Football contribution to Ramadan
Antonio Rüdiger and the DFB report Julian Reichelt
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Criticism of Antonio Rüdiger – “He has to keep his feet still. He serves as a role model.”
A photo by Antonio Rüdiger for Ramadan is causing a stir. He then shows himself with a raised index finger, a gesture that is also used by Islamists. “He has to know,” says former national player Jimmy Hartwig and criticizes Rüdiger’s failure to act as a role model.
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Antonio Rüdiger posts a post about Ramadan – the former “Bild” editor-in-chief Julian Reichelt then accuses him of making a radical gesture. National players and association report the matter. The Federal Ministry of the Interior also comments.
National player Antonio Rüdiger and the German Football Association (DFB) are taking legal action against Julian Reichelt. Rüdiger feels vilified and slandered by Reichelt’s criticism of a photo he published on Instagram at the beginning of the Muslim fasting month of Ramadan. The Real Madrid football professional has therefore filed a criminal complaint with the Berlin public prosecutor’s office, and the association has reported the matter to the central office for combating cybercrime of the Frankfurt/Main public prosecutor’s office.
In his post on March 11, the practicing Muslim Rüdiger posted a photo of himself in a white robe on a prayer mat. The index finger of his right hand points to the sky. “May the Almighty accept our fasting and our prayers,” wrote Rüdiger as a greeting to Ramadan. In Reichelt’s opinion, Rüdiger made an Islamist gesture by raising his index finger.
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Antonio Rüdiger’s management and the DFB confirmed the advertisements from the German Press Agency. “Bild” first reported. The German Press Agency has received the criminal complaint against Reichelt. The complaint is about insult or slander, inflammatory insult and sedition. Rüdiger himself did not want to comment on the matter.
The Federal Ministry of the Interior classifies it as unproblematic
The former “Bild” editor-in-chief Reichelt stuck to his assessment of Rüdiger’s gesture and accused Rüdiger and the association of “intimidation methods”.
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According to “Bild,” the Federal Ministry of the Interior explained that, from its point of view, the raised finger “should be understood as a confession of faith and should therefore be classified as unproblematic with regard to public safety. This applies regardless of the fact that Islamist groups appropriate this symbol and misuse it for their own purposes.”
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In certain contexts, pointing the finger could be seen as a sign of Salafist or Islamist radicalization if actors consciously use this ambiguity. “This depends on the individual case consideration,” the ministry continued.
