Loud Thinking August 05, 2014 at 09:59AM

Racist ICC & FIFA..?

An eye opening letter published today by the daily “Daily Times”

ICC and Palestine
August 05, 2014
Comment

Sir: The International Cricket Council (ICC) took swift action against Moeen Ali who was wearing a wristband in support of Palestine against the apartheid of Israel. ICC argued that no one should bring politics into the game.

Well, ostensibly it looks like the ICC has no leniency against code breaking. But if we leaf through the pages of history this is not the case.

For instance, in 2003 it took ‘no action’ against the former English coach Andy Flower and his Zimbabwe team mate Henry Olonga when they wore armbands against Mugabe. Then why is Moeen Ali banned?

The same is the case with Malaysian cyclist Azizulhasni Awang.

Likewise, in football, FIFA took stern action against Lazio (an Italian top club) when the spectators demonstrated against Jews in a match against Tottenham Hotspur. Lazio fans also unfurled a ‘free Palestine’ banner.

As a result FIFA punished the club by forcing it to play in an empty stadium.

However, it did not take action against David Villa (a Barcelona player) when he ridiculed Islam in a match between Barcelona and Real Madrid.

It means players are free to abuse Islam and anti-west governments but cannot support innocent Palestinians.

Israel butchered over 1,700 people in Gaza and demolished over 3,000 homes and is constantly violating international law without stirring the conscience of the world leaders and here we have the ICC taking abrupt action against Moeen.

What kind of world are we living in? In a nutshell, there seems to be a total control of the Jewish lobby not only in politics but in every walk of life.

The west claims to be the champion of human rights, but perhaps Muslims are not humans in their eyes.

Muhammad Wajid Munir
Islamabad

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