Omar was always careful to make sure nobody he knew ever saw him enter or leave his local bookies. As a Muslim man, gambling for him is forbidden.
Then, one day, the 35-year-old's ‘worst nightmare’ became reality. Leaving a betting shop after a day of gambling, he was spotted by someone who knew him.
"They saw me and started following me and kept saying things like, ‘that’s haram, you’re not supposed to be doing that.'" He told the MEN. "In my mind, I was thinking ‘leave me alone’.
