thefmveteran86 Posted November 8, 2022 Share Posted November 8, 2022 An ambassador for the World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as "damage in the mind". Two weeks before the football tournament begins in the Gulf state, former Qatari footballer Khalid Salman told a German public broadcaster being gay is "haram", or forbidden in Arabic. In excerpts of the television interview shown on ZDF's news programme Heute Journal, Mr Salman said he has a problem with children seeing gay people. Mr Salman went on to say homosexuality "is spiritual harm". "During the World Cup, many things will come here to the country. Let's talk about gays," Mr Salman said in English, which was simultaneously dubbed into German in the TV segment. "The most important thing is, everybody will accept that they come here. But they will have to accept our rules," he added. When asked why it was haram, Mr Salman said: "I am not a strict Muslim but why is it haram? Because it is damage in the mind." Then the the interview was cut Just shows the mentality towards some backwards countries in the middle east sure we've got many homophobic and racist people here in the UK but we're not the ones who corrupted FIFA to host the World Cup and that we wouldn't show any disrespect to FIFA (apart from the scenes last year at last year's Euro final) Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Sandman Posted November 9, 2022 Share Posted November 9, 2022 This is the perfect example, it almost becomes pointless to comment on this. It's so ****ing stupid, ignorant, dumb etc but these cats legit believe it and have purchased the world. Sad Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted November 10, 2022 Share Posted November 10, 2022 This shouldn't really come as a surprise, in fact I suspect the German journalists got exactly the footage and quotes (and attention) out of it that he was looking for. Just wondering if FIFA will actually learn from this whole nonsense bid and appointment 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
thefmveteran86 Posted November 13, 2022 Author Share Posted November 13, 2022 So you don't find it racist to call countries from the Middle East backwards? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
larry crowne Posted November 13, 2022 Share Posted November 13, 2022 2 hours ago, thefmveteran86 said: So you don't find it racist to call countries from the Middle East backwards? It isn't racial it's cultural and ideological. They're no doubt just as bemused by our attitudes towards homosexuality and transsexualism. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ham_aka_stam Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 20 hours ago, thefmveteran86 said: So you don't find it racist to call countries from the Middle East backwards? It's not racist, but when it comes to choosing a word for the opposite of progressive politics (i.e. moving forwards) it's not unfair to say some of the middle eastern cultures are more "retrospective". Whilst it's not exactly culturally sensitive, I don't think it's "racist" in any real sense. But... On 08/11/2022 at 22:50, thefmveteran86 said: Just shows the mentality towards some backwards countries in the middle east You're the one who said it yourself, so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make here. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 maybe the terms traditional, conservative, are more appropriate Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 27 minutes ago, PMLF said: what does Qatar's rules and culture say about rainbow armbands? I guess Hugo knows 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaxeyN17 Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 He's worn the rainbow armband for Spurs plenty of times so really doubt this is actually his choice. Given how pally the French FA and government are with Qatar, wouldn't surprise me if this is something they've forced on the players and Hugo just has the unfortunate job of telling the media as he's captain. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weezer Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 I doubt he’s being forced by his government, probably just doesn’t want the hassle or maybe he genuinely does think he’s being respectful to his hosts. We’re allies with Qatar too but there’s no talk of our government silencing players personal protests. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Crispypaul Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 France is more traditional on some things though - see the protests against same sex marriage here (i.e. there weren't any of any note except the usual rumblings in NI) and in France there was this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22671572 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 7 hours ago, Crispypaul said: France is more traditional on some things though - see the protests against same sex marriage here (i.e. there weren't any of any note except the usual rumblings in NI) and in France there was this: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-22671572 think it's more cause France is more likely to have protest marches in general Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 17 minutes ago, buffalo said: think it's more cause France is more likely to have protest marches in general In France they would probably protest against both having too many protests and not having enough protests... 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
buffalo Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 27 minutes ago, PMLF said: In France they would probably protest against both having too many protests and not having enough protests... was going to say a protest about the level of crispness of a baguette but hey Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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