Five-meter Zidane ‘head-butt’ statue goes up on Corniche

How do you define worshipping, Thelonus? Does it mean that having a pictiure of your love ones prohibited also? The commandment is NOT to have an image or idol which will be worship as God. But picture or statues is ok until one kneels and worship them.

different thought,creative ideas qatar

very nice to read.. If people still think Arab states are Islamic then they know nothing about Islam. :)

Of the most notorious fouls in World Cup history and is indeed a mirror of Qatar being awarded the 2022 World Cup :D

This subject of picture making is far from just black and white. There are many contradicting views and explanations of these texts and the regulations on picture/image making. And exceptions to the rules as well(which again are not all agreed upon)In fact there are books written on this topic with various views of different scholars. So best not to make any judgments here without thorough study.

That said I personally find the statue in poor taste for the message it can send across and will be quite happy if it was pulled down.

Pictures of stuff are really dangerous and statues are worse. I know what to do, proclaim zidane as my god and will be known be known as a zidanist of the church ZZ. I will enact blasphemy laws to persecute anyone who questions our faith and being attacking anyone who does not accept zidane as the one and only god. Pilmgrimidge will be to maracana every two years for the rio derby.

Drinking is compulsory and anyone who doesn't gets jailed

Palancole, I quote what you just said..

"Once he was upset with either his wife or his daughter about a certain curtain which had an image of a living thing on it."

I wonder why do we have pictures of the king and heir apparent everywhere in alomost all Islamic Gulf countries?

I agree with Thelo on many points he said. although he says he is not a Muslim, he does understand some issues about Islamic prohibitions. For example, the prophet forbid any kind of image depicting the human shape. Once he was upset with either his wife or his daughter about a certain curtain which had an image of a living thing on it. In another tradition the prophet is reported to have said that whoever makes a statue will be asked to breathe a soul in it on the day on Judgement. I agree with the Saudis regarding their prohibition for promoting statues.And I would certainly agree with Thelo when he said all types of statues of living things are Haraam in Islamic traditions.

..!!!!!!!! remember it was the hand of god and Maradona just happened to be there.. don't believe everything that the British guys tell you.. They still cant stomach the defeat at the hands of a better team

hahaha c'mon ppl its a historical moment in sport !!! i think its cool they should put maradona slapping the ball too

Or the Qatary officials could head butt the Fifa autorities if they took the WC away from Qatar.

Hmmmm...maybe it's a warning to the Fifa authorities.

I wouldn't be surprised if Qatari players, on the opening match of WC 2022 showed their displeasure on losing, by head-butting the referee and the opposition.

" Ode to defeat " - Brilliant

Viva La Zidane.......And the Coup de Tête

Did they get the statue out in one piece. The unsafe and improper way it is being lifted out by crane from this logistics company gives one the impression that the neck is going to come off any moment and then they might have to pack it off to France back again

Oryx statue was removed due to some bickering among some section of the general public.

They had installed removed and re-installed the two oryx statue.... Does anybody remember that.

before that was a globe there...which came down due to heavy wind...and after that they re-installed with the 2 oryx statue :)

Poor Orry is in dire need of either demolition or massive refurbishment.

And when will they take down the countdown timer for an event that was 7 years ago?

Rip - you aren't seriously going to go to QDC on a Thursday afternoon are you? It will be heaving with the thousands and thousands of other heathens buying their alcohol from the government run shop.

yes i can see thelo u can bring religion in any forum u like n then u see other qlers crying all over saying i disrespect their religion when i want to clear my doubts

They had installed removed and re-installed the two oryx statue.... Does anybody remember that.

Cool, the ambassadors will all get statues on the corniche.

When are they going to up the the statues of:

Roger Milla

Bora Milutinović

Pep Guardiola

Christian Karembeu

Gabriel Batistuta

Have I forgotten any of the other ambassadors?

That statue is a bad idea.Not impressive,It should be pulled down immediately.

thelo did sumone tell u ur haram too

And repeated by BOXBE....why?

Maybe a big statue of OBL, holding a sign sayin 9-11 was an inside job and Bush was my gay lover would be great.

WORDS WRITTEN BY RIPPY (ATHEIST)

Thelo, then stop bickering about sh.t all the time.

Rip...OMG...LOL!

Maybe a big statue of OBL, holding a sign sayin 9-11 was an inside job and Bush was my gay lover would be great.

Thelo...once you run the place, you can do this...until then, nobody gives a flying f.ck what you think is right or wrong.

Right?

orry - mascot

zidane - ambassador of 2022

if fubar get thru brand ambassador for olympics his statue will also be there...just an example

OMG...so what ? Apparently it does not matter...so let it be!

I for one could not care less.

Fubar, I think I saw Orry shopping in Carrefour the other day...:P

Ah yes, the Oryx statue...not at ALL different in ANY way from this one....

I'm pretty sure Orry is a fictional sports mascot. But I could be wrong.

no one had objection with the orrys statue but have problem with zidane statue

Why are statues rare here? Dunno, am not from here.

ask those who are from here..maybe they know.

All kinds Fubar. Recognizable, well known people, models posing for ads...all kinds!

Were they of specific, identifiable people, or just mannequins dressed up in national costume?

Which people are you referring to Nomerci?

And, as you say, why are statues so rare here?

Well, there are pictures of people ...so why not statues?

I am blessed with a brazil nut size brain.

There must be a statue of the Emir somewhere, surely??

Or statues of historically significant Qataris/Arabs????

If this guy, headbutting someone, is considered worthy of a statue dedicated to his memory and achievements, it's a very odd choice.

