FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 Thread - Page 3

On November 19 2022 12:01 plasmidghost wrote:
Belgian FA tried to get outdoor viewing events set up for our matches, apparently forgetting that it's fucking November, the temperatures are like 6°C, it's raining every day, our NT is garbage, and not to mention the myriad ethical issues lmao

https://apnews.com/article/world-cup-soccer-sports-qatar-europe-e953995ade3c4ae0095e5c4bbce0fc4d

On November 19 2022 18:31 justanothertownie wrote:

The Belgian NT is garbage? Are you sure you are not confusing them with the US team?

Everything else is obviously part of the many reasons why having this world cup during the winter months is an incredibly stupid idea.

Jewish organizations have said that even though they were promised otherwise, Qatar won’t allow any cooked kosher food to be sold or offered to visitors of the FIFA World Cup.

Sources in Jewish organizations told The Jerusalem Post that Qatar broke another promise to allow Jewish prayer services in Doha during the games, claiming it couldn’t secure this type of activity and then banned it completely.

“We were promised to be allowed to create prayer spaces in order for religious Jews who came to see the games to have a place of worship,” a representative of a Jewish organization said. “We were recently told that they banned places of worship for Jews because they cannot secure them.”

According to other sources, there is an estimate of more than 10,000 religious Jews from Israel and around the world that are expected to arrive in Doha.

“They were promised to be able to cook kosher food including kosher meat, but at the moment have only been allowed to sell cold bagel sandwiches,” they said.

According to another source, a number of wealthy American Jews planned to come as a large group but canceled their arrangements since they said they wouldn’t feel secure and not have enough food to eat.

“There is no kosher food, there are no Shabbat meals and no public prayer services,” a source said. He added that the Qataris said “they would separate religion from sports, so how come the great Qatar doesn’t know how to secure Jewish worshipers?”

The Post reached out to Qatar’s Foreign Ministry for comment, but has not heard back.