Egyptian Liverpool attacker Mo Salah has come under fire for being embraced by a model in his most recent magazine cover shot, which some feel shows social inequities.

The cover of GQ Middle East depicts Alessandra Ambrosio, a former Victoria’s Secret Angel, beside Salah.

Ambrosio is pictured embracing him from behind in the contested second version, but they are depicted side by side in the original.

During a group chuckle, the performers appear in a behind-the-scenes film.

The majority of replies, notably from Egypt, focused on Salah’s acceptance by the model despite the fact that he is a married Muslim man bred in an Orthodox milieu.

“Imagine if a married Muslim woman did this,” one Twitter user said.

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People were so preoccupied with the incident that they either forgot to congratulate the Liverpool player on winning GQ’s Man of the Year award for 2019 or chose not to.

Salah was inundated with angry followers who questioned his morality and criticized him for the photographs after the two covers were posted on his social media sites.

“You should be ashamed of yourself as a Muslim,” one Instagram user stated.

Jokes about Salah’s marriage dissolving or failing were popular in the comments. Tens of millions of people around the world follow the football player, but he has yet to respond to the criticism.

Salah’s images were immediately contrasted to those of prominent Egyptian ladies who had received even harsher penalty for immoral behavior. Rania Youssef risked a five-year prison sentence when she opted to attend a red carpet event in a garment that showed off her upper thighs and legs.

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Salah frequently shares unguarded photos of himself on social media, and his Instagram page is full of them. Conversely, the GQ controversy highlights his challenging balancing act as an Egyptian, a Muslim, and a well-known figure with a sizable following outside of the Arab world.

The striker’s supporters questioned why the player was receiving criticism, arguing that the photo shoot with Ambrosio was appropriate because the player was now an international A-lister in addition to being a local celebrity in Egypt.