In the face of Islamophobic remarks by one of its supporters on Tuesday, German football side Koln gave the fan his walking papers.<\/p>\n
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In the face of Islamophobic remarks by one of its supporters on Tuesday, German football side Koln gave the fan his walking papers.<\/p>\n
As posted by the club on Twitter, the unidentified fan wrote to the Bundesliga club saying: \u201cToday I have come to the realization that FC will be playing in kits that have a mosque on them. Due to the fact that I can\u2019t identify with Muslims and mosques, I am now making known my exit from the religious organization.\u201d<\/p>\n
The club\u2019s logo still features the Cologne Cathedral, but in a silhouette cityscape on the club\u2019s shirt, the shape of a mosque is visible.<\/p>\n
But the club gave no quarter to this anti-Muslim fan, according to Anadolu Agency.<\/p>\n
Above an image of the fan\u2019s note on Twitter, the club wrote simply: “We received notice from a member who wanted to cancel their membership due to the mosque on our kit. To that, we say: goodbye and thanks for the idea!”<\/p>\n
Germany, a country of over 81 million people, has the second-largest Muslim population in Western Europe after France.<\/p>\n
The country has nearly 4.7 million Muslims — 3 million of Turkish origin — and according to estimates, over 11% of Cologne\u2019s population is Muslim.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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