Paris Olympics 2024 : Olympics 2024 is going on in Paris, the capital of France. A controversy has arisen here regarding hijab. Muslim women alleged that due to France’s hijab law, female athletes are being prevented from playing wearing hijab. Many women have also raised questions about this. This time in the Olympics, while Muslim women of other countries are playing wearing hijab, French athletes were forced to give up hijab. 24-year-old basketball player Daibah Konate, who lives in France, claimed that there was a lot of diversity in the opening of the Olympics. In 2017, the International Basketball Federation lifted the ban on playing wearing hijab, but the Basketball Federation of France refused to lift the ban on hijab. In France, along with the players, coaches and referees were also prevented from wearing hijab.
What has France said?
The French Basketball Federation says that this shows France’s policy of secularism. Here people are prohibited from wearing religious clothes in public places. At the same time, the female player said that despite being a good player, she has not been given the opportunity to play in the Olympics. Daiba Konate claimed that I could have made my place in the Olympics. But the ban on hijab separated me. Talking to Turkish broadcaster TRT World, Konate said that being in this situation is frustrating. I don’t know what to do. It is difficult for me to accept. I want to play basketball for a long time and I don’t want to leave it now.
‘Giving up the hijab is not an option’
She also said that she will never remove the hijab because it is a part of her life. Now giving up the hijab is not an option. On the question of playing in another country, she said, I believe that I should not need to go anywhere else to play. I want to stay in Paris with my family.
There was a ruckus with them over Hijab too
During the opening ceremony of the Olympics, French sprinter Soukamba was being stopped because she was wearing a hijab. But she wore a cap at the last moment. Australian boxer Tina Rahmani questioned the hijab ban. She said that women should have the right to decide what to wear and what not to wear.