TIME speaks to Dr. Naser Mohamed, the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, ahead of the World Cup.
Contents:
- GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
- "TENGO MIEDO, LEí QUE EN QATAR SER GAY TIENE PENA MUERTE"
- WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND QATARI
GAY MAN 'HUNTED' BY QATAR POLICE AND GANG-RAPED HOTEL ROOM AHEAD OF WORLD CUP
(CNN) -- Khalid Salman, embajador l Mundial Qatar y exfutbolista, afirmó que la homosexualidad un "daño en la mente", en una entrevista ncedida te lun a la na alemana ZDF. Durante la entrevista, Salman habló sobre el tema la ilegalidad la homosexualidad en Qatar. Salman dijo a ZDF que ser gay era "haram", cir, prohibido según la ley islámi.
Como se pera que muchas personas viajen a Qatar para el Mundial, "hablemos los gays", dijo Salman. 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. 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.
"TENGO MIEDO, LEí QUE EN QATAR SER GAY TIENE PENA MUERTE"
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. As the first and currently only Qatari to publicly e out as gay, Mohamed—a doctor who has lived the U.
WHAT ’S LIKE TO BE GAY AND QATARI
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.
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.