it is so non-relevant that people are so preoccupied with such a superificality as clothing-

Ah. How... Lame, there. Kind of makes the discussion moot. :)

My biggest problem with the article is that the information provided is completely bogus. The young lady was not disqualified. According to multiple press releases from the NFHS, the national governing body for high school sports, prior to the meet she was informed that her uniform was illegal not because of the style of the uniform, but rather because it was multiple colors when NFHS rules provide that uniforms such as hers are only to be of one solid color. This was a new rule effective for the 2008 season. The reason no one had informed her earlier (although her coach should have been aware of the upcoming rule change months in advance) was because this was the first meet she was involved in in 2008.

Prior to the meet, she was given the option to change into a single color outfit. Since she did not have one, she withdrew from the competition (in other words, she was not "disqualified"). The situation had nothing to do with her religion and nothing to do with the wind resistance of her outfit; rather it had to do with the fact that the outfit was the wrong color (a situation that could have been easily remedied had her coach been aware of the rule change).

Well, in the context of free nations, it certainly doesn't suit us to be telling girls and women that they *can't* wear things, even if they may be *forced or pressured to* in their own families or elsewhere: all that does is set them *against* a free society, rather than offer a place *in* it.

Frankly, demanding Muslim women and girls expose themselves is about the worst way I could imagine to try and encourage freedom from authoritarian religions, all it stands to do is invest them in the practices 'against' a hostile-seeming world, ...and when repressions and abuses *do* happen, a key element is making the world outside seem horrible and scary.

Nearly everyone on these blogs that espouses the glories of Islam are women - why is that? Is there a more repressive major religion in the world where women are concerned?? Why is this the fastest growing religion in the West??

While evangelicals and Catholics strive to keep women in their 'proper' places as governed by 'traditional' roles & limits, mainstream Protestantism and even Judaism are far more progressive regarding the (revised) role of women and clerical activities, for example.

I can only imagine that modern Neo-Pagans are even more equitable and egalitarian with regard to their membership - based on the recognition that both genders are created equally in every regard - religious activities and leadership roles pertaining to rites and rituals being equally open and available to all, depending on interest and qualifications.

While enlightened Western women may find the tenets and doctrines of Islam to be somehow fulfilling, imagine if you can the subordinate roles of women in the World of Islam elsewhere in the deeply repressive Middle Eastern and Arab-dominated countries, including Pakistan and Afghanistan - where women are treated as chattel and subject to female 'circumcision', forced marriages, and the permissible (and expected) honor killing of any young woman who defies male authority or 'disgraces' the male members of the family in any number of ways.

Sadly, the women and mothers of these Muslim tribes and clans are either complicit or woefully silent as these heinous acts become the fate of their own daughters.

By all means, let's understand these cultural 'traditions' for what they are - barbaric, primitive and atavistic. Deeply flawed and inhuman practices that have no place in a modern world.

Sorry ladies, this is also Islam.......

good 4 you.... enjoy your sport and by all means contribute to it the gifts that God has givin you... and the ones you may not yet have realized you have for making a difference for the better in the world. i believe in the idea that every one of us is a teacher and every one of us is a student. i grew up with a ph.d father and whos name was actually in the science journals at my home but i knew the simple fact that even he didnt alway know... they he di'dnt always know...as a person who was in both gifted classes as a youth and in the dummy class for reading because of dyslexia and my life seems to be one big clump of serious disabilities and learning abilities i had to learn the truth... that the truth is the truth whether stated by a wise elder or a child and i have myself heard profound statements of humanity simply conveyed by people labeled as retarded.. you are far from suffering a disabiity i suspect instead it is you with the gift of teaching with information and spirit and demonstrations that we should not be judged or denied because of our differences but embraced for what we bring. don't be self concience about this or put extra burdens on youself ... simply be the human being God create you to be... maybe he knew what he was doing '-) maybe you just did'nt realize that in this instance thogh you are young in years you are teaching the adults.. thank you4 being you... keep running if it makes you happy but never run from who you actually are maybe but please check 4 truth i'm just a dyslexic artist

Rules, regulations, and religions - a perfect example of when 'less is more'.

Just when we thought life couldn't get more complicated, enter religon. We're really gluttons for punishment, aren't we??

" barb:

"This is the fastest growing religion for a reason. Please be more respectful. You dont see them mocking Jesus or Moses or the runner in this story. Please keep you common sense in this story."

