Squaring soccer with Islam
By James M. Dorsey
Women’s passion for soccer is not simply love of the beautiful game. It fulfils a need to release pent-up energy and imitate others and endangers their role in a conservative Muslim society that severely restricts women’s freedom, including the right to play football.
That is Saudi psychiatrist Imad al-Dowsari’s analysis of heightened s…
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