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| December 13, 2011The first annual Purple Hijab Day
Feb 12 2011 - 12:00pm
Feb 12 2011 - 4:00pm
Location
Telus Building, U of A
111 Street and 87 Avenue TEL 150
EdmontonCanada
53° 31' 22.4904" N, 113° 31' 4.1988" W
See map: Google Maps
This event is being hosted in the hopes to bring many domestic violence organizations and individuals together to show support for survivors of Islamic domestic abuse.
We are asking everyone to wear purple and are going to give away purple ribbons to support this cause.
This event will be a seminar/ conference with speakers telling us the importance of this murderous act and how to minimize it as much as possible. We are hoping to have a presentation to show to the audience of various examples happening around the world.
Sanaa Tariq: 780-952-7460
Iran fights Fifa ban on hijab
Iran's football federation says it is sending a delegation to Fifa - the international football association - to urge the Geneva-based association to overturn its ban on the hijab, or Islamic headscarf.
The ban effectively prohibits the Iranian women's team from playing in the Youth Olympic Games in Singapore this August.
Fifa says the dress contradicts the game's charter.
Alireza Ronaghi reports from Tehran, for Al Jazeera.