You may have heard the Mohammed Salah chants being chanted by Liverpool FC fans recently like the one be1low:<\/p>\n
However, for anyone who knows Liverpool, the chants are not surprising at all!<\/p>\n
Here are 9 reasons why:<\/p>\n
1: Liverpudlians are some of the friendliest people in the world<\/p>\n
Recently, Liverpool was crowned the ‘kindest city in the world’ after a survey commissioned by Travelodge found that Liverpulians carried our more acts of kindness every day than people from other parts of the country.<\/p>\n
2: People don’t read The Sun in Liverpool<\/p>\n
Which means they don’t buy into anti-Muslim stories like this :<\/p>\n
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3. When far-right and racist groups hold anti-Muslim rallies in Liverpool, they are often chased away by the locals<\/p>\n
Racists are simply not welcome in Liverpool.<\/p>\n
4. Liverpool has always welcomed others<\/p>\n
As a port city, different people from across the world have always been coming and going. Tolerance of and welcoming of “others” has always been a part of Liverpool’s culture.<\/p>\n
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Refugees in Liverpool<\/p>\n
5. The first Muslim community in the country was in Liverpool<\/p>\n
It was made up of over a hundred Scouse converts.<\/p>\n
6. The UK’s first mosque and Islamic Centre was established in Liverpool<\/p>\n
The mosque was established in the late 1800s. That’s before Liverpool Football Club was even a thing!<\/p>\n
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7. The highest ranking Muslim leader that Britain has ever had was from there<\/p>\n
Sheikh Abdullah William Henry Quilliam, a Liverpool born convert and solicitor from Victorian times was given the title ‘Shaykhul Islam of the British Isles’ by the Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid<\/p>\n
8. Muslims used to gather at a Centre near the Anglican Cathedral in the 70s<\/p>\n
Before establishing Liverpool’s largest mosque (al-Rahma) in Toxteth in the 70s, Sheikh Ali Hizzam used to gather the faithful in his Centre which was right next to the Anglican Cathedral (where the visitor’s car park is today).<\/p>\n
9. Mosques and football fans work together to help the homeless<\/p>\n
Today, mosques across Merseyside work together with Liverpool, Everton and Tranmere fans (Fans Supporting Foodbanks) to provide food to the homeless and needy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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