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Nike Is Releasing A Hijab Line That Muslim Athletes Helped To Create
Recently we brought you news of Nike’s new plus-size clothing line. Well, now the famous sports brand is rolling out the next phase of its inclusive clothing range by creating this smart line of sports hijabs for female Muslim athletes. The range is called the “Nike Pro Hijab,” and the garments are made from durable single-layer Nike Pro power mesh. The Nike hijabs are the result of about a year of work, and the design phase included feedback from both professional and everyday hijab-wearing athletes.
“The Nike Pro Hijab may have been more than a year in the making, but its impetus can be traced much further back. It’s an ongoing cultural shift that has seen more Muslim women than ever embracing sport,” said Nike in a statement, according to Al Arabiya English. “This movement first permeated international consciousness in 2012, when a hijabi runner took the global stage in London,” referring to Sarah Attar, a Saudi Arabian athlete who ran the 800-meters at the UK’s 2012 Olympics. The hijab fashion line was also inspired by Amna Al Haddad, an Emirati female weightlifter who visited Nike’s Sport Research Lab and helped them to come up with a lightweight and breathable solution to the traditional version of the hijab style.
The modest fashion product was designed “as a direct result of our athletes telling us they needed this product to perform better,” said Global Nike Spokeswoman Megan Saalfeld, “and we hope that it will help Muslim religion athletes around the world do just that.”
The hijabs, which will come in dark, neutral colors, is expected to hit stores as soon as Spring 2018. (h/t: Al Arabiya English)
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Nike has just created a smart range of sports hijabs for female Muslim athletes
The Nike Pro Hijabs are made from durable single-layer Nike Pro power mesh and will be released in Spring 2018
Nike worked on the design in collaboration with both professional and everyday hijab-wearing athletes
It “was designed as a…result of our athletes telling us they needed this product to perform better,” said Nike
“And we hope that it will help athletes around the world do just that”
The internet’s response was generally very positive
Not everybody was sold on Nike’s new idea however
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michael sky 7 years ago
how awesome that Nike is trying to capitalize oppression of women ... makes me want to buy Nike child labour products even more....
Agent B 6 years ago
Oppression? Although I am a Muslim man,I respect women without hijab,even if she is a Muslim.If a Muslim meets a Muslim women who not wearing hijab,his/her "duty" in Islam is to tell her to wear a hijab.If she refuses,no problem,if this man is me, I'm gonna leave her.It is her choice.Sorry if my English is bad,I'm rarely study English.
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Miklós Nagy 7 years ago
So we are celebrating the international woman day with the symbol of their oppression?
selioraxemaia 7 years ago
The Quran clearly states that women are evil and must cover their bodies lest they incite pious men to lust. Quran (24:31) - "And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or the male servants not having need (of women), or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known." The woman is not only supposed to cover herself, except with relatives, but to look down, so as to avoid making eye-contact with men.
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Mick and Lee 7 years ago
Soo we are to celebrate the making of a garment from the most female oppressive religion in the world? No thanks.
Sofia Bellavista 7 years ago
Remember that Christianity is equally oppressive: the Bible says women must be submissive and silent, we are just ignoring those parts.
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Rukmania 7 years ago
Hey, the point isn't about how Nike released a symbol for oppression. Nike released something to help include more people in exercise.
Nisa 7 years ago
Please stop thinking that the hijab is a symbol of oppression... you will be surprised to see just how many women out there chose to cover themselves up. The hijab is a form of freedom for Muslim women to express their faith to the world, don't get stuck in that stereotypical mindset that women are still forced to wear the hijabs by their husband! Get on the other side of the world and talk to these people for yourselves before thinking otherwise.
Mick and Lee 7 years ago
Stop for a moment to look at whats going on in Sweden and the middle east.
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Ironcat_xox 7 years ago
Why can't everyone just say "hey, I don't agree with your opinion, but I'll try my best to understand your point of view." Let's be friends.
Lilya 7 years ago
Why did this start a whole giant argument over hijab? It went from wearing hijab, to being racist! Come on, this disgusts me...
