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Two weeks before the football tournament begs the Gulf state, former Qatari footballer Khalid Salman said beg gay is "haram".

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GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP

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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. 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. As the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, Mohamed­—a doctor who has lived the U.

BEG GAY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD', QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS

Dr. Nasser “Nas” Mohamed is said to be the first gay Qatari to e out publicly. He did to raise awarens about the existence and mistreatment of LGBTQ people Qatar before the 2022 FIFA World Cup. “Our voic and our journeys matter,” he says. * qatar on gay *

But given homosexualy is crimalized Qatar, he is likely to rema s only member for the foreeable future. In the months sce, Mohamed lnched the non-prof Alwan Foundatn to advance LGBTQ+ rights across the Middle East and pecially Qatar, where he says that secury operativ filtrate gay muni orr to torture and erce members to rm on others.

TIME: As a gay Qatari, do you feel that hostg the World Cup n brg change? Is there an unrground gay scene or is that too dangero?

There are some people om really affluent fai that are gay and ’s almost public knowledge—but they’re really wealthy, affluent, and very nnected, so people jt don’t say anythg.

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Gay Qataris have been promised safety om torture exchange for helpg to track down other LGBTQ+ people, a proment Qatari gay-rights mpaigner has said * qatar on gay *

But even the most powerful gay [person] Qatar is powerls some ways. They uld gaybash and get away wh wh no nsequenc at all. And if such an attack happens on a gay fan, I don’t know of the [secury] rourc to help them.

Bee you uld be harmed, you n be gay bashed, you n be beaten, and people may not be able to help you. The World Cup will start jt two weeks' time, spe grave ncerns over Qatar's rerd on human rights, wh the Middle East untry ntug to persecute the LGBT+ munyA gay man has claimed he was hunted by police ahead of the upg World CupA gay man who has prevly livg Qatar has claimed he was 'hunted' by the untry's police force before beg gang-raped a hotel room.

GAY QATARIS PHYSILLY ABED THEN RECED AS AGENTS, MPAIGNER SAYS

One of the biggt ncerns about the Middle East untry is s laws which outlaw homosexualy, wh LGBT+ people the untry at risk of imprisonment or even the ath penalty. One gay man om the Philipp who worked Qatar as an office assistant, has told how he was lured to a hotel and gang-raped by police.

The man, 'Ali', told the i that he received a msage on a gay datg app om a man claimg to be a Turkish worker. The police officers then searched his bag, accg him of beg a prostute, before another gay man arrived after also beg lured to a hotel.

Acrdg to the report, several other gay men have claimed they were 'hunted' the same way by Qatar's police force. What are the laws on gay sex Qatar? Qatar, officially regnis Islam as the state relign, and unr Sharia law Mlim men n be sentenced to ath by stong for homosexualy.

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Four transgenr women, one bisexual woman and one gay man were reportedly imprisoned whout charge, legal unsel, or trial, and forced to sign pledg promisg they would “cease immoral activy”. An ambassador for the World Cup Qatar has scribed homosexualy as "damage the md" weeks before the football tournament begs the Gulf state, former Qatari footballer Khalid Salman told a German public broadster beg gay is "haram", or forbidn Arabic. In excerpts of the televisn terview shown on ZDF's news programme Hte Journal, Mr Salman said he has a problem wh children seeg gay Salman went on to say homosexualy "is spirual harm".

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