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Nike Helps Create a Sporty Hijab
Maria Palma
March 23, 2006
I love it when companies think about the community and become nike hijab involved globally in humanitarian efforts. It's one thing to make money, but it's another thing to make money and give back to the community.
Take Nike - they're working with the United Nations to provide young refugee women in Kenya uniforms in the fashion of hijabs so that they can play volleyball more comfortably. The hijab is the traditional dress of muslim women that covers their head and is draped over their bodies.
Nike sent designers to Dadaab, Kenya to help the girls with the design of the volleyball uniform. The designers are showing them how to sew the outfits themselves. Nike will be donating material to make several hundred uniforms.
Source: NYTimes.com
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Jordan Goal Keeper Under 19
Para Al Rasdan
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Burqini : Baju mandi untuk wanita Islam
SEORANG model memakai burqini, pakaian mandi yang menutup aurat di Sydney, Australia.
MELBOURNE 4 Feb. - Burqini, pakaian renang yang menutup aurat, kini membolehkan wanita Islam berenang dan bersantai di pantai dengan selesa.
Agensi Berita Nasional Australia (AAP) dalam laporannya hari ini menyebut burqini yang sudah dijual kepada lebih 9,000 wanita di Sydney, disokong oleh Majlis Islam Australia dan Mufti Australia.
Ketika memperagakan burqini pada " Surf Life Saving Australia " (SLSA) semalam, Laa Laa, 20, dari Mekah berkata, pakaian daripada kain polyester itu yang menutup aurat dari kepala hingga kaki, memberikan kebebasan kepada wanita Islam untuk berenang di pantai dan pada masa yang sama mematuhi tuntutan agama.
" Matlamatnya ialah membolehkan wanita aktif dalam air, menggalakkan wanita menyertai aktiviti sukan, aktiviti renang dan dengan burqini, mereka boleh lakukannya, kata Laa Laa kepada AAP.
Turut hadir pada majlis Anugerah Kelab Sukan di Campsie, di barat daya Sydney itu yang merupakan sebahagian daripada program On The Same Wave SLSA yang diperkenalkan ekoran rusuhan Cronulla, ialah Ketua Menteri New South Wales, Morris Iemma.
Laa Laa berkata, orang ramai kini mula berebut-rebut mendapatkan pakaian yang dijual antara RM450 (A$150) dan RM540 (A$200) itu.
" Kawasan pantai kini semakin popular. Saya selalu ke pantai, kini dengan adanya burqini, ia pasti mendapat sambutan, " kata Iemma dipetik oleh AAP.
Iemma berkata, baju renang itu merupakan program terbaru melatih pengawal penyelamat peluncur ombak dan membantu mengatasi halangan hubungan masyarakat di selatan Sydney.
" Ia merupakan salah satu daripada pelbagai program yang merapatkan masyarakat, dan sebagai perakuan bahawa kami semua adalah warga Australia yang berkongsi tanah air ini, kami mempunyai banyak haluan tapi kami ada satu masa depan, masa depan yang dikongsi bersama, " kata ketua menteri itu.
" Persoalan dari mana kami datang, wajah kami, pakaian kami tidak timbul, tapi kami semua cintakan pantai dan itulah yang kami kongsi bersama, " katanya.
Jurucakap SLSA, Lee Howell pula memberitahu AAP, Majlis Islam Australia selesa dengan pakaian itu.
" Mufti (Sheik Taj Aldin Alhilali) secara peribadi turut menyokong burqini sebagai pakaian yang sesuai dan dibenarkan atas sebab-sebab agama dan budaya.
" Pakaian renang itu yang seragam dengan pakaian pantai tradisional lain, memenuhi tuntutan agama, " katanya.
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Burqini untuk atlet akuatik negara ?
05-02-2007 02:55:07 PM (Kosmo)
KUALA LUMPUR : Persatuan Renang Amatur Malaysia (ASUM) perlu mendapat kelulusan daripada Persekutuan Renang Amatur Antarabangsa (FINA) sebelum membenarkan perenang negara memakai burqini, pakaian renang yang menutup aurat, dalam sebarang kejohanan.
Naib Presiden ASUM, Zainal Osman bagaimanapun berkata masih terlalu awal untuk menilai kesesuaian burqini bagi peserta renang kerana pakaian itu direka bagi tujuan rekreasi di pantai.
