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Mesut Ozil congratulates Pakistani couple on tying the knot by sharing wedding video

Arsenal star tweets video of couple brandishing Arsenal banner at wedding reception

Social Desk January 21, 2020

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Arsenal’s creative midfielder Mesut Ozil helped make a Pakistani couple's big day one to remember as he posted a video of them holding an Arsenal banner on their wedding reception podium.

In the footage, the lucky couple’s friends and family proudly put the Arsenal banner with the "the Gunners" written above.

They also reenacted Ozil’s signature celebration gesture with the "M" sign

"Congratulations to this Arsenal Pakistan couple Inam-ul-Haq and Arooj Talat Khan. By the way nice celebration in the end, quipped. All the best for you two," the world cup winner tweeted.

Congratulations to this @Arsenal Pakistan couple Inam ul Haq and Arooj Talat Khan! 🇵🇰 Btw nice celebration in the end ❤〽 😉 All the best for you two! #wedding #YaGunnersYa #M1Ö pic.twitter.com/va3jAtDgSX
— Mesut Özil (@M10) January 20, 2020

Ozil shared in 2015 that he makes the M sign for his niece Mira.

Last year, the German footballer of Turkish descent, is of Muslim faith had expressed support for Uighurs in Xinjiang and criticised Muslim countries for their failure to speak up for them

Arsenal's Ozil condemns Muslim silence over Uighurs

“Korans are being burnt… Mosques are being shut down … Muslim schools are being banned … Religious scholars are being killed one by one … Brothers are forcefully being sent to camps,” Ozil wrote in Turkish on his Twitter account.

“The Muslims are silent. Their voice is not heard,” he wrote on a background of a blue field with a white crescent moon, the flag of what Uighur separatists call East Turkestan.

Arsenal’s Mesut Ozil, a German footballer of Turkish origin, on Friday expressed support for Uighurs in Xinjiang and criticised Muslim countries for their failure to speak up for them.

“Korans are being burnt… Mosques are being shut down … Muslim schools are being banned … Religious scholars are being killed one by one … Brothers are forcefully being sent to camps,” Ozil wrote in Turkish on his Twitter account.

“The Muslims are silent. Their voice is not heard,” he wrote on a background of a blue field with a white crescent moon, the flag of what Uighur separatists call East Turkestan.