![Spanish Representatives Oppose Morocco’s Joint Bid with Spain and Portugal Spain’ Prime Minister proposed a trio bid with Morocco and Portugal to host the 2030 World Cup; but the idea does not appear to be popular with Spanish politicians. The representatives of two Spanish political parties, the People’s Party and the Citizens-Party, have said they do not want Spain to submit a joint candidacy with Portugal and Morocco for the 2030 World Cup. In a meeting organized by the National Federation of Sports Facilities Entrepreneurs (FNEID) in Madrid, the People’s party representative, Vicente Azpitarte dismissively spoke about Spain joining a trio with Morocco and Portugal to organize the World Cup. Azpitarte specifically wondered whether Spain would get any advantages from teaming up with the two countries, t Spanish news outlet Iusport reported on Wednesday. The Citizens-Party representative, Roberto Nunez, agreed with Azpitarte. “We do not intend to organize a World Cup with other countries. Spain has more than enough capacity [to organize the World Cup], it is a country that has already organized a World Cup, and we do not understand that proposal,” Nunez said. The adviser of United Podemos, Oscar Penas, stated that he does not clearly see why “the priority is to organize a World Cup or an Olympiad at this time.” Morocco and Spain cooperate on a number of issues, ranging from security and migration to trade and education. On November 18, the Spanish Prime Minister, Pedro Sanchez, arrived in Morocco for a first visit since his election to premiership. During his visit, Sanchez proposed to both Head of Government Saad Eddine El Othmani and King Mohammed VI a joint bid for the 2030 World Cup. “We are launching a joint message, which is that this will be a bid between two continents. The King of Morocco is receptive and we’re going to work on it with Portugal. We are very excited about it,” Sanchez said.](https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/ABL-Launches-in-Casablanca-Becoming-Africa’s-First-Aircraft-Leaser-180x135.jpeg "ABL Launches in Casablanca, Becoming Africa’s First Aircraft Leaser")
By Sana Elouazi
By Sana Elouazi
Rabat – A Muslim woman living in Britain has claimed she was prevented from entering a McDonald’s restaurant by a security guard, who asked her to remove her headscarf or leave the restaurant because it was a “security threat.”
A video posted on Twitter by her friend Sabrina showed the man telling the 19-year-old student to take off her headscarf at the branch on Seven Sisters Road, in Holloway, north London.
“It’s just a matter of taking it off,” he says, after she accused him of committing a hate crime.
Here is the video of the incident, occurring at McDonald’s on Seven Sister’s Road in Holloway, London. pic.twitter.com/07acmBYdjB
— Sabrina (@south_sab) December 1, 2017
“It’s not just a matter of taking it off. I wear this for religious reasons and I’m not ashamed of it, and I will stand in line and I will get the food I want, because this isn’t okay,” she replies.
When another customer intervenes to defend the teenager, the guard tells him that it is “none of his business,” which further provokes the young woman.
“This is f—ing ridiculous,” she says, when a member of staff asked her not to be “rude” and stop filming, which she refuses to do.
She is then told she will be served but decides to walk out from the restaurant instead, saying that she doesn’t want anything any more.
The woman, who wished to remain anonymous, spoke to The Guardian about the incident.
“I thought: ‘It’s finally happening to me,’ like it has to so many hijabis. It didn’t feel real because I had seen so many videos like this and it was finally happening to me in real life. I was in so much disbelief,” the woman said.
“The friend I was with was shocked and scared, said it was a risky situation. When it was over, I finally realised how these situations can become dangerous. This is not a one-off thing, I will never walk into McDonald’s again,” she added.
The American fast food chain has apologised to the woman for the incident and said it was not the company’s policy to ban hijabs.
“McDonald’s does not have a policy in place which restricts or prevents anyone wearing a hijab, or any other religious dress, from entering,” a McDonald’s spokeswoman said.
“We welcome customers of all faiths and would like to apologise to the customer as this situation should not have taken place, we are taking this matter very seriously and are addressing the situation with the individuals involved; the security guard, from a third party company, has been suspended,” she added.
