Iran fights Fifa ban on hijab - so women can compete in Youth Olympic

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http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2010/04/201041311493192180.html


Iran's football federation says it is sending a delegation to Fifa - the international football association - to urge the Geneva-based association to overturn its ban on the hijab, or Islamic headscarf.

The ban effectively prohibits the Iranian women's team from playing in the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this August.

Fifa says the dress contradicts the game's charter.
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how uncomfortable it must be to do sports with your head and neck wrapped up.

when will Iran let their women come out of the dark ages?

[BolivarianHero]

1. Khomeini killed the civilized people...

100,000 socialists murdered by his regime.

[xxqqqzme]

2. If they are going to insist

on a head covering, then someone needs to get off their ass and fashion something like the neoprene covering surfers wear in the winter. My son had on that kept his head warm in the chilly waters in the winter. OR the girls could have something light like the caps water polo players wear. This is really a no-brainer.