Spain will appeal to the Supreme Court of Sports after being fined by FIFA for anti-Islamic slogans

Spain will complain to the Court of Arbitration for Sport due to FIFA sanctions after the incidents of the game against Egypt.

Al Jazeera wrote: After FIFA rejected the appeal of the Spanish Football Federation regarding the sanctions imposed due to the fans' anti-Islam slogans during the March match against Egypt, this federation will refer the case to the "Court of Arbitration for Sport".

FIFA fined the federation $20,000 and ordered that at least 15 percent of the stadium's seats remain empty at Spain's next home friendly.

The sanctions came after incidents at the RCDE stadium near Barcelona, home of Espanyol. In this stadium, some Spanish fans chanted anti-Islam slogans during the friendly match with Egypt that ended without a goal. After the second repetition of this slogan, the stadium announcer issued a warning and the scoreboard displayed a message against discriminatory behavior.

Spanish winger Lamine Yamal, who is Muslim, condemned the chants at the time, describing them as disrespectful and intolerable, calling the officials "ignorant and racist". Spanish police also opened an investigation the next day, while FIFA, the world governing body, later began disciplinary action against the Spanish Football Federation.

Now the Spanish Football Federation has argued that the word "Muslim" is "neither insulting nor derogatory" and added that the fans' behavior should be assessed under FIFA Article 17, which covers political, ideological, religious or offensive messages, and not Article 15, which deals with racial discrimination and abuse.