the Islamic State SIRIA.- banned arbitration of football matches in the Syrian city of Al Mayādīn, in the eastern province of Deir al-Zur because they are governed by rules of the FIFA and not by Islamic law, said the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights
. the NGO based in London indicate that jihadist group seeks to follow the rules of Islamic law, so are the injured players who must punish causing such failure
. He indicated that members of the body safety EI “Al Hesba” Al Mayādīn communicated to all owners of football fields in that city the ban on parties arbitrate
. the group terrorist bases its order in which arbitration decisions “are not governed by what Allah ordered” because, according to the organization, Allah demands that the player who is injured must punish that caused it, while the referees are limited to give warnings to a player who causes injury
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The Observatory recalled that members EI and “Al Hesba” have instigated on other occasions to football matches are held without arbitrators “to avoid breaking the law of Allah and the tradition of the prophet Muhammad.”
the jihadist ban comes just days before the start of league soccer teams of the popular districts of Al Mayādīn and around
according to the Observatory the players feel “lucky” that, thanks to the popularity of football in Al Madayin as it is not run by FIFA, the Islamic State has not banned definitively there the practice of the sport, and has only vetoed arbitration matches
. Where jihadists have other forbidden you play football is in the Iraqi city of Mosul, de facto capital of the Islamic State in Iraq where people who practice this sport are punished with eighty lashes, according to witnesses in the area (ECHA Agencies)
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