Amir Khan was bombarded by threats and trolling messages after he posted a picture of his Christmas tree online.
The former boxer, who is a practicing Muslim, posted a photo of the tree on Instagram yesterday night, saying his three-year-old daughter would like it when she woke up.
He posted: ‘While everyone’s asleep, daddy put the Christmas tree up. Lamaisah’s going to be happy.’
But the post led to a horrific backlash from some of his followers, who posted abusive and threatening messages in response.
One troll wrote: ‘You mut be dead and your family will be death i promise and Allah must promise I and Allah see you and check you your angel death came too see you. [sic]’
Some accused Khan of ‘betraying’ Islam, while another told Khan he should ‘go to hell’ for putting up the tree.
One man wrote: ‘Allah is definitely judging him for that and will surely punish those who imitate the kuffar by celebrating and joining in their pagan… festivals.’
