{"id":5436,"date":"2016-10-04T11:58:47","date_gmt":"2016-10-04T17:58:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/?p=5436"},"modified":"2016-10-04T11:58:47","modified_gmt":"2016-10-04T17:58:47","slug":"hijab-ing-chess-players","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/janetheactuary\/2016\/10\/hijab-ing-chess-players.html","title":{"rendered":"Hijab-ing Chess Players"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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First of all, who knew that there was a separate world championship\u00a0for female chess players? \u00a0I didn\u2019t. \u00a0Sure, I knew there were chess clubs and competitions specifically for girls, which I had always figured were meant simply as encouragement for girls to play, if they\u2019d otherwise walk into a room full of boys and turn around. \u00a0But I\u2019m surprised that there are top-level competitions.<\/p>\n

At any rate, though, no doubt you\u2019ve read that the next World Championship for female chess players will take place in Iran, and consequently, all women, including players, and, well, anyone else, will be required to wear headscarfs. \u00a0(See CNN<\/a>\u00a0for a recent report.) \u00a0 It\u2019s also unclear as to whether women will be able to consult privately with their male coaches or whether this will be prohibited also in accordance with sex-segregation law.<\/p>\n

What\u2019s odd, though, is this: \u00a0Iran ended up as the host by default, since, according to Wikipedia<\/a>, no other country had volunteered to be the organizer. \u00a0What that means isn\u2019t entirely clear \u2014 does the organizing body place requirements on the sponsor that limit the prospective organizers? \u00a0Does the relevant federal government have to kick in a fistful of cash or meet other requirements that deter other countries? \u00a0Again according to Wikipedia<\/a>, the championship has been held in all manner of communist and former-communist countries, along with Turkey, India, Spain, Monaco, and the Philippines, in recent history.<\/p>\n

But what\u2019s shocking to me is that, according to CNN and elsewhere, no one in the international organizing body, FIDE, nor in the various national bodies, had any concern with the forced hijab, until players started making their protests public.<\/p>\n

How\u2019s this as a solution: \u00a0during the tournament, every single person who thought this was a good idea, whether in attendance in Iran, or sitting in their comfy living rooms, and whether male or female, wears a headscarf and conforms to Iranian law. \u00a0Fair\u2019s fair, right?<\/p>\n

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