This Football Player’s Hijab Slipped Off So The Opposing Team Came To The Rescue
Even though it could seem sports games are all about competition and opposition, one thing always comes first even in competitive environments. And that’s, of course, kindness. After all, that’s one of the key elements of being human. This team of football players found a way to the hearts of so many people on the Internet and is now praised for exactly that – their act of kindness in their willingness to put off the game and run to their opponent just to give her private space to fix up her hijab. Scroll down for the heartwarming story and video!
During the match, the hijab of a player from Shabab al-Ordon Club slipped off and uncovered some of her hair
The display of kindness that’s getting so much praise occurred during a WAFF Women’s Club Championship match between the Arab Orthodox Club and Shabab al-Ordon Club in Jordan. During the match, one of the players suddenly stopped as her hair slipped off from under her hijab after losing the ball to the opposing team.
As her teammates were nowhere close at the moment, women from the opposing team huddled up to give her some privacy
Instead of using the situation, players from the Shabab al-Ordon Club quickly gathered around her to provide some privacy, so that she could put her hair back into the hijab. After halting the game for almost 30 seconds, they quickly came back to it after the unnamed athlete fixed up her hair.
And halted the game for almost 30 seconds before going back to the game once their opponent fixed up her hair back into the hijab
Hijabs are headcoverings worn by some Muslim women. They are required to be worn by all women in some Muslim countries but in Jordan it’s up to an individual’s choice. This came to be a problem in sports sometimes, as FIFA had a ban over wearing headscarves until 2014.
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Bigger than sports.
When a soccer player’s hijab started falling off to reveal her hair, her opponents gathered around to provide cover while she fixed it. (via @JordanFA) pic.twitter.com/rSUxM0S5Xe
— ESPN (@espn) October 23, 2019
The Internet fondly responded to this act of kindness
In the eight times the word hijab, or a derivative, appears in the Koran, it means a “barrier” or “curtain,” with spiritual, not sartorial, meaning. Today, well-intentioned women are wearing headscarves in interfaith “solidarity.” But, to us, they stand on the wrong side of a lethal war of ideas that sexually objectifies women as vessels for honor and temptation, absolving men of personal responsibility. This purity culture covers, segregates, subordinates, silences, jails and kills women and girls around the world.
The weird thing to me is that one of those references is during the part that talks about both male and female clothing. It talks about how both men and women should cover to the wrists and ankles, and that the hair should be covered for both sexes. It only talks about the face being covered for women. And in the talk of the face and hair covering for both sexes it states it's not required if it would draw undue attention to yourself, such as in places where wearing it would stand out. It's very odd to me that that part of it gets cast off, and that the men of Islam don't properly cover their hair as well.
It's a hadith not the Quran. Not all hadiths are followed by all Muslims as their not proved to be legit. All the Quran says it's to wear loose garments, and cover their bosoms with a veil over their heads. How you decide that to be interpreted is in your hands. But the Quran mentions both man and women wearing loose garments and a veil over their heads. Please read and seek knowledge over what you're reading online. Not just about this but everything.
First of all, hijab isn't a scarf in Islam, it means to cover up with modesty. And it's prescribed for both men and women. To cover their bodies with modesty. Also when we speak about the scarfs used religiously it's not something exclusively islamic, religions like: Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Shikhism, etc for so many many centuries without a problem and it was never and still isn't oppression. I know this post is about a Muslim girl and her hijab but you coming in here saying it segregates is ridiculous and fuels up that thought, African women in their tribes use it and in America there's a lot of African American women that use it and its not segregation so why call it a purity culture and treat it as a problem if they choose to cover their hair? It is very sad that Muslim people have to go through this abuse nowadays when humanity should've learned we shouldn't be discriminative like people that used to support antisemitism. If you actually knew any Muslim women that cry their eyes out because someone ripped their hijab and spit on them that they so proudly love wearing then you can say whatever you want. To me it's like tomorrow someone says all women need to wear skirts and rip the clothes or spit on women faces because they feel it isn't right the image on the toilet door has a skirt and women in real life don't. Why can't humanity just be more humane and leave people do their thing and stop trying to tell other nations what they need to be doing. I thought we had enough of colonisations and enslavements and slaughtering other countries and tell them what to do or what we think is right for them. That kind of mentally projects hatred. You should talk to actual Muslim women instead of just reading the "newspapers".
This brought tears to my eyes. True sportsmanship and solidarity, two of the many reasons I love football and humanity. Ladies, I salute you!
idk why people downvoted your comment but they are stupid
people that don't agree with you are stupid? How's that working out for you?
Religious indoctrination and supplication is a helluva thing
In the eight times the word hijab, or a derivative, appears in the Koran, it means a “barrier” or “curtain,” with spiritual, not sartorial, meaning. Today, well-intentioned women are wearing headscarves in interfaith “solidarity.” But, to us, they stand on the wrong side of a lethal war of ideas that sexually objectifies women as vessels for honor and temptation, absolving men of personal responsibility. This purity culture covers, segregates, subordinates, silences, jails and kills women and girls around the world.
The weird thing to me is that one of those references is during the part that talks about both male and female clothing. It talks about how both men and women should cover to the wrists and ankles, and that the hair should be covered for both sexes. It only talks about the face being covered for women. And in the talk of the face and hair covering for both sexes it states it's not required if it would draw undue attention to yourself, such as in places where wearing it would stand out. It's very odd to me that that part of it gets cast off, and that the men of Islam don't properly cover their hair as well.
It's a hadith not the Quran. Not all hadiths are followed by all Muslims as their not proved to be legit. All the Quran says it's to wear loose garments, and cover their bosoms with a veil over their heads. How you decide that to be interpreted is in your hands. But the Quran mentions both man and women wearing loose garments and a veil over their heads. Please read and seek knowledge over what you're reading online. Not just about this but everything.
First of all, hijab isn't a scarf in Islam, it means to cover up with modesty. And it's prescribed for both men and women. To cover their bodies with modesty. Also when we speak about the scarfs used religiously it's not something exclusively islamic, religions like: Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Shikhism, etc for so many many centuries without a problem and it was never and still isn't oppression. I know this post is about a Muslim girl and her hijab but you coming in here saying it segregates is ridiculous and fuels up that thought, African women in their tribes use it and in America there's a lot of African American women that use it and its not segregation so why call it a purity culture and treat it as a problem if they choose to cover their hair? It is very sad that Muslim people have to go through this abuse nowadays when humanity should've learned we shouldn't be discriminative like people that used to support antisemitism. If you actually knew any Muslim women that cry their eyes out because someone ripped their hijab and spit on them that they so proudly love wearing then you can say whatever you want. To me it's like tomorrow someone says all women need to wear skirts and rip the clothes or spit on women faces because they feel it isn't right the image on the toilet door has a skirt and women in real life don't. Why can't humanity just be more humane and leave people do their thing and stop trying to tell other nations what they need to be doing. I thought we had enough of colonisations and enslavements and slaughtering other countries and tell them what to do or what we think is right for them. That kind of mentally projects hatred. You should talk to actual Muslim women instead of just reading the "newspapers".
This brought tears to my eyes. True sportsmanship and solidarity, two of the many reasons I love football and humanity. Ladies, I salute you!
idk why people downvoted your comment but they are stupid
people that don't agree with you are stupid? How's that working out for you?
Religious indoctrination and supplication is a helluva thing