Muslim boys school soccer team “felt uncomfortable” playing against girls


This story was published: 1 hour ago May 31, 2015 12:41AM

A MUSLIM boys school refused to play soccer against a team while it had two girls in it, forcing the female players to the sidelines so the match could continue.

The match, in Caledon, Canada, almost stopped at half-time when boys from the INSA Private Islamic High School took issue with the fact their opposing team from Robert F Hall Catholic School had female players, Metro reported.

Carla Briscoe and another girl only played in the team because there wasn’t a girls team in the grade. In a recent match when they were ahead 3-1, the boys school team told the referee at half-time some of them felt uncomfortable playing against females and would have to forfeit the game.

But Carla and the other girl — knowing their team needed a certain amount of goals to progress in the tournament, and not wanting to let their team mates down — agreed to stand aside so the game could continue.

“I was upset, I just didn’t feel like I had finally made the progress to be on the team,’ Carla told City News.

While she said she understood “their culture” she worried it would put other girls off playing sports.

Her team ended up winning 6-1 but both teams may potentially face each other again later in the season.

After the match Essa Abdool-Karim, the coach from the ISNA Private Islamic High School, they were unaware that girls were allowed to play in the league, even though the rules clearly set out it could happen.

‘Free mixing is generally something we do not do, more so out of respect than anything,” he said.

He told City News: “We want them to understand this balance between religion and having to sacrifice the sport you love is a difficult situation.”

If they face the same team again he doesn’t think they will play them, but added they were trying to find a solution to the problem.

http://www.news.com.au/sport/football/muslim-boys-school-soccer-team-felt-uncomfortable-playing-against-girls/story-fndkzvnd-1227376442370

Surprise surprise :lol:

What if one of the boys tackled a girl and she fell pregnant.....somebody think of the children!

Muslim's blowing up over a non-issue.

Well, surprise surprise.

Joffa posting news.com.au horseshit.

Surprise surprise.

-PB

Struggling to see the outrage here. Bottom of the barrel stuff. The divide and conquer media machine working as intended.

The comments from the teacher are disappointing.

Religon of tolerance & peace.

That's the problem here.

Even though their culture is clearly misogynistic, you can't criticise it with fear of sound "racist".

Any issue related to islam, such as this one, turns left-leaning people into narrow-minded conservatives.

Here's a hypothetical for everyone. What happens if gay marriage is legalized and two gay muslim men wish to get married in a mosque and the mosque refuses? Will we see Sarah Hansen-young on TV berating the said as bigoted?

The legalisation of gay marriage will only legalise secular marriages. There will be no obligation of any religion to marry members of the same sex. For the same reason that two Catholics can't get married in a mosque.

Makes me sick when people who criticise organised religions have the hide to say tha all people have the right to be married wherever they like.

There is no legal obligation necessarily but that hasn't stopped Christian churches in countries that have legalised SSM from coming under fire from various groups when they have refused to marry same-sex couples. The point i'm trying to make is would these groups react in the same fashion towards any sheik or mosque that would refuse to marry a muslim same sex couple? Highly doubt they would.

Get rid of religion plz.

That's a bit unfair.

Some have got with the times, other's are stuck in the middle-ages.

Agree, or just sterilise everyone that follows it.

left-leaners supporting Nazi final solution eugenics
situation normal

world's biggest hypocrites

kids, watcha gonna do

Then the public education system may also find itself in need of reform.

I have no problem with a religion refusing to marry anyone they don't want to.

they'll be glad to know they have your high and mighty endorsement

](*,) Neither do I. My point was simply about the hypocrisy of many liberals/left who are so quick to judge Judaism and Christianity yet hold a view that every stance held by Islam has to be respected otherwise you're a bigot/racist. How do you not see that is the point I'm trying to get across?

he's a leftist, dont expect objectivity :lol:

Can you find some examples? My pitchfork is ready.

I agree with you. I also dislike the hypocrisy. I have a very dim view of religion. All religions. There is not enough criticism of religion. Nothing annoys me more than when people scream racism when religion is criticised.

These muslim boys need to grow a pair of balls and get out there and play. Nothing is going to happen just because they happen to be on the field with a couple of girls. If girls are allowed by the competition rules then what they did is just cheating the opposing team of perfectly legitimate players.

Yeah but they don't know that lol.

They've been taught that women are beneath them etc etc.

-PB

You have a valid point.

People are afraid of copping being called racist or an islamaphobe. I encourage criticism of religion. It is a system that is there to be criticised. If they want to be public enterprises they need to cop the flak that comes with it.