Welcome to DU!
The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards.
Join the community:
Create a free account
Support DU (and get rid of ads!):
Become a Star Member
Latest Breaking News
General Discussion
The DU Lounge
All Forums
Issue Forums
Culture Forums
Alliance Forums
Region Forums
Support Forums
Help & Search
Israeli mosque prayer caller fired over photos in bodybuilder outfit
Source: Reuters
WORLD NEWS FEBRUARY 3, 2019 / 9:55 AM / UPDATED 2 HOURS AGO
Israeli mosque prayer caller fired over photos in bodybuilder outfit
Rami Ayyub
3 MIN READ
ACRE, Israel (Reuters) - A prayer caller at a mosque in the Israeli city of Acre is appealing for his job back after being fired over photos posted online of him in a revealing outfit at a bodybuilding contest.
Ibrahim al-Masri said he lost his job as chief muezzin of the Al-Jazzar Mosque after local officials came upon the photos of him at the state bodybuilding championship in 2017.
“Each sport has a specific type of clothing. Football has its own, tennis has its own, swimming has its own. Same thing for bodybuilding,” Masri said, referring to the wire-thin briefs competitors typically wear.
-snip-
Masri said the decision to fire him was taken by an official who viewed it “as something incredibly disgraceful for a religious worker to go enter this competition”.
-snip-
Israeli mosque prayer caller fired over photos in bodybuilder outfit
Rami Ayyub
3 MIN READ
ACRE, Israel (Reuters) - A prayer caller at a mosque in the Israeli city of Acre is appealing for his job back after being fired over photos posted online of him in a revealing outfit at a bodybuilding contest.
Ibrahim al-Masri said he lost his job as chief muezzin of the Al-Jazzar Mosque after local officials came upon the photos of him at the state bodybuilding championship in 2017.
“Each sport has a specific type of clothing. Football has its own, tennis has its own, swimming has its own. Same thing for bodybuilding,” Masri said, referring to the wire-thin briefs competitors typically wear.
-snip-
Masri said the decision to fire him was taken by an official who viewed it “as something incredibly disgraceful for a religious worker to go enter this competition”.
-snip-
Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-israel-religion-bodybuilder/israeli-mosque-prayer-caller-fired-over-photos-in-bodybuilder-outfit-idUSKCN1PS0F2