Qatar Sends Strong Warning to LGBTG Groups Ahead of 2022 World Cup

• The Director of the Department of International Cooperation in Qatar has said that Qatar will not allow any support for homosexuality in the 2022 World Cup
• According to Major General Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Ansari, Qatar will hold everyone accountable who will show support for homosexuality during the World Cup
• The 2022 World Cup is scheduled to be held in Qatar from 21 November to 18 December and will be the first World Cup held in the Middle East

A senior official in Qatar has warned the LGBTQ+ groups against raising rainbow flags during the 2022 World Cup.

According to Major General Abdulaziz Abdullah Al Ansari, rainbow flags could be seized to prevent them from facing attacks.

He added that the safety of gay groups that try to demonstrate in the stands during the World Cup cannot be guaranteed.

Al Ansari on LGBTQ+ Community at the World Cup

“If he (a fan) raised the rainbow flag and I took it from him, it's not because I really want to, really, take it, to really insult him, but to protect him,” Al Ansari said, as quoted by Marca.

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"Because if it's not me, somebody else around him might attack (him). I cannot guarantee the behaviour of the whole people. And I will tell him: 'Please, no need to really raise that flag at this point.'"

Concerns have been raised by pro-LGBTQ+ groups since Qatar were awarded the right to host the World Cup.

Al Ansari, however, insists persons of all sexual orientations are welcome to Qatar, but cautioned against public display of actions that are not acceptable in the Arabic country.

"You want to demonstrate your view about the (LGBTQ) situation, demonstrate it in a society where it will be accepted," he added.

"We realize that this man got the ticket, comes here to watch the game, not to demonstrate, a political (act) or something which is in his mind.”

Lovely Video of Ghana Flag Being Hoisted in Qatar Drops

Earlier, Sports Brief reported that Ghana's flag has finally been hoisted in Qatar ahead of the upcoming FIFA World Cup in the Asian country later this year.

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In a short ceremony in Doha, Dr Emmanuel Enos, Ghana's Ambassador to Qatar raised the flag of Ghana aloft, indicating the West African country's qualification.

In a video posted on Twitter, spotted by Sports Brief, members from the Ghanaian community sang the national anthem as the flag was being raised.