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Shaun Botterill/Getty Images“It started when I was 17 at Everton and I went out with my team-mates and everyone knew me as the German because I was playing for Germany. 'You’re German, how is it possible that you’re not drinking?'" Mustafi explained. "I said, 'No, I'm Muslim and I'm not drinking' and he asked me, ‘Why are you Muslim?’ and I was like, ‘Yeah, my parents are Muslim and I grew up in a Muslim family'. "Then I got home and thought that was a good question, because I'd never asked myself. It's something that your parents teach you but you never know whether it's good, bad, why am I not drinking, why am I not eating pork, why do I have to pray five times a day. "I started to read the Qur’an and asking them questions - 'what is the thinking behind that?' - and it became more and more interesting. It's helped me a lot."
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