Karma Is Unforgiving

Islamic Radicalisation Of Europe Is A Wide Phenomenon. Belgium, Which Also Colonised Africa, Has A Large Muslim Population, One Of The Most Radical And Dangerous In The European Union

The Football World Cup in Qatar gave us a fair assessment of where Islam stands at the moment. In the first instance, it may have been a mistake, however brilliant the final was, to award the World Cup to Qatar, a country that sponsors and encourages Muslim fundamentalism all over the world and uses football to further its aims. It owes for instance the best French football team, Paris Saint Germain of which Kilyan Mbappé, the young and brilliant French striker, is a member. It is a proprietor too of the top English team, Manchester City. However well this World Cup has been organised—and we must give the Qataris credit for that—the Qatari crowds were highly partisan: booing loudly all the White teams, and cheering madly for the Muslim or non-White players.

Secondly, the Morocco-France match gave us many clues about the radicalisation of Islam. Firstly, the Moroccan players, were brutal, using tackles, to hurt and maim; while, even if they were barely touched, they would scream and writhe on the ground as if mortally wounded. They were bad losers also: to Croatia for third place, nearly beating up the referee at the final whistle. But even in victory (over Spain), what did they do? They urged on TV people to join Islam, saying: “come to the wind, come to the truth”. Is that football, is that how it is supposed to bring people together beyond religion and race? All this talk about ‘no racism’ in football, actually serves Muslims, who take refuge behind it, if you say anything against Islam, however true it may be.