FIFA endorsement of Hijab proposal may end dispute with Iran and Muslim women
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Iranian women's team: disqualified for wearing the hijab
By James M. Dorsey
World soccer body FIFA has endorsed a proposal to lift a controversial ban on women wearing a hijab in a move that brings closer a resolution to demands by religious female Islamic soccer players that they be allowed to wear a headdress in line with their interpretation of their f…