Cassie 7 years ago
The argument here seems to be that only oppressed women wear hijabs, so shame on Nike for furthering the oppression, but if the woman who wants to compete is from such an oppressed nation, at least this gives her some freedom to compete. If she is not from such oppression and chooses to wear a hijab of her own free will, then Nike has done a good thing in offering her a choice. Either way, Nike's choice to offer this article of clothing seems like a positive one to me.
Robert Folchi 7 years ago
The muzzie version of Nike for Woman-"Just do it. If your husband allows it." That is how it really is.
Ehsan Es 7 years ago
Islam is such a wonderful religion! No religion in history ever inspired (mostly the ignorant) the ideology of feminism, tolerance towards homosexuals, made people stand together against oppression of women and moved them spread their biased opnions of Islam! Even those bedroom sjw's got a huge hwiff of it! Wonderful! (Now that's how you do saracsm).
Lidka Radzio 7 years ago
Workout in hijab - I can at least understand this. But workout with full makeup?
Martin 7 years ago
So does Speedo come out with a skin tight burkini now for racing competitions. Burkohno-5...c499b5.jpg 
Fatemeh 7 years ago
Ok!Time to say something:here I see most people are saying hijab is an oppression. First of all the philosophy of observing hijab according to Islam is this:God is beautiful himself so all of his creations are beautiful too,but he gave women extra beauty.physically and mentally.So Islam says it's better for women to observe hijab in the society so that they be judged by their spiritual,rather than physical characteristics.so if a woman CHOOSES to be a muslim let's just respect her choice. if she didn't and she was forced to observe hijab by her country,yes that could be a bit oppressive.But still it doesn't make what nike has done a confirmation of women oppression.
Don Su 7 years ago
"a woman CHOOSES to be a muslim let's just respect her choice." Agreed, people are entitled to to their choices - Latin writer Lucretius in the 1st Century BC said “quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum” which translates as “what is food for one man may be bitter poison to others”.
Load More Replies... Arty 7 years ago
If it helps some woman to do sport while having/choosing to wear a hijab that's good news...but is the function of the hijab not to avoid the sights of other people (especially men)? in that case, why put a logo on it?
Sofia Bellavista 7 years ago
The function of the hijab is to cover the hair an neck only, the burqua has the function to hide the whole body
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Jared West 3 years ago
I am dissapointed with the racism, Islamophobia, and xenophobia in the comments. Get out of here! You racists are not allowed! How come you respect LGBTQ+ rights and black rights but not Islamic rights!? Get a mind! Go get one, even though I doubt you will even be able to understand the building's words "GROCERY STORE". If you don't accept that everyone's allowed in this world, I won't accept you!
Jared West 3 years ago
What's with the racism in the comments? Women were given MANY rights that ancestors of Christians from the past didn't. They were allowed to marry who they wanted to, inherit land, get a job and education, and just all-round live better than racists with stinky minds and stinky lives.
Jared West 3 years ago
This is awesome. I am Muslim, and if you think the hijab is oppressing, I think you are just jealous about how Nike isn't making hats tiny enough to fit your tiny heads.
Tracy Moorhead 7 years ago
Religious freedom, America has lived with it for 200+ years, now we're claiming that a woman should leave her oppressive religion because she has to wear a Hijab! What about the Amish and the Menonites, their women are even more oppressed, however, they seem ok with it.
Lauren Kaufmann 7 years ago
To all saying that wearing a hijab is oppression-please read. Oppression is denying rights to someone because of their race, gender, religion, or sexuality. Some "muslim" groups are oppressive, when it comes to the hijab, and they force women to cover up excessively. (I put muslim in quotes b/c those who kill for their religion do not fit under the label of islam, which is a religion of peace.) But a women choosing to wear a hijab or dress in a heavily modest way is just as much her choice, just as wearing booty shorts or a bikini is her choice. Can you not see the happy words of muslim women who want to stay active and be a bit more comfortable while doing so? Of course, there will always be disagreement on things like this, but there will be disagreement over everything, be it dessert or major social issues. Your opinion is valid. I cannot force you to change your opinion. But I can urge you to rethink it, which was the point of that paragraph.
