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Insaanah
04-06-2012, 03:45 PM
IOC urged to ban Saudi Arabia from 2012 over stance on women

5 April 2012 Last updated at 19:59

The president of the Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee has ruled out sending women to London 2012, leading to a call for their exclusion from the Games.

Prince Nawaf bin Faisal said his body was "not endorsing any female participation at the moment."

Sue Tibballs, chief executive of the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation, said the Saudi stance was unacceptable.

"We would expect the International Olympic Committee to exclude Saudi Arabia," she said.

"Saudi Arabia's current refusal to send sportswomen to the Olympics puts them directly at odds with one of the IOC's fundamental principles as laid out within the Olympic Charter.

"It reads that 'any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, sex or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement'."

In March, the Saudi Committee released a list of potential candidates for London which contained females, in a move which led to the IOC commenting they were "confident Saudi Arabia is working to include women athletes" for the first time.

Nawaf did not exclude the possibility that Saudi women would be allowed to compete outside of the official delegation.

This arrangement previously saw equestrian competitor Dalma Rushdi Malhas, the only possible female qualifier for London, win a bronze medal in show jumping at the Youth Olympics in 2010.

The IOC said in a statement: "We are still in discussion and working to ensure the participation of Saudi women at the Games in London."

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/17632782
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GuestFellow
04-06-2012, 05:39 PM
Salaam,

The Olympics is a waste of time and money.

IOC might as well allow women to fight against men in boxing.
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purple
04-06-2012, 06:02 PM
Women will be playing against women. From Islam perspective men should not be included because of these sportmen wear and it is in a mixed environment. Saudi should pull out altogether and stop the hypocrisy. If they want to stop women for islamic reasons, they should also note that it is also haram for men. They should also pull out of football.
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TrueStranger
04-06-2012, 06:08 PM
I wonder if IOC will allow women who want to wear hijab to participate in the Olympics? :hmm:

I agree, it's waste of money and time.
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