Are gay couples allowed to watch matches at 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar?

FIFA World Cup 2022

The eagerly anticipated FIFA World Cup 2022 is scheduled to go up in Qatar on November 20. Everyone is quite thrilled for the fantastic competition, which only occurs once every four years. The largest of the many criticisms levelled against the World Cup was the one that included the Ambassador’s anti-gay remark.

Gay supporters will be welcomed at the 2022 FIFA World Cup, but the Emir of Qatar, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad al-Thani, has reportedly insisted that guests “respect our culture.” Earlier, their way of life and his view of gay couples had been very popular, and many celebrities had responded to it.

Asked about the fact that homosexuality is illegal in his country, Salman said: “They have to accept our rules here. [Homosexuality] is haram. You know what haram means?” When asked why it was haram, or forbidden, Khalid Salman said: “I am not a strict Muslim but why is it haram? Because it is damage in the mind.”

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The United States State Department’s most recent human rights report on Qatar highlighted how LGBTQ people there “primarily suppressed their sexual orientation, gender identity, or sex characteristics due to an underlying pattern of discrimination.” The anti-LGBTQIA+ corporations of Qatar are well-recognized for this.

Qatar imprisons gay men, and does not recognise married rainbow couples.

That the world cup is even being played in Qatar is a disgrace to football.

And now Qatar Airways is using Queen’s ‘We Will Rock You’ as part of it’s world cup advertising

Wonder what Freddie would say? pic.twitter.com/H3tB8u5uAS
— The LGBT+ Partnership (@LGBTChelt) November 9, 2022

Qatar FIFA World Cup take on LGBTQIA+

There are also several claims that many gay couples and lesbian couples may decide not to attend the future World Cup in 2022 due to their fears of discrimination and the government’s response should an issue arise. In the lead-up to the first World Cup to be held in the Middle East, or in any Arab or Muslim country, flashpoints include Qatar’s laws prohibiting gay sex and treatment of LGBTQ persons.

Qatar has stated that everyone is welcome, including LGBTQ supporters, but that visitors should respect the customs of the country, in which anyone’s public displays of affection are discouraged. Qatar’s emir, Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, stated lately that his nation “had been subjected to criticism” due to a number of difficulties.

Qatar’s laws on homosexuality

According to Qatari law, anybody who “incites” or “seduces” a male to “commit sodomy” or who “induces or seduces a male or female in any way to perform illegal or immoral actions” faces a prison sentence of one to three years. Security personnel in Qatar have been accused of mistreating LGBTQ persons in the run-up to the World Cup.

“Qatar does not accept discrimination against anybody, and our policies and procedures are supported by a commitment to human rights for everyone,” the Qatari government said in a statement, refuting the accusations. Even before the competition began, concerns over its lasting impact loomed large amid growing international scrutiny of Qatar’s record on human rights, notably its treatment of migrant workers.

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