The IOC just used the excuse of the date of the olympics to be held in Qatar as a way of letting Qatar down easy. While Qatar will more than likly have most of the ifrustructure (if this be the case) needed to cope with the incoming influx of tourists for the games, there are certain issues that will need to be adressed such as the availability of alcohol the availabilty of pork products ect.ect. The truth is over 50% of the countries that will be competing in the games are not muslim countries so these things will be an issue not just for the atheletes but the people that come here to support them, to give you and idea last night I was watch "Anthony Bourdin's No Reservation" he was in Korea, Almost every meal he ate had some kind of pok product and was always accompanied by rice whisky or beer. No while it is true to say this is not how they always eat, but this is the way they eat when entertaining and always for most special occasains and this is just one country, there will be an extreme amount of others. The same will apply if they want to try for the world cup, again the majority of the countries that will be represented are not muslim and Qatar will have to be ready to accommodate.
The IOC just used the excuse of the date of the olympics to be held in Qatar as a way of letting Qatar down easy. While Qatar will more than likly have most of the ifrustructure (if this be the case) needed to cope with the incoming influx of tourists for the games, there are certain issues that will need to be adressed such as the availability of alcohol the availabilty of pork products ect.ect. The truth is over 50% of the countries that will be competing in the games are not muslim countries so these things will be an issue not just for the atheletes but the people that come here to support them, to give you and idea last night I was watch "Anthony Bourdin's No Reservation" he was in Korea, Almost every meal he ate had some kind of pok product and was always accompanied by rice whisky or beer. No while it is true to say this is not how they always eat, but this is the way they eat when entertaining and always for most special occasains and this is just one country, there will be an extreme amount of others. The same will apply if they want to try for the world cup, again the majority of the countries that will be represented are not muslim and Qatar will have to be ready to accommodate.