Outrage as ‘racist’ Danish channel compares Moroccan players’ hug with mothers to monkeys – Doha News

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Western media have received a barrage of criticism in recent weeks for their racist portrayal of the World Cup in Qatar, targeting the Moroccan team in particular.

A Danish channel has come under heavy fire after the host compared Moroccan players and their mothers to monkeys live on TV.

TV 2 News showed a segment in which presenter Soren Lippert held up an image of kissing monkeys while talking about Morocco national team players hugging their mothers.

Touching scenes of the national team celebrating their historic victories at the 2022 FIFA World Cup in Qatar have gone viral across the world, with many describing it as a rare positive reflection of Arab culture in the Western world.

An absolute disgrace on #DenTV equating #MaR gamers hugging their mothers with monkeys. The same media that has been lecturing Qataris for months on human rights, said political analyst Andreas Krieg.

European societies are deeply racist and have a huge problem recognizing it. They call everything “humor” but the truth is that it turned into a disgusting joke and the rest of the world is laughing at them. https://t.co/z0lQ1ivKUf

— Emran Feroz (@Emran_Feroz) December 17, 2022

European societies are deeply racist and have a huge problem recognizing this. They call everything “humor” but the truth is that they have turned into a disgusting joke and the rest of the world is laughing at them, commented Austrian-Afghan journalist Emran Feroz.

Another Twitter user said: Western media compares Arabs to monkeys. So-called civilized world.

They don’t even try to dilute racism anymore, it’s like all you Moroccans are monkeys????? a Twitter said.

What a way to announce to the world that you are not only vile racists, but that you also hate your mothers, joked another.

This World Cup was a great opportunity for the Europeans to show what they had in them without acting or pretending, added another.

The incident is just the latest in a series of racism targeting Qatar 2022, the first World Cup staged in the Arab and Muslim world. As the Moroccan team made tournament history by becoming the first African and Arab nation to reach the semi-finals, they faced a barrage of racist and Islamophobic attacks from Western media.

A few days earlier, another Western media had published a cartoon showing Moroccans in tracksuits on a motorbike “stealing” the World Cup trophy from Gianni Infantino, in what many described as a racist European stereotype according to which the North -Africans would be “thugs” and “criminals”.

A German TV presenter has also sparked outrage online after he compared the Moroccan national team to the Islamic State (ISIS) militant group.

The Welt anchor showed an image of three national team players after a successful World Cup match, during which they raised their index fingers.

It is a common gesture for billions of Muslims around the world who worship God by professing the concept of Tawhid, or Oneness.

However, the presenter compared the players to ISIS, saying the gesture caused irritation.

It is a greeting that the so-called Islamic State has adopted, he claimed.

Fighters often pose with the gesture after conquests. It is unclear if Morocco’s World Cup players were aware of the significance of the gesture, he alleged.

The segment, broadcast to millions, was widely shared online, but social media users were quick to speak out against the outright racism targeting Moroccans.

The outrageous claims came just days after Die Tageszeitung also criticized Moroccans for their support for Palestine, calling the flag raising at the World Cup an orchestrated hostility towards Israel.

The FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022 is the first time the tournament has been held in a Muslim and Arab country, with thousands of fans taking the opportunity to show their support for Palestine. Flags were raised in the fan zones as well as in the stadiums throughout the tournament.

Arab teams involved in the tournament, particularly Morocco, showed bold solidarity, celebrating their victories by waving the flag on the field.

Fans attending the matches told Doha News that the historic hosting of the tournament in a Muslim and Arab country for the first time provided a platform for genuine solidarity on a global scale.

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