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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
Former Egyptian footballer Mohamed Aboutrika has drawn both backlash and support after making ‘anti-gay’ remarks focused on the English Premier League during a live broadcast on Arab sports channel beIN Sports. Aboutrika, one of the sports station’s best-known pundits, criticised the Premier League’s Rainbow Laces campaign – where Premier League players wear rainbow-coloured shoelaces in support of the LGBT+ community. The 43-year-old, who was placed on Egypt’s terror list for allegedly supporting and funding the Muslim Brotherhood, referred to homosexuality as a “phenomenon… [that goes] not…