2022 World Cup ambassador calls homosexuality 'haram' and 'mental defect'

The ambassador of the 2022 World Cup in Qatar, the former midfielder of the Qatar national team and Al Sadd, Khalid Salman, commented on the arrival of the World Cup fans who do not hide their non-traditional sexual orientation.

“All guests of the tournament in Qatar must accept our rules. For us, homosexuality is haram. Do you know what haram means (Haram - actions and things forbidden in Islam - ed.)? Because this is brain damage, this is a mental defect, ”Salman quoted Reuters as saying.

It is also reported that Salman voiced the above statement during an interview with the German TV channel ZDF. At the same time, after the words about people with a non-traditional orientation, the interview was stopped.