UK mister cricised over ll for gay World Cup fans to show rpect Qatar | Foreign policy | The Guardian

Contents:

• BAYERN MUNICH'S LEON GORETZKA HS OUT AT QATAR'S ANTI-GAY MENTS
• WORLD CUP HOSTS QATAR UGHT GAY RIGHTS STORM AFTER HOMOPHOBIC MENTS SCREENED BY OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT BROADSTER
• GAY QATARI'S ARTICLE PROVOK BACKLASH OVER WORLD CUP 'VALU'
• BEG GAY IS 'DAMAGE THE MD', QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR SAYS
• UK MISTER CRICISED OVER LL FOR GAY WORLD CUP FANS TO SHOW RPECT QATAR
• 'THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT OUR L HERE' - QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR MAK ANTI-GAY MENTS
• ‘I FEEL GAY, DISABLED … LIKE A WOMAN TOO!’: INFANTO MAK BIZARRE ATTACK ON CRICS

BAYERN MUNICH'S LEON GORETZKA HS OUT AT QATAR'S ANTI-GAY MENTS

LGBTQ+ rights activists protted agast the Qatar World Cup outsi Fifa's mm Zurich on TudayA Qatar World Cup ambassador llg homosexualy "damage the md" is "harmful and unacceptable", says Human Rights Qatar ternatnal Khalid Salman told German broadster ZDF that LGBTQ+ people attendg the tournament should "accept our l". Homosexualy is illegal Qatar bee is nsired immoral unr Islamic Sharia said: "[Homosexualy] is haram.

However, Qatar 2022 chief executive Nasser al Khater has said the ernment would not change s laws on homosexualy, requtg visors "rpect our culture" Gulf State, where the World Cup will take place om 20 November to 18 December, has also been cricised for s human rights rerd and treatment of migrant Cup 'should not' have gone to Qatar - Sepp BlatterFifa recently wrote to petg natns askg them to "now foc on the football" stead of the petn's ntroversial letter, which was signed by Fifa print Gianni Infanto, was cricised by Human Rights Watch, Amnty Internatnal and LGBTQ+ mpaigners England and Wal, while 10 European football associatns - cludg those of England and Wal - said "human rights are universal and apply everywhere". "Human Rights Watch recently released a reportexternal-lk sayg that Qatari secury forc are ntug to arrt cizens who are gay, lbian, and transgenr, sometim forcg them to unrgo nversn 's ernment has said the report ntas false chary Stonewall's director of munitns and external affairs Robbie Santos said human rights were beg "disregard and disrpected". On November 8, Khalid Salman, a 2022 FIFA Qatar World Cup Ambassador, scribed homosexualy as “damage the md” an terview wh ZDF, a TV channel Germany.

He also remarked that beg gay is “haram, ” which is Arabic for “forbidn. False rmatn n be harmful to liv of lbian, gay, bisexual, and transgenr (LGBT) people, cludg rints of Qatar, who already face discrimatn, vlence, and state-sponsored nversn practic.

WORLD CUP HOSTS QATAR UGHT GAY RIGHTS STORM AFTER HOMOPHOBIC MENTS SCREENED BY OFFICIAL TOURNAMENT BROADSTER

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.

GAY QATARI'S ARTICLE PROVOK BACKLASH OVER WORLD CUP 'VALU'

“It don’t matter if you’re lbian, if you’re gay, ’s for everyone.

Homosexualy Qatar is illegal and punishable by up to three years prison.

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

But there have been mixed msag wh a World Cup ambassador and former footballer Khalid Salman sayg earlier this month that homosexualy was “damage the md, ” an terview wh German broadster ZDF. He is a regular at England ternatnals and was once the victim of a homophobic asslt, he says, at Wembley four years ago, ahead of England’s match agast Spa 2018, when he had an altertn wh another fan. 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.

UK MISTER CRICISED OVER LL FOR GAY WORLD CUP FANS TO SHOW RPECT QATAR

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. Qatari law crimaliz sex outsi marriage, cludg gay sex.

In the terpretatn of Sharia law that Qatar follows, sex outsi of marriage, cludg homosexualy, is punishable by jail time and, as a maximum sentence, ath by stong, though there isn’t available evince that such a punishment has ever been ed. Nasser Mohamed, a gay Qatari livg exile the US, explaed to Vox.

'THEY HAVE TO ACCEPT OUR L HERE' - QATAR WORLD CUP AMBASSADOR MAK ANTI-GAY MENTS

So ’s really hard to build a gay muny. Mohamed left Qatar his 20s for medil school “wh the tentn of never g back” bee of the limed life he led as a gay man there.

Though there are small pockets of LGBTQ people Qatar, there’s not a gay scene, Mohamed said. “If you’re an expat, you’re able to live your life like you want, ” a gay Arab man livg Doha told Rters.

I know gay men workers’ mps wouldn’t be able to live the same way.

‘I FEEL GAY, DISABLED … LIKE A WOMAN TOO!’: INFANTO MAK BIZARRE ATTACK ON CRICS

(2:16)ESPNNov 9, 2022, 09:18 AM ETBayern Munich and Germany midfielr Leon Goretzka has said anti-gay ments ma by a Qatar World Cup ambassador are "om another lenium.

"Former Qatar ternatnal Khalid Salman told German broadster ZDF on Tuday that homosexualy was "damage the md" and said gay fans would have to "accept our l, " referrg to homosexualy beg illegal the Gulf state. "On Tuday a group of LGBTQ+ activists protted outsi the FIFA mm Zurich, Swzerland, llg for actn on Qatar's anti-gay laws. WORLD CUP hosts Qatar were aga ught a gay rights storm after homophobic ments were screened by the official tournament broadster.

But there was no apology and the issue of gay rights Qatar was further brought to the ame as 2022 World Cup chief Nasser Al Khater was phed on whether openly gay fans uld be themselv his untry. He claimed gay fans would be “weled” and would not feel “threatened or unsafe”.