“Crusader costumes in the Arab context can be offensive against Muslims,” FIFA said in a statement, the Times reports. “That is why anti-discrimination colleagues asked fans to wear things inside out or change dress.”
British supporters have dressed up as St. George—the patron saint of England—at international sports tournaments for at least two decades. But international soccer governing bodysays the chainmail costumes are inappropriate in the Islamic host nation of this year’s World Cup because they invoke 1,000-year-old holy wars between Christians and Muslims.
reports. “That is why anti-discrimination colleagues asked fans to wear things inside out or change dress.”that they are “definitely not racists” and said they were actually cosplaying as knights from comedy classic Monty Python movieCrusades
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