We’re atheists. So no religion will be tolerated around here, not in the nation of “Taekwondo”, anyway, nope. So, apparently, says the “World Taekwondo Federation”—that leading body of “world” moralists.
They may want to rethink the phraseology before entering into competitions in the world’s countries which have lots of self-described religious people. Some countries have populations in which like 70 percent of the citizens describe themselves as Christians—some countries as high as 85% Christian. Of course I’m speaking of Canada, and the U.S., respectively. In other words, they tend to “recognize” religions there. Thank God.
Taekwondo Federation upholds ban on wearing hijabs
MONTREAL—Muslim women who participate in competitions sanctioned by the World Taekwondo Federation will not be allowed to wear a hijab.
The decision came Monday following a request for a ruling from the Canadian Taekwondo Federation after two young Muslim girls were banned from a competition last month in Longueuil, Que.
The world federation indicated in a letter to the Canadian federation that it does not recognize any religion and would not make any accommodation for hijabs…
Because “it does not recognize any religion”? They decided that way because they’re committed atheists over there at the big World Taekwondo Fed? And are merely against religious symbolism? I understood it was a safety issue, and a good one at that. Do they ban the singing of “O Canada” prior to events owing to its reference to God and our prayer contained therein that He keep it glorious and free?
I suspect this has more to do with the World Taekwondo Federation exercising a wee bit of wienerism. I’m actually hoping that’s the case, though I don’t condone it.
It may not be the World Taekwondo Federation’s place, as mere Taekwondoers, even if they are a “world” “governing” body like the liberals’ sacred United Nations, to choose to “recognize religion” or not. Rather, their place might be to recognize safety issues and fairness rules and organizing schedules and such.
For my part, I was hoping they’d settle the matter on the basis of it being a simple, but definitive safety issue in addition to a non-appeasement of the Muslims’ latest of their often ridiculous dhimmitudinal demands—for example in line with their recent demands that schools provide foot baths in the washrooms for students to wash their feet before their five-times-per-day prayers. Which the schools agreed to. While banning Christmas.
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