Football is not a place to insult people's faith/ Spain's exclusion due to Islamophobia

FIFA has fined the Spanish Football Federation due to the racist slogans of its fans in a friendly match with Egypt and punished it by banning the presence of spectators.

According to Sport Se, the Spanish Football Federation was fined and suspended by FIFA due to the chanting of insulting and Islamophobic slogans by Spanish spectators during a friendly match with the Egyptian national team.

The FIFA Disciplinary Committee officially fined the Spanish Football Federation for the events of the friendly match between the Spanish and Egyptian national teams that was held on March 31 at the Cornella El Prat Stadium in Barcelona and ended in a goalless draw.

According to the Sky Sports report, the Spanish Federation has been sentenced to pay a $20,000 fine and also to close part of the stadium's stands (suspended suspension of part of the spectators) in the upcoming home match under the supervision of FIFA. This decision was taken due to Islamophobic slogans chanted by a group of spectators present in the stadium.

This incident had a wide impact in the same days and was met with sharp reactions and condemnation in the sports and political circles of Spain. Lamine Yamal, the young star of the Spanish national team, with a clear stance, considered this action to be intolerable disrespect, and the Prime Minister of Spain, Pedro Sanchez, condemned these slogans, calling it a completely unacceptable behavior in sports.

While condemning these actions, players like Pedri also called for the cleaning and eradication of religious and racial insults from the stadiums.