I read about this earlier somewhere. The girl’s uniform did not conform to uniform regulations of the association that sanctioned the meet. Either she would have to conform or the meet would lose its sanction to the disadvantage of its sponsors and all the other competitors. The problem with the uniform she had on related to the color scheme, not the hijab and the long johns she was wearing. I suppose that had her coach or she inquired, she could easily have shown up wearing an outfit that suited the mohammedans and met the regulations, but evidently no one asked. I am sorry she did not get to compete, but she’ll get over it, and in the future will show up in something that meets expectations on the part of both the athletic association and herself. I wonder if the mohammedans will actually make much of a deal of it? The MSM naturally had to get right on this. If it had been Cindy Lou of Whoville wearing an outfit that did not conform to color regs, it wouldn’t even make the Whoville Gazette, but the victim was a member of a racial minority and a poor persecuted sect with only about a billion members, so it’s got to be milked by the press for all it’s worth until some rape, murder, fire or whatever captures their attention.
Again I repeat:
Team sports do not accommodate any other garment than the team uniform.
That’s it.
This girl is not being forced to participate as a member of the team - it was her choice - and she knew going into the team sport she would be required to wear an unacceptable uniform which did not comply with Muslim tradition.
Schools funded by taxpayer dolalrs do not accommodate religious belief. Religious schools do.
Make another choice!