decapitated Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 (edited) https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/football/article-11450841/Qatar-FIFA-World-Cup-Jewish-organisations-allege-Qatari-authorities-banned-sale-kosher-food.html Quote Jewish organisations have claimed Qatar has banned the sale of cooked kosher food at the 2022 FIFA World Cup and will not allow the faithful to worship in public during the tournament. It's estimated more than 10,000 Jewish people from Israel and thousands more from the US will attend this year's FIFA World Cup in Qatar. Some Jewish groups claimed the Gulf state has prohibited public places of worship for followers of Judaism. 'We were recently told that they banned places of worship for Jews because they cannot secure them,' a representative of a Jewish organisation told The Jerusalem Post. The same source said Jewish people 'were promised to be allowed to create prayer spaces' by Qatari authorities so they could 'have a place of worship' while attending the World Cup. It's also alleged authorities have prohibited visitors being sold or offered cooked kosher food at venues, despite previously saying it would be allowed. Kosher refers to food that is prepared and considered fit for purpose according to Jewish law. Judaism has rules governing its followers can consume, with one restriction being the way in which meat is slaughtered. For meat to be kosher, a specially trained person known as a Schochet must perform the procedure, which sees the animal killed with a knife in a single unbroken cut across the throat. Only the meat of animals that have split hooves and chew their own cud - with the exception of specific fowl such as chicken - is considered kosher. A source explained religious Jews at the World Cup 'were promised to be able to cook kosher food including kosher meat, but at the moment have only been allowed to sell cold bagel sandwiches'. 'There is no kosher food, there are no Shabbat meals and no public prayer services,' another source said. Despite this, US Rabbi Marc Schneier has opened a kosher kitchen in Qatar that's selling baked goods such as bagels and other delicacies. Mr Schneier said it's the first kosher kitchen to open in the Gulf state that accommodates Jewish people. It's unknown if cooked kosher food is being sold at the kitchen. The claimed ban on prayer spaces and cooked kosher food is the latest in a string of controversies to hit this year's FIFA World Cup. The claims come after data revealed 6500 migrant workers from countries including India, Pakistan, Nepal, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka had died on construction sites in Qatar since it was announced the country won the right to host the event in 2010. FIFA has also been lambasted for giving Qatar hosting rights due to the nation's questionable human rights record, including its persecution of gay people and women. An unsurprising if bad development. Edited November 21, 2022 by decapitated Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused Clarity Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Of course. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
georginho_juventusygr Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 The Emir probably told the rabbi that halal and kosher aren't much different. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Citizen Sandman Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 How many more of these are there gonna be Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confused Clarity Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 15 minutes ago, Citizen Kane said: How many more of these are there gonna be All of them? Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Every day a new U-turn to a promise. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vynal Seven Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 5 minutes ago, Wolf_pd said: Every day a new U-turn to a promise. They probably never agreed to any of this stuff, they just agreed to let FIFA pretend they’d agreed until the tournament starts. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMLF Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 FIFA must be shocked that they found people more dishonest than they are. 1 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tummyowl Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 It is all very embarrassing, just look at what you can buy. This will be FIFA's legacy. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 I am shocked, shocked. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heartwork Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Wolf_pd said: Every day a new U-turn to a promise. Wait are the Tories running this tournament? 2 Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ackter Posted November 21, 2022 Share Posted November 21, 2022 Amazingly, that's harsh on the tories. Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolf_pd Posted November 22, 2022 Share Posted November 22, 2022 14 hours ago, Heartwork said: Wait are the Tories running this tournament? I posted and thought, when will someone pick up the similarity. Thank you Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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