Well, to be fair, you *do* see the runner herself mocking other Muslim girls and saying they aren't Muslim for *not* observing their religion in that way.

Plenty of Muslims'll say insulting things about Pagans all the time.

And 'Lightening' says this right here:

"Christians talk about it being okay for GOD to have sex with a virgin Mary AND THATS OKAY...shame on you! "

That's actually not what Christians believe, and it's not hard to find out. Otherwise Mary still wouldn't be a 'virgin,' and Jesus 'Immaculately Conceived,' (I can't seem to recall, but I think she was said to have been told it was gonna happen by the same Archangel that was said to have visited Muhammad, or else she might not have even known.)

Of course, as a Pagan, it wouldn't exactly be a huge scandal for Gods to express things sexually, just kind of arrogant, perhaps, to claim special parentage by "God," as in summation of all divinity.

Frankly, I find it funny Abrahamic traditions get in a twist about *sex* and don't mind if their own beliefs say their God personally levels cities... (then of course figure it must be about sex.)

But there we are. One of the better things I heard a Catholic school teacher say was "don't mock other religions, we *eat Jesus every Sunday.* Figure how that looks to others."

Respect has to go both ways. I get tired of watching you guys posture at each other and worse.

Peace, already.

-from someone trying to represent the fastest-growing religion in America, (Lady. Sure didn't see *that* coming when I signed on. But here we are. :) ) But, for those 'keeping score,' there's a lot of folks around who think the both-a-yas ought to cool it a bit. Feels like living between well-armed neighbors who like to scrap and taunt each other a lot.

Gods, Georgiason. You don't *listen, do you?*

""(Me) "... accusations it's giving an advantage are silly on the face of them.""

"I don't have the technical knowledge to make an independent judgement whether the suit Kelly wants to wear confers an advantage in running. Do you? "

*Yes.* As I said below, I've been dealing with some bad *sun sensitivity* all my life, I know how much having to cover up *can slow one down.* It's like never taking off your warmup suit.

This is similar to the pro golfer who was disabled and needed a golf cart to get from tee to tee. The officials said it gave him an unfair advantage, as he would not be as tired as others who had to walk. Easy solution - allow everyone to use a cart. In this case, if a similar suit has, indeed, been used in Olympic competition, allow everyone who wishes to wear an indentical suit. Their choice. Problem solved.

Why do we try to make every challenge into something hard, instead of looking for a way to make it easy?

reading the negative comments about Islam are insulting. This is the fastest growing religion for a reason. Please be more respectful. You dont see them mocking Jesus or Moses or the runner in this story. Please keep you common sense in this story.

More power to this runner. I support her 100 percent. Well well looks like the church group is at it again. Waking up in the morning to do mischief. Nothing better to do than to pick on an innocent muslim. What a country, so biased. THis is a race and its distance and time that counts not what she is wearing.

Fools, keep making these comments. It only makes muslims stronger and the faith more acceptable...we have so many soldiers and marines coming back from Iraq as Muslims it's not even funny...I help them myself. (The ones that raped 10 year old boys and 9 year old girls in Abu Gharib under the US banner don't convert...they will deal with Allah's justice.)

As far as Ayesha (the wife of the Prophet PBUH) goes, we're talking about a prophet who went through every kind of example in his life. He was a military leader, a community leader, a father, a comforter, married a woman much older than him and one much younger than him. His life was open to the point that the whole community knew everything about him. We know all aspects of his life and that's why God made him go through many different scenarios and examples so that people may have a solid example to follow and not change their religious books like Jews and Christians did. Ayesha was not upset by him or complained about Mohammad PBUH marrying her...even when she was old. His enemies did not either nor did his friends or even Ayesha's own family. This is the way things were 1400 years ago. I'm sure I can dig up some European examples also.

Christians talk about it being okay for GOD to have sex with a virgin Mary AND THATS OKAY...shame on you! Read about Mohammad in your own books...read song of Solomon in chapter 5 in old testament (original hebrew) Mohammad is mentioned by name or do a search online!

BTW commentor IBRAHIM ... SHUT UP...I know you probably married a white chick and dont understand your religion anymore! Am I correct!

Roger

You said "I would urge people should not opine about few kitchen policies, rather take a borader look about Islam, you will be surprisingly satisfied with its glory and richness."

