Hijab ban is limiting participation, insists FIFA’s Prince Ali

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By Andrew Warshaw

February 10 – Muslim women are being discouraged from taking up football because of the worldwide ban of the hijab, the Islamic headscarf, according to FIFA vice-president Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein of Jordan, the man leading the campaign to change the rules.

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