YPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/loose.dtd"> Ban French Female Athletes From Wearing Hijabs At The Olympics. - Sports - Nigeria NewStats: 3,261,118 , 8,173,070 topics. Date: Wednesday, 28 May 2025 at 09:23 AM Ban French Female Athletes From Wearing Hijabs At The Olympics. - Sports - Nairaland Ban French Female Athletes From Wearing Hijabs At The Olympics. (28935 Views) (4) (1) Go Down) Botragelad: 8:15pm On Jul 18, 2024 have banned French female athletes from wearing hijabs at the Olympic Games sparking a huge backlash from activists. announced that it would prevent its athletes wearing the hijab in September of last year. Now, Amnesty International has hit back at the decision which they describe as ‘discriminatory hypocrisy’. Amnesty International said that the ban breached international human rights laws and that it prevented athletes from exercising their human right to play sport without discrimination of any kind. Amnesty International and ten other organisations called on the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to step in. However, the IOC responded that overturning the policy was beyond its remit, explaining that ‘freedom of religion is interpreted in many different ways by different states.’ Visegrád 24 on X: “ has banned French female athletes from wearing hijabs while competing in the Olympics and Paralympics in Paris. 🇫🇷” / X The IOC clarified that its own rules applied in the Olympic Village and therefore athletes would be permitted to wear headscarves saying: “There are no restrictions on wearing the hijab or any other religious or cultural attire.” Anna Błuś, Amnesty’s International Women’s Rights Researcher in Europe said: “Banning French athletes from competing with sports hijabs at the Olympic and Paralympic Games makes a mockery of claims that Paris 2024 is the first Gender Equal Olympics and lays bare the racist gender discrimination that underpins access to sport in .” is the only country in Europe to prevent headscarf wearing women from participating in most domestic sports competitions. Rights groups have said that not only does the policy go against IOC’s guidelines but also international treaty obligations that are required to uphold. Although the UN have not directly addressed the ban, the UN Rights Office’s spokeswoman in Geneva said: “No-one should impose on a woman what she needs to wear or not to wear.” She also warned such practices could have harmful consequences and said policies like this are only acceptable under really specific circumstances. Source:https://www.joe.co.uk/news/-ban-french-female-athletes-from-wearing-hijabs-at-the-olympics-448970 30 Likes 1 Share Tizmamoney: 8:15pm On Jul 18, 2024 Good 145 Likes 11 Shares MufasaLion: 8:16pm On Jul 18, 2024 This is very good. If you want to live and do things according to your religion, go to countries that s your religion fully. 337 Likes 35 Shares Iceberg3: 8:18pm On Jul 18, 2024 The earlier handled these evil people,squarely the better 109 Likes 10 Shares fuckingAyaya(m): 8:19pm On Jul 18, 2024 Go to Iraq nd wear ur hijab 254 Likes 21 Shares Afonjah: 8:20pm On Jul 18, 2024 Good one. So at least we can see the bombs before they detonate. 284 Likes 29 Shares MufasaLion: 8:21pm On Jul 18, 2024 Afonjah: Good one. So at least we can see the bomb before they detonate. What sort of reasoning is this? 17 Likes 2 Shares Afonjah: 8:21pm On Jul 18, 2024 MufasaLion: What sort of reasoning is this? A stitch in time saves nine 287 Likes 23 Shares MufasaLion: 8:22pm On Jul 18, 2024 Afonjah: A stitch in time saves nine Trash. never mentioned terrorism as a reason. Stop sounding dumber than I had thought. 23 Likes 8 Shares Remman(m): 8:24pm On Jul 18, 2024 Them carry this their craze go , them think say na Nigerian northerners. 116 Likes 6 Shares Afonjah: 8:24pm On Jul 18, 2024 MufasaLion: Trash. never mentioned terrorism as a reason. Stop sounding dumber than I had thought. You must be 9 years old. 212 Likes 19 Shares SangoOlukosoOba(m): 8:25pm On Jul 18, 2024 Fvck ! A country that we have already conquered. UK is already 25% to completion.. Seems they don’t know what time it is! 100 Likes 2 Shares Paraman: 8:27pm On Jul 18, 2024 It's not a big deal, if you can't compete without making use of hijab, you can represent another country. 48 Likes 4 Shares Afonjananawerey: 8:38pm On Jul 18, 2024 Paraman: It's not a big deal, if you can't compete without making use of hijab, you can represent another country. I your opinion, they can go and represent Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran including yoruba Muslim's who live in 92 Likes 11 Shares Paraman: 8:42pm On Jul 18, 2024 Afonjananawerey: I your opinion, they can go and represent Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran including yoruba Muslim's who live in When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do 17 Likes Afonjananawerey: 8:56pm On Jul 18, 2024 Paraman:When in Rome, Do as the Romans Do We are saying the same thing, don't want Hijab and those who can't live without it should represent Morocco, Algeria, Afghanistan, Iraq, Iran and other Islamic countries, bro it's a win win situation for everybody 73 Likes 6 Shares Zxcvbnmghtr: 9:02pm On Jul 18, 2024 Religion sha ..... 106 Likes 33Cyber: 9:02pm On Jul 18, 2024 Religious tolerance everywhere Botragelad: 9:03pm On Jul 18, 2024 Zxcvbnmghtr: Religion sha ..... Meme! 1 Like DMerciful(m): 9:04pm On Jul 18, 2024 Anywhere Obi goes, we follow to achieve the new Nigeria that's POssible 54 Likes 2 Shares saddler: 9:04pm On Jul 18, 2024 Great decision...before they start hiding bombs 💣 under it and killing people 35 Likes femi4: 9:04pm On Jul 18, 2024 Long overdue Let sport remain sport....remove religion from it Else, wait for your religion to organise their Olympics 48 Likes 3 Shares Sirianese: 9:05pm On Jul 18, 2024 Botragelad:Source:https://www.joe.co.uk/news/-ban-french-female-athletes-from-wearing-hijabs-at-the-olympics-448970 The French are coming to their senses, finally! 34 Likes 3 Shares sirblend: 9:05pm On Jul 18, 2024 Hamas won't be happy with this.. 13 Likes 2 Shares ednut1(m): 9:05pm On Jul 18, 2024 Muslims and wahala migrate to arab or Muslim nations. Stop going to the west 44 Likes 5 Shares Dpharisee: 9:06pm On Jul 18, 2024 For security reasons 52 Likes 2 Shares Ngwamankillyou2(m): 9:06pm On Jul 18, 2024 They should go back to Saudi Arabia if they refuses. 15 Likes 1 Share Ezeama400: 9:06pm On Jul 18, 2024 I don't know why I find that hijab of a thing ridiculous, especially those masquerade type.. Headslamer and f***lishness 58 Likes 4 Shares whytediamond(m): 9:06pm On Jul 18, 2024 YellowbaMoslem: 9:06pm On Jul 18, 2024 We Yoruba muslims led by Muric extensively condemns this sabotaging and blasphemous submission by the french. 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