“There are many opportunities to share the good news of the gospel in Qatar”

Nov 26, 2022 by Jill

by Jonatán Soriano, Evangelical Focus:

The FIFA World Cup has turned critical eyes to the small Persian Gulf country. Three people on the ground analyse the freedom of Christians.

The Qatar 2022 World Cup is one of the most controversial World Cups in history, not only because it is taking place in November, or because it is related to the FIFA corruption scandal.

The issues that are now at the centre of the World Cup debate are, for example, the conditions of the stadium construction workers. The figure of 6,500 people killed in these works reported by the British newspaper The Guardian has not been denied nor has it been confirmed by the Qatari authorities.

Furthermore, human rights organisations have denounced other issues such as the situation of women, the protection of minorities and religious freedom.

“The shadows of the World Cup are just that. We in Qatar know that it is very difficult to get official information on certain issues. This lack of transparency remains a shadow that is very difficult to clarify, because we don’t know the real data”, tells Sandra Testino, an evangelical Christian who has lived in the country for over six years, to Spanish news website Protestante Digital.

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