" ASUM mengalu-alukan cadangan sekiranya perenang negara beragama Islam mahu memakai burqini. Tetapi bergantung kepada kesesuaiannya bagi acara renang kompetitif dan kelulusan dari FINA, " katanya kepada Bernama, di sini hari ini.
Burqini yang diperkenalkan di Australia merupakan pakaian renang yang menutup aurat, direka khas untuk wanita Islam bagi membolehkan mereka berenang dan bersantai di pantai dengan selesa dan mematuhi tuntutan agama.
Lebih 9,000 unit burqini telah dijual kepada wanita-wanita di Sydney dan pengenalannya disokong oleh Majlis Islam Australia dan Mufti Australia.
Pakaian yang direka daripada polyester itu, menutup aurat dari kepala hingga kaki, ternyata memberikan kebebasan kepada wanita Islam untuk menjalankan aktiviti sukan air.
Matlamat burqini diperkenalkan ialah membolehkan wanita aktif dalam sukan air dan menggalakkan mereka untuk turut serta dalam aktiviti renang tanpa perlu mendedahkan tubuh.
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On Aussie beaches, burqa plus bikini equals burqini
By Nick Squires | Correspondent of The Christian Science Monitor
from the January 09, 2007 edition
ON DUTY : Instructor Tony Coffey (in hat) stands on Cronulla Beach with Muslim lifesavers-in-training. Gang fights at the beach last year spurred efforts to diversify lifesaving clubs.
NICK SQUIRES
CRONULLA, AUSTRALIA - It's a sweltering day, and the beach is packed with suntanned bodies. Girls in swimsuits lounge on the sand while their boyfriends cradle surfboards.
Mecca Laalaa is the lone exception. Instead of a barely there bikini, she's in a burqini - a top-to-toe two-piece lycra suit complete with hijab, or Islamic head covering.
RECRUIT : Lifesaver-in-training Mecca Laalaa sports a burqini.
NICK SQUIRES
Loose enough to preserve Muslim modesty, but light enough to enable swimming, the burqini, taking its name from the burqa, is at the forefront of a dramatic shift within Australia's iconic surf lifesaving clubs.
No longer wanting to be associated only with bronzed, blue-eyed action men, Surf Life Saving Australia is attempting to better reflect the country's multicultural mix.
Ms. Laalaa is one of 24 young people of Arab descent who signed up for a 10-week surf lifesaving-training course.
" Normally, I'd wear cotton trousers and a top but they get very heavy in the water. This meets our cultural requirements, " she says, preparing to go out on a beach patrol. The burqini that she wears was specially designed to allow Muslim women like her to join one of the surf lifesavers clubs.
For a century, surf lifesavers have been the embodiment of Australian beach culture, as quintessential an icon as the Anzac soldier and the outback jackaroo, or cowboy. With 115,000 lifesavers patrolling the continent's beaches and more than 300 clubs, Surf Life Saving Australia is the nation's largest volunteer movement, its unpaid members responsible for saving more than half a million lives in the past 100 years.
But the movement has also been deeply conservative, built on a stern, militaristic tradition fostered by soldiers returning from the world wars. Until 1980, women were banned from joining.
The overhaul coincides with the 100th anniversary of the first surf club, at Sydney's famous Bondi Beach, as well as the Year of the Lifesaver.
This initiative, aimed at diversifying the clubs, is also in response to events that shocked Australia and the world just over a year ago.
A few days before Christmas 2005, gangs of whites and ethnically Middle Eastern young people clashed around Cronulla Beach.
The fighting revealed a deep gulf between the white Australians of mainly British and Irish heritage and recent immigrants from Lebanon and other Middle Eastern countries.
The lifesaving program is a small step intended to help heal the wounds left by the Cronulla violence.
" I was shocked by the magnitude of it, so to have a group like this training as lifesavers is of tremendous importance, " says Jamal Rifi, the president of the community sports club from which most of the trainees were recruited. "It's about counteracting the negative stereotyping of Muslims, which has been very bad over the last five years. Our greatest enemy is ignorance."
The campaign to recruit Australians of Middle Eastern heritage has been funded by a grant of AU $600,000 (US $ 467,000) from the federal government.
The original 24 in the group has been whittled down to 14, the dropouts realizing they were not strong enough swimmers or finding that the schedule clashed with other commitments.
The grueling training regime has included first aid, radio communications, rescue drills, and fitness tests, and culminates this week in written and practical tests. If successful, the recruits will become fully qualified surf lifesavers, entitled to wear the organization's distinctive red and yellow caps.
