Al-Azhar Observatory for Combating Extremism (AOCE) expresses its solidarity with the stance adopted by the Egyptian international striker #Mustafa_Mohammad after the French Football Club, Nantes, fined him for his refusal to participate in a pro-LGBTQI+ campaign.
AOCE affirms that sports and other fields across should distance themselves from being supporters and advocates of these absurd ideas and deviant behaviors that have come to take arenas, stadiums, and other places as bridges to promote their intellectual poisons under the pretexts of freedom, diversity, and supporting the other; even if this difference contradicts human nature and falls foul of religions.
In this regard, AOCE indicates that an unmistakable contradiction is committed by mongers of these behaviors as they preach freedom of speech and respect for diversity but nonetheless seek to force others either to accept their perversions or receive punishment.
Therefore, AOCE calls for a sports environment that respects human natural disposition and religious teachings for players, away from exploiting playgrounds for malicious objectives.