Muslim Girl Back on Basketball Court After Being Benched for Wearing Headscarf

Conform or go HOME. If you don't like the rules then go somewhere that you can have different ones. America wake up and STOP the Political Correctness. Before it is too late!

Maybe she should go back to her country where the other muslims live. I wouldn't miss one less muslim!

If they are going to play basketball, they should have to follow ALL THE RULES.

If you want to practice your religion, go to church. It doesnt belong in our schools. I say,
"Dont pray in my school and I wont think in your church"

You sound like an ignorant racist dubmass.

I am sick of this, a 12 y/o - or her parents - I smell a law suit. How dare they.

Not all Muslims wear the garb, so it is not actually a religious thing.....

In the bill of rights it gives you the freedom of religon. Wearing hijabs iss part os the Muslim culture and religon. Does it really matter? Its all okay now. She probably got a tear away one and no one ever got hurt. Citizens of the U.S. are supposed to be free and she IS a citizen. Let it be. It has nothing to do with you so let it go.

UMMM...In case u ppl failed to realized, this is a basketball game! u have remove all jewelery and anything that can be in the way...Of course ignorant ppl would think...oh my it's cuz she is wearing a religious headscarfs" give me a break, this is a sport all have to follow the rules, she is no exception!

Act "American?" Is that like "speak American?" The last time I checked the US was a mix of many people from many races, cultures, mother tongues, and religions. What you really mean is, look Eurocentric or white. An American can have a Phd, speak impeccible English, be born in the US, but chose to wear a sari or a Jewish yamaka (if male), or a habit (if a Catholic sister) and still somehow be viewed as OTHER, choosing not to really "be American" (whatever that means). The girls parents should have discussed the issue when she joined the team so a last minute, ill informed decision would not be placed on the coach. I suggest she gets a sports designed hijab to cover her hair and that they put any ill feelings to rest...the coach, family, student, administration.

Shut Up you racist...I am Native american and your people stole our land...and you think you have the right to play the love or leave it crap...The parents should call the ACLU. Because their rights have clearly been violated...But debdornack, where did your ancesters come from...you cannot call yourself 100% pure american, There is no such a thing your people must have wandered here from somewhere else...Judge not lest you be judged yourself...

YOU ARE RIGHT, WHY DO PEOPLE COME HERE AND THEN TRY TO CHANGE OUR LAWS, Y=SINCE YOUR OWN COUNTRY IS SCREWED UP, DON'T TRY AND SCREW UP MINE, BESIDES THAT THOSE HEAD SCARFS LOOK REALLY STUID AND IT HAS NO FASHION SENSE..........WASH YOUR HAIR AND COMB IT, NOW THAT'S AMERICAN

Yeah, our laws are pretty clear on freedom of religion but muslim garb ain't part of it. It presents a clear and present danger.

I agree with the Ref, and commentors Debdornack, Kim, Finmary11, Kenneth, Chris, Mack, and the whole lot of you. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, no matter how blunt it may sound. To be honest, yes there is a separation of Church and State, and it's not religous wear, it's a cultural issue.

Huge difference...as an enrolled Native American of a Federally Recognized Tribe, I can concur with a lot of it. We have our own beliefs, and we have cultural ties along with wearing beaded hair clips, an eagle feather on a warm-up jersey, a head band, etc. But when it comes down to it, if it's not a part of the jersey requirements, because yes, there ARE saftey regulations that we ALL must abide by, then we must take them off. Hence why usually, it's only worn during warm-up. After that, it's dress down, and get ready to play ball. We ourselves, had a muslim on our team for both Volleyball and basketball...she wore the REQUIRED uniform. She herself, knew the difference of her religous and cultural beliefs. No, she did NOT wear a hijab...good for her, by the way.

Look, I'm a fairly open-minded person, and I've been able to know a lot of people over the years. From my humble perspective, and my experience from what I've endured with oppression, this, by far, is barely anything to complain about, nor should the hijab have been allowed, PERIOD! It doesn't say anywhere in their book of the Quran, that veiling is mandated! If you're going to make one exception, then you might as well do it for everybody else. Not just because one certain religion/culture is on the hot-seat right now, due to current political endeavors. There's no excuse for it.

I'll say it as blunt as possible, and you can take it anyway you want, or ignore it all together...I don't care:
If you're going to handicap the very simplicities of a ball game, and then allow the Burqas and Hijab get-up, for the sake of "Ass-kissing" the current favoring culture...then please...DON'T MIND US IF WE SHOW UP IN FULL REGALIA, WAR PAINT, WITH WAR DRUMS IN THE BACKGROUND, READY TO START COUNTING COUP...
But wait Mr. Ref, aren't I entitled to exercise my religous and cultural freedoms too??? :P

IT'S EITHER ALL, OR NOTHING!!! KEEP THE REGULATED DRESS CODE, FOR EVERYONE, OR START EXPECTING SOME SERIOUS REPERCUSSIONS FROM ANOTHER END OF THE SPECTRUM...

You sound so stupid, learn something before posting a comment..Educate yourself about a few things...

Hi Boris, I don't think wearing a hat is an article of faith. If they have other members take off chains, watches, and so on this should be no different. If they allow those and the head gears shows to be nor legitimate problem, it should be allowed, but it is probably bad strategy for a coach to have someone on his team instantly identifiable in that they have a certain skill and it helps the opposition in defense and offense in not having to figure out where that particular player is, in that she is constantly announcing herself. The opposers would love to have Kobe Bryant wear a head dress when he plays. Aside from that, signing the waiver makes sense and not a big deal -- but religion and culture and spirituality are not the same and I think confused here, if she is only Islamic if she wears it, then she is not Islamic anyway.

REPLY : DEB DORNACK

Oh well, You are in America?!
Your comment shows me greatly what an ignorant human being you are, that is so sickening, who are you to even think of to speak such a thing? No sympathy here? WERE TALKING ABOUT A CHILD, who got benched for wearing a head scarf, so when a nun wants to play some sort of sport, and wants to keep her head covering on, we say NO because of that reason? BS, Please.

And I'm very sure, you haven't been over seas, because when i visit Europe, and the middle east as an AMERICAN, i get VIP treatment, you don't know what you're even talking about. They take even more care of you because you're a foreigner, and they try to be as polite as possible.

And your answer to this is go back to your own country? Sure, why not, if your country wasn't in war, and not such stable place, where do you go? You selfish human being, Because ITS YOUR COUNTRY, right? You can tell people go home etc. Ha.

You have no idea what your talking about, And everyone else who agrees about what you're saying, because the BIG picture is, THIS is a CHILD, who has done nothing wrong, simply wanting to play a sport.


Dee

I hear ya. I used to play sports in High school. Our religion states that we have to have a cross hanging around our necks all the time. But according to Alaska Sports Athletic Association, that was prohibited, because someones hand can get caught in the chain and hurt the player that is wearing the cross. So, what we did was use sports tape and taped our crosses to our basketball jersey's strap going over the shoulder. When we did that, everyone was happy and nobody got hurt. We did not call the press or go to courts, but then again like I mentioned earlier we wore CROSSES, and not jihabs or whaterver.

"I am just so tired of all of these muslims" WOW! Really? Many have fought and died for this country. This is your country but not yours alone and all who live here should be treated fairly.
"What has happened to the country I fought for and my husband died for? Where did it go, because I want it back!"
Lastly, it's called progress, we have done some good things and some not so good things but we will never go back, deal with it.