AGAIN, SALAH FACES BACKLASH FROM MUSLIM FANS AFTER SHARING XMAS FAMILY PHOTO

Liverpool forward, Mohamed Salah has faced renewed criticism from some of his Muslim followers after sharing a photo of himself and his family standing in front of a Christmas tree.

Posting on Instagram on Wednesday, December 25, the Liverpool star, who is a Muslim, captioned the photo with “#MerryChristmas”.

Continuing their annual tradition, Mohamed Salah, his wife Magi, and their daughters Makka and Kayan posed in matching pajamas for his Christmas post, smiling in front of a decorated tree and a gingerbread figure.

While Muslims do not traditionally celebrate Christmas, some participate in the festive activities associated with the holiday.

“You let me down bro,” wrote one user on Instagram, where Salah shared the post to his 63.7million followers.

“Delete this right now,” posted another, while a third wrote: “At this point am just disappointed in you bro.”

Another said: “We Muslim people look up to you and you do this in return,” accompanied by three crying emojis.

Other leapt to the defence of Salah, with one fan writing: “Merry Christmas Mo. Ignore all these idiots. Hope you and your family have a well deserved holiday season.”

Another posted: “In what has become an annual tradition on Christmas Day, I read and enjoy the comments on post for an hour. Never disappoints.”

Salah has been in an exceptional form this season, scoring 15 goals and providing 11 assists, making him the frontrunner for the Golden Boot.

After a standout performance against Tottenham in Liverpool’s last match, he made history as the first Premier League player to record 10 goals and 10 assists before Christmas.

Despite preparing to face Leicester on Boxing Day, fans took to his recent post to criticize him.

One posted: “With all the warning you still go ahead and posted this shame pose of yours. May Allah guard you to the ryt part. For now on, I shall be unfollow you from all platform and also block you. You are disgraceful. I also stop to watch Liverpool match forever.”

Another wrote: “Mark my words you won’t score any goal till end of the season, for disrespecting our beloved prophet SAW and the entire Muslim community.”