SubscribeCAIR Ignores Muslim Soccer Player’s Safety
From Canada’s CBC News:
Muslim girl ejected from tournament for wearing hijab
Sunday, February 25, 2007
Five young teams from across Canada walked out of a Quebec soccer tournament Sunday because a young Muslim girl was ejected for wearing a hijab.
Calling the rule banning the headscarf worn by Muslim women racist, four other teams followed Asmahan Mansour’s team, the Nepean Selects from Ottawa, after she was thrown out for running afoul of a Quebec Soccer Association rule.
“The referee was staring and pointing. ‘She can’t play,’” said Asmahan, Asi to her friends. “I was like why? Why can’t I play?”
Because of a safety rule, league spokesman Lyes Arfa said. He pointed out that the referee is Muslim himself, and that the ban on hijabs is to protect children from being accidentally strangled.
“We have to protect the players on the field, and that’s the main point. It’s not against the Muslims.”
And the league had told organizers about the rule — “The wearing of the Islamic veil or any other religious item is not permitted” — before the game.
Asi’s team was aware of the rule, but didn’t expect it would be enforced.
So when it was, many players and adults were outraged.
Girls backed up teammate
“I automatically went back to the referee: ‘Are you sure this is what you wanna do?’” said Louis Maneiro, the Selects’ head coach. When nothing changed, he said, “I just decided that there’s no way that I would allow our team to continue, and the girls backed up Asi very strongly.”
Asi’s teammates supported the move. “I felt disgraced, I was crushed, I couldn’t see Asi like that,” said Lisa Furano.
“It’s just a piece of material, it can’t do any harm,” added Alicia Stainton.
The Selects left the tournament in good spirits. But they say they won’t come back until the rule changes.
When I was in school we were prohibited from wearing anything, such as St. Christopher medals, which might get accidentally snagged and cause injuries.
I suppose we should have sued. But we didn’t have an organization like CAIR looking out for us.
From a breathless press release:
Asi and teamates on the Nepean Selects
CAIR Applauds Support for Muslim Soccer Player
Muslim girl wearing scarf ejected from tournament, other teams walk out in protest
Monday, February 26, 2007
Muslim girl wearing scarf ejected from tournament, other teams walk out in protest
(Ottawa, Canada - Feb 26, 2007) The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-CAN) today applauded the “tremendous” support given to a Muslim soccer player who was ejected from a Quebec tournament because she was wearing a religiously-mandated headscarf, or “hijab.”
Five other teams from across Canada walked out the tournament Sunday after the Muslim player was thrown out because of a Quebec Soccer Association rule against the hijab. The association claims the ban is a safety issue.
“The tremendous support shown for the Muslim player is an indication that common sense and respect for religious differences are more powerful than arbitrary rules,” said CAIR-CAN Executive Director Karl Nickner. He said any remote possibility of a safety issue could easily be handled through creative solutions such as Velcro fasteners on the player’s scarf.
Nickner noted that even male professional soccer players sometimes wear headgear such as sweat bands and bandanas without fear of injury. In fact, some players wear special protective devices on their heads to prevent injury from “headers.”
CAIR-CAN say they will work with the soccer association to resolve the issue in a way that satisfies both safety requirements and the need to accommodate the girl’s religious rights.
CONTACT: Sarah Elgazzar, CAIR-CAN Spokesperson at 514.776.6566, Sameer Zuberi, CAIR-CAN Communications Coordinator at 613.795.2012, or Karl Nickner, CAIR-CAN Executive Director at 613.254.9704 or 613.853.4111
As the first article noted, the referee is a Muslim himself. And that wearing such clothing is against the soccer league’s rules.
But what other religion or group insists that every rule be changed to suit them?
Why doesn’t CAIR care about the safety of Muslim soccer players? Will CAIR be responsible for any potential injuries and their concomitant lawsuits?
Of course not.
All CAIR cares about is perpetuating the lie that Muslims are endlessly discriminated against in non-Muslim countries.
And raising money — from ignorance and hatred (and probably terrorists).
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February 27th, 2007 at 1:30 pm
More muslim outrage against the west? Must be a day that ends in “Y”….
February 27th, 2007 at 1:47 pm
My faith teaches me that sacrifice will be a part of my life if I choose to follow Jesus Christ - I just might not be able to do whatever I want, whenever I want. Maybe these Muslim families and girls should realize that if wearing the head scarf is so important, they might have to give up a few things (like soccer) to be “right with Allah.”
But wait…this is the “religion” that accepts SACRIFICE only when it involves blowing yourself up to kill infidels…
February 27th, 2007 at 1:55 pm
“Calling the rule banning the headscarf worn by Muslim women racist, four other teams followed Asmahan Mansour’s team, the Nepean Selects from Ottawa, after she was thrown out for running afoul of a Quebec Soccer Association rule.”
There’s them calling it a “racist” thing again, not a “religionist” thing.
February 27th, 2007 at 2:02 pm
It is more important for the Muslim girl to be submissive and obedient than for her to be safe. Her life is not worth much to Islam except in terms of populating it, now and for her children and their children. CAIR is using this to agitate when no insult has occurred — but what doesn’t offend and insult Muslims? The mere existence of non-Muslims is an insult to them. It is all part of their strategy of attrition.
The rules exist for a reason, not just to exclude this little girl. It is unfortunate that the adults in charge of these teams are not only feeding this outrage, but they are not considering that there is a real risk of injury in this contact sport and that the league has liability issues to consider.
