post, Noor was surprised to see her scores weren’t counted as she was allowed to finish the race. “They were checking me and my teammates in per usual. The officials were checking our uniforms, making sure we didn’t have any uniform violations,” Abukaram recounted to her cousin. “The officials noticed a stripe on one of my teammates [sic] shorts which didn’t match the rest of the teams uniforms so they made her change into plain black shorts before the race.
Abukaram, who is part of the Sylvania Northview team, also added that she noticed her coach talking to the officials before her race, but after the race, she checked her placing to discover her name wasn’t there, and her teammates told her she had been disqualified because of her hijab. “Immediately my heart drops, I become nauseous and feel like I got punched in the gut.
“The officials did not give me the same respect that they gave my teammate who was also violating a rule when they told her to change her shorts and gave her the chance to fix herself,” Abukaram told her cousin. “I wasn’t given the chance to explain myself to them because they didn’t have the decency to tell me what the issue was,” she continued. “I should not have to get a waiver signed and approved by OSAA [sic] to allow me to race due to my religious head covering.
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ZobaidaFalah Wow, you folks are just riding this bullshit. NOT because of a Hijab, disqualified because her coach didn't do his/her JOB and bring a uniform exemption letter. But you all want it to be Islamaphobic, when essentially it is a COACH NOT ABIDING BY UNIFORM RULES THAT APPLY TO ALL.
The OHSAA is bullshit. They should have approached her and told her ahead of the competition instead ignoring her completely until she couldn’t fight that her scores qualify. Never fucking assume anything, their students and it’s the OHSAA job to fucking tell them about waivers