Show me what glory and richness is there in a cult founded by a man who did not hesitate to have sex with children when he was in his late 50s, had slave girls for sexual purposes, lied that he got revelations from some deity he himself had created and carried out bandit raids on caravans to enrich himself and his family and associates?

Here is more proof of Muhammad having slave girls.

From Sahih Bukhari

Volume 7, Book 62, Number 89:

Narrated Anas:

The Prophet stayed for three days at a place between Khaibar and Medina, and there he consummated his marriage with Safiyya bint Huyay. I invited the Muslims to a banquet which included neither meat nor bread. The Prophet ordered for the leather dining sheets to be spread, and then dates, dried yogurt and butter were provided over it, and that was the Walima (banquet) of the Prophet. The Muslims asked whether Safiyya would be considered as his wife or as a slave girl of what his right hands possessed. Then they said, "If the Prophet screens her from the people, then she Is the Prophet's wife but if he does not screen her, then she is a slave girl." So when the Prophet proceeded, he made a place for her (on the camel) behind him and screened her from people.

By the way Saffiya was a young Jewish teenager whose husband had been murdered by Muhammad and his thugs and Muhammad took her to bed the same night. He married her when she gave in and converted to Islam aka Muhammadanism.

She belonged to the Banu Nadir tribe and Muhammad had raided the tribe in order to steal its wealth. Read below the narration where Muhammad murdered her husband is narrated.

Kinana al-Rabi,, her husband, who had the custody of the treasure of Banu Nadir, was brought to the apostle who asked him about it. He denied that he knew where it was. A Jew came (Tabari says "was brought"), to the apostle and said that he had seen Kinana going round a certain ruin every morning early. When the apostle said to Kinana, "Do you know that if we find you have it I shall kill you?" He said "Yes". The apostle gave orders that the ruin was to be excavated and some of the treasure was found. When he asked him about the rest he refused to produce it, so the apostle gave orders to al-Zubayr Al-Awwam, "Torture him until you extract what he has." So he kindled a fire with flint and steel on his chest until he was nearly dead. Then the apostle delivered him to Muhammad b. Maslama and he struck off his head."

If she really wants to do this and it brings her comfort, then she should and that's her right. But I don't think God would love her any less if she didn't. At the end of the day, all He really wants is for us to love and respect each other as we do ourselves, and in so doing love Him. "The rest is commentary."

REPLY TO PAGANPLACE, who wrote:

"We have someone who was granted a reasonable accomodation and was mocked for it. So there it is. Yes, mockery happens, but yeah, accusations it's giving an advantage are silly on the face of them."

I don't have the technical knowledge to make an independent judgement whether the suit Kelly wants to wear confers an advantage in running. Do you? I know two facts:

1.The officials in charge of maintaining standards ruled against the suit. They get the benefit of any doubt, until Kelly proves that the suit meets existing standards and confers no advantage. The burden of proof is on her. She has not met it. Simply crying that her religion requires the suit is titally irrelevent.

2. I know that the type of clothing one wears can confer a significant advantage in sports like swimming and running. Other commentators on this page have pointed out that fact. You are simply wrong to state that accusations about an advantage are "silly on the face of them." Let me repeat: An appeal to religion is not sufficient reason for allowing you to bend the rules.

Verbal mockery and insults in Kelly's face are also wrong. Let's not confuse the two issues and claim that some individuals' wrongful acts of ill-manners proves that Kelly's case on the suit is right.

REPLY TO PAGANPLACE, who wrote:

"We have someone who was granted a reasonable accomodation and was mocked for it. So there it is. Yes, mockery happens, but yeah, accusations it's giving an advantage are silly on the face of them."

I don't have the technical knowledge to make an independent judgement whether the suit Kelly wants to wear confers an advantage in running. Do you? I know two facts:

1.The officials in charge of maintaining standards ruled against the suit. They get the benefit of any doubt, until Kelly proves that the suit meets existing standards and confers no advantage. The burden of proof is on her. She has not met it. Simply crying that her religion requires the suit is titally irrelevent.

2. I know that the type of clothing one wears can confer a significant advantage in sports like swimming and running. Other commentators on this page have pointed out that fact. You are simply wrong to state that accusations about an advantage are "silly on the face of them." Let me repeat: An appeal to religion is not sufficient reason for allowing you to bend the rules.

