The World Cup is one of the most watched sports competitions in the world, and this event is even busier than the Olympics. This event is held every four years, of which 2022 will be held in Qatar. The Pildun will run from November 21 to December 18, this will be the 22nd edition and the first to be played in the Middle East or West Asia. However, there is a ban which is allegedly going to be a culture shock for the players, coaches, and supporters at this event. The Qatari government made a regulation consisting of three main points:
Prohibition of One Night Stand or free sex, world cup fans who do this can be sentenced to imprisonment of one or some say seven years. quoted from ladbible.com, a police insider told the Daily Star: “Sex is very far from the ‘menu’ (Tournament), unless you come with husband and wife status. There will definitely be no One Night Stand in this tournament” “no there will be parties at all, everyone has to think for themselves, unless he wants to be held in jail, under this rule free sex has been banned at this year’s world cup, so fans have to be prepared for that” he continued “drinking and post-match parties , which is a custom in most places is strictly prohibited.”
It is forbidden to drink alcohol in public places, this is the same as the first point where there will be no party after the match. Where every party always has alcohol in it, this has been wary of by the Qatari government to prohibit or even limit the behavior of fans in Qatar and there is a death penalty if fans are caught smuggling cocaine into Qatar. however, the Qatari side allowed the consumption of alcohol during the show and a fan zone was established.
Prohibition of advertising LGBTQ+, quoted from page msn.com in December 2021, local organizing committee chairman Nasser al-Khater he said “homosexuality is not allowed in the Emirates”, but LGBTQ+ fans will still be allowed to watch the match. Nasser added “Qatar has great respect for different cultures and other cultures must respect the culture of the host country” in this regard (Qatar). Director of Football Against Racism, Piara Powar, said in 2013: “Qatar is one of the few countries where homosexuality is still illegal and there are also major challenges in terms of new laws in Russia with respect to the World Cup”.
“Qatar want to host the tournament at the start of the new decade, they want to present a welcoming face internationally and with the help of FIFA we believe it will be possible to win over Qatar so that they are in line with the rest of the world, including other countries in the Gulf and the East. Middle and change the law on homosexuality.”
This can not only be seen from the religious side, but we can see from the culture of the people of West Asia that they are not used to these three things, especially if they are done in public. we have diverse cultures, and it is obligatory for us to respect these cultures by following the applicable rules. If we want to be respected for our culture, then we should respect other people’s culture in this case Qatar as the host.
It would be interesting how this thing turns out for football fans around the world as the world cup in Qatar 2022 is approaching soon.
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