An ambassador for the World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as a 바카라damage in the mind바카라 in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF only two weeks before the opening of the soccer tournament in the Gulf state, highlighting concerns about the conservative country바카라s treatment of gays and lesbians. (More Football News)
Former Qatari national team player Khalid Salman told a German reporter in an interview that being gay is 바카라haram,바카라 or forbidden in Arabic, and that he has a problem with children seeing gay people.
Excerpts of the television interview were shown Monday on the ZDF news program Heute Journal. The full interview, which is part of a documentary, will be shown Tuesday on ZDF. Germany바카라s interior minister condemned Salman바카라s remarks.
바카라Of course such comments are terrible, and that is the reason why we are working on things in Qatar hopefully improving,바카라 Nancy Faeser said Tuesday.
About 1.2 million international visitors are expected in Qatar for the tournament, which has faced criticism and skepticism ever since the gas-rich emirate was selected as host by FIFA in December 2010. Concerns about LGBTQ tourists attending the World Cup have also been expressed for a long time. In the interview, Salman also said that homosexuality 바카라is a spiritual harm.바카라
바카라During the World Cup, many things will come here to the country. Let바카라s talk about gays,바카라 Salman said in English, which is simultaneously dubbed into German in the TV segment. 바카라The most important thing is, everybody will accept that they come here. But they will have to accept our rules.바카라
The interview was cut short by a media officer of the World Cup organizing committee after Salman expressed his views on homosexuals, ZDF reported.
Faeser, who is also responsible for sports, said when she visited Qatar a week ago that the country바카라s prime minister had given her a 바카라safety guarantee바카라 for fans 바카라no matter where they come from, whom they love and what they believe in.바카라
Faeser said there has been no change to that stance from the prime minister, who is also Qatar바카라s interior minister. She plans to go ahead with a trip to Germany바카라s opening World Cup match against Japan.
Last month, Germany바카라s ambassador to Qatar was summoned by the government thereafter Faeser appeared to criticize the country for its human rights record.
