(News.com.au) A Muslim preacher in Melbourne has warned fellow believers not to get swept up in the Matildas fever gripping Australia, reminding his followers that it’s “haram” to watch women’s sport.
Takeadean Mohtadi, imam at the MyCentre mosque in Broadmeadows, said in a viral TikTok clip on Friday that Muslims must be “careful what you watch, who you watch and who you support.”
“The Women’s World Cup — the Matildas — I’m addressing my Muslim brothers,” he said in the clip which has been viewed 46,000 times.
“Did we forget that it is haram for us to look at the opposite gender? Allah subhanahu wa ta’ala [the most glorified God] has commanded us to lower our gaze to the opposite gender. Did you forget this? And not just this … did we forget who we’re supporting?”
