Dublin: Muslim man left stunned after drinker tells him why he hates Islam - until he explained his reasons

Mouaz Moustafa was in Ireland for his work with the Syrian Emergency Task Force and a random encounter made his day

A Muslim man was left gobsmacked when a total stranger came up to him and told him why he hated his religion - until he explained his reasons why.

But the Irish man wasn't being hateful, he actually had a perfectly good reason to 'hate' Muslims.

Because, in fact, he actually didn't hate them at all.

Mouaz Moustafa was travelling in Ireland when he met the mystery man in a Dublin pub, and said he was "afraid" of what his reason for hating Muslims might be.

But Mr Moustafa, who is Executive Director of the Syrian Emergency Task Force, had no reason to be anxious as the lad had the perfect answer.

Taking to Instagram, Mouaz explained: "This Irish dude came up to me randomly and said "do you know what I hate most about Muslims?"

"So I took a deep breath afraid of what he may say next but he carried on 'all the damn islamophobia if more people just personally knew a Muslim they'd know not to fear an entire religious group that you are no different than Christians or Jews'."

He added: "Another reason for me to love Dublin and Ireland".

Chat: Mouaz Moustafa was travelling in Ireland when he met the mystery man in a Dublin