Criticism of Qatar’s Sharia law is rasict, ‘Qatarophobia,’ MSNBC host claims – opinion – By Alma Hernandez (Jerusalem Post) / Dec 15, 2022
MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan stated in 2021 that he considered himself “an anti-Zionist and critic of the Israeli state,” and calls Israel “apartheid.”
My love for soccer started when I was five. In fact, I still play on an adult co-ed team in Tucson and love the sport. It’s been great to see so many people supporting and watching the sport I love.
However, it’s important to note that the 2022 World Cup has led many of us to speak out against the shabby human rights record of the host nation of Qatar, an absolute dictatorship run by Emir Tamim and the al-Thani family. Others have attempted to deflect all criticism of Qatar as what MSNBC host Mehdi Hasan calls “Qatarophobia.”
He alleges that all criticism of Qatar’s strict Sharia law is racist, so we must ignore the fact that in Qatar, unmarried women are banned from receiving sexual health and prenatal care. This would also ignore that in Qatar, sex between people of the same gender is illegal and can include a maximum penalty of death by stoning.
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