Chiefs Husain Abdullah Penalized Wrong!

On Tuesday, the NFL says that Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah should not have been penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct! Now Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah Penalized Wrong!

CelebNMusic247.com has the details on the NFL claiming tha Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah unsportsmanlike conduct will NOT be penalized. During the Chiefs/Patriot game Husain Abdullah dropped to his knees in prayer after an interception.

First we want to raise the question why is it ok for former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow dropping to one knee in prayer on the field?

Does religion play into the NFLs decision?

Well here is what the NFL is saying now that many people are questioning the NFLs call on Kansas City Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah touchdown prayer.

According to the league’s rule book prohibits players from celebrating while on the ground, Michael Signora explains on Tuesday:

“Officiating mechanic in this situation is not to flag a player who goes to the ground as part of religious expression, and as a result, there should have been no penalty on the play.”

Like we mentioned above after Monday night’s Chiefs / New England Patriots game criticism on social media raised eyebrows with many wondering how it was different from players such as former NFL quarterback Tim Tebow dropping to one knee in prayer.

Tebow, a devout Christian, often knelt in prayer after a success on the field- a phenomenon that became known as “Tebowing” during the 2011-2012 season.

He was NEVER criticized or penalized for prayer.

However, Abdullah, a six-year NFL veteran from Los Angeles, is a devout Muslim who took a year off from football to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. He said after Monday’s game that he knew before he even reached the end zone he would drop to his knees in thankful prayer after intercepting Tom Brady.

Abdullah reponded to the yellow flags flying from the officials in Arrowhead Stadium to AP:

“I don’t think it was because of the actual prostration that I got the penalty.”

“I think it was because of the slide.”

While Chiefs coach Andy Reid explains that they had no issue with the prayer, Reid said, only the celebratory slide. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a civil liberties and advocacy organization, issued a statement early Tuesday asking that the NFL take steps in response to the penalty.

“To prevent the appearance of a double standard, we urge league officials to clarify the policy on prayer and recognize that the official made a mistake in this case,” CAIR spokesman Ibrahim Hooper said.

Reid didn’t agree with the penalty, but he also didn’t make much of it.

“When you go to Mecca,” he said, referring to the end zone, “you should have the privilege to slide anywhere you want to slide. We have two priests in here. I think they will vouch for me.”

Indeed, there were two pastors sitting in Reid’s postgame news conference.

Abdullah is in his second year with the Chiefs after spending an entire season away from the game. He decided that, in the prime of his career, he would join his brother Hamza – who also was playing in the NFL at the time – to make a pilgrimage to Mecca. The Fifth Pillar of Islam is The Hajj, the pilgrimage that all Muslims are supposed to make once in their lifetime.

We hope the NFL cleans up all their twisted and backwards ways, because there was nothing wrong with Husain Abdullah Touchdown Prayer!

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