In a response to their recent defeat at the hands of the Iraqi football team the scholars of Najd and the Saudi family have issued a fatwa against the Iraqis who are the Asian cup champions.
The Fatwa labels the Iraqi national team as infidels and legitimizes the use of foreign players – British and American – to be used in the Saudi national side. The Fatwa also states that the Iraqi national team should be defeated at all costs.
FIFA the football governing body has reacted to the fatwa by stating “foreign nationals cannot play for the Saudi team” and “FIFA does not recognize the Fatwa”. However the Saudi royal family has issued Saudi passports to British and American players making them Saudi nationals.
The American government said “We fully support our friends in the Middle East” and that the “Iraqi team is against our way of soccer”
‘Sheikh’ Beckham as he is now known in Saudi Arabia said “ I looks forward to battling against the Iraqis and I am proud to be liberating the Iraqi people from an unworthy team”
The Iraqi team in response said “We will remain united and defeat the outside threat”
Britain has accused Iran of training the Iraqi team but Iran denies all allegations stating that the Iraqi coach is Brazilian and that the ‘game’ was invented by the British.
FIFA refuse to sanction a rematch but America and Britain say they will go ahead regardless.
By Guevara Serapion
