Friday, January 21, 2011

Maryland youth basketball league forces 12-year-old to sit because of her religious head scarf

12-year-old Maheem Haq was benched from part of her basketball game.
After a 12-year-old Muslim girl was disqualified for the first half of a youth basketball game because she wore a religious head scarf, parents in Maryland are calling for officials to make some common-sense rules.

The discussion began when a referee made Maheem Haq sit out the game because she wouldn't take off the head scarf, which he deemed could be a danger on the court. Maheem, like many Muslim women, wears the scarf as a sign of modesty. Read more...

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