Mnyamata wachisilamu adasiyidwa pamasewera a volleyball chifukwa cha Hijab
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Najah Aqeel, wazaka 14 zakubadwa ku Valor Collegiate Academy ku Tennessee, anali kukonzekera masewera a volleyball pomwe mphunzitsi wake adamuuza kuti wachotsedwa ntchito. Chifukwa chake? Aqeel anali atavala hijab. Lingaliro lidapangidwa ndi woyimbira milandu yemwe adatchula lamulo loti osewera amafunikira chilolezo kuchokera ku Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association (TSSAA) kuvala chophimba kumutu pamasewera.
"Ndinakwiya. Zinalibe zomveka," adatero Aqeel poyankhulana ndi Lero. “Sindinamvetse chifukwa chake ndinafunikira chilolezo chovala chinachake pazifukwa zachipembedzo.
Poganizira za Aqeel ndi othamanga ena achisilamu achisilamu ku Valor anali asanakumanepo ndi nkhaniyi kuyambira pomwe pulogalamu yamasewera a kusekondale idakhazikitsidwa mu 2018, mphunzitsiyo nthawi yomweyo adayitana wamkulu wa sukuluyi, Cameron Hill, kuti afotokoze, malinga ndi mawu ochokera ku Valor Collegiate Athletics. Kenako Phiri anaimbira TSSAA kupempha chivomerezo kuti Aqeel atenge nawo mbali pamasewerawo. Komabe, pomwe TSSAA idapatsa Phiri kuwala, masewerawa anali atatha kale, malinga ndi zomwe ananena. (Zogwirizana: Nike Akhala Chimphona Choyambirira Chovala Zamasewera Kuti Apange Hijab Yogwira Ntchito)
"Monga dipatimenti yothamanga, ndife okhumudwa kwambiri kuti sitinadziwe za lamuloli kapena kudziwitsidwa za lamuloli m'zaka zitatu zomwe tinali membala wa TSSAA," adatero Hill m'mawu ena. "Ndifenso okhumudwa kuti lamuloli lakhala likugwiritsidwa ntchito mwachisawawa monga umboni wotsimikizira kuti othamanga ophunzira adachitapo nawo mpikisano atavala hijab."
M'mawu ake, Valor Collegiate Athletics adanenanso kuti sukuluyi sidzalekerera tsankho kwa ophunzira ake kupita patsogolo. M'malo mwake, kutsatira kuletsedwa kwa Aqeel, sukuluyo idakhazikitsa lamulo latsopano lonena kuti magulu amasewera a Valor sapitiliza ndi masewera "ngati wosewera aliyense saloledwa kusewera pazifukwa zilizonse zatsankho," malinga ndi mawuwo. Sukuluyi ikugwiranso ntchito ndi TSSAA pakali pano kuti isinthe "lamulo losavomerezeka" ndi "kuvomereza bulangeti kuti kuvala chophimba kumutu pazifukwa zachipembedzo n'koyenera popanda kufunikira kovomerezeka." (Yokhudzana: Sukulu Yapamwamba Ku Maine Inangokhala Yoyamba Kupereka Ma Hijabs Amasewera Kwa Asilamu Achisilamu)
Kutembenuka, lamulo loti othamanga ophunzira apemphe chilolezo asanavale hijab (kapena chophimba chilichonse chachipembedzo) pamasewera lidalembedwa m'buku loperekedwa ndi National Federation of High Schools (NFHS), bungwe lomwe limalemba malamulo ampikisano pamasewera ambiri kusekondale ndi zochitika ku US (TSSAA, yomwe idayitanitsa kuti ayenerere Aqeel, ndi gawo la NFHS.)
Mwachindunji, lamulo la NFHS pa zophimba kumutu mu volleyball limanena kuti "zida zatsitsi zopangidwa ndi zinthu zofewa komanso zosaposa mainchesi atatu zimatha kuvala tsitsi kapena kumutu," malinga ndi Lero. Lamuloli likufunanso kuti osewera alandire "chilolezo kuchokera ku bungwe la boma kuti azivala hijab kapena zinthu zina zamtundu uliwonse pazifukwa zachipembedzo chifukwa ndizoletsedwa," Lero malipoti.
Mawu oti Aqeel sanayenerere kuvomerezedwa adafika ku American Muslim Advisory Council (AMAC), bungwe lopanda phindu lomwe limamanga anthu komanso kulimbikitsa kuyanjana pakati pa Asilamu ku Tennessee.
"Chifukwa chiyani atsikana achi Muslim, omwe akufuna kutsatira ufulu wawo wotetezedwa ndi malamulo, ayenera kukhala ndi chopinga china kuti achite nawo masewera ku Tennessee?" Sabina Mohyuddin, wamkulu wa AMAC, adatero m'mawu. "Lamuloli linagwiritsidwa ntchito kuchititsa manyazi wophunzira wa zaka 14 pamaso pa anzake. Lamuloli likufanana ndi kuuza atsikana achisilamu kuti akufunikira chilolezo kuti akhale Msilamu."
AMAC yakhazikitsanso pempho lopempha a NFHS kuti "athetse lamulo la tsankho kwa othamanga achi Muslim hijabi." (Zogwirizana: Nike Akuyambitsa Magwiridwe Burkini)
Ino si nthawi yoyamba kuti wothamanga wachisilamu atulutsidwe pampikisano chifukwa chongovala chovala chamutu chachipembedzo. Mu 2017, USA Boxing adapereka chigamulo kwa Amaiya Zafar, wazaka 16, kumupempha kuti avule hijab kapena amugonjetse. Msilamu wodzipereka anasankha kuchita izi, zomwe zidapangitsa kuti mdani wake apambane.
Posachedwa, mu Okutobala 2019, Noor Alexandria Abukaram wazaka 16 adachotsedwa pamiyambo yaku Ohio chifukwa chovala hijab. Monga Aqeel, Abukaram amayenera kupeza chilolezo kuchokera ku Ohio High School Athletic Association mpikisano usanachitike kuti apikisane atavala hijab, Nkhani za NBC adanenedwa panthawiyo. (Zokhudzana: Ibtihaj Muhammad Pa Tsogolo La Akazi Achisilamu Pamasewera)
Ponena za zomwe Aqeel adakumana nazo, nthawi ikudziwitsa ngati pempho la AMAC lothetsa ulamuliro watsankho wa NFHS lipambana. Pakadali pano, a Karissa Niehoff, director director a NFHS, adati poyankhulana ndi Lero kuti woweruza pamasewera a volleyball a Aqeel adagwiritsa ntchito "kusaganiza bwino" potchula lamulolo. "Malamulo athu adapangidwa kuti tipewe ana kuvala zinthu zomwe zitha kugwidwa kapena zomwe zingaike pachiwopsezo," adatero Niehoff. "Thanzi ndi chitetezo ndizofunikira kwambiri. Koma sitikufuna kuwona wachinyamata akukumana ndi zotere. [NFHS] imalimbikitsa mwamphamvu ufulu wa aliyense wogwiritsa ntchito ufulu wachipembedzo."