Joke About England Being The Only Remaining Muslim Representative In The World Cup
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Saudi Arabia out, Egypt out, Iran out, soon England will be the only Muslim country left in the world cup
Overview
This is a simple text-only meme placed on a solid bright red background with bold, white sans-serif text. The text lists that Muslim-majority nations Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Iran have all been eliminated from the FIFA World Cup tournament, then makes a humorous, cheeky claim that England will soon be the only "Muslim country" left competing in the World Cup. The joke relies on the context that England has a large domestic Muslim population, plus its national football squad for the relevant World Cup had multiple high-profile Muslim players, allowing for the playful exaggeration of framing England as the remaining Muslim representative in the competition after majority-Muslim nations are knocked out.
Origin notes
This meme was sourced from a 9Gag RSS feed, with an associated original 9Gag post titled "Germany out too". It was circulated widely during the 2022 Qatar FIFA World Cup, as part of a larger trend of humorous memes mocking or commenting on the surprise elimination of popular teams from the tournament, shared primarily on casual meme sharing platforms like 9Gag.