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Sport ought to be well away from political upheavals, or so one would imagine. Quoted above is an article from Emirati Al Bayan newspaper for today, Saturday February 25th.

The article speaks of the Egyptian Boxing Federation and their turning down of an invitation from Denmark to participate in some international championship to take place next October. The rejection came as centered on the issue of the notorious cartoons portraying prophet Mohammad, peace be upon him.

There is no sense in forcing sport into this labyrinth. People can survive with what political and cultural upsets this crisis generated, and with the now-constant talks of religious conflicts and gaps but, one would imagine “something” is left out of the equation. It is enormously distressing to see a totally irrelevant aspect of life sabotaged with the leftovers of a, hopefully, passing glitch.