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 Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:43 pm Muslims grumble at Quebec soccer hijab ban |
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| Quote: | Canadian Muslims may launch a human rights complaint against soccer's governing body after a Quebec referee ordered an 11-year-old girl to quit a tournament for refusing to remove her hijab.
The Canadian Council on American-Islam Relations said the Federation Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) was sending a mixed message on its rules, given that its own Web site includes pictures of women wearing the hijab, a scarf that covers the head and neck.
"If FIFA does not provide a clear position on the right of women to wear the hijab in competition we will look at the possibility of filing a human rights complaint on behalf of Muslim women who want to play soccer, and not be persecuted for practicing their beliefs," said executive director Karl Nickner.
The 11-year-old girl, Asmahan Mansour, was ordered off the field by a Muslim referee during an indoor soccer tournament in the Montreal suburb of Laval, Quebec, on February 25 after refusing to remove her hijab. |
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Hitchhiker
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| Wed Mar 07, 2007 3:33 pm |
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That's just ridiculous. 
Who honestly expects FIFA to control the actions of every single referee in the world?
I can understand how this is a "mixed message", but I think that it's blowing the incident out of proportion to attack FIFA en masse.
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Link, the Hero of Time
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| Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:11 pm |
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| Quote: | | was ordered off the field by a Muslim referee |
irony anyone?
If it's not there to protect you from getting injured, you should not be wearing it while playing a sport.
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Puck
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| Wed Mar 07, 2007 10:29 pm |
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Unless the hijab could somehow give her an advantage in the sport (which I highly doubt) I don't see why she should be ordered to remove it during the game. Unless it had been causing problems, I don't understand why anyone would make a big deal out of it.
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