Newcastle United produces prayer space for Muslim players - Al-Arabiya

Papiss Cisse is certainly one of Newcastle Unitedas Muslim participants. (AFP) Britainas Newcastle United soccer team has created a particular prayer room for its Muslim people at their stadium, noted the Daily Mirror on Thursday. Eight members of the first group are sincere followers of Islam and previously used different locations in the stadium complex to do their prayers before a game. An core said: aWe think we will have more Muslims in our first team squad than any other team in the Premier League, so it's important to care for them,a in line with the Daily Mirror. aThey have now been using various areas at the bottom to worship before games. Now they'll get a proper prayer room.a Seven first group stars a Papiss Cisse, Cheick Tiote, Hatem Mary Arfa, Massadio Haidara, Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa, Moussa Sissoko and Mehdi Abeid- are practicing Muslims. Former striker Demba Ba, who now plays for Chelsea, could typically lead team-mates in prayer, stated the magazine. aPrayer is now an important area of the build up to large games,a the insider was quoted as saying. aDemba was probably the most passionate of all of the players. He'd regularly hope before major games, and be registered by team-mates. It helped create a relationship between them.a

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