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FIFA Bans Iranian Women’s Soccer Team For Wearing the Hijab | Care2 Causes
The Iranian women’s soccer/football team was banned from playing in an Olympic qualifier match, ending their hopes of competing in the 2012 Olympics. The reason, says the Guardian, was because of their uniforms, which, in accordance with Islamic dress code, requires that their bodies be fully covered, including their hair.
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Last April, the Iranian women’s team was banned from FIFA competition due to its wearing headscarves.
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“[The Iran football federation chief Ali] Kafashian took it to Fifa and showed it to Sepp Blatter. And they proved that this conduct conforms to the fourth article of the Fifa constitution, which says [a kit should be] devoid of politics or religion. In reality, this kit is neither religious, nor political, nor will it lead to harm a player. They proved this, and Sepp Blatter accepted this and we participated in the Olympics.”
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Last year in the US, a 12-year-old Muslim girl, Maheen Haq, was at first benched from playing on her Maryland basketball team because she was wearing a hijab, but then then allowed to play, says ABC2news. There have also been reports in the past couple of years about Muslim girls not being allowed to play football in Canada, again because they were wearing the hijab.
FIFA Bans Iranian Women’s Soccer Team For Wearing the Hijab | Care2 Causes
The Iranian women’s soccer/football team was banned from playing in an Olympic qualifier match, ending their hopes of competing in the 2012 Olympics. The reason, says the Guardian, was because of their uniforms, which, in accordance with Islamic dress code, requires that their bodies be fully covered, including their hair.
[...]
Last April, the Iranian women’s team was banned from FIFA competition due to its wearing headscarves.
[...]
“[The Iran football federation chief Ali] Kafashian took it to Fifa and showed it to Sepp Blatter. And they proved that this conduct conforms to the fourth article of the Fifa constitution, which says [a kit should be] devoid of politics or religion. In reality, this kit is neither religious, nor political, nor will it lead to harm a player. They proved this, and Sepp Blatter accepted this and we participated in the Olympics.”
[...]
Last year in the US, a 12-year-old Muslim girl, Maheen Haq, was at first benched from playing on her Maryland basketball team because she was wearing a hijab, but then then allowed to play, says ABC2news. There have also been reports in the past couple of years about Muslim girls not being allowed to play football in Canada, again because they were wearing the hijab.