Discrimination occurs in many sports, not just in football. Despite great progress in the UK, especially in fighting racism, there is still discrimination that must be fought whenever it surfaces. Nevertheless, even though great strides have been made there is no resource where people can easily and quickly access in depth information on discrimination in sport in Britain.We intend to fill that void.
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Magazine: Muslim Women's Sport

20

Feb

2009

Much Needed Role Models PDF Print E-mail
Written by Aiysha Malik @ MWSF   

british muslim female sports fan with union flagAiysha Malik is the Spokesperson of the Muslim Women’s Sports Foundation. 

The Muslim Women’s Sports Foundation (MWSF) – the brain-child of Ahmed Versi of The Muslim News – is an ever-growing organisation. It is devoted towards developing the potential and encouraging the talent that lies within British Muslim women and girls in the competitive world of sport. The MWSF was established in 2001 and was developed with participation in the International Women’s Islamic Games in mind – an Olympic style tournament. The Games were developed because it was recognised that no elite-level international competitions existed that catered for the religious requirements of Muslim women (Islamic Federation of Women’s Sport). Having sent teams to the Women’s Islamic Games of 2001 and 2005, which were endorsed by the International Olympic Committee, the on-going goal of the MWSF remains to develop squads for future international events – notably the up-coming 2009 Games.  

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