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Kate Scott Praised For Graceful Response As Khabib Politely Declines Handshake On Live Tv
Following the Champions League final, Khabib Nurmagomedov, a former UFC fighter and PSG supporter, reportedly “refused” to shake hands with CBS Sports host Kate Scott, allowing fans to voice their opinions.
Former football players Thierry Henry, Jamie Carragher, Micah Richards, and online personality iShowSpeed joined Scott, formerly Kate Abdo, during a section of CBS Sports’ coverage of PSG’s 5-0 victory against Inter Milan in Munich, Germany, on Saturday night (May 31).
The group was discussing Khabib’s friendship with club president Nasser Al-Khelaifi and his fandom of PSG.
When the group started shaking hands at the end of the segment, spectators saw that Khabib put his hand on his heart instead than shaking Scott’s hand, even though she offered.
Social media users quickly voiced their opinions about the occurrence, but there might be a reason.
One said: “Great interaction between Khabib and Kate, respect other people’s boundaries and no need to be in your feelings about it. Khabib showed respect in his way while sticking to his principles. Top class.”
Another said, “Great appreciation to Khabib for holding firmly to his beliefs, and great appreciation to Kate for understanding that.”
A third commented, “It was a bit awkward seeing Khabib skip the handshake with Kate. She handled it like a total pro, though—calm and classy.”
While a fourth explained, “All you man complaining in the replies. In his own beliefs, he showed her the UTMOST respect by not shaking her hand. If he did, it would almost essentially be him disrespecting her.”
The former UFC fighter is a devoted Muslim, thus it seems possible that Khabib did not shake Scott’s hand because of his Islamic beliefs, though this is not entirely apparent.
According to Muslim College, “Muslim men cannot shake hands with non-mahram women, and Muslim women cannot shake hands with non-mahram men. Their religion is irrelevant.”
“The Messenger of Allah (pbuh) said: ‘Indeed, I do not shake hands with women…’ [Sunan Nasā’i – 4187]”.
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