted him on the issue," Steel Azin said. The player himself denied any wrongdoing. "I am a Muslim and I believe in religious questions," Karimi told ISNA news agency, also denying that he had insulted Iranian football officials >>>

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asadabad on Mon Aug 16, 2010 11:14 AM PDT

Why can't Islam be regarded as a personal choice? If someone doesn't want it, let them reject it and vice versa.

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You ask a perfectly reasonable question, but you do realise this issue is at the very heart of the whole debate about the situation in Iran and its future, don't you?

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