Players warned against wearing Newcastle jersey

[KC McElroy]

http://www.asianimage.co.uk/sport/99...__Wonga__logo/

[HuSsAiN]

Newcastle*

[radin119]

well this is even better advertisement than the shirts

[EKBATAN]

muslims are a joke in this world now days

why doesnt he just be up front and say the company is owned by jews? oh wait thats about half the companies in this world....
how bout these muslims just shut the hell up and go back to living in the desert? they are such hypocrites...they use tools that are made by "the devil" to promote their own shit and on top of it they talk down on them. These @ holes shouldnt even use the internet, youtube and all that cuz thats all the tools the devil made

[KC McElroy]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-tyne-23424012

A Newcastle footballer who said the team's sponsor clashed with his Muslim beliefs has been criticised for visiting a casino.

Papiss Cisse has been refusing to wear the loan company Wonga-branded strip.

However, it has now emerged that the Senegal striker was spotted at Aspers Casino in the city in November.

His agent said that he was not a gambler, but a Muslim councillor said Cisse would be letting Muslims down just by visiting a casino.

Newcastle United is currently on a pre-season trip to Portugal, but Cisse pulled out, saying he was not prepared to promote the pay-day loans company, citing his religion, and instead offered to wear an unbranded strip.

Both charging interest on loans and gambling are considered unethical by Muslims.

A spokesperson for Aspers Casino described Cisse as "an occasional visitor" who was "very well behaved and very welcome", but would not confirm whether or not he placed any bets.

Madou Diene, the player's agent, said: "Papiss Cisse is not a gambler."

Newcastle city councillor Dipu Ahad has previously defended Cisse's stance on Wonga.

He said: "I feel absolutely ashamed of what he's done, there's not just me there's been other people who've been supporting him.

"But what he's done now, seeing him in the casino, even if he wasn't gambling, I think this gives a wrong message.

"People will say, 'look, this is Islam they can pick and choose whatever they want', and Islam isn't about picking and choosing."

[Mort Nejad]

muslims are a joke in this world now days

why doesnt he just be up front and say the company is owned by jews? oh wait thats about half the companies in this world....
how bout these muslims just shut the hell up and go back to living in the desert? they are such hypocrites...they use tools that are made by "the devil" to promote their own shit and on top of it they talk down on them. These @ holes shouldnt even use the internet, youtube and all that cuz thats all the tools the devil made

That is such a stupid, bigoted statement.
Nothing to do with Jews... Why would you even say that. Do you even have any knowledge of Wonga? These guys are loan sharks who rob vulnerable people who are trying to get out of a horrible financial state.. Even the Archbishop of Canterbury wants to get rid of Wonga. (If you didn't know, he is Christian..)