Now you're talking. An update on this story from the Jerusalem Post (thanks to Davida):
Ashkan Dejagah, the Iranian-born German soccer player who sparked an international controversy for his refusal to play in Israel, has been permanently suspended from the German Under-21 team, Theo Zwanziger, the president of the German Football Association (DFB) announced on Thursday.In his meeting with Israel Football Association chairman Avi Luzon, Zwanziger seemingly backtracked from a statement he made earlier in the week in which he supported the Dejagah's right to refuse to play, saying instead that the DBA "will not let this slide; he will be taken care of and suspended."
The decision comes one day after a spokesperson for the German government condemned Delagah's position.
"The interior minister is of the opinion that all members of German soccer teams must agree to play in any nation that Germany has a sports connection with," the spokesperson said. "It is forbidden that political circumstances would influence this."
Good.
Guess they don't have separation of religion and sports either.
...he now says he wants to play for iran...
Ausgezeichnet!
Maybe there is a bigger story for Germany's reaction to this incident. "Hey we tried this route once before and it led to the nearly total destruction of our country." To bad these people believe everyone else's history is a lie. It could spare them some tragedy in the future.
Mahmoud needs a new soccer ball.
Head home.
He has a good first name as it is, quite possibly, an indication of the state of the poor love's brain.
Germans 1, muslims 0.
This is good news.
Right answer.
Er hat gut getan.
"Er hat gut getan." Posted by: freedomschool
Does that mean, "Don't let the door hit you in the butt on your way out?"
Well Germany has jsut gone up in my estimation,,
Of late I have been very disappointed with Europe and especially Germany...
The info contained in this article is inaccurate. The player has not been suspended and enjoys full support from his club. Just check Google News to be sure. The soccer player never justified his decision not to play Israel by personal anti-Semitism, but to avoid persecution in Iran. What's the big deal?