Former cricketer Shahid Afridi responded to a Zionist group that posted his picture on social media sparking a lot of outrage on social media following his interaction with fans who were supporting the Zionist movement.
The cricketer clarified that he thought, a recent photograph with a Zionist group happened because he thought it was an ordinary fan interaction.
Taking to X (formerly Twitter) after the photo went viral, Afridi said that he was walking down a street in the UK when some people asked him for a photo and he obliged, reiterating his support for muslims and Palestine and calling out the horrors being practiced in Israel.
“Imagine strolling down a street in Manchester (UK) and so-called fans approach you for a selfie. You oblige, and moments later, they upload it as some form of Zionist endorsement,” he wrote.
Unbelievable! Please don’t believe everything that is uploaded.” He went on to add that the photo does not signify his support for any situation where ‘human lives are at stake’.
Following his photo with the Zionist group fans on social media gave mixed reactions, many defended the cricketer acknowledging the fact that he had no idea that they were supporting that movement while others said that it was naive on Afridi’s part to take a picture with them as they had pamphlets in their hands which portrayed their ambitions.