Terrifying Hate Crime Attack in Sheffield: Two Muslim Schoolgirls Attacked By 4 Women Trying To Rip Off Hijabs
New
Age Islam News Bureau
21
November 2021
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Terrifying Hate Crime Attack in Sheffield: Two Muslim Schoolgirls Attacked By 4
Women Trying To Rip Off Hijabs
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With League Launch, Saudi Women Dream Of Professional Footballing Careers
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Iran’s Women Soccer Goalie To Sue Jordan For Suggesting She’s A Man
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Iran to Compete at World Taekwondo Women’s Open Championships
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Karnataka: Journalist Booked For Morphing Video To Show Muslim Women Shouting
Pro-Pakistan Slogan
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Marchers Across France Decry Violence Against Women
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Terrifying
Hate Crime Attack in Sheffield: Two Muslim Schoolgirls Attacked By 4 Women
Trying To Rip Off Hijabs
Rabat – A 40-year-old woman has attacked a Muslim
teenager in Sheffield UK for wearing a hijab. (Representative Image)
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By
Chiara Fiorillo
20
Nov 2021
A
group of four women tried to rip the hijabs off two Muslim teenagers in a
terrifying hate crime attack, police have said.
The
shocking incident took place at around 7.40pm on October 14, when the girls,
aged 14 and 13, were leaving a place of worship in Sheffield.
Police
say they were approached by four unknown women, who assaulted them both by
grabbing them and trying to remove their traditional Muslim dress and hijab .
Since
the incident, which is being treated as a hate crime, police officers say they
have carried out extensive lines of enquiry and are appealing for anyone with
information to come forward.
"It
is reported that at around 7:40pm on 14 October, the girls, aged 14 and 13,
were leaving a place of worship in Staniforth Road when they were approached by
four unknown women.
A
hate incident is defined as any in which the victim, or anyone else, thinks is
based on someone's prejudice towards them because of their race, religion,
sexual orientation, disability or because they are transgender.
It
falls into three categories: physical assault, verbal abuse and incitement to
hatred.
Source:
Mirror
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/muslim-schoolgirls-attacked-after-mosque-25505785
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With
League Launch, Saudi Women Dream Of Professional Footballing Careers
Photo: AFP
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AFP
NOV
21 2021
Saudi
Arabia's launch of its first women's football league on Monday is expected to
pave the way for girls who dream of turning professional -- and maybe even
playing in a World Cup.
Long
condemned for harsh restrictions on women, Saudi Arabia lifted a decades-old
ban on female footballers only a few years ago, and it is now aiming to develop
a national team strong enough to contest major tournaments.
The
ultra-conservative Muslim nation has faced criticism for using sports events to
gloss over its poor human rights record and the imprisonment of women
activists.
Its
latest step in the reform drive came this month when the Saudi football
federation announced the formation of a women's soccer league in which 16 teams
will take part, with games set to be held in Riyadh, Jeddah and Dammam.
Among
those excited by the move was Farah Jafri, who said she hoped to turn
professional and play in England's top division as well as represent her
country on the biggest stage at the World Cup.
"At
the beginning of my football journey, I faced some difficulties in that not all
people accepted it," she told AFP.
"But
my family and friends used to encourage me a lot," said the ponytailed
18-year-old, who was donning in a jersey.
Like
many other girls who were passionate about football but unable to participate
in competitions, Jafri played on the street with her relatives or at school
with friends. Her only other outlet was watching games on television, she said.
The
kingdom adheres to a rigid interpretation of Islam, and the involvement of
women in sport is still frowned upon in some quarters.
But
since the rise to power of Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in 2017, some
restrictions on women have been lifted as the country opens up to the world
through sweeping reforms. The shift has enabled women to get behind the wheel
and take part in m...
Jafri
is one of around 30 players selected from 400 candidates to be a part of the
Saudi national women's squad, according to officials.
"I
dream of the day I can represent my country in the women's World Cup," she
said, adding that she also hopes to play for English side Manchester City at
the club level.
There
are no women's teams affiliated with sports clubs in Saudi Arabia, whose men's
team has qualified for the World Cup five times.
During
a training session in Riyadh, the women in the national team camp excitedly
took to the field at Prince Faisal bin Fahd Stadium, some of them without veils
but wearing long tracksuits under their shorts.
Officials
have yet to announce any sports clothing restrictions for Saudi women, who, in
the past, faced close scrutiny from the religious police enforcing a strict
dress code.
The
team's goalkeeper, Lama al-Oneizi, said she was elated to be a part of the
team. "I fulfilled my dream and even my parents' dream because they are
the ones who encouraged me a lot on this journey," the 25-year-old told
AFP.
Saudi
Arabia has so far set up three training centres for girls between the ages of
13 and 17 across the country, with plans to establish up to nine by 2025.
It
announced this week that Monika Staab of Germany was appointed as head coach of
the women's national team, which has been dubbed the 'Green Eagles'.
"Everything
is new, just like a baby starts to walk, to stand," said Staab, who won
the inaugural UEFA Women's Cup in 2002 as the manager of Eintracht Frankfurt.
