FIFA allows Muslim women to get back to playing football

By Jens Juul Petersen
A FIFA-approved specially designed headscarf will Muslim women to play soccer again.

Policewomen asked to remove hijab in Lebanon

Lebanese authorities are weighing up what action to take after a group of newly recruited policewomen showed up for training wearing the hijab, a security official said on Friday.

The policewomen, numbering nearly 40 and all reportedly Shi’ite Muslims, were among hundreds who sat for an exam to join the Internal Security Forces earlier this year. (more…)

Iran soccer girls banned from Youth Games over hijab

The Iranian girls’ soccer team have been kicked out of this year’s first Youth Olympics because of a FIFA ban on playing in Islamic head scarves.

Iran’s National Olympic Committee (NOC) had refused to let the team play at the August 14-26 Games in Singapore without the hijab and they have been replaced by Thailand, according to the Asian Football Confederation website (www.the-afc.com). (more…)