If one country restricts the movements and ability to practice of a different country’s players, it can’t be allowed to participate in international competition. This should bar Russia and Israel from all World Cup and Olympic events until they withdraw from their occupations.

I’m talking about the Palestinians who were kicked out of their homes as recently as last month

Yes, if you were kicked out of your home you would fight to get it back. Additionally most of Israel’s founders were not religious at all.

If your understanding of the Palestine/Israel conflict is “religion bad” then you should probably do more research.

Ngl I’ve actually thought about trying to do that

The Gulf states’ sovereign wealth funds own a higher percentage of Reddit anyway

True, I always forget about Oman. But at least I’m not alone in that

Saudi Arabia’s religious doctrine holds that Iran’s majority Shia sect are non-Muslim heretics. Also, the Gulf states supported Saddam Hussein during the Iran Iraq war and Iran supports Shia militias around the region that attack the allies of the Arab monarchies.

The ruling Al khalifas are Sunni while the majority of the (native) population are Shia

That’s Bahrain

Iran is Shiite and Qatar is a Wahhabi influenced Sunni state, so they aren’t friends due to religion. However they do share the world’s largest oil and gas field, which they cooperate to drill. In short, they are friendly because of petroleum, not religion.

*oil is a weird drug

Weirdly Qatar is the only gulf state to have a passably good relationship with Iran

That’s what people used to say about Japan

This isn’t 1972, China is one of the most technologically advanced societies on earth