The world of sport has been let down – again – by a Muslim who prefers to pull out of an event rather than face an Israeli competitor. This time, it was not a head-to-head encounter that was being avoided, but the prospect of having to run a race in which one of a dozen […]
Abu Dhabi: Muslims won’t play Israeli anthem or show flag as Israeli judoka wins gold, so he sings “Hatikvah” on podium
Israeli judoka Tal Flicker scaled the top of the podium and received his gold medal on Thursday, but the Israel national anthem was not played and the blue-and-white flag was not raised in Abu Dhabi. Another case of the racism and Islamic anti-Semitism that is ubiquitous; only this one is high profile, on the global […]