On a crusade

LMAO - that would be like German fans trying to get in at Wembley in SS Uniforms

Who's idea is that, The Republic of FIFA?

Crusader costumes are at risk of offending the local residents in Qatar due to the Crusades that took place between 1095 and 1291 when Christian armies seized Jerusalem and the nearby areas from Islamic rule.

“We also know that this is not done to purposefully irritate Qataris but out of a desire to support England.”

https://www.sportbible.com/football/world-cup-news-england-fans-qatar-20221124

The local residents in Qatar must be getting on a bit

I can remember after 9/11 Bush Jr using the word crusade to describe to fight on terror, what support he had from the Arab world almost vanished overnight. To us in the west we can have a crusade against poverty, against crime, against almost anything... but the word in Arab countries means to attack Islam.

"We were dressed as Monty Python, for god’s sake. One of us had coconuts to do the horses clip-clopping from the film"

 https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/world/england-fans-dressed-as-knights-accused-of-being-muslim-killers-by-qatari-police/ar-AA14xGM3?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=899a7e2428124d38970b23bcf64f17aa

The Knights of Ni

They should have farted in their general direction.

What part of The Holy Land ...is Qatar in.
They are wearing the cross of St George I think.
Why bother ???????

Cadfael is right , if your looking for an excuse to be "Offended" then it's easy to find .