“German arrogance” towards Qatar has been called out by one of Berlin’s previous foreign ministers. Sigmar Gabriel, who tweeted his criticism on Saturday, served as foreign minister for the Social Democratic Party (SPD) from 2017 to 2018 during a coalition headed by then-Chancellor Angela Merkel. His comments touched on LGBTQ+ and workers’ rights, issues Qatar has been heavily attacked over in the run-up to its hosting of the 2022 football World Cup. “How forgetful are we? Homosexuality was a punishable offence in Germany until 1994,” Gabriel said, according to the Doha News website. “My mothe…