Fans don't cool the air. They blow the air at the ambient temperature. The cooling effect comes from the evaporation of perspiration, as well as increased heat conduction by moving the hotter air close to the heat source away.

Anyway he means the other sort of fan - a class of preodering on a field in mathematical theory.

A statue that resembles an actual living person being displayed in Qatar. Guess this is a first!

Ambassador he maybe, but this creation of Zidane still is suspect and contravening to say the least, specially when you have it in full view of youngsters who will obviously not grasp what an ambassador, is but will take the message depicted only by face value, and then attempt to duplicate the action with their mates!

ur small peanut sized brain will never understand the difference between fan and worship

Thanks for your comment Fatimah.

I was thinking about it, and I can't think of a statue of any other living, real, person anywhere in Qatar.

Are there any statues of other people in Qatar? Can anyone think of any statues I'm forgetting?

There's those horrible face things at Katara, but they aren't real people. And that weird statue near the amphitheater. But again, it's not a real person.

Pls show it here

thank u for saying the truth for the first time...of course we do not know what they exactly looked like

Actually the last prophet we do have a picture of from the 19th century

that is the answer to all doubt...and i believe there will be more statues of his coming up...fifa + zidane (being ambassador of 2022)..:)

Zidane was an ambassador for 2022

maybe qataris are big fan of zidane and i think he was one of the key supporters for fifa 2022

Whilst on a religious aspect the topic of picture making and creating objects that resemble the creation of God, the allowed, forbidden and gray areas pertaining to it, is a much disputed and debated upon topic that to date remains a matter of contradiction even between scholars that generally share the same school of thought, the fact remains this statue does in fact depict a violent and antagonistic view on sports. Hence I for one would like to know why(if there is really a reason) Qatar chose to have this statue on display in such a prominent and populated area in the city.

Bearing in mind that kids frequent this area so often, what kind of message are they sending out here?

good idea...government should start with the idea of putting statues of ur ancestors first...hope u have some images

Maybe they could line the Corniche with statues of all the Prophets, that would be more in line with Qatar's stated ambitions.

If a statue is just a statue, why are statues illegal in Saudi?

On the Corniche they put this thing? I don't go there...too much traffic.

Maybe it will provide pleasure or something to those stuck in traffic jams.

This 'headbutt' was the worst sporting moment in football. I don't understand the intention of placing this statue?

Obviously Qatar has money to burn and Mr. Adel Abdessemed has access to a great sales team.

.. very soon we might have one of Sepp Blatter too, the FIFA CEO with a crown on his head as the uncrowned king of world football who keeps on hanging to his chair

My first thoughts were why?

What over bits of tac are they going to put up along the corniche? It'll be like an oversized jumble sale down there soon.

Faith is bought and sold and negotated depending on who is in power at the time. Let the sheep follow

thank god..u understood the concept in ur small peanut brain that statue is statue

good u know did anyone worship

thelo i hope ur small brains understand the difference between a statue ( advertisement )and worshiping a statue

Where would we be without Doha News...

zidane statuse post turns into religious debate by anti muslim

Islam simply forbids such worshipping! Statues and images are generally haram.

NOW WHO BROUGHT RELIGION IN HERE MODS

Lol Theo.

Reminds me of the statue of a horse that was demolished in Saudi because it represented idolatry.

In Saudi, statues are a "great sin". But this is Qatar, not Saudi, and statues aren't banned.

Way to promote violence in sport.

Why not have a huge statue of two footballers from opposing teams shaking hands or arms around each other sharing a laugh. Would this not be a better image for Qatar's future footballers and fans?

thelo...will they be worshipping infront of that statue or inside the masjid or home...In my home i do not put a picture in front of me and pray...in mosque there are no pictures

controversial indeed.

iam not talking about mosque here..iam talking in the above article where it is mentioned it is for the purpose of worshipping...are they putting the statue in a mosque or in corniche

Funny....

Gud One Zidane :P :P :P

who is worshipping and where it is mentioned that it is for the purpose of worshipping..pls point it out

It depicts Arab Muslim violence on an innoccent European Christain and perpretrates the lie that Arabs are inherently violent by nature.

The QMA's public arts director made an interesting remark about this:

"It’s a huge sculpture, and it’s done in the same style as Greek Mythological statues, but this glorifies human defects instead. It shows that although we sometimes treat footballers like gods, they’re not - they’re just human beings.”

acquire it was erected in Paris.

'It journeyed here following a successful spell outside the Pompidou center in Paris, where it was a popular draw for tourists.'

Likewise fubar, Good Choice. It can be looked throug many different prespective.

Rugby or MMA would be more appropriate, just change the name plaque.

i think they are making another hussain sagar and tank bund in qatar

(hussain sagar and tank bund is in hyderabad)

I'm glad Qatar has seen the comedic value of 'sports' in general.

Interesting choice. As the original curator described it:

"This statue goes against the tradition of making statues in honour of certain victories. It is an ode to defeat,"

Good work, Qatar.

controvers? why making a statue for someone violently brook the rules of football and got sentenced for that? Why showing the kids this "idol"? is Qatar not promoting CLEAN sports anymore? is a head butt (violence) the right answer??? more questions than understanding what this is good for.

My Prediction : it'll be removed soon :)

Not a "right" sports' moment to display,

Doesn't display a positive message.

disappointed.

I nearly fell off my chair laughing....

how about one depicting nepalese slave labour.

Not a good idea! Will give a negative image to Qatar as promoting violent conduct on the pitch!

Will go and watch on my way back home :)) thanks for sharing.

o shabina thanx for the great fantastic news

Qatar is going to be sports capital of the world