Bend it like Beckham...
And Neville, and Linekar and doubtless very many other Twitter Pole-smokers
The World Cup this year will be far more interesting than it has any right to be.
An official ambassador for the football World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as a form of “damage in the mind” during a German television interview, before he was swiftly cut off by a media adviser.
The Arab state, where homosexuality is punishable by up to three years in prison, has struggled to fend off criticism of its record on LGBTQ rights.
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Khalid Salman, a retired Qatari football star who is one of the ambassadors for the World Cup, has underscored this tension with his remarks on gay rights.
In an interview with ZDF, a German public broadcaster, Salman, 60, acknowledged that “many things will come into this country” in the course of the World Cup. “Let us talk about gay people, for example,” he said. “The most important thing is that everyone accepts they are coming here — and they would have to accept our rules.”
He added that he was worried Qatari children might see gay men and learn “something that is not good”. Asked why homosexuality was banned in his country, Salman said it was haram — an Arabic term meaning forbidden under Islamic law — and “a damage in the mind”.
I would buy this guy a pint if that were his thing. It probably isn’t though.
Many of the righteous of the Twitter and the footballing world have given into their base hunger for money and exposure when it comes the World Cup in Qatar. To hell with their “deeply held” and angrily espoused views about “equality”.
Metrosexual sarong enthusiast David Beckham has taken a huge chunk of money to front up for Qatar.
Gary Neville has taken the ticket of the Qatar state broadcaster for the duration of the kickyball festivities.
Sanctimonious ringpiece Gary Linekar has of late been extremely vocal about the human rights “issues” with the World Cup being held in Qatar. But this must be a recent “epiphany” for Gary, because he appeared previously in an advert for Qatar Airlines.
#IslamIsRightAboutWomen was just a dress rehearsal. Now then, repeat after me, twitter….
#IslamIsRightAboutGays
Let’s see how the lunatics reconcile this one. On the back of what’s happening right now in America, it’s possible we’ll see an almighty and hilarious meltdown.
AJ
Gayness may be haram, but they do have a bit of a liking for small boys, none the less