{"id":1752017,"date":"2022-11-26T06:30:14","date_gmt":"2022-11-26T11:30:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752017"},"modified":"2022-11-26T09:48:59","modified_gmt":"2022-11-26T14:48:59","slug":"england-world-cup-fans-cautioned-not-to-wear-crusader-garb-that-might-offend-muslims","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/england-world-cup-fans-cautioned-not-to-wear-crusader-garb-that-might-offend-muslims\/","title":{"rendered":"England World Cup Fans Cautioned Not to Wear \u201cCrusader\u201d Garb that Might \u201c\u2018Offend Muslims\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fengland-world-cup-fans-cautioned-not-to-wear-crusader-garb-that-might-offend-muslims%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1752017&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/ADRIAN-DENNIS_AFP-via-Getty-Images-1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">England fans have been dressing as crusader icon St. George for years, but now fans are being warned to leave their chain mail and cross-emblazoned tunics at home for fear that the garb will upset Muslims at the Qatari World Cup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">The warnings come on the heels of a pair of St. George-garbed fans being seen led away by Qatari officials at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n[embedded content]\n<p class=\"a8d-pre\">It isn\u2019t clear whether the fans were detained or prevented from watching the England vs. Iran game in the stands.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The patron saint is often depicted as a crusading knight on horseback in chain mail and holding a sword. The crusades occurred over several hundred years between 1025 and 1291 when Christian armies fought to free Jerusalem from Islamic control.<\/p>\n<p>But after the video of the fans being led away by security, activist group Kick It Out, a charity campaigning against racism and discrimination in football, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/world-cup\/2022\/11\/23\/england-fans-dressed-st-george-appear-thrown-opening-match-against\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">warning<\/a> England fans not to anger Muslims by dressing as crusaders, according to the <i>Telegraph<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would advise fans attending FIFA World Cup matches that certain attire, such as fancy-dress costumes representing knights or crusaders, may not be welcomed in Qatar and other Islamic countries,\u201d the group said in a statement. \u201cForeign Office travel advice issued before the tournament expressed that fans should familiarise themselves with local customs, and we would encourage fans to take this approach.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"a8d-pre twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">An England fan in Qatar speaks to TalkTV about the treatment of fans at the World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;What they don&#8217;t realise in places like Qatar is the fans are the essence of the game. We are what makes football it&#8217;s not the corporates.&#8221;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WorldCup?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WorldCup<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TalkTV?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#TalkTV<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AQ2uLocGXZ\">pic.twitter.com\/AQ2uLocGXZ<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 TalkTV (@TalkTV) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TalkTV\/status\/1594425135716409344?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 20, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>Iman Atta, director of Tell Mama, a UK-based group that battles anti-Muslim hate, also blasted fans dressing as St. George.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOur fans should be mindful that there are things that may cause offence to Qatari citizens, such as openly drinking or wearing historical Crusader Knights Templar outfits that have very negative implications in the region,\u201d Atta said.<\/p>\n<p>Noting that she understands England fans are not wearing the garb specifically to annoy Muslims, Atta added, \u201cHowever, we firmly believe in the principle that any World Cup should have an environment where fans can be open, enjoy what they want to wear and feel safe and secure. This principle is one that we believe in \u2013 though in Qatar, people should just be mindful and aware of deep sensitivities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>No wars between western crusaders and Muslims ever took place in or near Qatar.<\/p>\n<p><i>Follow Warner Todd Huston on Facebook at: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston\">facebook.com\/Warner.Todd.Huston<\/a>, or Truth Social <a href=\"https:\/\/truthsocial.com\/@WarnerToddHuston\">@WarnerToddHuston<\/a><\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>England fans have been dressing as crusader icon St. George for years, but now fans are being warned to leave their chain mail and cross-emblazoned tunics at home for fear<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1752020,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[547],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1752017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-bongino-report"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1752017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1752017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1752020"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1752017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1752017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1752017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}