Sa'ad Seattle ta sanar da cewa za ta karbi bakuncin wasan Pride a lokacin FIFA World Cup 2026, tsarin zana bai gudana ba har yanzu. Yanzu ranar ta zo — kuma ƙungiyoyin da za su fita filin wasa Lumen Field a ranar 26 ga Yuni su ne Egypt da Iran, ƙasashe biyu da ke da wasu daga cikin mafi tsauraran dokoki a duniya game da al'ummar LGBTQ.

Wasa mai muhimmin tasiri a filin da wajen filin

Wasan ya faɗi a rana ɗaya da bikin Pride na shekara-shekara na Seattle, inda ake shirin bukukuwa a titin da ke kusa da filin wasa. Har ila yau yana da nauyin wasanni na musamman: Egypt na gaba a rukuni G da maki huɗu, yayin da Iran ke ta biyu da maki biyu, ma'ana cancantar shiga zagayen 32 na iya dogara ne ga sakamakon wannan wasa.

Iran na fuskantar matsalar sufuri ta ƙari — ƙuntatawa ta tafiye-tafiye tana hana ƙungiyar kwana a ƙasar Amirka, tana tilasta su tafiya zuwa Seattle daga sansaninsu a Mexico a ranar wasan kanta.

Ƙasashen biyu sun nemi a soke wasan

Shugaban ƙungiyar ƙwallon ƙafa ta Iran, Mehdi Taj, ya kira alamun Pride a matsayin "mara dacewa" da "matakin da bai dace ba." Egyptian Football Association ta fitar da wata sanarwa ta hukuma: "Egypt tana ƙin yarda da gudanar da wani aiki mai alaƙa da goyon bayan (luwadi) a lokacin wasan. Irin waɗannan abubuwa suna saɓawa da dabi'un al'adu, na addini, da na zamantakewa a yankin, musamman a cikin al'ummomin Larabawa da Musulunci."

A Iran, dangantakar jinsi ɗaya ta haramta kuma an kashe maza masu luwadi kan laifin liwadi. Egypt ta kama mutanen LGBTQ a ƙarƙashin dokokin almubazzaranci kuma a 'yan shekarun da suka gabata ta yi aiki kan bayyanar da Pride a fili, har da daga tutocin bakan gizo.

FIFA, wacce ba ta da wani aikin hukuma wajen shirya wasan Pride, ta ƙi soke ko canza wasan. Kwamitin shirya gida na Seattle ya tabbatar da cewa taron zai ci gaba kamar yadda aka tsara, yana mai cewa: "Ƙwallon ƙafa yana da ikon musamman na haɗa mutane a kan iyakoki, al'adu, da imani. Muna alfahari da karɓar bakuncin wasan Pride kuma mu yi bukukuwa da Pride a matsayin wani ɓangare na al'ummar ƙwallon ƙafa ta duniya."

Eric Wahl da begen hadin kai

Eric Wahl, wanda ke zama a cikin Kwamitin Shawarwari na Wasan Pride na Seattle, ya kasance a sahun gaba wajen shirya wannan taron. Shi ne ɗan'uwan ɗan jarida Grant Wahl, wanda ya rasu a lokacin FIFA World Cup 2022 a Qatar bayan ya kamu da yankewar jijiyar aota — wata ɗaya bayan an tsare shi na ɗan lokaci ta hanyar ma'aikatan tsaro saboda sanya rigar ƙwallon ƙafa ta bakan gizo.

"Muna so mutanen Egypt da Iran su sani cewa, ko da menene asalin su, za a yi musu maraba a Seattle, kuma za mu yi farin ciki da su," Eric Wahl ya shaida wa Sky Sports News.

Wahl ya amince da halin wuya da 'yan wasan ƙungiyoyin biyu suke ciki, yana mai cewa yana "ɗan rashin adalci" a tsammanin su yi sharhi kan komai ban da ƙwallon ƙafa. "Ba ya da muhimmanci a gare ni ko suna goyon bayan haƙƙoƙin luwadi ko a'a gabaɗaya, domin dole ne su yi tunani kan tsauraran gwamnatocin da suka fito daga ciki — kuma hakan ne babban damuwa a wurina," in ji shi.

A ranar wasan, Wahl yana shirin sanya wani sigar rigar bakan gizo da aka tsare ɗan'uwansa Grant saboda ita a Qatar. "Ina tsammanin zai kasance mai ban mamaki. Ina jiran raba wannan kwarewa, kuma ina ji Grant yana murmushi game da ita ma," in ji shi.

Matsayin FIFA: babu nuna bambanci, tutocin bakan gizo an yarda da su

FIFA za ta kula da wannan wasa kamar kowace wasa a gasar. Wani mai magana ya tabbatar: "FIFA World Cup 2026 taron da ya haɗa kai ne wanda ke maraba da mutane daga dukkan tarurruka. Masu sha'awa daga dukkan nau'in jima'i da tsarin asali suna maraba a wasanni da tare.

Za a yarda da tutocin bakan gizo a cikin Lumen Field a ƙarƙashin Dokokin Gudanar da Filin Wasan FIFA World Cup 2026, wanda ke ba da izinin bayyana haƙƙoƙin ɗan adam gabaɗaya muddin an yi amfani da su ta hanya daidai da dokokin. Alamar FIFA kanta a wasan za ta iyakance ga kayan yakin neman zaɓe na al'ada na 'No Discrimination'.

Idan wani hali na nuna bambanci ya faru a cikin filin wasa, za a aiwatar da tsarin matakai uku na FIFA: a tsayar da wasan, sanarwa za ta yi kira ga masu kallo su daina irin wannan halín, kuma — idan ya ci gaba — ana iya dakatar da wasan ko, a matsayin mafita ta ƙarshe, a ƙare shi gaba ɗaya.

Seattle na fatan cewa ba za a buƙaci hakan ba, kuma ranar 26 ga Yuni za ta kasance cikin ƙwaƙwalwa a matsayin bukukuwa mai farin ciki da haɗa kai na ƙwallon ƙafa da al'umma.