The Qatar women's basketball team forfeited their Asian Games group match against Mongolia after being denied permission to wear the hijab.


A Games spokeswoman said the players had been asked to remove the Islamic head scarf before the game but refused.
"As far as I know, it's an issue of the International Basketball Federation, not the Asian Games," she added.

World basketball regulations list headgear and hair accessories among the items that are prohibited on court.

Qatari player Amal Mohamed A Mohamed said they had been assured before they travelled to the Games in Incheon, South Korea, they would be able to wear the hijab and warned that her team would continue to boycott matches if the rule remained unchanged.
"We were told that we would be able to participate in matches by wearing a hijab," she said. "However, the organisers of the Asian Games said to us that players with the hijab cannot play today's match.

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Good move. God first before any other thing