The
Saudi national women's squad is currently preparing for its first friendly
match in February.
Staab,
who has previously coached the national women's teams for Bahrain and Qatar,
said she was optimistic. "In five to eight years, they would be number one
in the Gulf and this would be a big achievement," she said.
Source:
Deccan Herald
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Iran’s
women soccer goalie to sue Jordan for suggesting she’s a man
By
TOI STAFF
21-11-2021
The
goalkeeper on the Iranian women’s soccer team announced she will sue the Jordan
Football [soccer] Association over its calls to investigate her sex after her
team beat out the Hashemite kingdom to qualify for the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup,
according to a Friday report.
Zohreh
Koudaei denied the accusations and said she would sue for harassment, saying
Jordan was “questioning her femininity,” the London-based Arabi 21 news site
reported.
The
president of the Jordan Football Association, Prince Ali Bin Al-Hussein,
tweeted last week a letter “requesting a gender verification check” on Koudaei,
suggesting that the goalkeeper was a man posing as a woman.
Koudaei
said Jordan’s request and the subsequent spread of the allegations in the media
was “crude and inappropriate, reaching the point of bullying.”
Iran
beat Jordan 4-2 on penalties after a goalless draw on September 25 to qualify
for the 2022 Women’s Asian Cup for the first time in its history.
“The
medical staff have carefully examined each player on the national team in terms
of hormones to avoid any problems in this regard, and so I tell all fans not to
worry,” Irandoost told sports news site Varzesh3 on last week.
Screen
capture from video of Iran’s goalkeeper Zohreh Koudaei during the AFC Women’s
Asian Cup India 2022 Qualifiers against Jordan, September 25, 2021. (Twitter)
It
also alleged that the Iranian women’s team “has a history with gender and
doping issues,” and called for “due process” to be followed.
“The
Jordanian team considered themselves the big favorite to qualify… and when they
lost… it was natural to seek relief under false pretenses, and to escape
responsibility for this failure.”
Iranian
men playing as women has plagued the female leagues in the past. In 2014, the
Telegraph reported that mandatory gender-testing was to be implemented after
several players — including four in the women’s national team — were discovered
to be men who had not yet undergone sexual reassignment surgery.
Source:
Times Of Israel
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Iran
to Compete at World Taekwondo Women’s Open Championships
November,
20, 2021
TEHRAN
(Tasnim) – Iran will send an eight-member team to the first World Taekwondo
Women’s Open Championships in Riyadh next week.
The
three-day G-4 event, due to start on November 25, will be the first major
women’s taekwondo event held in Saudi Arabia and has attracted entries from 170
athletes representing 36 countries.
Athletes
will compete in eight weight categories in matches comprising three two-minute
rounds at the Green Halls in the Saudi Arabian capital.
The
competition will implement a single-elimination system with the first two days
of competition dedicated to preliminaries and semi-finals before the finals on
November 27.
Winning
athletes will secure 40.0 ranking points with second and third place taking 24
and 14.4 ranking points respectively.
Source:
Tasnim News
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Karnataka:
Journalist booked for morphing video to show Muslim women shouting pro-Pakistan
slogan
Scroll
Staff
21-11-2021
A
journalist and a two others were booked on Saturday by the Karnataka Police in
Kodagu district for allegedly morphing a video to show that Muslim women were
shouting “Pakistan zindabad [Long live Pakistan]” slogan, reported The News
Minute.
The
journalist, who is the prime accused, has been identified as Harish. One of the
other two accused persons is a local gram panchayat member named Raghu.
Source:
Scroll
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Marchers
Across France Decry Violence Against Women
By
Associated Press
Nov.
20, 2021
PARIS
(AP) — Tens of thousands of protesters marched Saturday through Paris and other
French cities to demand more government action to prevent violence against
women. The demonstrations come amid growing outrage in France over women killed
by their partners and as French women are increasingly speaking out about
sexual harassment and abuse.
“We
are always putting the blame on the women," Parisian demonstrator
Ghislaine Gireire-Revalier said, expressing sympathy for women who are trapped
in violent domestic situations. "What we forget is the phenomenon of being
in one’s grip ... little by little it’s like a spider that surrounds you in its
web.”
Groups
fighting violence against women said at least 101 women have been killed by
their partner or ex-partner in France so far this year — about one woman every
three days. More than 220,000 women are suffering physical or sexual abuse by
their partner each year, according to a 2017 nationwide study.
Activists
are urging President Emmanuel Macron's government to dedicate 1 billion euros
($1.1 billion) each year to fight violence against women, instead of 360
million ($406 million) spent now, in part to create more shelters.
Demonstrator
Meryll Le Goff said “there are measures that have been put into effect like the
telephone for those in serious danger,” a special phone with a button to push
to alert police. Over 2,500 such phones were being deployed in the country in
September, the Justice Ministry said.
“But
there aren’t enough for everyone," Le Goff said. "Measures half done,
men who are detained temporarily or even imprisoned but are eventually released
without any measures that follow ... that's the problem.”
The
protests are part of a week of global actions marking the International Day for
the Elimination of Violence against Women.
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