February 2012
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We love FIFPro, the worldwide org rep professional...
FIFPro is the worldwide representative organization for all professional players; more than 50,000 footballers in total. FIFPro exists since 1965 and currently has 43 members, 8 candidate members and 5 observers. On this page the World Players’ Union portraits itself; its idea, its history and its organisation.
Check out thier statment here: http://www.fifpro.org/news/news_details/1857
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“Women want the chance to bend it like Beckham, headscarves and all #right2wear
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– http://www.smh.com.au/sport/football/women-want-the-chance-to-bend-it-like-beckham-headscarves-and-all-20120206-1r1w6.html#ixzz1mP5yph5j
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Hijab ban driving women away from football... →
“It is very important that everybody has the chance to play the sport that they love and obviously the laws of the games have to be amended to allow that,” Prince Ali, a FIFA vice-president, told Reuters in an interview in Singapore.
“I think that football, being the most popular sport in the world, accessible to all, we should take the lead on this issue and therefore that is what we are...
Allow girls & women to play Football wearing... →
Rahaf Owais from Amman, Jordan is urging people to sign a petition to the International Football Association Board. Please sign and pass on to your communities.
An excerpt from the petition found on change.org
During youth Olympics Football Tournament in Singapore 2010, FIFA & the executive committee issued that players couldn’t not wear a headscarf - Hijab, However the players may wear a...
October 2011
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Police advise young women not to wear uniform... →
In light of the Toronto police advising private schoolgirls not to wear their uniform skirts on public transit, it’s up to us to offer some actual advice on how to deal with sexual harassment in public.
Police in Toronto are telling girls at the Greenwood College private school that in order to avoid a pervert (who harassed two female students by looking up their skirts), they...
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US Supreme Court allows woman to sue jail for... →
In 2006, Souhair Khatib went to a jail in Orange County, California to ask for more time to complete her community service. She wound up being jailed for several hours, and deputies made her take off her hijab, though she told them it’s against her religious beliefs to remove her head scarf in public. Her case was dismissed twice when courts found that a holding cell is a some kind of...
September 2011
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Indonesian Women 'Don't tell us how us how to... →
After a politician in Indonesia’s capital, Jakarta, said women should dress more modestly to avoid rape, women dressed in miniskirts took to the streets and protested for more protection for women and better aid for sexual assault victims. The women carried signs that said: “Don’t tell us how to dress, tell them not to rape,” and “My body is not porn, instead it’s your dirty mind.” Indonesia’s...
Burka a curtain, not a threat #right2wear →
The Dutch cabinet is moving to criminalize the veils worn by some Muslim women, an illiberal measure that attacks the rights of women in the name of defending their rights.
The burka is hard to defend. It is a full-body garment that acts as a curtain between its wearers and the world around them. Even the eyes are hidden behind a screen. Muslim women who choose (or are compelled) to wear such...
France's burqa ban increases violence against... →
Since France introduced its burqa ban in April there have been violent attacks on women wearing the niqab and, this week, the first fines could be handed down. But a legal challenge to this hard line may yet expose the French state as a laughing stock
August 2011
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The Veil’s Revival | Harvard Magazine Sep-Oct 2011... →
Interview with professor Leila Ahmed, author of A Quiet Revolution (Yale).
French businessman Rachid Nekkaz 'to pay all burqa... →
“I am calling for civil disobedience,” he told FRANCE 24. “I am telling women to not be afraid to go out wearing their veils. And by paying the fines, I am neutering the law, rendering it inefficient and pointless, showing that it doesn’t work. It is a humiliation for the politicians.”
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Italy drafts a law to ban burqas #right2wear →
French police arrest a Muslim woman wearing niqab... →
July 2011
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The Dress Code Barrier for Muslim women in Sports →
From AtlMuslimah www.altmuslimah.com by Jalees Rehman, July 17, 2011
Last month, an extensive debate about how religious dress codes can impact the participation of women in competitive sports was fueled by at least three distinct current events.
In one case, the female weight lifter Kulsoom Abdullah was initially barred from the US championships, because she wanted to compete in clothing that...
FIFA: Control, Women’s Bodies & The Soccer by Sana... →
“The recent rulings on hijab have come up at a time when Muslim women who wear hijab are trying to enter into the world of international soccer in increasing numbers and amidst a greater political climate that is unsympathetic to Muslims at best. Maybe the hijab is being read as a political or religious symbol—even though it’s a simple piece of cloth—but certainly banning it from the pitch...
Right 2 Wear in Montreal on CTV News →
FIFA’s hijab hangup by Ben Spurr
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“It doesn’t impact the way that we play. Our hijab doesn’t inhibit us from being able to participate in a number of ways. It’s the FIFA rules that are barring us,” said Right 2 Wear’s Gilary Massa
Media Advisory: Red Card FIFA! Massive Solidarity...
For Immediate Release
July 6, 2011
CONTACT: Gilary Massa EMAIL: right2wear@gmail.com Media Advisory: Red Card FIFA! Massive Solidarity Soccer Games When: Thursday July 7, 2011 from 2:00-3:00 pm Where: Toronto, Queen’s Park, East Crescent across from Queen’s Park Subway Station. Other cities participating include Montreal,...
