Osemusha WamaSulumane Wakhishwa Emdlalweni Wakhe We-Volleyball Ngenxa Ye-Hijab Yakhe

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UNajah Aqeel, umfana omusha oneminyaka engu-14 ubudala eValor Collegiate Academy eTennessee, ubefudumeza umdlalo we-volleyball lapho umqeqeshi wakhe emtshela ukuthi uzokhishwa. Isizathu? U-Aqeel wayegqoke i-hijab. Lesi sinqumo senziwe ngunompempe obecaphuna umthetho wokuthi abadlali badinga ukugunyazwa kusengaphambili yiTennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) ukuthi bagqoke izembozo zenkolo ngesikhathi somdlalo.

"Bengithukuthele. Bekungenangqondo," kusho u-Aqeel exoxa naye Namuhla. "Ngangingaqondi ukuthi kungani ngangidinga imvume yokugqoka okuthile ngenxa yezizathu zenkolo."

Uma kucatshangelwa u-Aqeel nabanye abasubathi abangamaSulumane eValor abakaze bangene kulolu daba selokhu kwethulwa uhlelo lokusubatha esikoleni samabanga aphezulu ngo-2018, umqeqeshi wabiza umqondisi wezokusubatha wesikole, uCameron Hill, ukuze acaciselwe, ngokusho kwesitatimende esivela kuValor Collegiate Athletics. UHill wabe eseshayela iTSSAA ukuthi icele imvume yokuthi u-Aqeel abambe iqhaza kulo mdlalo. Nokho, ngesikhathi i-TSSAA inika u-Hill ukukhanya okuluhlaza, umdlalo wawusuvele usuphelile, ngokusho kwesitatimende. (Okuhlobene: INike Iba Yokuqala Yezingubo Zemidlalo Ukwenza iHijab Yokusebenza)

“Njengomnyango wezokusubatha, siphoxeke kakhulu ngokuthi besingazi ngalo mthetho noma sake saziswa ngalo mthetho eminyakeni emithathu esiyilungu le-TSSAA,” kusho u-Hill kwesinye isitatimende. "Kuyasiphatha kabi ukuthi lo mthetho ubusetshenziswa ngokukhetha okufakazelwa nawukuthi abasubathi abangabafundi bake baqhudelana begqoke ama-hijab."

Esitatimendeni sayo, iValor Collegiate Athletics iphawule ukuthi isikole ngeke sikubekezelele ukubandlululwa kwabafundi baso uma beqhubekela phambili. Empeleni, ngemuva kokungavunyelwa kuka-Aqeel, isikole sishaye inqubomgomo entsha esho ukuthi amaqembu ezemidlalo eValor ngeke aqhubeke nomdlalo "uma kukhona umdlali ovunyelwe ukudlala nganoma yisiphi isizathu esibandlululayo," kusho isitatimende. Isikole njengamanje sisebenza neTSSAA ukushintsha lo "mthetho ongacabangi" futhi "sikhiphe ingubo yokuvuma ukuthi ukuthwala noma yini ukuthwala ekhanda ngenxa yezizathu zenkolo kufanele ngokungangabazeki ngaphandle kwesidingo semvume." (Okuhlobene: Lesi Sikole Esiphakeme eMaine Sivele Saba Esokuqala Ukunikeza Ama-Hijabs Ezemidlalo Kuma-Athletes AmaSulumane)

Kuyavela ukuthi, umthetho wokuthi abadlali bezemidlalo bacele imvume ngaphambi kokugqoka i-hijab (noma enye into ethwala ikhanda) emdlalweni ubhalwe encwadini ekhishwe yiNational Federation of High Schools (NFHS), inhlangano ebhala imithetho yokuncintisana emidlalweni eminingi yezikole eziphakeme kanye nemisebenzi e-US (I-TSSAA, eyenze ikhwelo lokuyekisa i-Aqeel, iyingxenye yeNFHS.)

Ngokuqondile, umthetho we-NFHS mayelana nokumbozwa kwekhanda ku-volleyball uthi kuphela "imishini yezinwele eyenziwe ngezinto ezithambile futhi ezingadluli amayintshi amathathu ububanzi ezingagqokwa ezinweleni noma ekhanda," ngokusho kombiko. Namuhla. Umthetho futhi udinga ukuthi abadlali bathole "imvume evela enhlanganweni kahulumeni yokugqoka i-hijab noma ezinye izinhlobo zezinto ngenxa yezizathu zenkolo njengoba kungenjalo emthethweni," Namuhla imibiko.

IZwi lokungafaneleki kuka-Aqeel lagcina lifinyelele kwi-American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC), engenzi nzuzo eyakha umphakathi futhi ekhuthaza ukuzibandakanya komphakathi phakathi kwamaSulumane eTennessee.

"Kungani amantombazane amaSulumane, afuna ukulandela ilungelo lawo elivikelwe ngokomthethosisekelo, abe nesithiyo esithe xaxa sokubamba iqhaza ngokuphelele kwezemidlalo eTennessee?" USabina Mohyuddin, umqondisi omkhulu we-AMAC, esitatimendeni. "Lo mthetho usetshenziselwe ukululaza umfundi oneminyaka engu-14 phambi kontanga yakhe. Lo mthetho ufana nokutshela amantombazane amaSulumane ukuthi adinga imvume yokuba ngumSulumane."

I-AMAC iphinde yakha isicelo esicela i-NFHS ukuthi "iqede umthetho obandlululayo kubasubathi bama-Muslim hijabi." (Okuhlobene: INike Yethula Ukusebenza KweBurkini)

Akukhona okokuqala umsubathi oyiSulumane ekhishwa emqhudelwaneni ngenxa nje yokuthwala inkolo ekhanda. Ngo-2017, i-USA Boxing yanikeza u-Amaiya Zafar oneminyaka engu-16 isiphetho, emcela ukuthi akhumule i-hijab yakhe noma alahle umdlalo wakhe. UmSulumane ozinikele wakhetha ukwenza lokhu, wahola umphikisi wakhe ukuthi anqobe.

Muva nje, ngo-Okthoba 2019, uNoor Alexandria Abukaram oneminyaka engu-16 wakhishwa emcimbini owawungenela izwe e-Ohio ngenxa yokugqoka i-hijab. Ngokufana no-Aqeel, u-Abukaram kwakudingeka athole imvume ku-Ohio High School Athletic Association ngaphambi komjaho ukuze ancintisane egqoke i-hijab, Izindaba ze-NBC kubikwe ngaleso sikhathi. (Kuhlobene: U-Ibtihaj Muhammad Ngekusasa Labesifazane BamaSulumane Kwezemidlalo)

Mayelana nolwazi luka-Aqeel, isikhathi sizosho ukuthi isicelo se-AMAC sokuqeda umthetho wokucwasa we-NFHS sizophumelela yini. Okwamanje, uKarissa Niehoff, umqondisi omkhulu weNFHS, usho lokhu enkulumweni abe nayo Namuhla ukuthi unompempe emdlalweni we-volleyball ka-Aqeel usebenzise "ukwahlulela kabi" lapho ecaphuna umthetho. "Imithetho yethu yasungulwa ukuze kuvinjwe izingane ukuthi zingagqoki izinto ezingase zibanjwe noma zibe sengozini yezokuphepha," kusho uNiehoff. "Impilo nokuphepha [kuyizinto] ezibaluleke kakhulu. Kodwa asifuni nakancane ukubona umuntu omusha ebhekana nesimo esifana nalesi. [I-NFHS] isekela ngokuqinile ilungelo lanoma ubani lokusebenzisa inkululeko yenkolo."

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