Muslims should treat any international sporting competitions such as FIFA or the Olympics as any other innovation in the religion, because they reinforce artificial identities designed to divide and weaken the Muslims.
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The Olympic games were originally an act of worship for pagan Greeks. The games were part of a festival honoring Zeus, the chief god of the Greek pantheon. They are named for Mt. Olympus, which was the home of the gods in Greek mythology.
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The Olympic games today still include a derivative of ritual from the ancient Greek religion in the form of the Olympic torch ceremony.
In the original games, a fire was lit on the altar of Hestia, goddess of the hearth, and kept burning throughout the games.
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In the original games, a fire was lit on the altar of Hestia, goddess of the hearth, and kept burning throughout the games.
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In the original Olympics, the athletes frequently competed completely naked. Today, still, there is a great deal of indecent clothing worn by both men and women during the Olympics, and sharing in this ritual means showing approval of it.
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Part of the idea behind the Olympics is to build bonds of "human brotherhood." We should try to avoid making these bonds with people who violate the rights of Allah, the Most High and Exalted, by associating partners with Him.
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Instead, we should try to build bonds with our Muslim brothers and sisters who will have a good effect on our religion and character and will not lead us into fitna.
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As an alternative, we could organize Islamic inter-regional competitions that have benefits for armed struggle, including wrestling, marksmanship, riding, climbing, swimming, foot races (endurance and sprints), also could have design, ballistics, hackathons etc.
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