I will wear a hijab

... if that means I'll be allowed to play in the Womens' WCC. Deal, FIDE?

lol...

http://europe.newsweek.com/us-chess-federation-absolutely-supports-nazi-paikidze-hijab-row-509555?rm=eu

LOL

I wonder if Iran would let me wear a mantilla instead...

macer75 wrote:

... if that means I'll be allowed to play in the Womens' WCC. Deal, FIDE?

http://www.discounthijabsbylofina.com/

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/09/26/europe/switzerland-hijab-passport-trnd/

It is just a piece of cloth

http://www.standard.co.uk/news/crime/hijab-pulling-victim-londoners-did-nothing-to-stop-my-attacker-or-check-if-i-was-okay-a3364951.html

If "it is just a piece of cloth", then then no one should care if the players don't wear it.

But the real issue is that FIDE failed to live up to its promise to defend players' rights.  FIDE should have delayed choosing a WWC host country until they received an acceptable bid.  Delaying the WWC by a few months would be preferable to forcing professional chess players to choose between submitting to intolerance vs damaging their careers.

It is just a piece of cloth...that causes alot of issues. 

For purely aesthetic reasons, most men should wear a bag over their heads.

just put a bird on it.

http://www.seventeen.com/life/school/news/a42622/school-blames-girls-clothing-for-male-students-low-grades/

Adam to God :"It's just a fig leaf !"

100% of women who wear a hijab have hormones and so will feel sexually aroused.  So what does the hijab really do?  I'm puzzled. 

wear a hijab here and be seen by a policeman. €11 fine.

it seems more dangerous than guns

Are you suggesting that it sexually arouses women?

If that's the case, then it's all the more reason for me to wear one.

LOL

why no big debate about nuns wearing full face garb i wonder