UK department store stocks sports hijabs

Wearing a hijab in sports has long been a contested issue


Web Desk May 06, 2015
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LONDON: House of Fraser, a British department store group, has started selling 'sports hijabs' for women to wear when they exercise and even while swimming.

The store, which delivers to over 130 countries, offers a variety of head scarves on their website.

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A spokesperson for House of Fraser told a newspaper, "I can confirm that are we are now stocking the Shorso sportswear brand online as we offer a wide range of products to suit our diverse customer base."

The move is likely to make head scarves easily available for women in non-Islamic countries who would previously have to depend on specialist shops.

Read: Pregnant Muslim woman in France attacked for wearing headscarf

The hijabs, made by Shorso, are available in vibrant colours with floral, striped and plain black designs, retailing at £14.99 per headscarf.

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The item description reads: 'This patterned sports hijab is perfect for swimming and aerobics. The light weight and durable fabric adjusts to your head size, allowing for a perfect fit every time.'

Wearing a hijab in sports has long been a contested issue.

Previously, the Qatar women's basketball team withdrew from the Asian Games 2014 in South Korea after they were prohibited from wearing the hijab during matches.

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However, despite a ban on headgears and hair accessories in sports uniforms in world basketball, Fifa announced it was allowing the use of head scarves in matches for religious reasons.

Read: FIFA lifts ban on hijab for women footballers

This article originally appeared on Mail Online 

COMMENTS (2)

ajeet | 8 years ago | Reply I'm always amazed at the progress that the Islamic society is making all around the world. Saudi Arabia should now invent driver less car so that women need not have to drive at all.
Yusuf Khan | 8 years ago | Reply Being a Muslim, I'm insulted by the headscarf used as a token of "Muslim modesty". This is nothing more than a way to attract people to notice, while the women uses this as a way to circle herself with a garland yet revealing body structure and stark make-up; which defeats the every essence of why Hijab was recommended. No one cares what your hair looks like. Under the hijab, most of the time, the woman has "less perfect hair" to show, so she uses designer hijab as an added tool to be noticed. Notice: how she uses the make of a hijab to highlight her complexion and contours of face. Hijab is supposed to be used in sync with the rest of "the attire", which includes non-"invoking" clothing. In relation to hijab, is this new trend of abbaya, which also has turned to be a fashion statement. Rhine-stone mosaic patterns. This does the same: attract men's attention. Come-on, girls and women: stop kidding your self of this "sense of peity" to market yourself.
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