Saudi women win Olympic rights at last! But no HIjab?

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Human rights groups had called on the International Olympic Committee to bar the country from competing, citing its failure ever to send a woman athlete to the Olympics and its ban on sports in girls' schools. Powerful clerics in the country have repeatedly spoken against the participation of women in sports.

"This is a victory for Saudi sportswomen and hopefully it will promote sports and women's health awareness for the Saudi society," said Lina al-Maeena, co-founder of Jeddah United Sports Company, a rare women's exercise club that runs a female basketball team.
Saudi women will be able to compete in the Olympics only if they reach the qualifying standard for their event, and the Games opens in one month.
"The kingdom of Saudi Arabia is looking forward to its complete participation in the London 2012 Olympic Games through the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee, which will oversee the participation of women athletes who can qualify for the Games," said a statement on their London embassy website.

The woman most likely to compete under the Saudi flag, show jumper Dalma Malhas, was ruled out this week when the World Equestrian Federation said the 20-year-old's mare Caramell KS had been sidelined by injury for a month during the qualifying period and had missed a 17th June deadline.
Dalma won individual bronze at the junior Olympics in Singapore in 2010, but without official support or recognition.
                        
        


In April, the head of the General Presidency of Youth Welfare, which regulates sport in Saudi Arabia, said it would not prevent women from competing but they would not have official government endorsement. He said the government's role would be limited to ensuring that Saudi women's participation "is in the proper framework and in conformity with sharia".
Top Saudi clerics, who hold government positions and have always constituted an important support base for the ruling al-Saud royal family, have spoken against female participation in sports. In 2009 a senior cleric said girls risked losing their virginity by tearing their hymen if they took part in energetic sport.

Source: Reuters

Published: 27th June 2012                                        
                                                           
                                                                           
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hawk77

Nesta13

so judoka pompuan arab saudi boleh bertanding dengan memakai tudung tak..?

Saudi Judo athlete to withdraw if hijab banned: paper

JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - A female Saudi Arabian judo competitor, one of the first two female athletes sent to the Olympics by the conservative kingdom, will withdraw if she is not allowed to wear her hijab or headscarf, during bouts, her father was quoted as saying.

              Wojdan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shaherkani is due to compete in the +78kg judo category on Friday. A Saudi official said earlier this month its female athletes would have to obey Islamic dress codes.

              But last week, International Judo Federation (IJF) president Marius Vizer said Shaherkani would have to fight without a headscarf to comply with "the principle and spirit of judo".

              Sunday's edition of Saudi Arabia's al-Watan newspaper quoted the father, Ali Shaherkani, as saying over the telephone from Britain that his daughter "will not compete in the Judo Games on August 3 if the committee insists that she removes her hijab".

              He was quoted as telling al-Watan he had not heard back from the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on the matter.
              The IJF, whose regulations for the Olympic Games state no headgear can be worn, was in regular discussions with Olympic and Saudi officials to find a solution, IJF spokesman Nicolas Messner said.

              He said the hijab was banned for safety reasons, as judo fighters can try to strangle each other using their judogi or kit. While using a hijab to do this would be illegal it could happen by mistake during a move.

              "It can be dangerous," Messner said. "It could happen during a move, something wrong could happen."

              Female participation in sports has long been a controversial issue in Saudi Arabia, where conservative Muslim clerics have said it is immodest and goes against women's nature.

              Until this year, Saudi Arabia was one of three countries, alongside Brunei and Qatar, never to have sent female athletes to the Olympics. Human rights groups urged the IOC to ban the countries from the Games unless they agreed to send women.

              Saudi Arabia reached an agreement on the participation of Shaherkhani and Sarah Attar, an 800 meter runner, just two weeks ago after talks with the IOC.

http://news.yahoo.com/saudi-judo-athlete-withdraw-hijab-banned-paper-153955894--spt.html

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beriya2 invite sebab nak jadikan olimpik london kali pertama semua negara ada wanita... bila da hantar suruh bukak tudung lak..

seribulan

Pulak... Duh.

Nesta13

berita baru 2 jam yg lalu..

Saudi woman allowed to compete in hijab

LONDON (Reuters) - A female Saudi fighter will take part in the Olympic judo competition after being allowed to wear an Islamic headscarf, or hijab, of a specific design, officials said on Monday.

http://thestar.com.my/sports/olympics/story.aspx?file=/2012/7/31/olympics/2012-07-30T214203Z_2_BRE86T1CJ_RTROPTT_0_UK-OLY-JUDO-KSA-DAY3-HIJAB&sec=Olympics&nc=1


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tahniah arab saudi.. biar tegas sikit...

Hessa

kalau sukan olahraga mcm ni..kena betul2 yakin (dpt compete dgn atlet lain)  baru atlet berhijab boleh pg jauh.klau x yakin nk compete, percentage utk menang kurang, tu kena cari sukan lain yg lebih selesa berhijab.