Competitors at a world Tae Kwon Do tournament to be held in Quebec City May 31 will be allowed to wear a hijab, an international federation governing the sport has ruled.
According to a temporary decision handed down by the International Tae Kwon Do Federation, wearing the Muslim veil while practicing the sport is "neither dangerous nor unfair."
The association has created an ad hoc committee to study the question further.
The Quebec Tae Kwon Do Federation had submitted the question to the sport's international body after the April 15 instance in which two young Muslim girls were barred from competing with hijabs underneath their helmets.
The Quebec federation had refused to authorize the wearing of hijabs themselves even in a version modified for sports.
Source: The Gazette
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