The group's trainer, Tony Coffey, says the burqini makes swimming more difficult compared with being dressed in a bikini or swimsuit. "It's the biggest hurdle the girls face. But we can't do anything about it, it's part of the deal. They just need more intensive training."
The new recruits will be expected to volunteer for one weekend a month, rescuing swimmers and dealing with jellyfish stings, surfing injuries, and lost children.
" We're breaking down social barriers, " says Malaak Mourad, a student whose parents emigrated from Lebanon in the 1970s. " Most of the lifesavers are Anglo-Saxon. We've been getting a lot of attention from the public but I think it's admiration more than anything negative. "
To be sure, the push to diversify the surf lifesaving clubs coincides with an overall change in Aussie beach culture.
In Sydney, beachside suburbs that until a decade ago were populated by working class Australians have been gentrified and colonized by professionals, many of them expatriates.
At the Coogee surf lifesaving club, around 15 percent of the 600 active members are foreigners, including individuals from Britain, New Zealand, France, Germany, Chile, and the United States.
Claire Folland from Edinburgh, Scotland, was attracted by the fitness regime and social life provided by membership of the club. " Initially, it was very hard because I wasn't very good in the ocean. There's not much swimming in Scotland unless you're drunk or mad," says Ms. Folland, who works in occupational health and safety.
But rigorous training and the demands of being on regular beach patrols have honed her swimming skills.
Not even an initial fear of sharks has put her off. " I figured I'd swim next to one of the fatter members of the club and hopefully they'd get eaten instead of me, " she jokes.
Ordering the locals to avoid dangerous currents has not presented problems for Liz Couch, who is from San Diego, Calif.
The former professional lifesaver moved to Sydney two years ago and decided to join the club to meet new people.
" If people can't swim properly and you can, they really don't have much choice but to listen to you if you're coming to rescue them, " she says.
The lifesavers of the future will still be tanned and fit, and wear the distinctive red and yellow swimsuit and cap, but their accents are as likely to be Arabic or American as the familiar Aussie twang.
Sources : http://www.csmonitor.com
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Menutup aurat tidak halang bersukan - Ruqqaya Al Ghasara
Salmah Mat Husain
Sat | Feb 17, 07 | 01:03:29 PM
KOTA BHARU, 17 Feb (Hrkh) - Jaguh pecut Asia, Ruqqaya Al Ghasara memberitahu Kelantan merupakan negeri luar pertama menjemputnya secara rasmi selepas menjuarai sukan berprestij itu tahun lalu.
Beliau merakam ucapan terima kasih pada Nisa' dan kerajaan Kelantan kerana menjemputnya untuk hadir pada kejohanan Nisa' Games yang berlangsung di sini, hari ini dan esok.
" Saya mengucapkan tahniah kepada kerajaan Kelantan kerana memberi ruang pada Nisa' untuk menampilkan acara sukan yang mempamerkan pesertanya menutup aurat.
" Menutup aurat tidak boleh dijadikan penghalang kepada wanita Islam aktif dalam bersukan kerana ia sedikit pun tidak menganggu seseorang maju dalam sukan, " katanya ketika ditemui di sini.
Beliau yang mula aktif dengan acara sukan sejak berusia 12 tahun dan tidak menafikan pelbagai halangan yang terpaksa dihadapinya sebelum menjulang pingat emas pada Sukan Asia Doha.
Antaranya, penampilan saya yang menutup aurat di tengah-tengah masyarakat dunia sewaktu beraksi menjadi rasa pelik serta janggal oleh peserta dan pengurus pasukan negara lain.
" Bagaimanapun, saya tidak menafikan mereka tidak pernah mendiskriminasikan walaupun penampilan saya sebegini, saya dilayan sebagaimana peserta lain, " ujarnya.
Bukan itu sahaja, ujarnya dengan menutup aurat juga beliau dapat menonjolkan imej Islam sebenar walau di mana sahaja kita berada termasuk bersukan.
Sehubungan itu, beliau berharap tindakannya itu dapat dijadikan contoh kepada semua atlet Islam supaya menutup aurat termasuk di Malaysia.
" Saya juga berharap atlet Malaysia iltizam dengan pakaian Islam serta menutup aurat walau di mana sahaja berada, termasuk ketika bersukan, sebab ia jelas tidak menghalang seseorang itu aktif dalam sukan, " katanya.
