FIFA should have overruled hijab ban

Globe and Mail by Andy Blatchford | Mar. 4, 2007 (News Report)
: ejected girl's mother

The mother of an 11-year-old girl is unhappy with the way the rules division of international soccer's governing body handled the issue of Muslim girls wearing traditional headgear during organized matches.

The International Football Association Board was asked to consider the case of Asmahan Mansour, an Ottawa-area soccer player recently ejected from an indoor game in Quebec for wearing a hijab.

The referee of the game in Laval, north of ... Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Bob McInnis - Mar 4, 2007 - 5:03 AM PST
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Fabrice Florin
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 by Fabrice Florin - Oct. 1, 2008
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Bob McInnis
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 by Bob McInnis - Oct. 1, 2008

Even in Canada? Blatchford doesn't sensationalize the event or offer his opinion but does connect prejudice and systemic discrimination to ancient 'rules'.

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Kim Gammelgård Nielsen
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 by Kim Gammelgård Nielsen - Oct. 1, 2008

The story only shows the obvious half of the story, as there is hardly no reason given for the girl not being allowed to wear the headdress and no reason why it should be so important that she wears it. That some traditionalists claim that it belongs to her religion seems totally fake as many girls in islamic countries never wear anything like this for instance.

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