On the 29th of November, Egyptian retired football pundit Mohammed Abutrika attacked the LGBT inclusion campaign, the Rainbowlaces in the English league. The 43 years old retired footballer who is accused by the Egyptian authorities of supporting terrorist organisations is much loved by Egyptian football fans. Not long after his statements the social media platforms were divided between two hashtags, Kolena Aboutrika (We’re all Aboutrika) and Msh Kolena Aboutrika (No, not all of us are Aboutrika).
Aboutrika said that he could not answer one of his three daughters when she asked him what the colours on the rainbow laces mean. He urged the Muslim players to boycott the Premier League’s Rainbow Laces. In his words he said “This is against human nature”. “dangerous ideology that is becoming nasty” He also added.
