Leading Danish daily publishes Gulf Times article questioning Qatar critics

Leading Danish daily Jyllands-Posten has published a translation of Gulf Times Editor-in-Chief Faisal Abdulhameed al-Mudahka's recent opinion piece titled 'Unmasking Imposters', in which he urged Qatar critics to look inward instead while exposing the Western double standards towards the Arab world.
Under the headline, 'Your criticism of Qatar is hypocritical', Jyllands-Posten published the translation on November 19 with an introduction that al-Mudahka "gives an interesting take on how Qatar views Denmark and the Danes in the chronicle, where he, among other things, sends a broadside against the sports company Hummel and Danish politicians."
In his 'Our Say', published in Gulf Times on October 10, the Editor-in-Chief pointed out that "as the whole world is eagerly looking forward to the kickoff of the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, two Danish entities have been busy finding fault with the labour rights of the host country, which has spared no effort to present the best ever edition of the global football tournament in its entire history.
"Denmark’s football association (DBU) and the Danish sportswear manufacturer Hummel have embarked on a cynical trajectory that is obviously divisive and fueled by misconceived notions about Qatar. Right after Denmark qualifying for World Cup last year, DBU had said it would introduce a series of measures to highlight ‘human rights abuses’ in Qatar.
"As part of the ill-conceived campaign against Qatar, Hummel said it is toning down Denmark’s national team World cup kit in protest of ‘human rights abuses’ in Qatar ahead of the upcoming tournament, triggering outrage online for the perceived “hypocrisy”, which can be seen at a closer look, the Gulf Times Editor-in-Chief pointed out" (FIFA later rejected Denmark's request to train at the World Cup in shirts that displayed the words "human rights for all).
According to al-Mudahkha, "the spurt in Danish Football Association’s indignation against the alleged violation of workers’ rights does not stem from a desire to fight for human rights but from many other things, including a grudge harboured against Qatar after a Denmark oil company lost out the contract to operate in the Gulf state, after its presence for 25 years. According to a report, income from the company contributed about 12% of Denmark’s GDP.
"I have witnessed personally Danish officials coming to Qatar and offering their services to support the World Cup in Qatar to serve their interests. No one from the Danish side had raised any concern about human rights during those meetings.
"At this juncture, it will be also pertinent to scan the credentials of the new self-appointed champions of human rights. Beginning with a tyrannical colonial past (at its apex, the Dano-Norwegian colonies spanned four continents-Africa, Asia, Europe and North America), Denmark has its robes permanently stained by the inhumane and brutal slave trade of which the Danes had the distinction of being the ‘seventh largest slave trade nation’.
Gulf Times Editor-in-Chief pointed out that since winning the bid to host the first FIFA World Cup event in the Middle East, Qatar has faced unprecedented criticism, most of which originated out of racism and Islamophobia. He stated Doha has always maintained that it wants to host the football World Cup not only for Qatar but for all the people in the region so that the world may change the perceptions about stereotypical Arabs.