Menurut Ruqqaya kerana pendiriannya sentiasa teguh dalam menutup aurat menyebabkan kedua ibu bapanya tidak menghalang beliau aktif dalam sukan.
Sebelum ini Ruqqaya pernah mencipta beberapa kejuaraan lain di kejohanan Liga Arab antaranya 100 meter dan 200 meter pada tahun 2003.
Beliau mempunyai tujuh adik beradik iaitu tiga lelaki dan empat perempuan.
Ruqqaya juga akan menyambung pengajian dalam jurusan perniagaan Universiti Bahrain. Sebelum itu belajar di Kolej Telok yang memberikan sokongan padu kepadanya sehingga berjaya dalam sukan.
Selepas menjulang pingat emas 200 meter tahun lalu, beliau menerima ucapan penghargaan daripada Raja Bahrain di atas kemenangan itu.
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FIFA bans Iran's women soccer team for wearing hijab
Daily Times/Tehran Times
Iran Women Soccer Team Sporty Hijab
Asmahan Mansour (Azzy)
TEHRAN, April 8 : The Iranian Olympic Committee has called on Muslim states around the world to protest to FIFA and the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after the country’s women’s football team were banned for wearing the hijab at this year’s inaugural Summer Youth Olympic Games to be held Singapore.
Bahram Afsharzadeh, the secretary general of Iran’s Olympic Committee, claimed the decision is a violation of Muslims rights.
The team, who qualified to compete in the Games, which are due to be held between August 14 and 26, wearing head scarves, have been informed by FIFA that they will not be allowed to compete unless they remove the hijab.
Political or religious
Ali Kafashian, the president of the Iran Football Association, has written to FIFA to ask them to reconsider their decision, claiming that due to religious beliefs the team will be able to participate in the competitions only if they are allowed to observe the Islamic dress code.
FIFA had passed a ruling in March 2007 that the hijab is forbidden in matches. It came after a Canadian Muslim was expelled from a match for donning a hijab.
The decision, taken by the International Football Association Board (IFAB), the body which decides the laws of the game and is made up of the four FA’s from the United Kingdom and FIFA, cited law 4 which lists the basic equipment that players are allowed to wear and does not include headwear except for the goalkeeper.
Brian Barwick, the then chief executive of the Football Association and a member of the IFAB that took the decision, claimed at the time “ it’s absolutely right to be sensitive to people’s thoughts and philosophies, but equally there has to be a set of laws that are adhered to, and we favour law 4 being adhered to. ”
FIFA insensitive to culture
Afsharzadeh said the decision taken by FIFA proves that it does not care about such issues as nationality, religion and race.
“ It is also an indication of creating obstacles on their part in the way of the women’s progress, ” he added. “ Iran’s National Olympic Committee has forwarded copies of a protest letter to the IOC and a number of other leading officials around to consider the issue,” Afsharzadeh said.
Several athletes competed at the Olympics in Beijing in 2008 wearing a hijab, including Bahrain sprinter Ruqaya Al-Ghasara, the 2006 Asian Games 100 metres champion and carried her country’s flag in the Opening Ceremony.
Meanwhile, in its letter to Iran Football Federation (IFF), FIFA said they had no choice but to disallow Iran girls’ football team from participating.
"Taking into consideration the clear position stated by (the Olympic committee of) Iran, the FIFA executive committee had no choice other than to decide that Iran will not be able to participate," FIFA General Secretary Jerome Valcke stated.
This is the second time within a year that the issue of athletes donning hijab has cropped up in Singapore.
' No choice '
Meanwhile, Chief Executive Officer of the Blacktown District Soccer Football Association Jack Taylor told 2UE Radio that he did not expect any Sydney football associations to comply with the ruling if FIFA chose to impose it.
“ I couldn’t see any association, certainly in Sydney - and I know most of them - I can’t see us implementing it, ” he said.
He stated, “ You can’t make political statements ... but I don’t see the hijab as a political statement. ”
“ What are they [FIFA] going to do ? ” he asked.
Sources : http://www.harakahdaily.net/en/
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IRANIAN WOMEN SHOW THE WAY
The Iranian women's hockey team at the AHF Indoor Championship's have created an impact though it is only day two of the competition. After holding the Malaysia ' A ' team to a 3-3 draw yesterday, Iran defeated the Malaysian 'B' team 3-0 today at the Indera Mulia Stadium in Ipoh.
