It was a new day, or at least it seemed like one. A man named Mohamed shattered longstanding English records, and did so with that patented smile on his face. But the feats Salah achieved with his feet were not as earth shaking as what he did after putting the ball behind the net. Immediately after scoring a goal, Salah would fall to his knees and bow his head on the field. This was no celebration. This was prayer.

QUESTION: Worth considering how public displays of religious devotion by athletes are received across different cultural contexts.

Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamopho…, loc. 1071