“I always felt like I was equal growing up in Canada, so I don’t understand...”
– http://www.cbc.ca/m/rich/sports/soccer/story/2011/06/21/quebec-soccer-referee-hijab.html
Sample Letter to Lac St Louis Regional Soccer...
Send the email here to the Executive Director of the Lac St Louis Regional Soccer Association esaintlo@soccerlsl.qc.ca and Quebec Soccer Federation http://bit.ly/mxnHm7 Dear Edouard Saint-Lo The Lac St. Louis Regional Soccer Association, supported by the Quebec Soccer Federation, recently banned 15-year-old Sarah Benkirane from refereeing soccer games in her community because of the headscarf...
Sample Letter to FIFA
You can directly email here: http://www.fifa.com/contact/form.html
Dear FIFA
I am writing to express my disappointment with FIFA’s recent decision to ban Iran’s and Jordan’s women’s soccer teams from its tournaments because of the players’ clothing. I believe it is offensive and discriminatory.
FIFA’s rules state that players must avoid wearing any item that threatens to cause choking or...
Muslim Women In Sports, is a collection of news... →
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On The Field by Sana Siddiqui
One of the fondest memories I have of my childhood involves sitting on the couch with my dad, snacking on doritos and salsa and cheering on the Vancouver Canucks. As soon as I could get into sports at school, I joined everything—volleyball, basketball, track, badminton and even flag football for the one year that we had it. I loved the thrill of competition, the sisterhood of my team and the...
June 2011
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Red Card FIFA! Massive Solidarity Soccer Game
Red Card FIFA! Massive Solidarity Soccer Game July 7 2 -3 pm
TORONTO, ON: Queen’s Park East Crescent July 7th 2 -3:00 pm
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=130292323720078
MONTREAL, QU: Jacques Cartier Square, southern most part in Old Port
https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=235317326497569
SURREY, B.C: Newton Athletic Park July 7th On Thursday July...
Fencer With Headscarf Is a Cut Above the Rest →
When Ibtihaj Muhammad fastens her headscarf, or hijab, around her chin, one of its purposes is to deflect unwanted attention.
But when she wears a hijab in a sporting arena, it often has the opposite effect.
The New Jersey native is currently ranked 11th in the world in women’s sabre, a discipline of fencing. Only one American ranks higher: Mariel Zagunis, the two-time Olympic and...
Fighting for Hijab →
*Mombasa showed off her skills. She was fast, light on her feet and threw out punches in quick, rapid-fire succession.
I put up my hands for target practice and was literally blown away by the strength coming from her small frame. Despite appearances, as an amateur boxer training for the 112-pound flyweight division, this was definitely not a person to mess with. Mombasa explained that she...
Weightlifting group allows woman to wear hijab,... →
A Muslim weightlifter in Atlanta, Ga., will now be allowed to compete nationally after the sport’s international ruling body said she may wear a hijab and body-covering unitard.
Kulsoom Abdullah began lifting last year at her gym in Atlanta, and discovered she was surprisingly good at the sport. She qualified for the American Open Weightlifting Championships last December, but the ...
Red Card FIFA and Quebec’s Lac St. Louis Regional...
The rights of Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab ( Islamic head covering) and be a participating member of society, continues to be under attack. In the most recent attempt to sideline Muslim women’s freedom of religion and outward expression, Canadian soccer referee, Sarah Benkirane, was barred from referring a soccer game by Quebec’s Lac St. Louis Regional Soccer Association because...
Sports’ Totally Unnecessary Hijab Drama →
I spent my awkward middle school years at an Islamic school, where my classmates and I preferred to wear loose and large hijabs, fastened with a safety pin at the neck as a part of our school uniforms. Potential hazards of playing sports in hijab were not to be trivialized. I regularly found ways to trap my long hijab in doors and furniture. In the hormonal hellhole that is an all-girls...
FIFA bans Jordanian women soccer players for... →
A ban by world soccer body FIFA on Muslim women wearing Islamic headdress is taking its toll on the performance of not only Iran but also Jordan. Iran earlier this month lost its chance of reaching the 2012 Olympics after its qualifying match was cancelled because the Islamic republic’s women soccer team appeared on the pitch wearing a hijab that covered their ears and neck and not only...
Iran's women footballers: Let them play →
As the Iranian players and officials tearfully objected, they were told that they had violated FIFA rules stating that: “Players and officials shall not display political, religious, commercial or personal messages or slogans in any language or form on their playing or team kits.” The team was also informed that since 2007 FIFA has held the view that wearing a hijab while playing...
April 2011
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Open Letter to the powers that be...
From the mini skirt to the niqab; why does everyone feel the need to tell us what or what not to wear?
What exactly is the threat we pose?
As young Muslim woman we have one request: get out of our wardrobes. We are tired of everyone - governments, our families, religious scholars, the justice system, our peers - being obsessed with what we wear.
Muslim women simply want to attend school, go to...