FIFA VICE PRESIDENT Prince Ali will urge soccer’s rulemakers today to overturn a ban on Islamic female players wearing hijabs.
The Jordanian prince will make a presentation to the International Football Association Board, five years after the panel ruled that wearing headscarves in matches was unsafe.
Prince Ali says:
The present situation is saying to women worldwide that you’re not allowed to participate for a reason that makes no sense. That’s prejudice. It’s not fair.
He insists that permitting hijabs is “not an issue of religious symbolism — it is simply a case of cultural modesty.”
If the motion is rejected, the prince says “there will be lot of soul searching about what the priorities are in this sport”.
- Rob Harris
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
have your say