Louiiiise 7 years ago
1. For Nike, it's all about the money, they don't care about anything else. Thanks (not), World Company! ) 2. Instead of focusing only on the veil, hijab, headscarf or whatever you call it, I'd like people to see all that's expected of women in addition to wearing the hijab, as proof of a good behaviour. You'd see that the hijab in itself is a kind of an anecdotic restriction compared to all the others that are linked to it. Also, a number of conditions are required to make a real free choice. Coercition is not the only way to make someone do someting, there are thousands of more subtler and more efficient ways. Sadly, the right to alienate oneself is inalienable. That said, disapproving the hijab is not an excuse to discriminate women wearing it.
Stille20 7 years ago
I know I am repeating what others have said, but the hijab is NOT a symbol of oppression. Before judging another culture, please take a moment to educate yourself.
Emil Woźniak 7 years ago
Sure I know Quran, I am aware from where this freedom of wearing come from XD
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7 years ago
Read in the episode: McDonalds now offers courses in halal-slaughtering. Yippie. What a religion that opresses man, woman as well as animals in such horrible ways.
Agent B 6 years ago
Man,please see Zakir Naik's explanations about slaughtering in Islam.I don't know if they are banned,but please see them before you talks again.
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Pedro Costa 7 years ago
Why so many try to look pseudo-intellectuals on these topics nowadays? "It is not oppression if i choose to wear it.... Are you serious? 99% of these comments are probably from people which are not even Muslin... as so, your comments have 0 value. The fact is: In some countries by law, you have to use it..so no option...And in the countries where you don't have a law for it, the family and Muslin society pressure is so big, that you will use it nonetheless...Stop with this pseudo-liberalism, where you defend the opposite of that philosophy ... and yes eventually a certain % might enjoy it, but far from being the majority (Or they simply got used to that..)
MadamButterfly 7 years ago
I'm a Muslim woman and I wear the hijab,nobody can force me to do anything,my sister dousnt wear it so it's a personal choice.
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Britt Winsor 7 years ago
This is Planet Earth, not NIke's. Whatever... If some women want to cover themselves, well... "Let them have hijab". I couldn't care less. Good for the ones who don't. Today is the International Day of Women. I'm glad I'm free. Freedom is priceless.
MadamButterfly 7 years ago
Hi Britt,I'm a Muslim woman,I wear the hijab,I'm free and believe me darl no one can oppress me! I wear my hijab by choice.
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Rafael Tiba 7 years ago
go f**k yourselves. we don't need rich country people always trying to play the compassionate-agressive who dictates how other people should live. american and european are oppressed by fashion telling them they must be half-naked all the time.
i_know_im_amazing 7 years ago
No, before this they had to use regular hijabs, these will HELP them
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Meline Ash 7 years ago
Well nobody cares if you hate it or not. So keep it to yourself
Load More Replies... michael sky 7 years ago
how awesome that Nike is trying to capitalize oppression of women ... makes me want to buy Nike child labour products even more....
Agent B 6 years ago
Oppression? Although I am a Muslim man,I respect women without hijab,even if she is a Muslim.If a Muslim meets a Muslim women who not wearing hijab,his/her "duty" in Islam is to tell her to wear a hijab.If she refuses,no problem,if this man is me, I'm gonna leave her.It is her choice.Sorry if my English is bad,I'm rarely study English.
Load More Replies... Miklós Nagy 7 years ago
So we are celebrating the international woman day with the symbol of their oppression?
selioraxemaia 7 years ago
The Quran clearly states that women are evil and must cover their bodies lest they incite pious men to lust. Quran (24:31) - "And say to the believing women that they cast down their looks and guard their private parts and do not display their ornaments except what appears thereof, and let them wear their head-coverings over their bosoms, and not display their ornaments except to their husbands or their fathers, or the fathers of their husbands, or their sons, or the sons of their husbands, or their brothers, or their brothers' sons, or their sisters' sons, or their women, or those whom their right hands possess, or the male servants not having need (of women), or the children who have not attained knowledge of what is hidden of women; and let them not strike their feet so that what they hide of their ornaments may be known." The woman is not only supposed to cover herself, except with relatives, but to look down, so as to avoid making eye-contact with men.
