Dutch Plan Gay vs. Muslim Soccer Game

The Dutch are planning a little cross-cultural sporting event (perhaps to go along with their new immigrant entrance exam):

A Dutch multicultural group is organizing a soccer tournament between gays and Muslims, hoping to counter what a study published on Thursday said was a rising tide of fear among gays.

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"Parts of the Muslim community still resist homosexuality and receive little education about it," he said.

Muslim-gay tension is the theme of the soccer tournament organized by the Institute of Multicultural Development, to be held next week.

An organizer of the group, Suzanne Ijsselmuiden, said she hoped the competition will "help ease these tensions so that people can openly talk about homosexuality."

Gay Muslims can take their choice of teams, she said. "People can have many identities."

HolyCoast.com obtained this exclusive photograph below of the Muslim team practicing a particularly important move in preparation for their game against the gays.