Star Pakistan keeper-batter Mohammad Rizwan is currently in the United States, as he joined Harvard Business School’s executive education program along with his teammate Babar Azam. While the program concluded on Saturday, June 3, Rizwan is still spending some time in Boston, where he was recently spotted offering Namaz, a religious Islam prayer, on the streets. The video of the same caught instant fire on social media, while fans reacted to his gesture as “beautiful”.
Mohammad Rizwan stopped his car and offered namaz on the street in US 🇺🇲
— Farid Khan (@_FaridKhan) June 6, 2023
Ma Shaa Allah ❤️ pic.twitter.com/2FDpXjEcQv
Some of the users criticized the move and called it public stunt and raised several questions on the act.
Muslims do trashtalking about “the West”should be thankful that they allow you for this stupidity.. Will you tolerate people from other religions practicing their faith in your country? Most hypocrite people to exist on the earth.. 🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️ https://t.co/nNTqfWNfUQ
— N ☀️ (@a_nidaaaa) June 6, 2023
The exact place where Rizwan is standing and the distance from here to the nearest and central mosque of Manhattan is of 5 mins. Agay ap sary smjhdar ho. https://t.co/yIvoTZxxqC pic.twitter.com/B7cIi0a3It
— Noman (@censorednoman) June 6, 2023
Others praised the video for highlighting freedom of expression and indirectly addressing gender discrimination in some religious spaces.
The street is empty and it is not causing any problem to anyone. He is offering prayers on sideways. I am 100% sure he wouldn't have asked it to film it so. So, I don't think why it is a problem for anyone? https://t.co/CQMTrb5yd8
— Nerdie-Gunner (@Artillery96) June 6, 2023
The best thing about this video is the freedom of expression whilst I've been denied entrances in the Pakistani mosques because my prayers can get qaza but women in a masajid are a big no no by the phallus-havers. https://t.co/AFE7I5rD5z
— Cassandra has issues. (@PoltclCassandra) June 6, 2023
