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The Glorious World Cup: A Fanatic's Guide

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2006 World Cup: Fatwa Demanded Sharia Law on the Field

02 min 54 sec

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Alan Black, co-author of The Glorious World Cup, portrays soccer as a powerful cultural entity.

He reads a fatwa dictating adherence to Sharia law and strictly "non-Western" behavior on the field that a Saudi Arabian extremist group issued for the 2006 World Cup.
US vs. England: The World Cup Game 60 Years in the Making

03 min 14 sec

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The Glorious World Cup co-author Alan Black reflects on the USA's famous victory over England in the 1950 World Cup and speculates on the outcome of the highly anticipated rematch slated for June 12, 2010.

"If they play with their heart like Joe Gaetjens," says Black, "then they're going to beat England baby!"
FIFA Makes the Call: No Video Replay in World Cup 2010

03 min 16 sec

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Alan Black, co-author of The Glorious World Cup, rants about FIFA's refusal to allow video replay in the World Cup.

World Cup referees have been known to make biased calls, which make for a more tumultuous, if not unfair, game.
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le_meteque

Posted: 06.27.10, 05:26 PM

you know that several Muslim country played football for many years, and Saudi-Arabia was present in 1994 football world cup as many other's before that, fatwa for football what a crazy world. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saudi_A..._football_team . " the world is thinking " i love that. Just think and look for clear evidence don't be blind .

Fora2

Posted: 06.15.10, 10:41 AM

Muslim fanatics just attacked and KILLED two people in a group of Somalis for watching the World Cup. Taliban also hanged a 7 year old boy for being a spy (he belonged to a family opposed to the Taliban) in Afghanistan. These are WACKOS in the highest degree.