This is getting pretty intense.

The fallout from the Saudi Arabian soccer team’s “snub” of the minute’s silence observed at last night’s Socceroos game is getting pretty intense.

In case you’ve missed it: before last night’s World Cup qualifier in Adelaide, the announcer called for the stadium to observe a minute’s silence to honour the Australian victims of last weekend’s attack in London. While the Socceroos stood shoulder-to-shoulder, most of the Saudi players appeared to ignore the call, milling around the field and preparing for the game.

The move has caused a fair amount of controversy and has been outright condemned by a number of Australian politicians. Some comments are more extreme than others.

The lack of respect shown by Saudi Football last night demonstrates why Western culture is superior to Islamic one. #auspol — Cory Bernardi (@corybernardi) June 8, 2017

On this morning’s episode of Today, Anthony Albanese said the snub was indicative of “a disgraceful lack of respect”. “There’s no excuse here. This isn’t about culture, this is about a lack of respect and I thought it was disgraceful.”

"There's no excuse here. This isn't about a culture, this is about a lack of respect, and I thought it was disgraceful." @AlboMP. #9Today pic.twitter.com/wiRapcyZMf — The Today Show (@TheTodayShow) June 8, 2017

Sunrise also rounded up Senator Derryn Hinch for comment. “The Saudis are saying this snub is for cultural reasons,” said co-host Samantha Armytage. “How can it be against your culture to be respectful to innocent women who have been slaughtered?”

Hinch then responded: “Look, somebody is saying something was lost in translation [but] that is nonsense. Maybe if it was the birthday of one of the 9/11 terrorists, maybe they would’ve worn black armbands.”

Hinchy. No.

He went on, “It is an insult. Saudi Arabia, that’s where those terrorists came from, from 9/11, and you’d think now that Donald Trump has just gone and done a multi-billion-dollar arms deal with that country — it’s a disgrace. What they did last night should not be forgotten.”

Hinch is certainly doing his part to ensure it isn’t.

“It’s a disgrace, what they did last night should not be forgotten” Senator @HumanHeadline on Saudi Arabian soccer team. #sun7 pic.twitter.com/NwkwEau82L — Sunrise (@sunriseon7) June 8, 2017

Since last night’s incident, the Saudi Arabian Football Federation has released a statement apologising for the incident. “The Saudi Arabian Football Federation deeply regrets and unreservedly apologises for any offence caused by the failure of some members of the representative team of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to formally observe the one minute’s silence,” the statement reads.

“The players did not intend any disrespect to the memories of the victims or to cause upset to their families, friends, or any individual affected by the atrocity. The Saudi Arabian Football Federation condemns all acts of terrorism and extremism and extends its sincerest condolences to the families of all the victims and to the Government and the people of the United Kingdom.”

The official word from the Saudis is that the team misunderstood what the one minute’s silence was, but it’s been unearthed that another Saudi representative football team did in fact observe a minute’s silence for victims of a Brazilian plane crash at a Brazil game last year.

Fox Sports presenter Adam Peacock has also alleged that Saudi officials formally denied the tribute prior to the game.

Pre game minute silence:

AFC approved it pre game.

Travelling Saudi officials said no.

FFA tried to reason, no avail and went ahead. — Adam Peacock (@adampeacock3) June 8, 2017

Comedian Dave Hughes is now getting involved, suggesting that the team should be refused future access to the country. Basically there’s a lot of outrage, and it’s escalating.

In Melb during 2015 Asian Cup, Saudi team refused to board bus driven by a woman. They should not be given entry to our country. https://t.co/g2uXqks1CE — Dave Hughes (@DHughesy) June 8, 2017

It is certainly disrespectful to not properly observe one minute’s silence for victims of any tragedy, but it’s worth keeping some perspective on the whole thing. The actions of one group of footballers doesn’t necessarily reflect the views of an entire country, culture or faith.

Let’s not let the Saudi football team’s actions act as a red flag to our country’s bullish Islamophobic tendencies.

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Feature image: Sarah Abdullah/Twitter.