Posted on 12/16/2007 11:26:55 PM PST by marthemaria
Milan, 11 Dec. (AKI) - A Turkish lawyer has filed a complaint to UEFA, the European football federation, after Italian club Inter Milan wore a football jersey with a symbol said to be offensive to Islam, during a game with the Turkish team Fenerbahçe.
The symbol of the northern Italian city of Milan, a red cross on a white background, was on the Inter Milan shirts during the Champions League game in November which saw Fenerbahçe lose by 3 goals to zero at Milan's San Siro stadium.
Lawyer Baris Kaska, has asked a Turkish tribunal to sanction Inter Milan for wearing the shirts which he says reminded Turks of an emblem of the Christian order of the Knights Templar.
The symbol is tied closely to the Crusades in the Middle Ages, when the Christian powers of Europe tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims, with constant and ferocious military expeditions.
Kaska said that the symbol is considered offensive in Islamic culture and asked the Turkish tribunal to sanction Inter Milan for their 'racist' action.
He has asked UEFA, which organises the Champions League tournament, to cancel the three points earned by Inter Milan after its victory over Fenerbahçe.
In an interview with Spain's daily La Vanguardia, Kaska said that "the cross reminded me of the bloody days of the past."
Inter Milan consciously decided not to wear the controversial shirt during their match in Istanbul, but did not think it was necessary to do the same while playing the return game in Milan.
Muslims ....perpetually offended religious culture (PORC)
Or next to the Aztec Eagle?......
I’m sorry guys but I just can’t bring myself to care that much about soccer.
It’s not about soccer, it’s about the senselessness of muzzie Christophobias......
No, I know...I just really don’t care at all about anything related to soccer. I tried, but no good.
...and the Turkish Crescent is offensive to christians representing hundreds of years of oppression and slavery.
Some of the deluded and gullible Turkey supporters around here actually believe that the turkish parastate is a “secular” state. LOL
I don’t find symbols on a shirt offensive.
It’s a damned SYMBOL, dammit!
I find offensive REAL people being REALLY murdered with religious ditties playing in the background and a video camera recording it all, and subhumans watching the videos over the internet and rejoicing over a human’s death and getting perverse pleasure over it.
It’s a human being, dammit!!
Turkey Investigates Alleged Ties Between Police, Alleged Killers of Christians
FOXNews.com | Saturday, December 08, 2007 | AP
Posted on 12/09/2007 9:55:52 AM EST by do the dhue
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