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A common theme in many of these cartoons is that Jews are behind U.S. policy in the Middle East, in particular, the recent tension between the U.S. and Syria following the war in Iraq.
Al-Watan, June 11, 2003 (Qatar)
The big word with the Star of David: ‘Terror;’ below, on the hand: ‘The assassination policy.’
The FIFA was already known for a very long time as a corrupt, anti-woman, old-fashioned organization of old men, based in Switzerland. The emir of Qatar since 1995 is 1951 born Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani. He is married to three (!) women, having eight children with “1st Lady – Sheikha Mariam bint Muhammad Al-Thani,” another seven children with “2nd Lady – H.H. Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned,“ and also 9 children with “3rd Lady – H.H. Sheikha Noora bint Khalid Al-Thani.”
Such unbelievable disrespect for women, such abuse of women’s rights is now officially accepted by a leading organization like the FIFA. Qatar polygamy is internationally supported and will probably be no reason for any soccer player to boycott the FIFA World Cup in 2022. A child is not seen by Thani as an individual. He does not know the names, conflicts, hopes, frustrations etc. of his 24 children or his three wifes. They are betrayed, because they have no time with their father or husband, respectively. He is a sexist, extremely anti-female person, using women as his property and tool for reproduction. Children are abused as pure numbers, 1 to 24.
Now FIFA will become an even more infamous (is it possible?) supporter of anti-Semitism and Israel-hatred. Qatar could say to itself right now:
Well, we printed some of the most disgusting anti-Semitic cartoons in 2003 – no one (besides the ADL etc.) cared. We kept on publishing such anti-Semitic cartoons until 2010 – And we got it! We will host the soccer World Cup 2022! Anti-Semitism counts! Hosting anti-Jewish, anti-Semitic, anti-Israel Sheikhs like Qaradawi counts! This FIFA decision is a great signal to the world: being very political and particularly anti-American and anti-Semitic will help you to improve your standing. A soccer World Cup is economically, culturally, and politically very important (for us). It helps us to shed positive light on the Arab world. The Nazis hosted the Olympic games in 1936 – and they did it! They did the Holocaust soon after!
On January 9, 2009, Qatar based Yusuf al-Qaradawi said on al-Jazeera TV (translation via MEMRI):
Oh Allah, take this oppressive, Jewish, Zionist band of people. Oh Allah, do not spare a single one of them. Oh Allah, count their numbers, and kill them, down to the very last one.
A country like Qatar which is hosting such a Nazi-style anti-Semite has no right to host the soccer World Cup or any other huge, international event.
However, FIFA has decided: Welcome to the Islamist and anti-Semitic propaganda show in Qatar in 2022, called FIFA soccer World Cup!
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Clemens Heni is a political scientist and was a Post-Doc at Yale until 2009. He published two books on German anti-Semitism. Since November 2010 he has been a Research Fellow of the Vidal Sassoon International Center for the Study of Antisemitism (SICSA), Hebrew University Jerusalem.
