Ghost1 wrote:
Katir once said - “ On my mother’s head, I would never cheat or resort to illegal methods to improve my performance » please note that when a Muslim talks about his mother, he has (in all likelihood), to be telling the truth because to mention his mother in a sentence like this and cheat would be tantamount to self annihilation and suicide for a Muslim.
If you do a little bit of research into Muslim culture you will understand this and you will come to appreciate this Spanish athlete (Katir) all the more so.
It would also be good for people to stop referring to him as a “Spanish Moroccan“ athlete because he has been produced in Spain, trained in Spain, and his whole life has been lived in Spain. This is no ersatz copy.
You ask us to do a little research into Muslim culture in order to understand Katir, and then in the next sentence ask us to stop referring to him as a Spanish Moroccan" because he is apparently 100% Spanish.
Sorry Ghost, but last time I checked, the native Spanish Christians re-conquered all of their remaining land from the Muslims in the Iberian peninsula in the 15th century. Yes, Spain, like most of Western Europe, is undergoing a process of reverse colonalization and Islamization, but it's still early to claim that somebody can be 100% Muslim culture, and 100% Spanish or European.
If you need to understand Muslim culture to understand Katir, he is as much Moroccan (where he gets his Muslim religion and culture from) as Spanish. BTW, has to be said, being Muslim and being clean in middle-distance running doesn't appear to be a good match, from Morocco to Bahrain.