In a few weeks, the football world cup starts and the discussion and the criticism towards the organiser are getting more and more. In the country where Sharia is in force, not only homosexuals are actively persecuted. Raped women also have to reckon with a punishment. The official ambassador qualifies homosexuality as a mental illness and at the same time, other officials ensure that everyone is welcome.
It is somehow not reassuring to be assured that the LGBTQ community will not be persecuted during the World Cup and that women who have been raped will not be punished during this time either. How credible is that? How much can we trust a country which is punishing raped women?