The Moroccan Federation responds to a site that described the star of Aswad Al Atlas as a “Salafi”

Rabat: The Moroccan Football Federation condemned the defamation of national team player Zakaria Abou Khalil on Sunday by criticizing a site’s description web local to him as a “Salafi within the national team”. The federation said in a press release: “One of the sites web published an article that concerned the person and behavior of the Moroccan international player, Zakaria Abu Khalil, while he was participating with the national team in the World Cup Finals in Qatar”. The statement indicated that the federation “categorically denies the false allegations against the player in the article, as he demonstrated exemplary behavior together with his colleagues in order to achieve honorable achievements for the national elite in this global forum”. The Moroccan federation confirmed that it will use the law to protect the members of the national team and “will reject all false allegations affecting their behavior or personal life in the exercise of their national duties”. The Moroccan site “Ashkine” (independent) published an article entitled “Abu Khallal is a Salafi in the national team”, stating that Abu Khallal ” has carried out actions and gestures with a Salafi religious reference, so as to induce i media foreigners talking about ISIS infiltrating the national team. And the site considered that “Abu Khalil appeared in several occasions with people affiliated with the European Salafi movement, and is also a reciter and memorizer of the Koran, and leads the team’s mission.” The site also criticized the player’s prostration after scoring a goal against Belgium during the group stage The site was later forced to delete the article, which was criticized by media activists and professionals media, who described it as “not respecting the minimum standard of journalistic work and professional ethics”. Morocco managed to write a new history for Arab and African football after qualifying for the semi-finals after defeating Portugal, one of the favorites to win the cup. Morocco became the third team from outside Europe and South America to qualify for the semi-finals of the World Cup after the United States in 1930 and South Korea in 2002. (Anatolia)

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