Qatar bans England followers from dressing as crusaders at FIFA World Cup matches

FIFA has determined to ban England followers from getting into stadiums in Qatar, which is internet hosting the World Cup, in the event that they gown up like Christian crusaders.

New Delhi,UPDATED: Nov 26, 2022 09:36 IST

England followers can be barred from Friday’s match in Qatar towards the United States, mentioned FIFA. (Photo: Reuters)

By India Today Web Desk: England followers can be barred from getting into stadiums in Qatar – internet hosting the FIFA World Cup – in the event that they don crusader costumes, mentioned FIFA.

Just a few England followers have been seen carrying crusader costumes, equivalent to chain-mail armour, plastic helmets and toy weapons, throughout Monday’s match towards Iran in Qatar’s capital Doha – which prompted a protest on social media, demanding a ban on such costumes.

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Notably, crusader costumes are banned in Muslim nations owing to historic causes. In Muslim nations, it summons up a painful historical past of violent invasion by Christians searching for to seize Jerusalem and close by areas below Islamic rule within the eleventh to thirteenth centuries.

England followers have worn related outfits beforehand whereas attending different sporting occasions. But when a number of individuals turned up in crusader costumes at England’s FIFA World Cup match towards Iran, they have been turned away by officers, movies shared on social media confirmed.

England followers can be barred from Friday’s match in Qatar towards the United States and future World Cup video games in the event that they put on crusader duplicate costumes thought-about culturally insensitive in a Muslim nation, FIFA was quoted as saying by information company Reuters.

“These costumes in an Arab or Middle Eastern context can be perceived as being offensive, so that’s the reason for them not being permitted in stadiums,” a FIFA spokesperson mentioned.

(With enter from Reuters)

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Nov 26, 2022