Umfana ongumSilamsi wayekhutshiwe kumdlalo weVolleyball ngenxa yeHijab yakhe

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UNajah Aqeel, umfana oneminyaka eli-14 ubudala waseValor Collegiate Academy eTennessee, wayefudumeza umdlalo we-volleyball xa umqeqeshi wakhe wamxelela ukuba akalunganga. Isizathu? UAqeel wayenxibe ihijab. Isigqibo senziwe ngusompempe owakhankanya umthetho wokuba abadlali bafuna ukugunyaziswa kwangaphambili kwiTennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) ukunxiba isigqubuthelo sentloko ngexesha lomdlalo.

"Ndandinomsindo. Akuzange kuvakale nto," utshilo u-Aqeel kudliwanondlebe naye Namhlanje. Ndandingasiqondi isizathu sokuba ndifune imvume yokunxiba into ethile ngezizathu zonqulo.

Ukuthathela ingqalelo u-Aqeel kunye nabanye iimbaleki zabafundi abangamaSilamsi eValor bengazange bangene kulo mba ukusukela oko kwaqaliswa inkqubo yeembaleki kwisikolo samabanga aphakamileyo ngo-2018, umqeqeshi wabiza umlawuli wezemidlalo wesikolo, uCameron Hill, ukuba acaciselwe, ngokwengxelo evela kwiValor Collegiate Athletics. U-Hill emva koko wafowunela i-TSSAA ecela imvume yokuba uAqeel athathe inxaxheba kumdlalo. Nangona kunjalo, ngeli xesha iTSSAA yanika uHill isibane esiluhlaza, umdlalo wawusele ufikelele esiphelweni, ngokwengxelo. (Eyeleleneyo: I-Nike iba sisiGqeba sokuQala seMidlalo yokuQala ukwenza iHijab yokuSebenza)

“Silisebe lezemidlalo, siphoxeke kakhulu kukuba besingawazi lo mthetho okanye ngaphambili sazisiwe ngalo mthetho kwiminyaka yethu emithathu njengesikolo esingamalungu eTSSAA,” utshilo uHill kwenye ingxelo. "Iyasikhathaza into yokuba lo mthetho unyanzelisiwe ukuba unyanzeliswe njengoko oko kungqinwa yinto yokuba iimbaleki zabafundi bezikhuphisana ngaphambili benxibe ii-hijab."

Kwingxelo yayo, iValor Collegiate Athletics iqaphele ukuba isikolo asizukulunyamezela ucalucalulo ngabafundi baso ukuya phambili. Enyanisweni, emva kokungavunyelwa kuka-Aqeel, isikolo senze umgaqo-nkqubo omtsha ochaza ukuba amaqela ezemidlalo e-Valor akayi kuqhubeka nomdlalo "ukuba nawuphi na umdlali ngamnye akavunyelwe ukudlala ngenxa yaso nasiphi na isizathu socalucalulo," ngokutsho kwengxelo. Isikolo ngoku sisebenza neTSSAA ukutshintsha lo "mthetho ungathandabuzekiyo" kwaye "sikhuphe ingubo yokwamkela ukuba ukuthwala nasiphi na isithsaba sezizathu zonqulo kufanelekile ngaphandle kwemvume." (Eyeleleneyo: Esi sikolo samabanga aphakamileyo eMaine saba sesokuqala ukubonelela ngeeHijab zeMidlalo kwiimbaleki zamaSilamsi)

Kuyavela ukuba, umgaqo ofuna iimbaleki zabafundi ukuba zicele imvume ngaphambi kokuba zinxibe i-hijab (okanye nasiphi na isigqubuthelo sentloko senkolo) kumdlalo ubhalwe kwincwadana ekhutshwe yiNational Federation of High Schools (NFHS), umbutho obhala imigaqo yokhuphiswano. kuninzi lwemidlalo yesikolo samabanga aphakamileyo kunye nemisebenzi e-US (I-TSSAA, eyenza umnxeba wokungafaneleki u-Aqeel, uyinxalenye ye-NFHS.)

