July, Muslim women will be able to wear headscarves during football matches. FIFA has decided to drop its 2007 ban on the hijab or headscarf.
The ban was introduced because traditional headscarves were said to be dangerous: women could get caught up in them during the game. A Dutch design helped convinced FIFA to reverse its decision.
Calls to lift the ban originated in the United Nations and gathered support in the Asian and African football confederations which represent many Muslim countries.
Jordan’s Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, a member of FIFA’s executive council, put forward a design from Dutch company Capsters to demonstrate that the headscarf needn’t be an impediment to the game.
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Very well done. We should indulge in dialogue at every stage in every matter.
Mr Compier, may I have the honor to know what FIFA stands for?
FIFA = Federation of International Football Associations. They run all the Football Worldcups and make all the International Football rules.
(As Switzerland is too small to have a football team to win the world cup we took over the running of all the world cup – and the billions of $ created with it).(Head Quarter for FIFA is in Zurich, Switzerland).