Load More Replies... Mick and Lee 7 years ago
Soo we are to celebrate the making of a garment from the most female oppressive religion in the world? No thanks.
Sofia Bellavista 7 years ago
Remember that Christianity is equally oppressive: the Bible says women must be submissive and silent, we are just ignoring those parts.
Load More Replies... Rukmania 7 years ago
Hey, the point isn't about how Nike released a symbol for oppression. Nike released something to help include more people in exercise.
Nisa 7 years ago
Please stop thinking that the hijab is a symbol of oppression... you will be surprised to see just how many women out there chose to cover themselves up. The hijab is a form of freedom for Muslim women to express their faith to the world, don't get stuck in that stereotypical mindset that women are still forced to wear the hijabs by their husband! Get on the other side of the world and talk to these people for yourselves before thinking otherwise.
Mick and Lee 7 years ago
Stop for a moment to look at whats going on in Sweden and the middle east.
Load More Replies... Ironcat_xox 7 years ago
Why can't everyone just say "hey, I don't agree with your opinion, but I'll try my best to understand your point of view." Let's be friends.
Lilya 7 years ago
Why did this start a whole giant argument over hijab? It went from wearing hijab, to being racist! Come on, this disgusts me...
Cassie 7 years ago
The argument here seems to be that only oppressed women wear hijabs, so shame on Nike for furthering the oppression, but if the woman who wants to compete is from such an oppressed nation, at least this gives her some freedom to compete. If she is not from such oppression and chooses to wear a hijab of her own free will, then Nike has done a good thing in offering her a choice. Either way, Nike's choice to offer this article of clothing seems like a positive one to me.
Robert Folchi 7 years ago
The muzzie version of Nike for Woman-"Just do it. If your husband allows it." That is how it really is.
Ehsan Es 7 years ago
Islam is such a wonderful religion! No religion in history ever inspired (mostly the ignorant) the ideology of feminism, tolerance towards homosexuals, made people stand together against oppression of women and moved them spread their biased opnions of Islam! Even those bedroom sjw's got a huge hwiff of it! Wonderful! (Now that's how you do saracsm).
Lidka Radzio 7 years ago
Workout in hijab - I can at least understand this. But workout with full makeup?
Martin 7 years ago
So does Speedo come out with a skin tight burkini now for racing competitions. Burkohno-5...c499b5.jpg
Fatemeh 7 years ago
Ok!Time to say something:here I see most people are saying hijab is an oppression. First of all the philosophy of observing hijab according to Islam is this:God is beautiful himself so all of his creations are beautiful too,but he gave women extra beauty.physically and mentally.So Islam says it's better for women to observe hijab in the society so that they be judged by their spiritual,rather than physical characteristics.so if a woman CHOOSES to be a muslim let's just respect her choice. if she didn't and she was forced to observe hijab by her country,yes that could be a bit oppressive.But still it doesn't make what nike has done a confirmation of women oppression.
Don Su 7 years ago
"a woman CHOOSES to be a muslim let's just respect her choice." Agreed, people are entitled to to their choices - Latin writer Lucretius in the 1st Century BC said “quod ali cibus est aliis fuat acre venenum” which translates as “what is food for one man may be bitter poison to others”.
Load More Replies... Arty 7 years ago
If it helps some woman to do sport while having/choosing to wear a hijab that's good news...but is the function of the hijab not to avoid the sights of other people (especially men)? in that case, why put a logo on it?
Sofia Bellavista 7 years ago
The function of the hijab is to cover the hair an neck only, the burqua has the function to hide the whole body
Load More Replies... Jared West 3 years ago
I am dissapointed with the racism, Islamophobia, and xenophobia in the comments. Get out of here! You racists are not allowed! How come you respect LGBTQ+ rights and black rights but not Islamic rights!? Get a mind! Go get one, even though I doubt you will even be able to understand the building's words "GROCERY STORE". If you don't accept that everyone's allowed in this world, I won't accept you!
Jared West 3 years ago
What's with the racism in the comments? Women were given MANY rights that ancestors of Christians from the past didn't. They were allowed to marry who they wanted to, inherit land, get a job and education, and just all-round live better than racists with stinky minds and stinky lives.
