Ozil's Trip to Mecca Claimed to be Anti Patriotic

MUNICH - The playmaker is a devout Muslim and recently went on his pilgrimage to Mecca, something all followers of Islam are encouraged to do. However, the right-wing party, know as Alternative for Germany (AfD) claims that this was anti patriotic.

“When Ozil regularly doesn’t sing along to the national anthem, we are supposed to treat it as his own private matter,” head of the party, Andrea Kersten babbled.

“But when he goes on pilgrimage to Mecca Tagesspiegel, a left-leaning daily newspaper, tells people it is ‘a sign for more understanding and integration.'”

Why the 27-year-old’s faith, which he’s never tried to conceal and has always seemed proud of, should affect his ability to love his country is beyond most rational-minded people. It’s a shame that such a kind, gentle human being who spends a large portion of his free time helping charities or interacting with his fans, is so misunderstood, simply because of his religion.

However, many fans had reacted positively to Ozil.

According to The Local, one called it 'a sign for inter-religious peace, a sign for Germany, a sign for Europe and the rest of this agitated world going to pieces! True Islam is - as any other one - a religion of peace and understanding, not of terrorism and disuniting mankind! Well done, Mesut!'

Hopefully, if Mesut has heard about these comments, he neither cares or knows that AfD are in the minority. The vast majority of Germany fans worship the ground he walks – or dribbles – on (although that sounds a bit gross). And rightly so.

One thing that should be heard by Ozil, let the 'dogs' bark, the caliph must still pass.