Verbal mockery and insults in Kelly's face are also wrong. Let's not confuse the two issues and claim that some individuals' wrongful acts of ill-manners proves that Kelly's case on the suit is right.

This running outfit is not a new thing. If you look at Australia's Cathy Freeman's running suit in the 2000 Sydney Olympic games, she won the 400m wearing it! There was an aerodynamic reason for the suit in Freeman's reasoning but still. This example seems to be a prejudice judgement rather than one against running uniforms. If this type of suit can be worn in the Olympics why can't it be worn at a high school running meet?

This running outfit is not a new thing. If you look at Australia's Cathy Freeman's running suit in the 2000 Sydney Olympic games, she won the 400m wearing it! There was an aerodynamic reason for the suit in Freeman's reasoning but stil. This example seems to be a prejudice judgement rather than one against running uniforms. If this type of suit can be worn in the Olympics why can't it be worn at a high school running meet?

This running outfit is not a new thing. If you look at Australia's Cathy Freeman's running suit in the 2000 Sydney Olympic games, she won the 400m wearing it! There was an aerodynamic reason for the suit in Freeman's reasoning but stil. This example seems to be a prejudice judgement rather than one against running uniforms. If this type of suit can be worn in the Olympics why can't it be worn at a high school running meet?

"Roger: I would urge people should not opine about few kitchen policies, rather take a borader look about Islam, you will be surprisingly satisfied with its glory and richness."

Actually Roger and Krista, I am disgusted by Islam and tired of Muslims whining on and on about how they are suffering and how wonderful their religion is; or useful idiots like yourself. To use your own analogy do you believe that all Germans supported the National Socialists Mary Sunshine? Look what happened.

Athena wrote:

"High school kids are obnoxious."

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Being obnoxious is not just restricted to high school kids which is obvious from reading some of the comments left here.

If I had a scholarship to offer, I'd offer it. All I have to offer instead is my admiration and sympathy. Ms. Kelly is making the hard decisions and sticking with them, despite the intolerance on the playing field and even in the posted comments in this column. The frequent displays of a lack of compassion in the anonymous comments makes me grieve for all of us. I know our species can offer better.

This continues to be one of the most intolerant countries on the planet. I don't think that in a public school you can change rules based on any religious belief. Everyone must abide by the same set of rules. (Hear me Michigan and Florida?)

I too believe that young people of all religious faiths should be able to participate in extracurricular activities.

More important than track and field is education. I advocate private schools for students who wish to hold on to their religious beliefs in an environment that they are comfortable in. I also believe that if they elect private schools their parents should be given a tax deduction for each year their children are not students in the public school system.

I am an African American Muslim man and I feel for the young sister. It is never a good thing when young people are teased and mistreated. For any reason. It is no different than teasing someone because their family is poor.

However, this is America. This country is reverting back to its roots of blatant prejudice, be it racial, religious or gender.

If they're going to let this girl run in her Islam uniform, they should prohibit the Muslim males from looking at the Western cuties.

If this young woman were in Saudi Arabia, she would probably be victim of an "Honor Killing."

What really surprises me, people are so obsessed with negativism and prejudice about Islam and Mohammed. I do see few poeple talk about Aishah whom prophet married in her early age.

But, critics forget Muhammed's (25) 1st marriage with Khadija (40) and he did not marry anyone while Khadija was alive. It lasted 15 years and Khadija died. Later Mohammed took many wives for various reasons. Those who question about Aisha's marriage to an olderly prophet, should bear in mind there were some wisdom behind it. Aisha was a prominent feminist, she lead many wars, narrated many hadiths which otherwise would not be possible. People cherry-pick sinppets for dubious reason and mischef.

Islam is a monolithic religion, but, no necessarily a monlogous religion. There are many interpretation and many opinions among its believers like Christians and Jews.

I would urge people should not opine about few kitchen policies, rather take a borader look about Islam, you will be surprisingly satisfied with its glory and richness.

Georgiason:

"Here, we have a female demanding that an entire sport bend to her rules."

No, we *don't.* We have someone who was granted a reasonable accomodation and was mocked for it. So there it is. Yes, mockery happens, but yeah, accusations it's giving an advantage are silly on the face of them.

I doubt that the rules of track and field say you can't wear skin-covering clothes: would you bar an albino from competing if she needed to cover skin for medical reasons?

