Lizzie Gibney

I'm having to infer what the tune is from the words.

But for instance, if he's good enough for you, he's good enough for me.

Sitting in a mosque, that's where I want to be.

So...

All about Mo Salah.

So they really took him to heart and embraced his religion as well.

And so the researchers wanted to see what the effect of this was.

They collected data on hate crimes, on tweets, and then surveyed a bunch of Liverpool fans as well.

And they felt that the effect was pretty big.

So after Salah joined Liverpool, hate crimes there dropped by 16% compared to what you'd expect.

And fans of Liverpool posted about half as many anti-Muslim tweets as other fans.

It's pretty big, isn't it?

And then there was a subtle but significant effect from the surveys as well.

When the fans were asked to think about Mo Salah, the fact that he's Muslim, that made them more likely to say that they saw Islam as compatible with British values.

I mean, there are limitations to this.

It's very hard to say how much of this effect was Mo Salah.

And also hate crimes are by far not the only way in which racism manifests.

So there are limitations to this.

But the takeaway, which I think is quite interesting, is that

having these role models can have an impact.