{"id":12813,"date":"2022-11-09T09:29:37","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T09:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/?p=12813"},"modified":"2022-11-09T14:48:18","modified_gmt":"2022-11-09T14:48:18","slug":"qatar-2022-ambassador-khalid-salman-says-homosexuals-have-damage-in-the-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/qatar-2022-ambassador-khalid-salman-says-homosexuals-have-damage-in-the-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Qatar 2022 Ambassador Says Homosexuals Have &#8220;Damage in the Mind&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/khalid-salman-believes-homosexuals-have-damage-in-the-mind.jpg\" alt=\"Khalid Salman believes homosexuals have damage in the mind\" title=\"Qatar 2022 Ambassador Khalid Salman Says Homosexuals Have \"Damage in the Mind\" width=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-12815\" \/><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>FIFA World Cup ambassador says homosexuals have \u2018damage in the mind\u2019<\/li>\n<li>Qatar forbids homosexuality and considers it a crime<\/li>\n<li>Protests take place outside FIFA Museum in Zurich over homosexual remarks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/betting-opportunity\/fifa-world-cup-2022-preview\">2022 FIFA World Cup<\/a> is set to take place in Qatar from Nov 20 to Dec 18 and over 1.2 million foreign nationals are expected to arrive in the country to witness the World Cup. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/news\/will-other-countries-follow-australia-and-criticize-qatar-for-abuses\/\">Qatar has faced criticism in the lead up to the World Cup<\/a> over human rights violations and also its stance towards homosexuality. <\/p>\n<p>While Qatar has played down these sensitive topics diplomatically and tried to keep the focus on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.legitgambling.com\/sports-betting\/football\">football<\/a>, its ambassador <strong>Khalid Salman<\/strong> has caused quite a controversy on German television over his anti-gay message.<\/p>\n<h2>Homosexuals Have &#8220;A Damaged Mind&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>German broadcaster <strong>ZDF<\/strong> sat down with the FIFA ambassador for Qatar Khalid Salman to get him to share his thoughts and views on the 2022 World Cup. Salman is a former Qatar national team player and a practicing Muslim. When he was asked toughed questions on Qatar\u2019s stance against homosexuality, he did not doge the question or come up with a diplomatic answer.<\/p>\n<p>Salman told the German TV network that homosexuals have \u2018<em>damage in their mind<\/em>\u2019 and <strong>practicing homosexual acts was haram or forbidden in Islamic countries<\/strong>. The ambassador also said that he had a problem with children seeing homosexual people. His interview was interrupted after a media officer belonging to the World Cup organizing committee stopped him from saying more.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position:relative;height:0;padding-bottom:56.25%\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/2UKUyU5sTxE?rel=0&amp;showinfo=0?ecver=2\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" frameborder=\"0\" style=\"position:absolute;width:100%;height:100%;left:0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Salman also said that while <strong>Qatar would welcome all tourists including homosexuals<\/strong>, it was <strong>important for homosexual tourists to respect the laws of Qatar and not engage in homosexual activities<\/strong> while in the country. If they do end up engaging in homosexual activities, they will have to <strong>face the legal consequences for their actions<\/strong>. <\/p>\n<h2>Protest Held Outside FIFA Museum <\/h2>\n<p>The ambassador\u2019s open stance against homosexuality did not go down well with the LGBTQ community and a number of countries who will play at the FIFA 2022 World Cup. A protest was held outside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fifamuseum.com\">FIFA Museum in Zurich<\/a> on Nov 08 and outrage was also expressed on social media.<\/p>\n<p>The World Cup organizers in Qatar did not release a statement on the ambassador\u2019s remarks and FIFA has also not commented on the matter as of this writing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12813","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.0 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Qatar 2022 Ambassador Says Homosexuals Have &quot;Damage in the Mind<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Qatar 2022 ambassador Khalid Salman has caused quite a 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