Callum Sutherland

"The Koran leaves no room for doubt. It is Allah's will that we switch to a back three with attacking wing-backs." That's @Telegraph. Columnist Michael Deacon. 22 September 2026. What prompted it: Man Utd's Muslim Supporters' Club @mum_sc said co-owner Jim Ratcliffe should resign over his comments on immigration. That's it. That's the whole offence. An opinion. A statement. This was the reply: "Sacrilege! The divine formation is 4-2-3-1, and eternal damnation awaits the infidel who dares propose the use of a false nine instead of a traditional centre-forward." Spoken about. Never spoken to. That's the difference. When Stretford Sikhs' Preetam Singh criticised Ratcliffe's apology in February, Sky News rang him up. He got his name, his title, his own words: the apology was "half-hearted," he said. He wanted a proper one. When @mum_sc said the same thing this week, nobody called them. Deacon didn't ask what they meant. He wrote what he imagined they'd say instead. We don't get a quote. We don't get a vote. We don't get a say. When we vote, it's "family voting." When we speak, it's a punchline. This isn't the first time an opinion has earned us one instead of a phone call. Not this year. 22 April 2026 — Telegraph investigation finds "Muslim only" rental listings across London. August 2026 — Telegraph: Ofwat scheme tells Muslims to limit wudu to one litre of water. "Asians told to wash rice and feet less in water-saving push" August 2026 — NewsCord runs a boycott campaign against a film. "The ludicrous campaign to cancel Ali G… with AI" 22 September 2026 — Muslim Supporters' Club says Ratcliffe must go. "Why do Man Utd have a Muslim supporters' club?" Edited out. Made a footnote. Paragraph sixteen. Never the headline. Always talked about. Never talked to. Do something good, and our faith is stripped from the page. Have an opinion, and suddenly it's "bad." That leads the headline. We asked for a new owner. We got told, again, we don't deserve to have a voice. Report: islamophobiauk.co.uk Keep us alive: islamophobiauk.co.uk/donate