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Showing Original Post only (View all)‘I will NOT wear a hijab’: U.S. chess star refuses to attend world championships in Iran [View all]
https://www.yahoo.com/news/m/df9532f1-6a4a-32d9-9f69-40686995d957/ss_%E2%80%98i-will-not-wear-a-hijab%E2%80%99%3A.html (Nazi Paikidze) announced last week that she will boycott Februarys Women's World Chess Championship in Iran because the players will have to wear hijabs.
Paikidzes decision will deprive the tournament of one of the games brightest stars and biggest draws the U.S. champion who once told a magazine she would do everything I can to help more girls get into chess.
Islamic coverings for women in public required in Iran and some other nations such as Saudi Arabia have increasingly become a target for both protests and struggles over Muslim identity. Some activists in Iran have launched online campaigns against the hijab rules, while other women continually test the boundaries by pushing back headscarves to near gravity-defying levels.
Paikidzes decision will deprive the tournament of one of the games brightest stars and biggest draws the U.S. champion who once told a magazine she would do everything I can to help more girls get into chess.
Islamic coverings for women in public required in Iran and some other nations such as Saudi Arabia have increasingly become a target for both protests and struggles over Muslim identity. Some activists in Iran have launched online campaigns against the hijab rules, while other women continually test the boundaries by pushing back headscarves to near gravity-defying levels.
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‘I will NOT wear a hijab’: U.S. chess star refuses to attend world championships in Iran [View all]
ericson00
Oct 2016
OP
Yep. Let's be clear, this is religious bullshit, not some "cultural" stricture.
stopbush
Oct 2016
#26
The hijab is a symbol of oppression to you, and those that are forced to wear it.
Exilednight
Oct 2016
#22
What makes you think this is hijab? You do know there is a difference between a headscarf and hijab
Squinch
Oct 2016
#105
i feel it is more complicated. Many are wearing it because of direct or indirect pressure
patsimp
Oct 2016
#48
I don't know about his political leanings but i doubt he'd help pass a rule like this w/o support.
randome
Oct 2016
#44
I think people should be allowed to decide for themselves what the fuck to wear, or not.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#73
Good for her. Islam is anti-woman and we should not accommodate their backwards belief system.
scheming daemons
Oct 2016
#4
It isn't about "multiculturalism." It is about fundamentalist religion making women servile
emulatorloo
Oct 2016
#133
But wait! The good folks here at DU tell me Muslim women wear hijabs by choice!
davidn3600
Oct 2016
#8
Some have the choice to wear it or face consequences that can be dire depending on the country
patsimp
Oct 2016
#49
Men in NYC, SF and Scotland feel free to rock whatever bottoms they want ....
bettyellen
Oct 2016
#58
Ridiculous! It's like mandating Iranian women to wear bikini's if they came here !!
Cakes488
Oct 2016
#16
This is interesting given the celebration of the hijab at the Olympics just 2 months ago.
MadDAsHell
Oct 2016
#21
The issue is not the hijab ... the issue is scheduling a world championship in a place where ...
etherealtruth
Oct 2016
#28
The same NCAA who hosts bowl games in the anti-LGBT Bahamas every year, including this December?
MadDAsHell
Oct 2016
#56
The thing itself doesn't empower OR oppress. It's a scarf, basically.
Warren DeMontague
Oct 2016
#77
Maybe all decisions about women's bodies should be made by a conclave of women only.
randome
Oct 2016
#98
No it isn't . It is completely legal in New York for instance. Now there are 50 states
CBGLuthier
Oct 2016
#120
Personally I think men who wear tank tops or half shirts in public should be shot.
JanMichael
Oct 2016
#102
I'll allow flip flops, but if they are also wearing socks; gas chamber.
AtheistCrusader
Oct 2016
#140
if we support the ncaa pulling shit from carolina we need to support her on this
dembotoz
Oct 2016
#41
She is Russian. I think if the Russians can get over it, maybe you should too.
CBGLuthier
Oct 2016
#122