Shooting Session, Three Muslim Players of Munich Refuse to Hold the Beer

foto: Al Arabiya

Sports - Defending champion German Bundesliga, Bayern Munich has a tradition before the start of the season. The whole players FC Hollywood obliged to undego a photocall Paulaner Brewery products on August 31.

Then in 2013, midfielder Frank Ribery and Xherdan Shaqiri refuse yo holding a beer. This time, the two remained consistently uphold the tradition. This was done both because as a Muslim, never to approach religion prohibited beverage as beer.

Uniquely, this time Ribery and Shaqiri get new colleagues are reluctant to hold a glass of beer, namely Mehdi Benatia. The Moroccan national team defender is also a Muslim. He had come from AS Roma.

Quoted by Al Arabiya, Benatia, following the footsteps of its two predecessors by not holding a beer in a shooting session. Even so, he remained professional photography undergo flanked Jerome Boateng and Dante, as well as behind Thomas Mueller. Dante and Mueller even had time to do a high five movements by attaching a glass each.

As known, Paulaner Brewery is on of Germany's leading beer producer. Paulaner is known as on the six sponsors festivals are very popular German beer, Oktoberfest is held since 1810. In the past year, Ribery was made upset by the celebration of the season 2012/2013 German Bundesliga title. When it is, Boateng pour beef from Ribery to head back to him soaking wet. As a result, players of Munich were reportedly was angry with Boateng, even though the news was finally clarified.