{"id":295948,"date":"2023-10-11T22:25:48","date_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:25:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/?p=295948"},"modified":"2023-10-11T22:25:48","modified_gmt":"2023-10-11T22:25:48","slug":"england-star-moeen-ali-feared-growing-a-beard-might-lead-to-racism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportstons.com\/%d1%81ricket\/england-star-moeen-ali-feared-growing-a-beard-might-lead-to-racism\/","title":{"rendered":"England star Moeen Ali\u00a0feared growing a beard might lead to racism"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>England&#8217;s World Cup vice-captain Moeen Ali feared growing a beard as part of his Muslim faith might lead to him being labelled an extremist<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Moeen Ali was inspired to grow a beard by South Africa\u2019s Hashim Amla<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Boxing legend Muhammad Ali was also massive inspiration for England star<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Mail Sport&#8217;s new WhatsApp Channel: Get the breaking news and exclusives here\u00a0<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Moeen Ali feared growing a beard as part of his strong Muslim faith might lead to him being labelled an extremist.<\/p>\n<p>Moeen, England\u2019s World Cup vice-captain, said his decision to grow the beard early in his career was inspired by South Africa\u2019s Hashim Amla.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Muhammad Ali was a massive inspiration for me because of his upbringing and becoming a Muslim,\u2019 Moeen, 36, told Sky Sports.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Then Hashim Amla as a cricketer in South Africa having a big beard. If he can do it, why can\u2019t I? It\u2019s what I wanted to do but I was a bit afraid at the time. I was young and I didn\u2019t want people to think \u2014 even my own family \u2014 I was extreme or becoming an extremist.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Because at that time, that\u2019s all people were talking about \u2014 Muslims being extreme.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/10\/11\/21\/76445815-0-image-a-77_1697056883908.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>England star Moeen Ali was inspired to grow a beard by South Africa\u2019s Hashim Amla<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/sport\/cricket\/article-12620797\/Englands-World-Cup-vice-captain-Moeen-Ali-feared-growing-beard-Muslim-faith-lead-labelled-extremist.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England&#8217;s World Cup vice-captain Moeen Ali feared growing a beard as part of his Muslim faith might lead to him <span class=\"more-text\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295947,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.8 - 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