Two England admirers ‘forced to STRIP naked by Qatari police’ right after dressing up as Crusaders 

Two England supporters dressed as Crusaders instructed yesterday how protection officers marched them from the stadium right before producing them strip bare as a ‘ritual humiliation’.

The Three Lions supporters mentioned officers had been ‘bullying and vindictive’ following confiscating their novelty swords, chainmail and helmets emblazoned with the cross of St George, and asking them: ‘Are you right here to get rid of Muslims?’

Fifa insisted the pair experienced been turned absent from the Khalifa Worldwide Stadium in Doha where England performed Iran for staying ‘offensive to Muslims’.

Football’s governing body added that ‘anti-discrimination colleagues requested supporters to use points within out, or improve dress’. 

But the expat Britons, who live in Qatar, and whom the Mail is not naming to secure them from reprisals in the hardline Islamic condition, informed a far more chilling variation yesterday.

Two England followers dressed as Crusaders informed yesterday how stability officers marched them from the stadium just before earning them strip bare as a ‘ritual humiliation’

Fifa insisted the pair had been turned away from the Khalifa Intercontinental Stadium in Doha exactly where England played Iran for getting ‘offensive to Muslims’

A person of the pair, a 57-yr-previous engineer, stated: ‘We are both of those big lovers of Monty Python and the Holy Grail and experienced our costumes hand designed in India – they are outstanding and price tag £3,000 just about every. 

But the workers at the security checkpoints initial denied us entry mainly because of our helmets, then they said the shields and rubber swords have been a trouble, then the tunics were being offensive.

‘This went on for two-and-a-50 % hrs and led to us missing the first 50 percent so we determined to ditch all the gear as we’d paid more than £180 for tickets. 

‘But as we attempted to get in we were being taken into a room and advised to strip bare. They did not even search us – and it was just ritual humiliation.’ 

Each the adult males have been living in Qatar and assisting to create the stadiums.

Kick It Out, the anti-discrimination charity, warns that ‘knights or crusaders’ might not be a laughing matter at this Planet Cup.

Researcher Robert Carter has tweeted: ‘The apparel, total with swords and crosses, is offensive owing to crusader background of rape, slaughter and occupation of Arab lands.’