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“I HAVE GREAT RESPECT FOR THE RELIGION, KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT ARE MUSLIM AND ARE PHENOMENAL PEOPLE. BUT I THINK THAT (RUMOR OF CONVERTING) COMES ALONG WITH PEOPLE’S FEAR OF THIS PROTEST, AS WELL AS ISLAMAPHOB­IA IN THIS COUNTRY.” Kaepernick, knocking down rumors that he had converted to Islam and that his girlfriend, who is Muslim, had led him to protest social injustices in the USA by refusing to stand for the national anthem before games.

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