An ambassador for the World Cup in Qatar has described homosexuality as a “damage in the mind” in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF only two weeks before the opening of the soccer tournament in the Gulf state, highlighting concerns about the conservative country's treatment of gays and lesbians.
BERLIN - An ambassador for the World Cup inhas described homosexuality as a “damage in the mind” in an interview with German public broadcaster ZDF only two weeks before the opening of the soccer tournament in the Gulf state, highlighting concerns about the conservative country's treatment of gays and lesbians.
Excerpts of the television interview were shown Monday on the ZDF news program Heute Journal. The full interview, which is part of a documentary, will be shown Tuesday on ZDF.“Of course such comments are terrible, and that is the reason why we are working on things inAbout 1.2 million international visitors are expected infor the tournament, which has faced criticism and skepticism ever since the gas-rich emirate was selected as host by FIFA in December 2010.
The interview was cut short by a media officer of the World Cup organizing committee after Salman expressed his views on homosexuals, ZDF reported.a week ago that the country's prime minister had given her a “safety guarantee” for fans “no matter where they come from, whom they love and what they believe in.”'s interior minister. She plans to go ahead with a trip to Germany's opening World Cup match against Japan.
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