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andresrojas22 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
balls on your chin nubbs
FlatulenceFox (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
Women still are not to drive or travel without the permission from a male family member in Saudi Arabia. With a society with such primitive laws restricting the movement and lives of women, there is no valid reason they can give for not allow women to compete in the Olympics.
EIbrandedcontent (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
I'm fascinated by althletes mindsets and physical ability to push themselves to extreme levels when competing... it's amazing.
nubbs (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
most olympians now use these crazy high tech body suits anyways, like you see in swimming and in track, which cover the arms and legs.
i'm sure a muslim woman who choses for herself to be covered could theoretically dive with a spandex body suit and a swim cap, which would cover most skin.
ealshabaan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
and for the driving issue, it is also wrong not to allow women drive there
ealshabaan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
"morocco, egypt, ...... there is no law in islam against women going to the olympics. "
-i agree 100%
"....there isnt even anything in the koran that instructs women to completely cover themselves in public"
-yes, nothing in the koran instructs women to "completely" cover. BUT, there is something that says they have to cover "most" of their body in public.
so, if you could find a game in the olympics that does not required uncovering, then women can go for it.
nubbs (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
morocco, egypt, afghanistan, syria, turkey and pakistan have all sent muslim women to the olympics
islam allows women to compete in sports. some, like habiba gheribi of tunisia, competes in track and field and still covers her head and legs.
there is no law in islam against women going to the olympics. there isnt even anything in the koran that instructs women to completely cover themselves in public
only saudi arabia bans women, just like they ban them from driving
ealshabaan (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
it is simple, because women, in Islam, are not allowed to show most of their body to the public. so, whenever there is a situation like this, then they, the women, are not allowed.
nubbs (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
al jazeera should do a story on why saudi arabia does not allow women to compete at the olympics |
