International Weightlifting Federation Submits to Islamic Supremacism

Anywhere Western law and Islamic law conflict, it is always Western law that must give way -- and worse still, it is the non-Muslims who do the bidding of the Islamic supremacists.

Back on June 11th, I reported that US-born Kulsoom Abdullah, a 35-year-old weightlifter, wanted to wear the hijab instead of the regulation uniform that is required. She took up the sport and qualified to compete in her first national competition last year, but refused to wear the required garb.

So now the Muslim Brotherhood group CAIR is going to sue to change the dedicated rules of sport.  

USA Weightlifting had said  in a statement that "uniforms must not cover either the knees or the elbows because the judges must be able to see that the lifter has locked out his or her knees and elbows in order for the lift to be deemed completed." The IWF announced that it would discuss Abdullah's request at a June 26 meeting in Penang, Malaysia. United States Olympic Committee spokesman Mark Jones said the group is committed to being "inclusive" but that it was up to the IWF to decide if the modified uniform would provide a "competitive advantage."

One weightlifter lamented, "While I sympathize with the reason she wants an exception, this is an issue about the integrity of the sport. I have competed in both powerlifting and olympic lifting. Supportive equipment that increases the weight lifted is a BIG problem in powerlifting. Squat suits can add up to 200 pound to a competition squat. Olympic lifting has worked hard to keep supportive gear out of the sport. The reason for the tight rules on uniform is to keep out supportive gear and make it easy to catch people who try to cheat and use it. Something as simply as bunching up material beind the knees or an extra tight leotard under the uniform can increase the weight lifted and the consistency of a lifter. This is especially true at lower weights (under 120kilos)."

The IWF caved. Was the outcome in any doubt?

The reporter, dhimmi Christopher Seward, softsells it as Muslimas will now be able to compete "without worrying about attire that is too revealing." Weightlifting uniforms are revealing? Well, then, so are potato sacks. And Seward completely omits Hamas-tied CAIR's role, instead painting Abdullah as a one-woman Muslima on a mission.

CAIR took the credit in its daily alert:

The IWF policy change, which now allows a full-body unitard under the compulsory weightlifting attire, came following intervention by CAIR in the case of a Muslim weightlifter in Georgia who wishes to compete while covering her hair, arms and legs.

Weightlifting attire rules changed after Atlanta Muslim woman's mission

By Christopher Seward The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

An Atlanta Muslim woman can now enter weightlifting competitions without worrying about attire that is too revealing after international rules governing uniforms were changed Wednesday.

Bob Andres, bandres@ajc.com Kulsoom Abdullah sets the weights for her workout. She had been declared ineligible to compete in national competitions because of her Islamic dress.

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Bob Andres, bandres@ajc.com Kulsoom Abdullah "jerks" from the box as part of her workout.

The International Weightlifting Federation approved new guidelines that give women, particularly Muslim women, the option of dressing in attire that doesn't leave their legs and arms exposed.

The IWF will now allow women weightlifters to wear a one-piece full-body tight-fitting "unitard" under the compulsory weightlifting costume.  The unitard will allow technical officials to see and verify that lifts are being made, the organization said.

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Weightlifter and Georgia Tech graduate Kulsoom Abdullah has waged a personal campaign to have the rules changed, pressing both the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Weightlifting to push for reforms. It was the USOC that urged the IWF to consider changes during a meeting in Malaysia this week.

Hamas-tied CAIR waged holy war ........

The change paves the way for Abdullah, who had been barred from competing nationally because she insisted on covering most of her body, to enter more events. The 35-year-old woman, who holds a doctorate in electrical computer engineering from Tech, competes in  women's senior weightlifting division.

“I’m really happy that it happened,” Abdullah said Wednesday. “I’m really thankful for the support that was out there in the public."

Comments

[Xavier823]

Since the Federation made a rule allowance for one religion/culture then they should just throw the dress/uniform rule out. It clear states in the bible that Christians should do things in modesty. It should then be easy enough for any Christian to now refuse to wear the proper uniform on religious grounds also. So Christian weight lifters wear what ever feels modest and have a lawsuit lawyer ready to make some money.

[Richard]

"The IWF will now allow women weightlifters to wear a one-piece full-body tight-fitting "unitard" under the compulsory weightlifting costume. The unitard will allow technical officials to see and verify that lifts are being made, the organization said."

Interesting the weightlifting uniform would be described as a "costume". It's not a costume, it's a uniform. At least this was an across the board rule change for all, not just for the muslima. If there's an advantage to the unitard it will be an advantage available to all competitors. That's not to say this capitulation should have happened it the first place; it shouldn't have. But at least it's somewhat fair.

[Lillith66]

She must F@*k off and join another sport then....makes me want to tear my face off in frustration....WAKE UP PEOPLE.!!!!!!!!

[Mikey]

All other concerned weight lifters should immediately boycott, to remove credibility to the proceedings.

[nuff z nuff]

BOYCOTT the Muzzrible Four-leggers!!!

[ParahSalin]

Meanwhile, our government forces underage sexual assault victims to publicly cheer for their rapist by name, calling is an essential state function.

http://www.ca5.uscourts.gov/opinions/unpub/09/09-41075.0.wpd.pdf

Not so long ago we would have understood this to be a form of torture. We are rapidly approaching the point where violence is the only option.

[kafir]

...like a big ankel length hoop skirt, starting at the neck, that's modest right?

[Cate]

I'm surprised some muzzie whackadoodle hasn't carved her head off or gouged out her eyes and chewed off her nose, just for being a part of this sport. I'm sure we'll be hearing about that soon.

[lonestar]

This "religion" is going to get someone to infiltrate every sport, every type of business, school, everything they can in order to legally challenge western law. They will not stop until they get every law overturned to comply with their 7th century rules.