Ngokukodwa, umthetho weNFHS kwizigqubuthelo zentloko kwibhola yevoli ithi kuphela "zixhobo zeenwele ezenziwe ngezinto ezithambileyo kwaye zingabi ngaphezulu kweesentimitha ezintathu ububanzi ezinokunxitywa ezinweleni okanye entloko," ngokwe Namhlanje. Umgaqo ufuna ukuba abadlali bafumane "isigunyaziso kumbutho waseburhulumenteni ukuba banxibe i-hijab okanye ezinye izinto zezinto zonqulo njengoko kungenjalo akukho semthethweni," Namhlanje iingxelo.

Ilizwi lokungafaneleki kuka-Aqeel ekugqibeleni lafikelela kwi-American Muslim Advisory Council (i-AMAC), engenzi nzuzo eyakha uluntu kunye nokukhuthaza ukuzibandakanya kuluntu phakathi kwamaSilamsi eTennessee.

"Kutheni amantombazana amaSilamsi, afuna ukulandela ilungelo lawo elikhuselweyo ngokomgaqo-siseko, abe nesithintelo esongezelelweyo ekuthatheni inxaxheba ngokupheleleyo kwezemidlalo eTennessee?" USabina Mohyuddin, umlawuli olawulayo we-AMAC, uthe kwingxelo. "Lo mthetho wasetyenziselwa ukuhlazisa umfundi oneminyaka eyi-14 ubudala phambi koontanga bakhe. Lo mthetho ufana nokuxelela amantombazana angamaSilamsi ukuba adinga imvume yokuba ngumSilamsi."

I-AMAC ikwenze uxwebhu lwezikhalazo licela i-NFHS ukuba "iphelise umthetho wokucalucalula ngokuchasene neembaleki zama-Muslim hijabi." (Idibeneyo: INike iQalisa ukuSebenza kweBurkini)

Esi ayisosihlandlo sokuqala ukuba imbaleki yamaSilamsi ikhutshwe kukhuphiswano ngenxa nje yokuthwala entloko. Ngo-2017, i-USA Boxing wanika uAmaiya Zafar oneminyaka eli-16 ubudala, emcela ukuba akhulule ihijab yakhe okanye aphulukane nomdlalo wakhe. UmSilamsi ozinikeleyo wakhetha ukwenza le yokugqibela, ekhokelela kumchasi wakhe ukuba aphumelele.

Kutshanje, ngo-Okthobha u-2019, u-Noor Alexandria Abukaram owayeneminyaka eyi-16 wayenqunyanyisiwe kumnyhadala welizwe e-Ohio ngokunxiba i-hijab. Njengo-Aqeel, u-Abukaram wayefuneka ukuba afumane imvume kuMbutho weeMbaleki weSikolo samaBanga aPhakamileyo wase-Ohio ngaphambi komdyarho ukuze akhuphisane ngelixa enxibe i-hijab, Iindaba zeNBC ixelwe ngelo xesha. (Eyeleleneyo: U-Ibtihaj Muhammad ngekamva labasetyhini abangamaSilamsi kwezeMidlalo)

Ngokuphathelele amava ka-Aqeel, ixesha liya kuxela ukuba ngaba isicelo se-AMAC sokuphelisa umthetho wocalucalulo weNFHS siya kuphumelela. Okwangoku, uKarissa Niehoff, umlawuli olawulayo we-NFHS, utshilo kudliwanondlebe naye Namhlanje ukuba usompempe kumdlalo we-volleyball ka-Aqeel wasebenzisa "ukugweba okungafanelekanga" xa ecaphula umthetho. "Imithetho yethu yaphuhliswa ukuthintela abantwana ukuba banganxibi izinto ezinokubanjwa okanye zibeke umngcipheko wokhuseleko," utshilo uNiehoff. "Impilo nokhuselo [zezona] zibaluleke kakhulu. Kodwa asisoze sifune ukubona umntu oselula efumana into enje. [I-NFHS] ixhasa ngamandla ilungelo lomntu lokuba asebenzise inkululeko yenkolo."

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