Halifax Tar
Army.ca Fixture
- Reaction score
- 10,451
- Points
- 1,260
Fingers always crossed, and it ONLY takes a very few idiots to be idiotic.
Generally, though, if there were even the slightest issues with the boxer's gender, I suspect a government like Algeria's (where "The constitution declares Islam to be the state religion and prohibits state institutions from behaving in a manner that infringes on Islamic morals" and has a population that's around 98% Muslim) or the country's Olympic committee wouldn't have even allowed her on the team - at the very least - much less back her to the hilt on this one so far.
The latest: Khelif's apparently coming home with some medal at this point ....
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Algerian boxer Imane Khelif clinches medal at Olympics after outcry fueled by gender misconceptions
Boxer Imane Khelif of Algeria has clinched a medal at the Paris Olympics following days of sharp scrutiny and online abuse as misconceptions about her gender have exploded into a larger clash about identity in sports.apnews.com
Islam can be accepting of the LGBTQ+
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I have and will be spending a considerable about of time in Turkey for the next while, and they seem to be very at ease about the whole thing.
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Religion in Turkey - Wikipedia
While defiantly not as accepting as the west, they aren't totally behind the time either. I mean they aren't stoning them or throwing them off buildings.
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