But it is not only their performances that have got the spectators take notice and watch. Coming for a strict muslim country, the apparel worn by the Iranian team too is " eye-catching " as they are covered in accordance with the requirements of Islam, but it has not hampered their performances on the pitch.
For the record, only Indoor Hockey is played in Iran and there are 24 teams competing in their league. Though they have four artificial outdoor pitches, women's hockey is not played outdoor.
Their apparel could be a source of inspiration to muslim girls in Malaysia who want to take up sports. Even some state sports council's could look into copying the attrire for Sukma next year.
Sources : http://ssdhaliwal.blogspot.com/
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FIFA tells Iranian women’s team to ditch the hijab
Which brings us to the Iranian women’s national team. According to Islamic (and national) law, they play with their bodies fully covered, including a head scarf called a hijab. FIFA says that’s not allowed. And the rules would seem to support that assertion.
Law 4 of the FIFA rules states :
The basic compulsory equipment must not have any political, religious or personal statements…The team of a player whose basic compulsory equipment has political, religious or personal slogans or statements will be sanctioned by the competition organizer or by FIFA.
Now, the big issue to me is the debate over whether this affects the game itself. The answer is likely no. Players wear hairbands, earmuffs and all kinds of other pieces in their hair and on their head. For instance, Ronaldinho’s headband doesn’t adhere to this rule :
A player may use equipment other than the basic equipment provided that its sole purpose is to protect him physically.
Petr Cech’s rugby helmet would seem to be about the only headgear that falls within this rule. Yet men and women wear all kinds of stuff in their hair and on their heads.
So this is about the religion. And it’s definitely political.
According to Radio Free Europe, “ In 2007, an 11-year-old girl was not allowed to play in a soccer game in Canada because she was wearing the hijab. The Quebec Soccer Association said the ban on the hijab is to protect children from being accidentally strangled. ”
The letter from FIFA makes no safety claims. The organization has simply chosen to enforce this rule, telling Iran that the women’s team can’t play in the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this summer.
From a safety point of view, FIFA has nothing to stand on with these women. There are plenty of ponytails, hair clips and other items to pull on or get caught.
As for politics, this isn’t the only thing FIFA is against. Facist salutes, neo-Nazi fans, even Kaka’s Jesus T-shirts. FIFA has decided there is no room for religion and politics in soccer. Period.
So this is a tough spot for both sides. One would bet that there ends up being no team this summer and that this decision further increases the political divide.
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Iran rejects female football team's headgear
By Robin Pomeroy in Tehran
Thursday, 8 July 2010
An Iranian official has rejected a new women's football strip which was created after the world football federation banned the team from international competition due to their Islamic headgear, it was reported yesterday.
Football's world-governing body FIFA banned the team in April after the Iranian Olympic Committee insisted they play in headscarves. In Iran all women are required to cover their hair in public to conform to the Islamic dress code.
In May, the Iranian Football Federation said it had reached a compromise with FIFA whereby the under-15 team would play in caps at the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore on 14-26 August. Yesterday the women's youth team tried on the new strip during a demonstration match.
But, according to Mehr news agency, the official in charge of women's affairs at Iran's Physical Education Organisation stormed off when she saw that the strip did not conform to what had been ordered. Media reports did not say what she found objectionable about the new kit.
" These strips should not only be approved by international federation officials but also by Iran's Sharia law and they should comply with the Islamic framework, " she said. " We will not send the team [to Singapore] at any cost. "
Sources : http://www.independent.co.uk/
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Srikandi bola sepak Iran
Oleh JOHANNA A. SOBREY
johanna.sobrey@kosmo.com.my
Wanita Iran tidak dihalang bermain bola sepak tetapi mereka perlu mematuhi pelbagai syarat. Bagaimanakah mereka akhirnya boleh membuat sepak mula di padang yang dipenuhi penonton ?
BOLA SEPAK merupakan sukan paling popular di dunia. Ia dimainkan oleh segenap lapisan masyarakat, sama ada lelaki mahupun wanita.
Namun di Iran, untuk mempunyai sebuah pasukan bola sepak wanita kebangsaan, ia bergelut dengan pelbagai halangan sebelum boleh ditubuhkan.
Pasukan wanita itu hanya mendapat kebenaran bermain secara terbuka pada tahun 2006, iaitu setahun selepas penubuhannya.
