Footballer in Saudi fined over ‘gay’ remark

Saudi Arabia’s football disciplinary committee has suspended Meril Radoi for two matches and fined him SR20,000 ($5,500) after he described a Saudi player as gay.

“I don’t know why he (Hussein Abdul Ghani) keeps following me and annoying me during the matches…he touches me like a girl…I don’t know why….perhaps he does not like women but men,” Radoi was quoted as saying according to emirates247.com.

Saudi newspapers ran a video of the Romanian player in which he made those remarks and many of them attacked him, describing it as a racist comment.

We will call it a homophobic comment, but Saudi Arabia what about LGBT-rights ?

LGBT rights in Saudi Arabia are not recognized. Homosexuality and cross-dressing are widely seen as immoral acts, and are treated as serious crimes, according to wikipedia.org. We call that homophobic, but we can use your own words : racist, so Saudi Arabia media understand what we mean.