USF wants NCAA to allow uniform exemption for Muslim scarf

The Ledger ^ | September 11, 2004 | Associated Press

[No Surrender No Retreat]

Probably a hell no, might offend the camel jockeys.

[No Surrender No Retreat]

Possibly maybe she will wash her ass more that once a month too.

[No Surrender No Retreat]

Crying for the inch but really wanting the extra mile. F'm.

[TheEngineer]

Andrea Armstrong, a 22-year-old Muslim convert, left the team and lost her athletic scholarship last week after allegedly being told by her head coach that she could not wear religiously mandated clothing during practices or games. She wanted to wear long pants, a top with long sleeves and a head scarf.

So I guess "shirts vs skins" is totally out of the question?

[mdmathis6]

"Possibly maybe she will wash her ass more that once a month too"

At least 5-7 days a month...if I'm not mistaken...;)

[El Gato]

A head scarf is one thing, but a whole different long sleeved, long panted uniform is quite another. The scarf, if not too ridiculous, is akin to the Jewish Yarmaluke, which the US Military allows with it's uniforms.

Besides, the female clothing rules are not particularly a funciton of the Muslim religion. Plenty of Muslim women in places like Iraq, Pakistan, Egypt, and Indonesia do not wear even a scarf, many more wear only the scarf, as a symbolic sign of their belief.

I have no problem with anyone wearing whatever they want, as long as they cover a very minimum amount, but in a team situtation, one must conform to the rules of the team. It's incumbent upon leadership to see that those rules are not deliberately discriminatory, but they need not accomodate the wishes of every individual or group.

[No Surrender No Retreat]

Dayammn, I would hate sitting next to her in a crowded class-room. I could imagine her saying, "allah akbar," as the other students passed out from her funk infested burka wrap.

[nosofar]

Something tells me once this young lady gets her way, all of a sudden her conversion will be over.

She will then have to be executed for apostasy.

[CommerceComet]

Ask the NCAA because I know that is the reason that they are banned. Doesn't make a lot of sense to me either.

[freedom44]

She wouldn't be allowed to wear the scarf in Turkey where 99% of the people are Muslim, why should she be allowed to here?

[halosfan2002]

What American woman in her right mind would want to be part of a barbaric,back wards, hateful to women religion. This woman needs a psychiatric evaluation.

[halosfan2002]

"We should invade their countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity." - Ann Coulter

[Ciexyz]

Burqa Ball

[LiberalBassTurds]

Burqa Ball

LOL Ciexyz! Thank you for the ping and for remembering :Burqa Ball." :^)

One more time for posterity...



All the best!

LBT

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[Ciexyz]

Great pic but I'd like to see those ladies playing in 120 degree heat in Sharm El Sheik, as a previous poster related!