DOHA, June 6 — Qatar is aiming to put a controversial statue of Zinedine Zidane’s notorious 2006 World Cup final headbutt on display for this year’s tournament, authorities said today.
The statue will now be at the centre of an exhibit at Doha’s new international sports museum on the impact of high level sport on “mental health and dealing with stress”, said Sheikha Al-Mayassa bint Hamad bin Khalifa Al Thani, the head of Qatar Museums. “We’re actually planning to reinstall it at the 3-2-1 museum. Zidane is a great friend of Qatar and he’s a great role model for the Arab world.
The statue sculpted by Algerian-born French artist Adel Abdessemed offended conservatives in the Muslim emirate after it was put up in 2013. A social media campaign saw many people condemn it as a flagrant violation of religious tenets.
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