‘I Feel Qatari':
FIFA Boss
slams World Cup critics in bizarre speech
Gianni Infantino
took aim at European for triggering the controversy over human rights violations in
Qatar
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I
nfantino
said "Today I feel Qatari, I feel Arab, I feel African, I feel gay, I feel disabled”
Early in his speech, referencing the racism his family experienced as Italian immigrants in
Switzerland
FIFA
president added Europeans "should be apologizing for the next 3,000 years.” before giving people moral lessons
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Infantino
assured the
L
G
B
T
Q
community that they would be safe, but
Qatari
officials have not made any such promises
Aside legitimate human rights criticisms,
Gianni Infantino
dismissed the enormous price paid by migrant workers
He said. "Demands for equality, dignity and compensation cannot be treated as some sort of culture war”
Infantino
added “They are universal human rights that
FIFA
has committed to respect in its own statutes.”
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Infantino
also defended
Qatar’s
Last minute ban on
Alcohol
, even beer, at all of the stadiums
President
and other
FIFA
executives will be exempt from the rule as will wealthy fans who are permitted to consume luxurious stadium suites