Jared West 3 years ago
This is awesome. I am Muslim, and if you think the hijab is oppressing, I think you are just jealous about how Nike isn't making hats tiny enough to fit your tiny heads.
Tracy Moorhead 7 years ago
Religious freedom, America has lived with it for 200+ years, now we're claiming that a woman should leave her oppressive religion because she has to wear a Hijab! What about the Amish and the Menonites, their women are even more oppressed, however, they seem ok with it.
Lauren Kaufmann 7 years ago
To all saying that wearing a hijab is oppression-please read. Oppression is denying rights to someone because of their race, gender, religion, or sexuality. Some "muslim" groups are oppressive, when it comes to the hijab, and they force women to cover up excessively. (I put muslim in quotes b/c those who kill for their religion do not fit under the label of islam, which is a religion of peace.) But a women choosing to wear a hijab or dress in a heavily modest way is just as much her choice, just as wearing booty shorts or a bikini is her choice. Can you not see the happy words of muslim women who want to stay active and be a bit more comfortable while doing so? Of course, there will always be disagreement on things like this, but there will be disagreement over everything, be it dessert or major social issues. Your opinion is valid. I cannot force you to change your opinion. But I can urge you to rethink it, which was the point of that paragraph.
Louiiiise 7 years ago
1. For Nike, it's all about the money, they don't care about anything else. Thanks (not), World Company! ) 2. Instead of focusing only on the veil, hijab, headscarf or whatever you call it, I'd like people to see all that's expected of women in addition to wearing the hijab, as proof of a good behaviour. You'd see that the hijab in itself is a kind of an anecdotic restriction compared to all the others that are linked to it. Also, a number of conditions are required to make a real free choice. Coercition is not the only way to make someone do someting, there are thousands of more subtler and more efficient ways. Sadly, the right to alienate oneself is inalienable. That said, disapproving the hijab is not an excuse to discriminate women wearing it.
Stille20 7 years ago
I know I am repeating what others have said, but the hijab is NOT a symbol of oppression. Before judging another culture, please take a moment to educate yourself.
Emil Woźniak 7 years ago
Sure I know Quran, I am aware from where this freedom of wearing come from XD
Load More Replies... 7 years ago
Read in the episode: McDonalds now offers courses in halal-slaughtering. Yippie. What a religion that opresses man, woman as well as animals in such horrible ways.
Agent B 6 years ago
Man,please see Zakir Naik's explanations about slaughtering in Islam.I don't know if they are banned,but please see them before you talks again.
Load More Replies... Pedro Costa 7 years ago
Why so many try to look pseudo-intellectuals on these topics nowadays? "It is not oppression if i choose to wear it.... Are you serious? 99% of these comments are probably from people which are not even Muslin... as so, your comments have 0 value. The fact is: In some countries by law, you have to use it..so no option...And in the countries where you don't have a law for it, the family and Muslin society pressure is so big, that you will use it nonetheless...Stop with this pseudo-liberalism, where you defend the opposite of that philosophy ... and yes eventually a certain % might enjoy it, but far from being the majority (Or they simply got used to that..)
MadamButterfly 7 years ago
I'm a Muslim woman and I wear the hijab,nobody can force me to do anything,my sister dousnt wear it so it's a personal choice.
Load More Replies... Britt Winsor 7 years ago
This is Planet Earth, not NIke's. Whatever... If some women want to cover themselves, well... "Let them have hijab". I couldn't care less. Good for the ones who don't. Today is the International Day of Women. I'm glad I'm free. Freedom is priceless.
MadamButterfly 7 years ago
Hi Britt,I'm a Muslim woman,I wear the hijab,I'm free and believe me darl no one can oppress me! I wear my hijab by choice.
Load More Replies... Rafael Tiba 7 years ago
go f**k yourselves. we don't need rich country people always trying to play the compassionate-agressive who dictates how other people should live. american and european are oppressed by fashion telling them they must be half-naked all the time.
i_know_im_amazing 7 years ago
No, before this they had to use regular hijabs, these will HELP them
Load More Replies... Meline Ash 7 years ago
Well nobody cares if you hate it or not. So keep it to yourself
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