Pasukan tersebut berhadapan dengan pelbagai batasan termasuk kod pemakaian yang ketat seperti wajib mengenakan seluar dan baju berlengan panjang selain hijab sukan yang direka khas.
“ Mereka juga hanya boleh bermain di hadapan penonton wanita sahaja untuk perlawanan di tanah air mereka, ” ujar Pengarah yang juga Ketua Pegawai Operasi Oak3 Films Pte. Ltd., Zaihirat Banu Codelli dalam satu temuramah telefon yang diadakan baru-baru ini.
Menurut wanita yang mengarahkan dokumentari Veil of Dreams itu, sungguhpun berhadapan dengan pelbagai cabaran di negara yang berpegang kuat pada adat termasuk tentangan rakyat negara itu, pasukan wanita bola sepak kebangsaan Iran menunjukkan semangat yang sangat tinggi.
Bersama krew penggambaran yang juga terdiri daripada wanita, Codelli mengambil masa dua minggu untuk merakam pergelutan pasukan itu untuk melayakkan diri dalam Kejohanan Bola Sepak Piala Asia Wanita 2008 dengan menghadapi pasukan wanita India.
“ Mereka tidak sedih dengan keadaan yang menimpa. Setiap ahli pasukan itu terus bermain dengan penuh semangat, ” kata Codelli sambil memaklumkan bahawa perlawanan dengan India merupakan antara perlawanan antarabangsa terawal pasukan Iran.
Dokumentari itu bukan hanya berkenaan bola sepak dan persediaan pasukan tersebut, tetapi perkongsian hidup, perasaan, aspirasi dan juga cita-cita pasukan tersebut.
Ini menjadikan sukan itu bersifat personal dan boleh dikaitkan dengan masyarakat dunia lain.
“ Dengan pelbagai halangan dan isu yang terus timbul seperti ketiadaan pengalaman bermain di luar negara dan dilarang bermain di depan penonton lelaki, wanita-wanita yang berusia antara 15 sehingga 30 tahun ini tidak gentar, ” kata Codelli.
Halangan tidak hanya dikenakan kepada pasukan tersebut tetapi terhadap krew penggambaran Codelli sendiri.
“Kamera kami pernah dirampas dan juga penggambaran selama enam jam pernah dimusnahkan,” kata Codelli yang telah melakukan penyelidikan selama setahun sebelum penggambaran dimulakan pada bulan November 2007.
“ Pada tiga hari pertama kami banyak melakukan penggambaran di luar stadium. Pada hari perlawanan itu, kami berjaya memasuki stadium.
“ Walaubagaimanapun apa sahaja perlawanan yang dirakam, ia harus diisytiharkan dan dipulangkan kepada Persekutuan Bola Sepak Iran. Oleh itu, semasa perlawanan kami kerap menukar pita, ” ujar beliau.
Untuk mengelakkan pita mereka dirampas, Codelli menambah, saya menyertai keraian pasukan itu di padang selepas perlawanan dan dengan penuh berhati-hati memberikan pita terbaik kepada produser saya.
Ketika ditanya mengenai bagaimana idea membuat dokumentari itu tercetus, Codelli menjawab: “ Idea timbul apabila saya bertemu dengan seorang produser dari New Zealand yang menyentuh mengenai subjek tersebut.
“ Saya tertarik kerana ia mengisahkan semangat wanita-wanita ini, ” katanya.
Sungguhpun pelbagai syarat dan halangan yang dikenakan baik ke atas wanita Iran atau krew Codelli, wanita itu tetap mengakui Iran merupakan sebuah negara yang kaya dengan warisan dan sejarah dengan rakyat yang sangat mesra.
“ Mungkin salah satu kelebihan saya, adalah kerana saya beragama Islam, ” kata wanita dari Singapura yang berdarah kacukan India dan Cina.
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Jahankh Pourseifi (2006 Doha Asian Games)
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Muslim girls not shying from sports, tradition
Head scarves no longer an obstacle for most young people competing
Fordson High School basketball player Fatima Kobeissi, left and teammate Hyatt Bakri (32) warm up for a game against Willow Run in Dearborn, Mich. As more covered Muslim girls take up competitive sports, supporters say it's time to get beyond merely allowing the hijab — the traditional Muslim headscarf worn for modesty — and help make those wearing them feel welcome.
DEARBORN, Mich. - Dewnya Bakri loves her faith — and the feeling of sinking a three-pointer.
