there was programme about this last week - yes, if they are fit and in form. the fasting starts at dawn, so in the winter its not necessarily such a big deal. its down to player and manger to assess the impact.
point is its not against his religion, being the lender would be. his fellow muslim players are reported OK wearing the sponsor, and he didnt object when it was Virgin Money. he should have just said that he was against the sponsor on principle, then he'd have the balls Dandyman talks of.
or, Cisse has used a populist agenda to publically create a friction with the club and engineer a move. Amazing that some people cant see the obvious agenda because someone happens to appeal to ones idea of values.
anti-usary is a pretty core tenet of islam and its quite explicit about it too (more so than for instance drinking or eating pork). itsarguably one of the reasons the islamic world fell behind development enjoyed by the western world (cue binfest). he is not himself participating in usary...
yep, complete hypocricy
as is that twaddle - so its ok that some people get into trouble with credit cards and betting, but immoral when its a short term loan???:wozza: