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Tuesday 28 June 2011

[wanita-muslimah] Right 2 Wear: Muslim Women in Sports

*Right 2 Wear: Muslim Women in Sports*
Published on Muslimah Media
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The world of hijabs and soccer (or football, if you prefer) has been making
the news a lot lately. As you might remember, FIFA recently banned the
Iranian women's team from
playing<http://www.rferl.org/content/iran_fifa_clash_islamic_head_scarf_hijab/24227447.html>,
because of their headscarves. Jordan's team has also recently been banned
for the same reason<http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2011/06/17/153670.html>.
And in the Montreal area, 15-year-old Sarah Benkirane was recently prevented
from refereeing soccer games while wearing
hijab<http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/1012802--quebec-teen-told-she-can-t-referee-soccer-while-wearing-hijab>
.

*Muslimah Media Watch* is joining up with a new campaign called Right
2 Wear<http://right2wear.tumblr.com/>,
in support of the rights of women to play sports, regardless of their
clothing. I worked with Farrah Khan and Zahra Agjee of AQSAzine and Digital
Storytelling Facilitator Hisayo Horie to create the Right 2 Wear video at
the Allied Media conference <http://alliedmedia.org/>.

We are encouraging you and your communities to do three things:

1. Write to FIFA <http://www.fifa.com/contact/form.html> to express your
support for the rights of Iran's and Jordan's female soccer teams, and
challenging the patronizing and Islamophobic assumptions behind the ban.

2. Check out our Tumblr page at
right2wear.tumblr.com<http://muslimahmediawatch.org/right2wear.tumblr.com>,
and send us your own stories, pictures and videos about the sports that you
play, or other links related to this issue. You can email us at
right2wear@gmail.com.

3. *Most importantly*: Organize a soccer match in your community! Think of
it as a big soccer flash mob. Invite other women and girls to get off the
sidelines and show that we got game. Allies are welcomed to lead cheers and
chants, and support us in red carding FIFA's anti-hijab ruling. Send the
information and pictures to us, so we can keep track of what you've all been
up to. And stay tuned for information on upcoming actions in Toronto and
Montreal!

No one should be kept from the right to play sports!

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