Özil, a German Muslim who is of Turkish heritage, wrote: “[In China] Qurans are burned, mosques were closed down, Islamic theological schools, madrasas were banned, religious scholars were killed one by one. Despite all this, Muslims stay quiet.” It prompted a wave of pushback from Chinese officials, the Chinese Football Association and others. Arsenal distanced itself in a statement posted to social media platform Weibo and, by some accounts, Özil’s outspokenness led to his exclusion from video games, Chinese Internet searches and game broadcasts — after Chinese broadcast partners initially refused to air Arsenal matches.
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