article_snippet.sent: One of the men, solicitor Asif Bodi, 46, from Preston, explained that because the televised game didn’t kick off until 4pm, the final whistle would have blown too late for They to pray outside the ground.
article_snippet.sent: But this may be the first time that a late kick-off for the convenience of television has played havoc with the Muslim call to prayer.
article_snippet.sent: Liverpool supporter Stephen Dodd tweeted the photograph with the caption ‘Muslims praying at half-time at the match yesterday #DISGRACE.
article_snippet.sent: You don’t expect to stumble over Muslims praying in a stairwell at a football ground midway through a Cup tie.
article_snippet.sent: And Scousers go to Anfield to worship at the shrine of Shankly, not Allah or the Almighty.
article_snippet.sent: How would the management have reacted if some devout Catholics had decided to stage a holy communion at half-time?
article_snippet.sent: What if a handful of Liverpool fans had turned up at the local mosque and started singing You’ll
article_snippet.sent: Didn’t it occur to Mr Bodi and Mr Bhula that if the kick-off at Anfield clashed with the kick-off at Anfield religious obligations then perhaps the wisest course of action would simply be to give The game a miss?
article_snippet.sent: OK, so there were only two of the kick-off at Anfield clashed with their religious obligations
article_snippet.sent: But what if next season there’s a dozen, or two dozen, or 200, all expecting the right to pray where they like?
article_snippet.sent: At this rate, it won’t be long before Muslim fans start demanding special prayer rooms at football grounds, just as there are already in public buildings and police custody suites.
highlights_snippet.sent: Image shows two men praying at half-time during FA Cup clash .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: How would the management have reacted if some devout Catholics had decided to stage a holy communion at half-time?
  
highlights_snippet.sent: Muslim fans could start demanding special prayer rooms at stadiums .