Muslim athlete disqualified over uniform

[MissBrattified]

Originally Posted by Evang.Benincasa

You are totally correct Sister, so my question is, what's the story suppose to incite, or prove?

I think its supposed to incite the idea that she is being treated unfairly because of her religious beliefs, and also, the comment at the end of the article about her having the fastest time effectively leaves the impression that they are getting rid of the fastest runner to make room for the "regular" kids.

At least...that's what I got out of it.

I also find it difficult to believe that her coach didn't tell her ahead of time that she would have to have a plain unitard. I would be interested to know who dropped the ball, communication-wise. If she was told, then she is solely to blame, and it looks like she is simply defying the rules for the sake of defying them.

If she wasn't informed ahead of time of the requirement, or of a rule change, whether on paper, by her coach or otherwise, then that would point to some unfair treatment. Especially if she was allowed to compete last year in the same unitard, as the article states. I'm just not buying that as the complete story.

[Evang.Benincasa]

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

I think its supposed to incite the idea that she is being treated unfairly because of her religious beliefs, and also, the comment at the end of the article about her having the fastest time effectively leaves the impression that they are getting rid of the fastest runner to make room for the "regular" kids.

At least...that's what I got out of it.

That sounds fair.

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

I also find it difficult to believe that her coach didn't tell her ahead of time that she would have to have a plain unitard. I would be interested to know who dropped the ball, communication-wise. If she was told, then she is solely to blame, and it looks like she is simply defying the rules for the sake of defying them.

Seems that she didn't know and that it was let go for three years. I found that interesting. Still the problem seems to be about the colors and not about what is being covered.
the news article is trying to make us believe that the argument is aboutt the Islam covering issues, but in reality it is about the multi colors that were chose.

Originally Posted by MissBrattified

If she wasn't informed ahead of time of the requirement, or of a rule change, whether on paper, by her coach or otherwise, then that would point to some unfair treatment. Especially if she was allowed to compete last year in the same unitard, as the article states. I'm just not buying that as the complete story.

Unitard being an Islamic issue was not the problem, but it was all about what colors the girl chose. Which has nothing to do with her religious freedom.

thank you Sister.

In Jesus name

Brother Benincasa

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