Posted on 08/02/2024 4:37:07 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Members of the Egyptian women’s beach volleyball team have spoken out against France’s hijab ban for its athletes after competing in an Olympic beach volleyball match wearing modest clothing.
Marwa Abdelhady and Doaa Elghobashy represented Egypt at the Paris Olympics, wearing hijabs, long black sleeved shirts and black ankle length leggings in a women’s beach volleyball match against Spain.
If they had been playing for France, the pair would not have been allowed to wear their hijabs. The host of this year’s Olympics has banned its athletes from wearing any “ostensible religious symbols” while competing.
Speaking to CNN’s Swedish affiliate Expressen Thursday, Abdelhady said that she “doesn’t like” the hijab ban for French athletes.
Elghobashy told Expressen that it should be okay for athletes to wear whatever they want, as long as their culture and religion are respected.
“I want to play in my hijab, she wants to play in a bikini,” Expressen reported Elghobashy as saying. “Everything is OK, if you want to be naked or wear a hijab. Just respect all different cultures and religions.”
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It’s almost like all these groups are trying to stir divisions at the same time.
As if it was planned or something…
Aren’t they still allowed to walk like Egyptians?
If you have the potential to be stoned to death for not wearing a hajad, I, too, would object to the ban. Or decide that the gold medal would look better on someone else than on my corpse.
There is a Monty Python comic relief angle to all this. How long is a match?
Honestly, I don't think they should play. Why not take up table tennis instead?
It is getting time for war. The problem is there are too many bad guys.
“After Catholicism was banned in 1792, many of its churches were turned into Temples of Reason, including:
the Notre-Dame de Paris Cathedral (10 November 1793)
the Cathedral of Our Lady of Chartres
the Church of Saint-Sulpice
the Église Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis
the Basilica of Saint-Denis
the church of Les Invalides
the church of Thomas d’Aquino
the Panthéon de Paris
the Church Saint Pierre from Montmartre
the Cathedral of Our Lady of Reims
the Troyes Cathedral
the Notre Dame de Versailles Church
the Église Saint-Pierre de Caen
the Église Saint-Martin d’Ivry-la-Bataille
the Église Saint-Jacques-le-Majeur-et-Saint-Christophe d’Houdan
the Church of St. James on Coudenberg”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_Reason
“Just respect all different cultures”
In France, the French culture is the one to be respected.
In Islamic countries, Islam is the religion and culture to be respected. Western women would be wise to wear head coverings. Men should abstain from public alcohol consumption. Merchants should not publicly sell alcohol. Christianity and Judaism are generally but not always tolerated as long as they don’t stand out.
If they're not happy with it, don't come to France.
You don't see me going to Saudi Arabia because I can't have a beer or eat bacon there.
Egypt is a secular country...
This rule didnt come from the government...
Women dont need to cover their heads/hair in Egypt...
I have no problem if a team wants to wear a hijab. I don’t understand why the women’s teams have to wear bikinis. Shorts and a tee shirt would suffice.
Islam and Muslims have no place in civilization.
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