France: Decision not to give break for Iftar to Muslim players in football match

The French Football Federation has instructed referees not to stop matches during Ramadan to allow Muslim players to break their fast. Here

The French Football Federation has instructed referees not to stop matches during Ramadan to allow Muslim players to break their fast. Unlike France, England's Premier League allows Muslim players to break their fast iftar and does not follow the rules of the French Football Federation in this regard. 

 According to the report of the foreign news agency 'AFP', it has been revealed in the notice of the French Football Federation that the ongoing matches were being interrupted due to Iftar in Ramadan. Eric Borghini, head of the Federation's Federal Referee Commission, said that "there is a time for everything, there is a time for playing sports and there is also a time for practicing religion." Writing is in progress He said, "It has also come to the knowledge of the federation that a limited number of non-professional level meetings were stopped to allow the fasting players to hydrate themselves." He further said that the rules of football include strict respect for the principle of secularism while the rules of football do not allow it. In contrast, English football decided that Premier League matches were allowed to be broken during the fast, during which Muslims abstain from food and water from sunrise to sunset. In this regard, Didier Dagard, the coach of football club Nice, said that many Muslim players in the team have celebrated their holy month of Ramadan without any problems. 

 He said that although it would be better if France also allows a break during Iftar, but if they don't, we cannot force anyone, because we are not in a Muslim country and we have to accept the rules of the country in which you live. live It should be noted that Muslims are the second largest religious minority in France, a country with a population of more than 60 million.