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Activists from various Arab countries have expressed their anger at the official image of the German national team ahead of the start of the match with the Japanese national team at the Qatar 2022 World Cup on Wednesday.
German players protested the ban on wearing the gay fan badge by putting their hands over their mouths, in reference to “the suppression of freedom of expression”.
Players from national teams have been banned all From wearing the badge, after the International Football Federation (FIFA) imposed sanctions on players wearing the homosexuality support badge at the World Cup in Qatar.
The federation threatened to punish the wearer by giving him a yellow card early in the match.
Tweeters described the clip of the Germany national team as “offensive and inappropriate” and said the decision to ban the badge was a lesson in stopping “aberrant Western arrogance”.
Journalist Ghassan Yassin tweeted: “The image of the German national team before today’s match represents the pinnacle of Western hypocrisy and racism against Arabs. This Western arrogance must stop. How many years have you been working in gas furnaces to smelt people, coming to Doha to give us moral lessons after you danced before?” How many years with the assassin Putin?
The photo of the German national team before today’s match represents the pinnacle of Western hypocrisy and racism against Arabs. This Western arrogance must stop
How many years have you been building gas ovens to melt people, they come to Doha to give us moral lessons after you were dancing with the assassin Putin a few years ago.#Qatar2022 #Qatar2022 pic.twitter.com/4dNU8CRcP1– Ghassan Yassin (@ghassanyasin) November 23, 2022
Dr Ali Abdel-Raouf said: ‘The German team is out of focus because they are loaded with a message, which is to express our strong objection to Qatar’s objection to wearing any sign with any kind of sign and approval of FIFA”.
And he continued: “This challenge, from the beginning of the match, and in my humble opinion, has caused confusion and a lack of concentration.”
Egyptian artist Mohamed Heneidy wrote: “Imagine how much arrogance and bullying it is, that someone enters your house and wants to import his opinion with good health and ask for the needs of you, your religion, your customs, traditions and society that you refuse.. Be aware that you are afraid to defend your ideas at any cost.
Imagine how arrogant and overbearing you are.. that someone enters your house and wants to impose their opinion on you, good health, and pray for things that you, your religion, customs, traditions and society reject.. Don’t be afraid for defend your ideas at any cost https://t.co/bH6RiAlJUm
— Mohamed Henedy (@OfficialHenedy) November 23, 2022
The same proposition was made by sports analyst Khalil Al-Balushi, and he wrote: “You will definitely lose when you think outside of football and any thinking that is most capable on the face of the globe.”
Sports analyst Ahmed Al-Hanafi wrote: “Qatar’s position with the teams that represented Germany is historic in the full sense of the word. These people treated the Arabs as weak and unable to adhere to their faith.”
And he continued: “For the first time they feel a feeling of weakness in front of us. For the first time we feel that we are really rigid and our ability to adhere to Islam and our principles in front of them. By the way, we are defending a religion and a creed, not just a trivial matter, because the difference between you and me is great.
The captains of seven European teams have decided to wear the armbands as part of an anti-discrimination campaign during the tournament in Qatar. England, Wales, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands, Germany and Switzerland announced in a statement on Monday that they have reversed their decision.
Commentators have called on FIFA to take action against the German national team, stressing that this is an area to play football and not to push a partisan or factional political agenda.
And the German Football Association released a statement, saying “what its players have done is not a political position”, adding that: “Human rights are non-negotiable and banning the badge is comparable to banning our right to expression.” .
With our captain’s armband we wanted to set an example of the values we live in the national team: diversity and mutual respect. Be strong together with other nations. This is not a political message: human rights are not negotiable. 1/2 pic.twitter.com/v9ngfv0ShW
—DFB-Team (@DFB_Team) November 23, 2022
For her part, the German Interior Minister, Nancy Weser, went to the stands of the Khalifa International Stadium, where the match was held, wearing the card in support of homosexuality, and published the photo on her Twitter account, commenting her with the campaign tag, in reference to her support for her.
#One Love pic.twitter.com/L5itnDJcsI
— Nancy Faeser (@NancyFaeser) November 23, 2022
“The ban on wearing the Scudetto is a serious mistake – Weser told the German newspaper “Bild” on the eve of the match -. It breaks the heart of every fan at how FIFA has decided to resolve this dispute at the expense of the players. .”
The Japan national team scored a historic victory over the German team, who have won the World Cup title for the previous four times, with the score 2-1 in the opening match of the World Cup Group E matches in Qatar.
FIFA should take action against the German national team.
This is a space to play and enjoy football
It is not a platform for a partisan or factional political agenda. pic.twitter.com/l1uNFQTe7u
– Hamad Lahdan Al Muhannadi (@hamadlahdan) November 23, 2022
Source : Aljazeera live + Sanad service + social media
