It’s insane! Seven years in prison for sex? Qatar’s bizarre World Cup ban will affect players and fans alike

The World Championships in Qatar are slowly but surely approaching. However, not long ago, the country’s leaders came up with a very bizarre and equally controversial decision! Unmarried couples simply cannot have sex in Qatar. Otherwise, they face up to 7 years in prison.

In recent days, FIFA has warned all participants in the World Cup in Qatar, including fans, that unmarried couples simply cannot have sex in the country.

A British police source told the Daily Star magazine that if a couple are not in a marital relationship and it is found that the person in question has had casual sex, it will be severely punished.

“There will be no party in Qatar. No one-night stands. And everyone needs to think about it if they don’t want to end up in jail. There is a ban on sex for the first time at this year’s World Cup and fans simply have to prepare for it.”

Sexual relations outside marriage or homosexual relations are illegal in Qatar and anyone who “commits” such an act faces up to 7 years in prison.

Although FIFA recently said that everyone is welcome at the tournament, there are voices that this is not the case. According to the Daily Star, various fans have been blocked from booking and sharing hotel rooms in their surnames.

Qatar also bans drinking alcohol and holding so-called after parties after football matches, with very strict and scary consequences if you are caught doing so. This news has sparked a lot of reactions on social media, and quite objectively speaking – what everyone was talking about a long time ago is coming true.

Namely, that this World Cup is not much for the fans. Although drinking alcohol itself is not illegal in Qatar, being drunk in public is already a crime. And given the way human rights and citizens are treated in Arab countries, fans have to forgive themselves for this activity as well.

Objectively speaking, it’s polite to follow the local rules in a foreign country. But Qatar is not exactly a sacred country when it comes to respecting human rights. The question then arises as to why host a world championship in their country when Arab countries, in particular, simply do not like European and American culture.

Sources: The Sun, Daily Star