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https://twistislamophobia.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Muslim_footballs_1.jpg800450In this article, Gezim Osmani, activist and writer for The Muslim Vibe reflects on the positive impact some football players’ public embracement of Islam is having. As the author reflects, football players exert a very big influence on society as a whole, whereas it is on haircuts, clothes or opinions. The presence of Muslim football players can then be a very important element for the normalization of Muslims across Western societies. Lately, I’ve been intrigued by recent events that have been taking place in the UK. One of these events was the “Punish a Muslim day”, where Muslim communities were receiving hateful letters and what awards there would be if “you punish a Muslim”, below is a short text from New York Times: “The anonymous letters arrived this weekend in plain white envelopes with second-class stamps and were sent to people in at least six communities in England. Inside was a message so hateful that it sent out ripples of alarm and prompted a national counterterrorism investigation. The message said that April 3 would be “Punish a Muslim Day,” and that points would be awarded for acts of violence: 25 points for pulling off a woman’s head scarf, 500 points for murdering ...