{"id":169852,"date":"2022-11-09T06:33:21","date_gmt":"2022-11-09T11:33:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/?p=169852"},"modified":"2022-11-25T09:29:17","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T14:29:17","slug":"qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality","title":{"rendered":"Qatari World Cup Ambassador defends country\u2019s laws against homosexuality"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"last-updated\">Last updated on November 25th, 2022 at 09:29 am<\/p>\n<p>Qatar, the host of this year\u2019s World Cup in soccer (football to everyone outside America), is a very traditional country. In particular, like many Muslim countries, Qatar has laws banning homosexual conduct. And Qatar\u2019s World Cup Ambassador, the former Qatari soccer star Khalid Salman, has just defended his country\u2019s laws. In an interview with the German broadcaster ZDF, Salman <a href=\"http:\/\/The%20most%20important%20thing%20is,%20everybody%20will%20accept%20that%20they%20come%20here.%20But%20they%20will%20have%20to%20accept%20our%20rules,\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">brought up<\/a> the topic about foreign homosexuals attending the World Cup in his country. Salman declared:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThe most important thing is, everybody will accept that they come here. But they will have to accept our rules. [Homosexuality] is <em>haram<\/em>. You know what <em>haram<\/em> [forbidden] means?\u2026 I am not a strict Muslim but why is it <em>haram<\/em>? Because it is damage in the mind.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>He added that children may learn \u201csomething that is not good\u201d if they see people engaging in homosexual conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pro-LGBT governments and non-governmental organizations have criticized FIFA for allowing Qatar to host the World Cup because of its opposition to the LGBT agenda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Photo: FIFA<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pro-LGBT governments and non-governmental organizations have criticized FIFA for allowing Qatar to host the World Cup because of its opposition to the LGBT agenda.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":651,"featured_media":170010,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"give_campaign_id":0,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"mc4wp_mailchimp_campaign":[],"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":{"subtitle":"Pro-LGBT governments and non-governmental organizations have criticized FIFA for allowing Qatar to host the World Cup because of its opposition to the LGBT agenda.","format":"standard","video":"","gallery":"","source_name":"","source_url":"","via_name":"","via_url":"","override_template":"0","override":[{"template":"2","single_blog_custom":"","parallax":"1","fullscreen":"1","layout":"right-sidebar-narrow","sidebar":"default-sidebar","second_sidebar":"default-sidebar","sticky_sidebar":"1","share_position":"float","share_float_style":"share-normal","show_share_counter":"1","show_view_counter":"1","show_featured":"1","show_post_meta":"1","show_post_author":"1","show_post_author_image":"1","show_post_date":"1","post_date_format":"default","post_date_format_custom":"Y\/m\/d","show_post_category":"1","show_post_reading_time":"1","post_reading_time_wpm":"300","show_zoom_button":"0","zoom_button_out_step":"2","zoom_button_in_step":"3","show_post_tag":"1","show_prev_next_post":"0","show_popup_post":"0","number_popup_post":"1","show_author_box":"1","show_post_related":"0","show_inline_post_related":"0"}],"override_image_size":"0","image_override":[{"single_post_thumbnail_size":"crop-715","single_post_gallery_size":"crop-715"}],"trending_post":"0","trending_post_position":"meta","trending_post_label":"Trending","sponsored_post":"0","sponsored_post_label":"Sponsored by","sponsored_post_name":"","sponsored_post_url":"","sponsored_post_logo_enable":"0","sponsored_post_logo":"","sponsored_post_desc":"","disable_ad":"0"},"jnews_primary_category":{"id":"510"},"jnews_social_meta":{"fb_title":"","fb_description":"","fb_image":"","twitter_title":"","twitter_description":"","twitter_image":""},"jnews_override_counter":{"override_view_counter":"0","view_counter_number":"0","override_share_counter":"0","share_counter_number":"0","override_like_counter":"0","like_counter_number":"0","override_dislike_counter":"0","dislike_counter_number":"0"},"footnotes":""},"categories":[804,510,805],"tags":[20961,20393,8217,20962,20397],"class_list":["post-169852","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news","category-family","category-foreground","tag-fifa","tag-football-world-cup","tag-homosexuality-2","tag-khalid-salman","tag-qatar"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.9 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Qatari World Cup Ambassador defends country\u2019s laws against homosexuality - IFN<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Pro-LGBT governments and non-governmental organizations have criticized FIFA for allowing Qatar to host the World Cup because of its opposition to the LGBT agenda.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Qatari World Cup Ambassador defends country\u2019s laws against homosexuality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Pro-LGBT governments and non-governmental organizations have criticized FIFA for allowing Qatar to host the World Cup because of its opposition to the LGBT agenda.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"IFN\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iFamNews\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2022-11-09T11:33:21+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2022-11-25T14:29:17+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fifa-2022-world-cup-logo-qatar_z5t4wjudq9ty1mh5kqpn38ott.