FIFA begins disciplinary proceedings against Spanish federation for Islamophobic chants

[p]At the ‌RCDE Stadium in Barcelona, the home ground of LaLiga club [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/espanyol/QFfPdh1J/"]‌Espanyol[/a], [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/spain/bLyo6mco/"]Spain[/a] supporters chanted "who ⁠doesn't ‌jump is a Muslim" during the ​World Cup warm-up match, [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/game/soccer/egypt-bejDn7NN/spain-bLyo6mco/?mid=Op2f19Yr"]which ended in ​a goalless draw[/a].[/p][p][b]"FIFA has opened disciplinary proceedings today against the ⁠Spanish ​FA for the incidents in the friendly against [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/team/egypt/bejDn7NN/"]Egypt[/a]," [/b]FIFA said in a statement.[/p][p]Spanish police ‌launched an investigation into the chants last week.[/p][embed guid="16755569-ccf3-4c69-bdcc-83e26c9b0f7f" url="https://x.com/thecasualultra/status/2039244771202416928" social-type="twitter" /][p]Spain winger [a href="https://www.flashscore.ca/player/lamine-yamal/lAt3vEub/"]Lamine Yamal[/a] condemned the chants as disrespectful and intolerable in an Instagram post.[/p][p]The Egyptian Football Association also condemned the chants as an ‌entirely unacceptable "repugnant act of racism," ​and added that the ‌acts of a small group of spectators would not affect the close relations between the Spanish and Egyptian ⁠federations.[/p]