The homophobic former soccer star also clared homosexualy “damage to the md,” warns gay visors to “accept our l.”
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- OUTRAGE AS QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS BEG GAY IS ‘DAMAGE THE MD’ AS HOMOSEXUAL FANS ULD FACE EXECUTN
- QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR ROLLS OUT WELE MAT FOR GAY FANS, SAYG HOMOSEXUALY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD'
- QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAID BEG GAY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD' A TENSE TV TERVIEW AMID MOUNTG CRICISM OF THE HOSTS
- QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SCRIB BEG GAY AS ‘DAMAGE THE MD’
OUTRAGE AS QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS BEG GAY IS ‘DAMAGE THE MD’ AS HOMOSEXUAL FANS ULD FACE EXECUTN
Qatars ambassador to Germany was personally urged to abolish his untrys ath penalty for homosexualy at a ngrs hosted by the German soccer feratn on human rights the World Cup host untry. (AP Photo/Hse Sayed, file)BERLIN – Qatar’s ambassador to Germany was urged Monday to abolish his untry’s penalti for homosexualy at a human rights ngrs hosted by the German soccer feratn two months before the Middle East untry stag the World reprentative Dar Mn swched to English to directly addrs the Qatari ambassador, Abdulla b Mohammed b Sd Al Thani, at the ngrs Frankfurt. It don’t matter if you’re lbian, if you’re gay.
”Qatar’s laws and society have e unr creased scty the past law lls for a prison sentence of one to three years for adults nvicted of nsensual gay or lbian sex. State Department warned a report last year that homosexualy remas punishable by ath unr Shariah, or Islamic, law, though there have been no reports of any such executn beg rried out General Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Ansari, a senr lear overseeg secury for the tournament, prevly told The Associated Prs that rabow flags uld be taken om fans at the World Cup Qatar to protect them om beg attacked for promotg gay Ansari sisted that LGBTQ upl would still be weled and accepted Qatar for the World Cup spe same-sex relatns remag crimalized the nservative Gulf Mn spoke Monday, Al Thani plaed to the ngrs that the issue of human rights was divertg attentn om the tournament. Qatar FIFA World Cup ambassador and former footballer Khalid Salman has said homosexualy is “damage the md, ” an terview wh German broadster ZDF on Monday.
QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR ROLLS OUT WELE MAT FOR GAY FANS, SAYG HOMOSEXUALY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD'
Durg the terview, Salman was discsg the issue of homosexualy beg illegal Qatar. Salman told ZDF that beg gay was “haram, ” meang forbidn acrdg to Islamic law. As many people are expected to travel to Qatar for the World Cup, “let’s talk about gays, ” Salman said.
Remarks by a Qatar World Cup ambassador have been lled “harmful and unacceptable” after he scribed homosexualy as “damage the md” Salman, a former Qatar ternatnal footballer, ma the ments an terview wh the German broadster about the fact that homosexualy is illegal his untry, Salman said: “They have to accept our l here. [Homosexualy] is haram. A QATAR World Cup ambassador has been slammed after scribg homosexualy as "damage the md" ls than two weeks before the ntt kicks off.
In Qatar, beg gay is illegal and is punishable unr the untry's penal wh up to seven years prison or even the ath penalty for Mlims unr sharia law. In an terview filmed Doha, Salman told German televisn broadster ZDF said he believ beg gay to be "haram". Let's talk about gays.
QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAID BEG GAY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD' A TENSE TV TERVIEW AMID MOUNTG CRICISM OF THE HOSTS
"(Homosexualy) is haram. It after an expat claimed he was lured to a hotel on a datg app before beg gang-raped by police Qatar bee he is gay. Salman, an ex-Qatar natnal team forward, told German broadster ZDF that homosexualy is “damage the md” durg an terview that was then immediately end by an official om the World Cup anizg mtee.
Let’s talk about gays, ” Salman said. “Let’s talk about gays” is typilly not gog to be followed by anythg good. When the terviewer asked Salman about homosexualy beg illegal Qatar, he replied that is “haram, ” or forbidn acrdg to Islamic law.
QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SCRIB BEG GAY AS ‘DAMAGE THE MD’
Asked why beg gay is haram, Salman said: “Bee is damage the md. The ntroversial ments om World Cup Ambassador Khalid Salman me an terview for German televisn, which he lled gay people ‘haram’ and said they have ‘damage the md’.
Homosexualy is crimalized Qatar, but World Cup anizers have been dog their bt to ensure LGBT fans won’t feel aaid to travel to the untry. A World Cup official the host untry of Qatar drew cricism after sayg that homosexualy is "damage the md" and that gay visors to his untry mt "accept" the l the Mlim untry.
Let’s talk about gays, " Salman add the terview.