Competitors await the start of the Women’s Long Jump at the 2004 Islamic Games.
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| Didn’t Iraq beat Saudi Arabia in soccer? RIYADH, Saudi Arabia More than 30 Islamic countries so far have agreed to participate in the first-ever Islamic Games in Saudi Arabia next year, the kingdom’s sports authority said. Organizers expect more than 6,000 athletes from over 50 countries to take part in the tournament that will be held for the first time in April 2005, said a press release from the Riyadh-based Sports and Youth General Secretariat. So far, 34 countries, including Malaysia and Mali, have said they will participate. The tournament that is hosted by four Saudi cities - Mecca, Medina, Jiddah and Taif - brings together members of sports unions affiliated to the Organization of Islamic Conference. Women will not compete in the games. The conservative kingdom bars women from practicing sports, even in schools. The sports that will be contested in the tournament have not yet been announced.
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| Posted by:Sherry |
| #11 that is just hilarious. Big Ed: coffee alert! Oh and where is the outrage from the UN and Amnesty international at the trampling of women's rights? i mean after all, if it was South Africa and Blacks were banned from competing, the WORLD would be boycotting them! |
| Posted by: Anon1 2004-06-29 6:26:04 AM |
| #10 Send 'em over. Let them play The Infidels. I want the pay per view rights. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-06-28 7:26:28 PM |
| #9 shorts-and-tank-top-clad women Yea Doc, it's hard to run with an erection. |
| Posted by: ed 2004-06-28 5:36:30 PM |
| #8 I'm waiting for the fatwa that forbids Muslims from participating in the Olympics because of the shorts-and-tank-top-clad women - which means that they *must* have Islamic games of their own (I thought fun was forbidden in Islam?). Although how they're going to have swimming events with the women in burkas, I haven't a clue . . . |
| Posted by: The Doctor 2004-06-28 5:23:52 PM |
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| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-28 4:46:09 PM |
| #6 Scrappleface? |
| Posted by: Chris W. 2004-06-28 4:41:49 PM |
| #5 Soccer or SockHer? Tricycle of violence marathon? Cross-country beheadings? |
| Posted by: DANEgerus 2004-06-28 4:40:02 PM |
| #4 Dang! Women's 100m hurdles in full-length burkas. |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-06-28 4:33:14 PM |
| #3 I'm placing my bet on the Saudis to take the gold in the ritual beheading competition. |
| Posted by: sludj 2004-06-28 3:53:18 PM |
| #2 How are they going to play sports when that involves running, and when you run you can see the bottom of someone's feet, and showing the bottom of your feet is an insult? May start out as a soccer, but with all those feet flying, it'll soon be free-for-all grenadeball. Now that I think about it, maybe we should encourage this. We could suggest headresses made of red cloth and introduce bullfighting to the event. |
| Posted by: jules 187 2004-06-28 3:51:03 PM |
| #1 First ever? Wow, this looks like a chance for some world-class humiliation and seething. Maybe even a small war. Definitely making popcorn for this. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-06-28 3:37:01 PM |