Question: If, during the course of the soccer game, this girl’s hijab was pulled off her head, would she be accountable for exposing her bare head and hair? For being enticing, albeit unintentionally? Would this put her in danger among her own family and mosque? Possibly. There is no such thing as cause and effect in Islam. Young Muslim women are murdered regularly for being raped or even if they are the subject of gossip about their chastity — why would this be any different when honor and modesty are involved?
February 27th, 2007 at 4:07 pm
Wow! I thought islam was a religion that restricted what women can do. Now I see that they can actually play soccer (at least the very young girls) as long as they wear the hijab. My, such a fair, rightous religion.
….And if the hyman breaks during sports activities is she still a “virgin” and if not, is she stoned or ritually killed? Gotta go ask the mullah.
Ooops. Spell checker tells me I misspelled false and rioting in the fourth sentence.
February 27th, 2007 at 4:13 pm
Question:
If this young woman’s hijab was accidentally removed during the game and the overheated male muslims in the stands raped her multiple times on the field, Who would be stoned to death. The girl or the men who raped her?
February 27th, 2007 at 4:15 pm
CAIR will be there to defend her father and brother for stoning her to death for wearing soccer shorts in public.
February 27th, 2007 at 4:40 pm
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February 27th, 2007 at 4:45 pm
Come on, 1st! Wasn’t that one of those rhetorical questions….
February 27th, 2007 at 7:24 pm
Am I the only one who thinks it would be funny to watch all these girls try to play soccer in hijabs and abayas?
And I guarantee that if, like they were worried about, this girl had ended up in a pile-up, or a tag end of her hijab had trailed and someone stepped on it while she was running, or something like that, and she’d gotten hurt, they’d be screaming bloody murder.
Isn’t CAIR still pushing to legalize “female circumcision” in Canada?
February 27th, 2007 at 7:38 pm
CAIR is pushing to make any muslim team in Canada, regardless of the sport, declared instant winners due to the discrimination they would face if they actually played, and the shame on the families of the team members should they lose, and the very real fact that goalie pads cant fit under most burkahs.
February 27th, 2007 at 8:20 pm
Maybe it’s time for MUSLIM SPORTS LEAGUE. It will be the organization where the losers blow up the winners, allah willing……
February 27th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Maybe the teams can meet in the center of the field and the one with the most body parts scattered across the field wins.
Sounds like a plan to me.
March 1st, 2007 at 4:29 pm
The obvious is overlooked. Islamic women aren’t allowed to play soccer or otherwise attract attention in public. That’s why the mandatory all-enveloping dress and veils were proscribed. Good Muslim girls do not play soccer! Good Muslim girls are invisible in public.
CAIR is using the headscarf as a smokescreen. But it is okay to lie to infidels–read the Koran!
March 4th, 2007 at 7:34 pm
The question has to be asked, is Islam a religion or something more? If you ask a Muslim they will say yes it is more then a religion, it is also a way of life, with strict laws, and rules. So if you take a muslim at his word add demographics and the concepts of Jihad and Dar al-Harb, then Sharia law will be in Europe by around the 2050’s and 2100 in North America. This leads us into the next question. Is that what western secular society wants? If a muslim tells you I’m lying, then I say they are utilising “taqiyya”.
March 4th, 2007 at 7:49 pm
The question has to be asked, is Islam a religion or something more?
It is a death cult that needs to be killed, down to every last man, woman and child. Then where ever they lived needs to be burned to the ground and the ashes scattered. Then the ground they lived on needs to be nuked so that no one will ever live there again. Then…
March 4th, 2007 at 7:56 pm
That’s not very tolerant, 1st.
March 4th, 2007 at 7:58 pm
Sorry, I stopped being tolerant a long time ago.
If someone is shooting at me, I kill them.
March 4th, 2007 at 8:19 pm
Just joking, 1st. These people will continue to chip away and play victim. I saw a quote from your old friend Ramsey Clark: “Islam is the only religion that gives dignity to poor people”. Maybe that’s why they’re poor in the first place.
March 4th, 2007 at 8:22 pm
Apparently Ramsey Clark took a round to the head no one reported.
March 4th, 2007 at 9:59 pm
To 1st, talk like that, and nobody will listen to you. You have to make people think for themselves, and then they will understand!
March 5th, 2007 at 12:30 am
1st - I’ll listen to ya…….
“Nuke ‘em till they glow and then shoot ‘em in the dark”..Gen Curtis LeMay
Just hope there are enough virgins to handle the SURGE
March 5th, 2007 at 1:21 am
First off, Nobody can make people think for themselves.
Most people are sheep going baaah, Baaaahh.
Don’t think so just read a local forum in a local news paper!
They all just crow and crow the same lines over and over, And pat themselves on the back for thinking they had an original thought, Then they go back to to sitting on the couch screaming somebody should do something, Invent this or that, Make a perfect world, A perfect energy supply while they shove whoppers down their throats.
Do most people have brain power, Maybe, But are they gonna expend the energy? No!
Somebody will come along and do it for them.
1st maybe gruff, But he will fight.
Now go plop on the couch charllesmartell.
March 5th, 2007 at 1:40 am
DEZ - You are right on bro….
“1st maybe gruff, But he will fight.
Now go plop on the couch charllesmartell”
1st is FIRST…..screw the rest of ‘em
Semper Fi
March 5th, 2007 at 4:08 am
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March 5th, 2007 at 6:02 am
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