An Kori Wata Matashi Musulma Daga Wasan Wasanta Saboda Hijabinta

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Najah Aqeel, 'yar shekara 14 da haihuwa a Makarantar Valor Collegiate Academy a Tennessee, tana dumama don wasan kwallon volleyball lokacin da kocinta ya gaya mata cewa ba ta cancanta ba. Dalili? Aqeel yana sanye da hijabi. Alkalin wasa ne ya yanke hukuncin wanda ya buga wata doka cewa ’yan wasa na bukatar izini kafin daga kungiyar ‘yan wasan Sakandare ta Tennessee (TSSAA) don sanya suturar addini yayin wasa.

Aqeel ya ce "Na yi fushi. Ba shi da wata ma'ana." Yau. "Ban fahimci dalilin da yasa nake buƙatar izinin sanya wani abu ba saboda dalilai na addini."

Ganin Aqeel da sauran ɗaliban musulmai 'yan wasa a Valor ba su taɓa shiga cikin wannan batun ba tun lokacin da aka fara shirin wasannin motsa jiki na makarantar sakandare a cikin 2018, nan da nan kocin ya kira daraktan wasannin makarantar, Cameron Hill, don ƙarin haske, a cewar wata sanarwa daga Valor Collegiate Athletics. Daga nan Hill ya kira TSSAA domin neman amincewar Aqeel ya shiga wasan. Duk da haka, a lokacin da TSSAA ta baiwa Hill haske, tuni wasan ya zo karshe, a cewar sanarwar. (Mai Alaƙa: Nike ta zama Gwarzon Wasan Wasanni na Farko don Yin Hijabi na Aiki)

"A matsayinmu na sashen wasannin motsa jiki, mun ji takaici matuka da ba mu san wannan doka ba ko kuma a baya an sanar da mu wannan dokar a cikin shekaru uku da muka yi a makarantar membobin TSSAA," in ji Hill a wata sanarwa. "Muna kuma takaicin cewa an zartar da wannan doka ta zababbu kamar yadda hujja ta nuna cewa 'yan wasan dalibai a baya sun yi gasa yayin sanya hijabi."

A cikin sanarwar ta, Valor Collegiate Athletics ta lura cewa makarantar ba za ta amince da nuna wariya ga ɗalibanta ba. A hakikanin gaskiya, bayan dakatar da Aqeel, makarantar ta kafa wata sabuwar doka da ke nuna cewa kungiyoyin wasanni na Valor ba za su ci gaba da wasa ba "idan an hana kowane dan wasa buga wasa saboda wani dalili na nuna wariya," a cewar sanarwar. Har ila yau makarantar a halin yanzu tana aiki tare da TSSAA don canza wannan "dokar da ba ta dace ba" da "bayar da yarda ta bargo cewa sanya kowane abin rufe fuska saboda dalilai na addini ya dace ba tare da wani izini ba." (Mai alaka: Wannan Sakandare da ke Maine ta zama ta farko da ta fara ba wa 'yan wasa musulmi Hijabi a wasanni).

Ya juya, dokar da ke buƙatar ɗaliban ɗalibai su nemi izini kafin sanya hijabi (ko kowane abin rufe kai na addini) zuwa wasa an rubuta shi a cikin littafin da Hukumar Kula da Makarantu ta Ƙasa (NFHS), ƙungiyar da ke rubuta dokokin gasar don yawancin wasanni da ayyuka na makarantar sakandare a Amurka (TSSAA, wanda ya yi kira don hana Aqeel, wani ɓangare ne na NFHS.)

Musamman, ka'idar NFHS game da suturar kai a wasan kwallon raga ta bayyana cewa "na'urorin gashi da aka yi da abu mai laushi kawai kuma ba fiye da inci uku ba za a iya sawa a cikin gashi ko a kai," a cewar Yau. Dokar ta kuma buƙaci 'yan wasa su karɓi "izini daga ƙungiyar jihohi don sanya hijabi ko wasu nau'ikan abubuwa saboda dalilai na addini kamar yadda ya saba doka". Yau rahotanni.

Maganar rashin cancantar Aqeel daga ƙarshe ya kai ga Majalisar Shawarar Musulmi ta Amurka (AMAC), ƙungiyar sa-kai da ke gina al'umma da haɓaka haɗin kai tsakanin musulmi a Tennessee.

"Me yasa 'yan matan Musulmai, wadanda ke son bin hakkinsu da tsarin mulki ya ba su, su sami karin shinge don shiga cikin wasanni gaba daya a Tennessee?" Sabina Mohyuddin, babbar daraktar AMAC, ta ce a cikin wata sanarwa. "An yi amfani da wannan doka wajen wulakanta wata daliba 'yar shekara 14 a gaban 'yan uwanta, wannan doka dai ta yi daidai da gaya wa 'yan mata musulmi cewa suna bukatar izinin zama musulma."

AMAC ta kuma kirkiri takarda kai tana rokon NFHS da ta "kawo karshen mulkin wariya kan 'yan wasan hijabi Musulmi." (mai alaƙa: Nike tana ƙaddamar da wasan kwaikwayo Burkini)

Wannan ba shi ne karon farko da aka hana wani dan wasa musulmi shiga gasar ba saboda kawai ya sanya abin rufe fuska na addini. A shekara ta 2017, damben boksin na Amurka ya baiwa Amaiya Zafar ‘yar shekaru 16 wa’adi, inda ya bukaci ta cire hijabi ko kuma ta cire mata wasa. Musulma mai kishin addini ta zabi yin na baya, inda ta kai abokin hamayyarta nasara.

Kwanan nan, a watan Oktoba na shekarar 2019, Noor Alexandria Abukaram, 'yar shekara 16, an hana ta shiga gasar kasa-da-kasa a Ohio saboda sanya hijabi. Kamar Aqeel, Abukaram an bukaci ya samu izini daga kungiyar ‘yan wasan guje-guje da tsalle-tsalle ta Ohio kafin gasar domin ya yi takara a sanye da hijabi. Labaran NBC ya ruwaito a lokacin. (Mai alaka: Ibtihaj Muhammad Akan Makomar Mata Musulmi A Wasanni).

Dangane da kwarewar Aqeel, lokaci zai nuna ko koken AMAC na kawo karshen dokar wariya ta NFHS zai yi nasara. A yanzu, Karissa Niehoff, babban darektan NFHS, ta ce a cikin wata hira da Yau cewa alkalin wasan na Aqeel ya yi amfani da “mara kyau hukunci” lokacin da yake ambaton dokar. Niehoff ya ce "An kirkiro ka'idojin mu ne don hana yara sanya abubuwan da za a iya kamawa ko kuma su haifar da hadarin tsaro." "Lafiya da aminci [sun kasance] mafi mahimmanci. Amma ba za mu taba so mu ga wani matashi ya fuskanci wani abu irin wannan ba. [NFHS] yana goyon bayan 'yancin kowa na yin amfani da 'yancin yin addini."

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