Pazite kako idete odjeveni na Euro (da ne uvrijedite cvijeće)

by catabbath 5/6/2016, 22:36

Caabu said that ‘there may well be people who take offence’ to the outfits (Picture: Getty Images)
English football fans have defended their right to wear crusader costumes at the European championship despite claims that it may be offensive to Muslims.

Some have suggested that fans heading to France for the Euros should think twice before wearing the costumne. An article on the BBC’s iWonder website asks whether the outfits are appropriate as crusaders ‘were the perpetrators of violent attacks on Muslims, Jews and pagans.’
The Council for the Advancement of Arab-British Understanding (Caabu) added that the costumes may be taken the wrong way.
‘I would hope Muslims do not take offence but there may well be people who do,’ director Chris Doyle told The Times

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English fans have defended the costume (Picture: Getty Images)
‘They may present themselves as more of a target to any extremist.’
Mark Perryman, a founder of LondonEnglandFans, said ‘there are all kinds of issues around racism and Islamophobia but I don’t think this is one of them… I have never known any country to take offence to it and I’m sure they won’t now.’
A spokesperson for the BBC said that the ‘iWonder guides are not the BBC passing judgment.’
‘They are designed to ask questions which encourage debate,’ they said.

Read more: http://metro.co.uk/2016/06/04/england-crusaders-at-euros-may-offend-muslims-5923631/#ixzz4Ajtt61ED