For much of her life, the 20-year-old Muslim has found a way to balance practicing Islam and playing basketball, including wearing a head scarf and long pants on the hardcourt, even if it’s meant taunts as she blazed trails on her middle school, high school and college teams.
Now a college senior at University of Michigan-Dearborn preparing for law school, she spends free time coaching Muslim girls and sharing what she experienced in Dearborn, home of at least 40 mosques, to help give them the confidence to follow in her footsteps.
As more covered Muslim girls take up competitive sports, Bakri and others say it’s time to get beyond merely allowing the hijab — the traditional Muslim head scarf worn for modesty — and help those wearing them feel welcome.
“ It’s not like accommodating for one person anymore, it’s a group, ” Bakri says.
Experts and advocates say the number of Muslim girls wearing the hijab on the court, track or field is rising because girls are growing more comfortable pursuing mainstream activities while maintaining religious traditions.
“ They don’t see the barriers, ” said Edina Lekovic, spokeswoman for the Los Angeles-based Muslim Public Affairs Council. “ They take it for granted they can play in competitive sports ... and work out the clothing issues at the same time. ”
Even so, Bakri and current players at her former school, Fordson High, players say they’ve heard trash-talk that goes beyond the usual on-court chatter — calling them terrorists, telling them to go back to their own country.
Bakri said some coaches and referees have questioned whether she could play in a scarf and sweat pants, relenting only when her coach produced a letter from the Michigan High School Athletic Association allowing the uniform modification.
More recently, she said referees wouldn’t let her play in one out-of-state college tournament. The coach told her later that it was because of her uniform modification.
That was reminiscent of a case in February when an 11-year-old Muslim girl was pulled off the field in a soccer tournament in Quebec because she refused to remove her head scarf. The Quebec Soccer Federation backed the decision, saying rules forbid wearing anything that could cause harm during a game.
In the U.S., the National Federation of State High School Associations’ rules say state associations may allow a player to participate while wearing a head covering for religious reasons as long as it isn’t dangerous to another player and unlikely to come off during play. The rule-making federation also allows pants, shorts or skirts.
School districts in Michigan must ask state high school athletic officials for permission to modify uniform requirements.
They always grant the district’s requests, said Mark Shooshanian, Fordson High School’s athletic director, but he’d like to see it become enshrined in the rules.
“ The hardest part for me is within our league there are 27 teams and still some of the coaches question the uniform, ” said Shooshanian, who has been sending the requests for 15 years. “Why do I have to keep doing it ? ”
State athletic association spokesman John Johnson said the system “ almost rubber stamps ” requests, but requiring the case-by-case letter provides a safeguard against misunderstandings.
At Bakri’s middle school, Lowrey Middle School, she was the first athlete of the year to wear the scarf and earned letters in basketball, volleyball, track and swimming.
Swimming required the most creativity. She couldn’t wear a swimsuit in front of men, so she worked out a deal with her coach and athletic director to practice daily with the team but not compete in meets. The coach timed her during practice and awarded her the letter based on performance.
Now, Lowrey students hug and thank Bakri when she visits.
“ It made me feel so good about what I’m doing, ” said Bakri, who coaches summer leagues and teaches physical education part-time at a private school. “I never really realized how hard it was, especially at the middle school level. I figured I’m going to play basketball. ... I never thought people might have a problem with it. ”
Her 17-year-old sister, Hyatt Bakri, is a starting shooting guard at Fordson High, and wears pants and long sleeves on the court.
“ Some schools are used to seeing girls in the hijab, but other schools find it different, odd, ” Hyatt Bakri said during a break from a recent practice. “ After Sept. 11, they feel like we’re a threat to them even though we didn’t have anything to do with it. So they look at us differently. ”
Teammate Fatima Kobeissi, a senior reserve guard, said she’s worn the hijab since she was nine.
“ Nothing in our religion says we can’t go out and do other things just like everybody else. It’s just while we’re doing it, we have to be more modest maybe than everybody else, ” she said.
Dewnya Bakri lets young players know there are ways to deal with the taunts that don’t mean getting rolled over, like the time when opposing players insulted her scarf-wearing teammate during a high school tournament.
“ I looked at (one of them) and said ’This is for you.’ I shot six threes in that game. I was guarding her and she scored zero.
“ That shut her down. ”
Sources : http://nbcsports.msnbc.com/
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