US journalist detained at World Cup stadium over LGBTQ shirt

The Qatari crackdown on support for the LGBTQ community has seen an American journalist get detained on Monday November 21.
 
Journalist Grant Wahl, who runs a Substack covering soccer and formerly wrote for Sports Illustrated, revealed on Twitter that he was not allowed into the stadium for Monday’s US-Wales 2022 World Cup match because of his shirt.
 
His shirt had a soccer ball surrounded by a rainbow, considered the pride colour of the LGBTQ community.
 
Wahl tweeted that he was told: "You have to change your shirt. It’s not allowed."
 
Later in the day, Wahl tweeted an update, saying he was "OK, but that was an unnecessary ordeal".
 
He wrote: "Am in the media center, still wearing my shirt. Was detained for nearly half an hour. Go gays.:

Earlier on Monday, Nov. 21, FIFA threatened European team captains with automatic yellow cards for wearing a "OneLove" armband, as they had planned to do, leading England’s Harry Kane to back down and wear a FIFA-sanctioned armband instead.

Transfer him to kirikiri

Insist he goes back to his tent
Horrible people forcing their sickness down our throat.

So Gods beautiful rainbow is now fully a gay symbol? kai

Thats good

That's good...after all the warnings that Qatar has issued....they think say Qatar dey take rubbish

DWJOBScom:
Insist he goes back to his tent
Horrible people forcing their sickness down our throat.

funny

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Just package him to Afghanistan for a 2-week romance with the Talibans.

Shebi you think you can do anyhow in a Muslim country.
They will decide your fate on Friday after jummat

He should be jailed.

You’ve told us who you’re and we say no problem but just keep it to yourself.

Now you want to imposes it to our face on our daily activities??

Where your right stops, my right begins.

Jail him for 5yrs bikko, then deport him after

Sled the werey go jail
Is it by force can he try in Russia
Stupid people

Talk of double standard: LGBTQ been foreced on us against our wish is not against human right?

spinna:
So Gods beautiful rainbow is now fully a gay symbol? kai

That's my annoyance.
They should have come up with their color and not Rainbows

What is wrong with these gays, can't they keep their sick homo lifestyle inside them, stop broadcasting it, it's a taboo, it's sickening. Forcing LGBTQ on us Africans is abusing our sensibilities, culture and our right to have a decent society.

That Qatari man i like his response, respect the law of the land


Don't bring ur nonsense behavior and shove it to other ppl to absorb

Nonsense

Nonsense..... We get ppl like the goat fr naija too.. den no respect others but want to force down dia useless ideas on ppl

Them suppose flog sense enter he head. I wish it was north Korea,make he mind dey.. White Ugly modafucker!

The West ( a fraction of the world's population for that matter) want the world to eat, think and behave like them.

argue he comes back to his tent Horrible people forcing their sickness down our throat

Bounce him off the country. This is football and should be left to be a game. Learning to respect other people beliefs is very important

WibusJaga:
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Just package him to Afghanistan for a 2-week romance with the Talibans.

Lol you're bad guy. You get mouth

These LGBT nonsense people no dey hear word.
They are like cancer to healthy cells.
Abnormalities made to seams normal in the west

Pls arrest these gays lesbians bisexuals and other dirty abominables and send them to God for judgment.
Nobody has monopoly to madness

Imagine America was hosting the worldcup and say no hijab or no abaya because of bomb threat... You won't see a soul wearing hijab in the stadium, but they feel they can break other people's rule and culture in their own land.... Very stupid set of people

Realmi:
That's good... after all the warnings that Qatar has issued ....they think say Qatar dey take rubbish

I tire o.

The warnings no be here.

DWJOBScom:
Insist he goes back to his tent
Horrible people forcing their sickness down our throat.

They already warn against this, he could be attacked by someone else.
It's a global entertainment not another opportunity to campaign your biases

The stupid guy should be incarcerated ASAP !!!.

Where is he being detained make I come flog him in his cell

Realmi:
That's good...after all the warnings that Qatar has issued....they think say Qatar dey take rubbish

Exactly! I already knew before I scrolled down that it would be a white person from the U.S. They are always quick to say that one needs to respect the laws of America, but think they can do whatever they want in another person's country. Qatar did the right thing. If people are expected to respect the laws of America, then the same should apply in another country's land as well.


I agree with pretty much everyone's comments in this thread. Because I hate how they are hell bent on forcing their bullcrap down the throats of others, even when the country was VERY clear about this and warned them not to do this mess in public. But you know, the white american has to "force" his will onto others at any cost. Hope Qatar make a good example of this idiot!

I thought they were all Informed