Women's Groups Protest Soccer Leaque's Decision to Endorse Wearing the Hijab

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By James Dorsey
Dispute led in June to disqualification of Iran women’s team
FRANCE - Three French women’s organizations have expressed concern and disappointment with world soccer body FIFA’s endorsement of a proposal to lift the ban on women players wearing a hijab, an Islamic hair dress, on the pitch. The three women’s organizations said FIFA’s acquiesce in the AFC’s assertion that the hijab, a headdress that complies with Islamic law that obliges women to cover their hair, ears and neck, as a “cultural rather than a religious symbol” and therefore did not violate IFAB rules was unacceptable. [link]

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