'Sinful' Manchester United shirts encourage devil worship so don't wear them warn Muslim clerics

Muslim Manchester United fans have been told they must not wear team shirts that bear the club crest because it glorifies thedevil. The warning has come from Malaysian clerics who have declared the club shirts un-Islamic - along with those of Brazil, Portugal, Barcelona, Serbia and Norway, all of which carry images of the cross on their team emblems. The Red Devils have a huge following in the far east and shirt sales are huge but this has not impressed the conservative religious scholars who want them banned. The devil is in the detail: Manchester United shirts on display in Kuala Lumpur... ...have been condemned as sinfulbecause of their badges 'This is very dangerous. As a Muslim, we should not worship the symbols of other religions or the devils,' said Nooh Gadot, anIslamic cleric from Johor state. Have you got this one with the number 666 on the back? A controversial United shirt on the verge of being sold He added: 'Even if it is a gift, we should decline it. It is even more sinful when people realise this is wrong and still buy these jerseysto wear.' Although no fatwa - a religious edict - will be issued against the shirts, Noor insisted those Muslims wearing one ' should repent, repent immediately.' His view was echoed by another leading cleric, Harussani Zakaria, from northern Perak state who agreed devils should be shunned,not celebrated. 'Yes of course in Islam we don't allow people to wear this sort of thing,' he said. 'Devils are our enemies, why would you put their picture on you and wear it? You are only promoting the devil.'