[wri7913]

I would say there should be a requirement that anyone wearing gear other than the normal sport gear (ie hijab) should undergo an xray, backscatter and metal detector prior to competing.

[Dave]

What's next? Beauty contests with a really strange bathing suit competition?

[Elle]

Seriously, someone initiate kicking the effers out of the country, please! this is absurd.

ab(dull)ah, just get your sex change operation over with and go back to your hell (hole) of a country!! I can't imagine anyone in our republic American public being supportive of yet another Invasion of "our" culture. IWF/WWF wtf, you caving, cowering bunch of pansies!!!

we don't want to see anything with a hijab, burka or anything that resembles raghead - I spit on you, ptha, ptha...you, and everyone like you, stink like rotten eggs.

maybe there's no regard in the country where you're from, but in USA, it's not customary to sh*t where everyone eats.

Baseball, HOTDOGS, apple pie & Chevrolet, is the American Way, baby, and most of us want to keep it that way! ptha

[Elle]

christopher seward - you're a pansie a$$ Coward! you and IWF/WWF can F**koff!!!

what does Pat Condell have to say: listen

http://www.patcondell.net/

http://dotsub.com/view/84f5c72d-b0ba-408c-ace3-8cc40995e011

http://dotsub.com/view/3bf356fd-7125-4db7-ba59-4179d43abc52

[juniper]

Just like the UK where mozlem doctors and nurses( maybe an oxymoron!) are allowed to ignore rules of hygiene and wear long sleeves and droopy scarves that pick up dirt.

[Quietwolf]

I agree except that Ford is the car/truck of choice!

[Alyn]

In Saudi Arabia women cannot even drive cars. Why would CAIR want women to lift weights unless it is to somehow degrade the sport.

[Frack]

So she can now feel modest wearing a "one-piece full-body tight-fitting unitard" while being stared at by male judges.

Camel Toe, indeed.

Gives new meaning to "Clean and Jerk".

[WH]

It is a claiming of Territory. Simply marking it (as in like a dog) is claiming psychological territory in the kuffar society. Taking territory is a key expression of Islamic faith.

[Scott]

I don't know about you, but when I look real closely, I can see the outline of her breasts and that OFFENDS THE HECK OUT OF ME!!
I thought this was MODEST DRESS!!
And what about THOSE WRISTS and SEXY, SLIM ARMS??
If she's going to dress MODESTLY, I DEMAND that she wear one of those lamp shade-looking thingys.
This is absolutely UNACCEPTABLE!!!!

[Kevin Hughes]

...and snatch!

[this just in...]

i believe recent studies have shown that athletes with early childhood traumatic clitorectomies have far greater levels of testosterone production and are thus disqualified from competition.

eerrr... unless the competition committee is under immediate threat of beheading

[Call me Lennie]

Seeing as how the ONLY weapon that Muslims have in this political fight is the "hate" and "bigotry" card, it follows that there are some cases that just aren't worth condemning. I think this is one of them.

International Sports bodies have been making accomodations for Muslim female athletes as far back as the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona. I saw several Muslim women distance runners wearing non-regulation outfits. An international sports body does have to make some accomodation to Muslims; they represent 25% of the people on the planet. And clearly this woman represents a liberalizing strand of Islam. So if you push this too hard, Pamela it will be spun as you picking on this poor woman out of sheer hatred for Muslims

And yes, there are any number of hypocrisies in this story, but there were a 100 other events that occurred this week that reflect far more poorly on Islam and don't play into CAIR's "victim of Islamophobia" card. I'd say focus on them and just let this go.

[Revnant Dream]

The West is collectivly bending over for these Islamist swine.
Whats next on the islamification list. The Olympics?

[Willie Evershave]

If the camel toe doesn't show, contest what she is wearing beneath it. Do a full TSA style pat down. A uniform is a uniform, and that should require everyone to wear the same thing, so dress like her. Yes, these rule modifying toads are pansies, just like Obama's junior grade G-men. What else could you expect from these world class elite wimps? I would boycott the damned thing, but that's just me; I don't watch it anyway. The problem with a boycott is that that is letting the garbage class micro-cephalic mutts fill the world with their ancient, uneducated, and backward crap that is slowing the advancement of civilization. The few that we (in the USA) have educated in our super liberal universities have no trouble leading their sheeple to the slaughter, which is about the same thing the Obama tribe is doing to the sheeple of the United States. Damned little difference if you ask me, and you didn't, but that's my opinion, take it or leave it! Since we can't say God in English any more, maybe we should ban whatever other religions call their gods in the USA as well; censor one, censor all, fair is fair, isn't it? At the risk of being politically incorrect -- God Bless the legal citizens of the USA!

[Rob]

Have we lost the ability to say no?
If you dont like the rules, find another sport.
Muslims however just pull the race/religion card and that is it, we cave!
I am so tired of this constant bending over. If we want to
save our western civilization and non-Obama values then we better bloody well
start saying NO!!!

[Elle]

Yes, it appears to be exactly that: the "taking of" by [terror] as a key expression of the Islamic...(alright, faith, if you can honestly define it as such).

...as I read in an earlier Atlas post..."jihad here, jihad there..jihad, jihad, everywhere a jihad!"

Happy to be born a kuffar, ready & willing to fight for the preservation of my Country!

[Jermaine]

"And clearly this woman represents a liberalizing strand of Islam. So if you push this too hard, Pamela it will be spun as you picking on this poor woman out of sheer hatred for Muslims"

Hey you know why it looks like Pamela is picking on a poor Muslim girl for sheer hatred of Muslims, because that's exactly what it is.

[Xavier823]

your right

[Joel]

Someday I will compete at the International Level in a muslim country. I will have the following stenciled on my singlet:

'INFIDEL CRUSADER'

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