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CALGARY (Canada) CAIR Canada is lobbying in all the states including Alberta for allowing religious head scarves to be worn on the soccer field . The two provinces of Canada are already allowing religious head scarves to be worn on the soccer field. CAIR demands the rest of the country - including Alberta - to follow suit.
The Canadian Council on American-Islamic Relations, based in Ottawa, has been pushing for the Canada-wide acceptance of the hijab on the soccer field for more than a year, spokesman Sameer Zuberi said.
He said he's frustrated that while the governing soccer bodies of B.C. and Ontario have deemed the hijab safe to wear, other jurisdictions have declared it a safety threat."It almost seems there's a question of whether we're going to accept the hijab in Canadian society," he said.
The controversy erupted in Calgary after 14-year-old Safaa Menhem was expelled from a soccer match last Saturday because she wore a hijab.
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