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Prominent soccer executives and players seek compromise on the hijab

Prominent soccer executives and players seek compromise on the hijab

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Oct 26, 2011
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FIFA Vice President Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein

By James M. Dorsey

World soccer body FIFA and observant Muslim women soccer players may be close to a compromise in their dispute over the wearing of the hijab, a headdress that covers the neck, ears and hair.

The dispute led in June to the disqualification of the Iranian women’s national team after they appear…

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