Summary
Iran’s soccer body allows several religious manifestations during a recent World Cup qualifying game in Tehran. As a result, Iran was fined by FIFA. According to soccer’s world governing body, Iran was fined 45,000 Swiss francs because of holding a religious ceremony on November 3. Not only Iran but also many countries were fined and warned for various acts of misbehavior. And these misbehaviors often involve team’s fans. For example, Brazil, Paraguay, Estonia, Ukraine, Chile, and Argetina were fined for antigay chants.
Opinion
In my opinion, we should separate sports and religion. Religious action is usually radical. And sports is sacred and does not allow interventions. So religion should not intervene in sports. But we don’t have to punish religious acts that is not misbehavior. For example, some soccer players often pray to God during the game. However this action wouldn’t be harmful. So in this case, we don’t have to separate sports and religion. We need to think about situation.