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1920\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1080\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Cato\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@iFamNewsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@iFamNewsEN\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Cato\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Qatari World Cup Ambassador defends country\u2019s laws against homosexuality - IFN","description":"Pro-LGBT governments and non-governmental organizations have criticized FIFA for allowing Qatar to host the World Cup because of its opposition to the LGBT agenda.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Qatari World Cup Ambassador defends country\u2019s laws against homosexuality","og_description":"Pro-LGBT governments and non-governmental organizations have criticized FIFA for allowing Qatar to host the World Cup because of its opposition to the LGBT agenda.","og_url":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality","og_site_name":"IFN","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iFamNews","article_published_time":"2022-11-09T11:33:21+00:00","article_modified_time":"2022-11-25T14:29:17+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1920,"height":1080,"url":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fifa-2022-world-cup-logo-qatar_z5t4wjudq9ty1mh5kqpn38ott.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Cato","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@iFamNewsEN","twitter_site":"@iFamNewsEN","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Cato","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality"},"author":{"name":"Cato","@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d0e56511b7b7caedd2922a59482440ba"},"headline":"Qatari World Cup Ambassador defends country\u2019s laws against homosexuality","datePublished":"2022-11-09T11:33:21+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-25T14:29:17+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality"},"wordCount":180,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fifa-2022-world-cup-logo-qatar_z5t4wjudq9ty1mh5kqpn38ott.jpg","keywords":["FIFA","Football World Cup","homosexuality","Khalid Salman","Qatar"],"articleSection":["Breaking News","Family","Foreground"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality","url":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality","name":"Qatari World Cup Ambassador defends country\u2019s laws against homosexuality - IFN","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fifa-2022-world-cup-logo-qatar_z5t4wjudq9ty1mh5kqpn38ott.jpg","datePublished":"2022-11-09T11:33:21+00:00","dateModified":"2022-11-25T14:29:17+00:00","description":"Pro-LGBT governments and non-governmental organizations have criticized FIFA for allowing Qatar to host the World Cup because of its opposition to the LGBT agenda.","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fifa-2022-world-cup-logo-qatar_z5t4wjudq9ty1mh5kqpn38ott.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/fifa-2022-world-cup-logo-qatar_z5t4wjudq9ty1mh5kqpn38ott.jpg","width":1920,"height":1080},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/qatari-world-cup-ambassador-defends-country-s-laws-against-homosexuality#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Familia","item":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/es\/categoria\/familia"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"Qatari World Cup Ambassador defends country\u2019s laws against homosexuality"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/","name":"IFN","description":"International Family News Network","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/#organization","name":"iFamNews","url":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Share-logo.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Share-logo.png","width":200,"height":200,"caption":"iFamNews"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/iFamNews","https:\/\/x.com\/iFamNewsEN"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/d0e56511b7b7caedd2922a59482440ba","name":"Cato","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69b258be912b2a9b1ef3917af1a950d6279239e325672d64c73a2c0dfe012d11?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69b258be912b2a9b1ef3917af1a950d6279239e325672d64c73a2c0dfe012d11?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/69b258be912b2a9b1ef3917af1a950d6279239e325672d64c73a2c0dfe012d11?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Cato"},"description":"Cato is a staunch defender of Western Civilization and the Judeo-Christian worldview. He will end all of his articles: \"And the radical LGBT agenda must be defeated\" as this is the pre-eminent battle of our day.","url":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/author\/rsiedlecki"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169852","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/651"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=169852"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169852\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":171015,"href":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/169852\/revisions\/171015"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/170010"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=169852"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=169852"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ifamnews.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=169852"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}