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Iran Girls Football Team Booted Over Hijabs
April 06, 2010

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ChrisH
9:24pm Apr 6, 2010

God only knows what they are hiding under there...

ADO? Feyenoord? Hooligans? Not on the field please...

jujubean
9:17pm Apr 6, 2010

This is dumb. We have to create a space for people. Stupid things like this just embolden the religious intolerants. At least they give them a shot in Iran. Saudi wont even let women play games or sports. They should have found a compromise like a helmet or something. Just a bad move.


jacobian64
7:54pm Apr 6, 2010

well I support FIFA decision.women should not wear any jilbab when playing football.it's annoying I think.

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The girls’ football team of Iran has been kicked out of the Youth Olympic Games, because FIFA rules prevent players wearing an Islamic head scarf.

Thailand was nominated on Monday to replace the barred Iranians, the Asian Football Confederation said in a story on its Web site.

“FIFA decreed that the wearing of Islamic hijab was not in accordance with the laws of the game,” the report said.

Iran’s national Olympic committee had called on FIFA, football’s world governing body, and the International Olympic Committee to review the head scarf ban. The hijab is worn by girls and women to observe Islamic dress code.

FIFA secretary general Jerome Valcke rejected the Iranian Olympic panel’s request in a letter to the national football federation.

“Taking into consideration the clear position stated by the [Olympic committee] of Iran, the FIFA Executive Committee had no choice but to take the decision that [Iran] will not be able to participate,” Valcke said, according to the AFC.

FIFA maintains football’s international rule book, which contains a section on players’ on-field equipment.

The rules state that “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.”

The hijab issue was first examined in 2007 after an 11-year-old girl in Canada was prevented from playing in one for safety reasons.

FIFA’s rules-making arm, the International Football Association Board, declined to make an exception for religious clothing.

Iran was scheduled to compete in a six-nation tournament for girls at the inaugural Youth Olympics to be held on Aug. 12-25 in Singapore.

Thailand will now represent Asia against Turkey, Equatorial Guinea, Trinidad and Tobago, Chile and Papua New Guinea.



Associated Press