The Appearance of Muslim Women in Sport

As this has been a topic that everyone wants to know and talk about but not much has done about it.

My name is Aheda Zanetti, the woman behind the Ahiida label, migrated to Australia from Lebanon at age of 2. Now 38, married with 4 children. I remember growing up in Australia , posted a lot of challenges for a young Muslim / Arab girl. As an active person who liked to participate in community activities and sport, I found myself restricted due to cultural and religious beliefs. As years went by, I noticed there are younger girls and women that are embracing Islam and obeying their Islamic belief in dressing modestly, in turn, having to miss out on opportunities, and taking part in any sporting activities that Australia has to offer. By facing this on a daily basis and seeing girls struggle with what is around presently, we at Ahiida have found a need to make specialized sportswear to suit the Muslim female.

Ahiida represent the following qualities;

The Turkish Constitutional Court issued a ruling Thursday annulling the law, which allowed the wearing of Muslim head scarves in the country's universities.

The Court states that the law allowing the scarves was in contradiction with the secular foundations of the Turkish Republic.

The law came into being in February 2008 when the Turkish President Abdullah Gül signed the constitutional changes approved earlier by the Parliament, allowing the wearing of the scarves by the Turkish women in universities.

The changes were met with violent protests in defense of the secular Turkish state on part of large segments of Turkey's society.

The initiative for the changes came from the ruling Justice and Development Party with the wives of Gül and the PM Recep Tayyip Erdoğan appearing in public wearing the Muslim head scarves.