Islam

The referee took out a red card because a lady runs in the soccer game.
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There was friendly soccer game by the Christian clergy and Islam Imams in the capital of Norway, Oslo. The game was held because the Imams had refused the participation of a female priest.
The friendly match was united as part of council in Oslo. One of the executives of the local Christianity association seemed regretful, said "It seems like everything went well, but it was a shame that the potential body contact with the female priest was too dangerous for the Imams."
According to the local news agency, the Christians made a lot of efforts to allow the female priest to participate in the game. They said if the female priest couldn’t participate, even if she wore pants to prevent direct body contact, then they wouldn’t play the Imams..
However, this resulted in strong objections from the parties concerned. And, the captain of the church team had to resign.
Still one of the executives of the Christianity association said “It is not just a negative thing. We learned to understand each other’s cultures better, and to talk openly. ” They tried to look at the situation positively.

I don’t know a lot of things about Islam, but I had studied about it a little, especially about women. So I have an image of Islam as a strict religion about women. They always have to wear scarf when they go outside, and they have to hide their hair something like that. If I were them, I would feel like this is a suppression of human rights. It is really sounds sad because there are women who can play any sports freely, and women who can’t play any sports because of clothes in the same world. There must be a lot of other things they can’t do because of clothes or religion.