Word: maasallah
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Dates: during 2003-2003
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...After Friday prayers earlier this month, they urged fans to eschew the usual raucous chants directed at their opponents ("We are ready to die, die," and "There's a beating waiting for you outside,") and instead express approval of the home side in more dignified and spiritual terms: Maasallah (May Allah preserve you), they suggested, or Baarek Allah (Blessed Allah). At a football match in Istanbul that weekend, fans welcomed the proposals, if not the spirit: "Blessed Allah" became Baarek Allah Belani Versin. Translation: may Allah give you trouble! - By Andrew Purvis and Pelin Turgut/Istanbul
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