Only a day after Iran and Wales were knocked out of the FIFA World Cup, the football body finally assured the public that rainbow items and banners supporting protests in Iran would be allowed at venues, as per AP.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Stadium security staff organised by Qatari authorities had confiscated items with rainbow colours and slogans such as \u201cWomen. Life. Freedom\u201d to prevent them from entering stadiums.<\/p>\n
The very first week of the tournament saw seven European teams including Wales lose the battle to wear multi-coloured \u201cOne Love\u201d armbands. Many fans were unhappy that they weren\u2019t allowed to bring items with rainbow colours, a symbol of LGBTQ rights.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n AP<\/p>\n
\u201cFIFA is aware of some incidents where permitted items were not allowed to be displayed at stadiums,\u201d football\u2019s world body said in a statement\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFIFA has received assurances by authorities that venue commanders have been contacted in relation to the agreed rules and regulations for the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022,\u201d it added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cFIFA continues to work closely with the Host Country to ensure the full implementation of related regulations and agreed protocols,\u201d it went on to say.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Qatar’s Energy Minister said Members of the LGBTQ community can go to the World Cup in Qatar but the West cannot “dictate” to Qataris what they should believe.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n Reuters<\/p>\n
“If they want to visit Qatar, we have no problem with it,” Minister of State for Energy Affairs Saad Sherida Al-Kaabi said speaking to Bild as per Reuters.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“If you want to change me so that I will say that I believe in LGBTQ, that my family should be LGBTQ, that I accept LGBTQ in my country, that I change my laws and the Islamic laws in order to satisfy the West – then this is not acceptable,” he added.
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