The greatest area of religious bigotry in Glasgow is still the Protestant / Catholic divide, especially visible in the opposing colours of Celtic and Rangers, the traditionally divided football teams. But there are a couple of lesser supported teams in Glasgow, and one of them is Partick Thistle. Unfortunately, muslim prayers or not, they are currently a division and a half behind their more famous compatriots, and it will require something more like a miracle for them to get much closer.

Despite a tendency for those who know least about us to put us all in one extremist pigeonhole, muslims do have differences. That goes with being human. We may be in 99% agreement, but 1% is enough to stir up factional feuds between and within communities, and we tend to be most severe on those who are closest to ourselves. We see those most similar as most likely to tempt the waverers on our side towards theirs, so we emphasise our differences.

But for a peaceful, plural society, we must find ways of preventing such minor differences from turning into war, and just over the water, we can see what happens when disagreement between two factions, following the same founder and the same ruling principles for life, let concentration on disagreement get out of hand. It's frighteningly close, but rarely spills over here, where the most aggressive manifestation of that religious divide has mostly been seen in football stadiums.

Football tribes usually centre on neighbourhoods, bonding communities together. For a couple of hours, our logic goes on hold, and we indulge ourselves in our team right or wrong. If we lose, we wuz robbed, or it was a blind referee, though deep down, most of us know it's just a game, and when we're tanked by Brazil we will usually admit the best team won. But when football divides communities by religion, the stakes are higher, and it's harder for anyone, even temporarily, to accept they're second best.

In recent years, it finally seemed that this divisive system was on the wane, yet this weekend, there was Gazza miming the flute like an Orange walker. I do hope this doesn't herald a resurgence of old sectarian divisions, not least because I'm neither. Which team is for muslims? Are we unwelcome at Ibrox because we're not Protestants, or welcome because we're not Catholics? If Glasgow football is to be linked with religion, perhaps we should support Partick Thistle. Muslims pray five times a day, and if any team needs Divine intervention it's the Jags.

Qur'an tells muslims not to argue with Christians except in the gentlest of manners. Religious arguments are rarely resolved by fighting in the stands.