Actually, more problematic are the Ramadan injunctions against drinking water: in this case, well, schools and athletic programs have legal liability issues and can't let someone jeopardize their health by heat-stroke or dehydration that way.

LOUDSPEAKER

Read the hadith below. It is not clear to me if the six year old Aisha was silent when Muhammad, at the ripe old age of 52, proposed marriage. My guess is that he continued playing with her dolls.

Do you think Aisha consented to the marriage?

Volume 7, Book 62, Number 67:

Narrated Abu Huraira:

The Prophet said, "A matron should not be given in marriage except after consulting her; and a virgin should not be given in marriage except after her permission."

The people asked, "O Allah's Apostle! How can we know her permission?"

He said, "Her silence (indicates her permission)."

LOUDSPEAKER

My information is from the sacred Islamic books such as the hadiths. Here is quote from the hadiths by Bukhari.

Volume 7, Book 62, Number 65:

Narrated 'Aisha:

that the Prophet married her when she was six years old and he consummated his marriage when she was nine years old. Hisham said: I have been informed that 'Aisha remained with the Prophet for nine years (i.e. till his death)." what you know of the Quran (by heart)'

PS: Loudspeaker, your screen name must refer to the loudspeakers that blare the call to prayer to the arabic idol allah from mosques.

Religious beliefs should be given the same amount of respect as political or other beliefs.

If I say: "I want my own sex-segregated time at the gym because my sacred, ancient religious beliefs dictate it" this should be given the same level of consideration as: "I want my own sex-segregated time at the gym because I don't think it's right for men and women to work out together".

Things shouldn't become more weighty just because ancient scriptures or provincial folkways come into play.

I started off having some sympathy for Juashaunna Kelly until I read the part about her meeting the other Muslim girl at a cross country event.

What makes her think she has the right to tell that girl that she's not Muslim because she doesn't cover up?

She's not a bit better than those who she complains are teasing her.

Run Ms. Kelly, American muslims are proud of you, the story you write inspires all of us, you give us hope in these tough times of pure racism and paranoia against us and our true faith.

Ted Baines what you say is garbage. You have no authority to judge anything in islam. All you have is pure hate dripping out of you, you are most likely a racist zionist attacking anything about muslims. In fact I am willing to bet that you are a pervert.

What's the purpose of this story? It's lost on me. Is it one more rant from the multicultural chorus, intended to show how put-upon minorities suffer in the USA? If so, it sure flunks. Is it supposed to elicit sympathy for this person? It certainly doesn't for me. It does exactly the opposite.

Sports have certain requirements. If the rules are uniformly applied, where does one person--or even some tiny minority--get off thinking that they are so special, they deserve some exemption? If observing your religious standards throws such a monkey wrench in the works, why not choose another sport? Or organize a league limited to members from your religion?

The idea that America can adapt its practices to every requirement of every religion is ludicrous. The idea that we have done so in the past is pure fiction. What this case does is show the entirely unique problems raised by Islam. The unique problems associated with trying to accommodate a desert-based religion locked in a 7th Century time warp. You simply cannot accommodate such a religion to a modern society. It cannot be done.

Here, we have a female demanding that an entire sport bend to her rules. Recently, Harvard bent itself into a pretzel to provide a special time for Muslim females to use a sports facility, less they be traumatized by the site of half-naked males. Then there were the Muslim taxi drivers refusing to carry passengers with any alcoholic beverages. These same drivers, I believe, but maybe another group of Muslim hackers previously reused to pick up airport passengers who had their pet dogs with them. Not to mention the Muslim female whao insisted on wearing her veil when having her driver's license photo taken.

I'm sure there are Muslim parents somewhere demanding that their kids' school carry Muslim-approved food. Surely, before long, we will have Muslim demands that hospital emergency rooms have female doctors on hand to examine Muslim female patients. And don't we need to accommodate the Sharia in our legal code?

Where does this end? The more Muslims we have in this country, the more these demands will grow. What this story proves, in short, is that the fewer Muslims we have in this country at any one time, the better off we will be. That conclusion should, for example drive our immigration policies toward Muslims.

Some here are wondering how a five year old can decide to convert to Islam.

That is the miracle of Islam. It makes young girls decide to do what normal young girls do not even dream of.

Six year old girls as a rule like to have fun, some girls like to play with dolls, hardly any think about marrying a 52 year old prophet.

