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Eleven Iranian women have been banned from the Konishi Cup karate competition in Kalmar, Sweden, after they refused to remove their hijab. The women ended up watching the competition from the stands at the beginning of August when head referee Javier Escalante declined to give them a special dispensation, a Swedish-based English-language online newspaper The Local said quoting the Sveriges Radio.
It added that the Iranian women had traveled to Sweden solely to take part in the championship.
Escalante pointed to karate rulebook, which states that all competitors are forbidden to wear jewelry, necklaces or headgear.
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Posted by Tehranchik, 16 August, 2007 20:56:36Iranian women have to follow the rules of the game just like all of the others. Normally I would defend their right to wear the hejab if it's a matter of choice. I don't think women should be forced to wear or not wear the scarf---they should be able to chose. In this case it's the rule of the game---"No head gear" Sorry girls.
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