Facing Islamist threats, Bangladesh girls forced to cancel football matches

[Kittens Are Jerks]

Asha Roy, 17, was excited to take part in a women's football tournament, but her hopes were dashed as Islamists forced the organisers to cancel the match in northern Bangladesh. Shortly before the game began earlier this month, the Islami Andolan Bangladesh group announced a protest rally against the event in Rangpur region, saying it was un-Islamic. Fearing trouble, local police stepped in and the women's team members were asked to return to their home for their safety.

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cdxnwnye7wko

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Grown men threaten violence against children for the act of wanting to compete in sports.  Too many members of that religion have shown themselves to be 7th-century vile characters.  I think the world is headed to a showdown between what little civilization we still hang on to and this rising body of intense hate and desire to compel all to its rules.

[Abramelin]

Quote:

"The Islamists insist that the match they stopped was against their religious values and say that they are determined to prevent any future football games.

"If women want to play football, they should cover their entire body, and they can play only in front of female spectators. Men cannot watch them play," Maulana Ashraf Ali, the leader of the Islami Andolan Bangladesh in the Taraganj area of Rangpur, told the BBC.

Mr Ali also insisted that the group "definitely" want hard-line Islamic Sharia law in Bangladesh."

Fkg primitive numbskulls.