But the 6 year old Aisha decided she would both play with dolls and marry the 52 year old founder of Islam, Muhammad. She agreed to go to bed with the Prophet of Islam when she turned 9 and had had her first menstrual period.

There is no reason to believe that she was forced into the marriage or that she was forced to have sex with a 56 year old man chosen by Allah to be HIS BELOVED PROPHET or RASULALLAH.

What this young woman is doing is fine although I am not convinced that what she is doing is entirely without coercion and if she did not wear what she wears she would run faster.

The young lady should should also know that Islam allows slavery, Muhammad, the founder of Islam, was a slave owner who had at least two teenagers as slaves and concubines, that Islam allows women to be beaten and is in general a religion that women as second class.

Had I been an African American I would have considered it an insult to my race to be a Muslim.

Why is this newsworthy?

Krista Cole,

You say *It is really sad that Americans do not understand Muslims*
Americans need to understand US Constitution,Human Rights and Contemporary Values,not stone age mentality.

*In Britain,none would question this young lady* No,not correct;
-Jack Straw,Former Foreign Secretary/Minister,said *remove your veil* and critisized the veil.
-High School in Luton considers to ban headscarf in the classroom.
-English Football(Soccer) Association has already banned the headscarf on the field.

Islam is the name of Cult in Saudi Arabia.
Islam is the name of Cult in Islamic Republic of Iran,Afghanistan and Malaysia etc.

Islam is not *Alice in Wonderland* tale.
Do you know what islam is ?
According to islam;
-She(J.Kelly) can not run in clothing seen in the picture,because her clothing is not islamic.
-She couldnt study with male students in the same classroom.
-She should stay at home and worship five times in a day instead of running.

In terms of islam,Ireland,USA and Britain are the Land of War and *true believer muslims* ought to take part Jihad(it doesnt depend on preference,but obligation,otherwise you can not go to Paradise of Islam and can not kiss virgin fairy girls if you are male) and Land of War has to be libareted/converted to Land of Islam(Land of Bliss such as Afghanistan)

You must wake up.Within fifty years,England,Homeland of Anglo-Saxon Protestant Civilization and Present Civilization Builders will be Land of Cavemen.

It's amazing that a 5 year old would decide to convert to Islam.

Hrm, the idea that would speed someone up running is probably just plain incorrect, Athena, probably we'd need look no further than what pros and Olympians wear to see what's optimal, that probably doesn't involve multiple layers and fabric around the knees and arms.

As long as her unitard meets the U.S. Track and Field code, it shouldn't be an issue. I think that her comment in the story about "it makes her run faster" may be at the root of the problem, not her religious beliefs. The unitard might be perceived as giving her an "edge", like the swimmers who wear a wetsuit-like competition suit rather than the traditional Speedos.

I dunno, in this particular case I think I'd have to recognize that part of the point of those dress codes is in fact to preserve the notion women can't or aren't supposed to run around and jump over hurdles in the first place: I suppose modernizing solutions are inevitable, though.

I think I'd just buck religious authority on this one, myself: I know from a lifetime of bad sun-sensitivity what a pain all that covering up can be: and you could get some nasty heat stroke trying to exert yourself with your head all buttoned up like that: (likewise, letting kids train without drinking enough fluids is a trip to the hospital and a lawsuit waiting to happen, ) but neither, I suppose, should schools force anyone to expose themselves.

As a runner who was also raised Christian, I think this young lady deserves a lot of respect, and it is really sad that Americans do not understand Muslims better than this. In Britain, where I live, noone would question this young lady, but in American, sadly to say, you're not free to be a Muslim. Americans have been told that Islam is a terrorist ideology, and they just simply don't know what they are talking about. 19 people bombed the WTC, and Americans think they are being attacked by a whole religion. It's interesting that Hitler once taught people to hate a whole religion, and it's amazing that America is repeating this mistake all over again. They've not locked Muslims up in concentration camps yet, but they've made sure they can put them in jail, lock the door and throw away the key for any minor offense. America wake up!! Islam is not your enemy. Your own fear is your own undoing.

I know this is supposed to be an uplifting story of faith and courage. But what it basically shows is that Islam is an archaic idea that simply couldn't imagine the concept of women athletes.

Ms. Kelly -

High school kids are obnoxious. Take it from this non-athlete. If you do anything to be "different", you're automatically targeted. Just remember that it WILL get better. Don't let the b*****ds get you down!