Ibhola likanobhutshuzwayo umdlalo omkhulu womhlaba: into eseduze kakhulu esinayo kuzicubu zamasiko ezixhumanisa izinhlobo zethu emingceleni kazwelonke namasiko. Kodwa emhlabeni kuphela lapho “umdlalo Omuhle” ungaphathwa yinhlangano eyonakele njengeFIFA kanye nomuntu obole kwaze kwajula njengoMongameli weFIFA uSepp Blatter. U-Sepp Blatter kuphela, ogama lakhe lokuwohloka lisondela kunsumansumane, ongaqasha isigebengu sempi esifana nalokhu. Henry Kissinger ukuhola “ikomiti labantu abahlakaniphile” okuhloswe ngalo “ukuqeda inkohlakalo” enhlanganweni yakhe. Futhi yilawa ma-avatar amabili kuphela okuziphatha okuhle angasebenzisa "Umdlalo Omuhle" njengethuluzi le-Islamaphobia.
NgeSonto, ngaphambi kokuthi iqembu labesifazane lase-Iran lingene enkundleni liyodlala umdlalo wokuhlungela ama-Olympics neJordani, leli qembu linqanyuliwe ngenxa yokugqoka kwabo. ama-tracksuits anomzimba ogcwele wendabuko nama-hijab. U-Jordan unikezwe ukunqoba ngo 3-0, okuthena amandla iqembu lase-Iranian elinconyiwe lokuya kuMidlalo yaseLondon ka-2012.
Njengoba abadlali nezikhulu zase-Iran bephikisana ngezinyembezi, batshelwa ukuthi baphule imithetho yeFIFA ethi: “Abadlali nezikhulu akumele baveze imiyalezo yezepolitiki, yezenkolo, yezohwebo noma yomuntu siqu noma iziqubulo nganoma yiluphi ulimi noma uhlobo emshinini wabo wokudlala noma weqembu. " Iqembu liphinde laziswa ukuthi kusukela ngo-2007 i-FIFA iye
ube nombono wokuthi ukugqoka i-hijab ngenkathi udlala "kungabangela ukulimala kokuklinywa".
Kunezinkinga ezimbili ngale mpikiswano. Okokuqala ukuthi i-asinine. "Ukufa okuklinywa kwebhola likanobhutshuzwayo i-Hijab," ayithumeli ncamashi injini yokusesha ye-Google. Kodwa okuyinkinga kakhulu ukuthi iqembu lase lithole iziqinisekiso ezivela kuFIFA ukuthi imifaniswano iyahambisana. Bake badlala ngisho imizuliswano yokuqala ngaphandle kokushaywa nguBlatter.
Umqondisi webhola lezinyawo labesifazane e-Iran uFarideh Shojaei utshele abeReuters TV engxoxweni, "Senze izilungiso ezidingekayo sabe sesidlala umdlalo ngemuva kwalokho. Sidlale umzuliswano olandelayo futhi asivinjwanga ukwenza
ngakho, futhi abatholanga lutho olungalungile. Lokho kwakusho ukuthi azikho izithiyo endleleni yethu, nokuthi singabamba iqhaza kuma-Olympics ... Lo [umfaniswano] awuwona owenkolo, noma wezepolitiki, futhi ngeke uholele ekulimazeni umdlali ... futhi uMnu Sepp Blatter ukwamukele lokhu."
Pho ngempela kwenzakalani lapha? Okokuqala nje, kufanele sichithe noma yikuphi ukukhathazeka kweFIFA ngenhlalakahle yabesifazane abathintekayo. UBlatter ungumdwebi wobulili ongakhiwe kabusha futhi ngaphandle kokuphikiswa, ibhola lezinyawo labesifazane lingafana ne-Lingerie Football League. Indoda eyavimbela i-hijab yahlongoza ngo-2004 ukuthi abadlali besifazane bagqoke "amabhulukwe ashisayo" enkundleni ukuze bakhulise ukuthandwa kwezemidlalo. Uthe "izikhindi eziqinile" zizokhiqiza "ubuhle besifazane".
Ngaphezu kwalokho, sekuyiminyaka izinhlangano ezilwela amalungelo abantu zicela uBlatter ukuthi asukume asho okuthile mayelana nokushushumbiswa kwezigqila ezihlasimulisa umzimba okuhambisana nokufika kweNdebe yoMhlaba. Impendulo ebandayo kaBlatter, "Ukudayisa ngomzimba nokushushumbiswa kwabantu besifazane akuweli ngaphansi kwesibopho senhlangano yezemidlalo yamazwe ngamazwe kodwa kuleyo yeziphathimandla nabashayamthetho banoma yiliphi izwe." Ngamanye amazwi, akayena ncamashi uSusan Faludi.
Ngakolunye uhlangothi, ngokuphika iqembu ithuba lokukhombisa ubuhlakani babo ngengubo egcwele yamaSulumane, uBlatter uba i-ejenti yokucindezelwa kwabo. Njengoba U-Alyssa Rosenberg wabhala incwadi ethi Think Progress, "[I] uma sikhathazeke ngempela ngendlela abantu besifazane ababhekwa futhi baphathwe ngayo emiphakathini yamaSulumane, kubonakala kungqubuzana kakhulu nokwamukela izinqubomgomo eziphoqa abesifazane ukuba bakhethe phakathi kokuthobela izimiso zokholo lwabo nokubamba iqhaza emisebenzini ebavumela ukuba babonise amandla abo ngokomzimba kanye nobuhlakani bamasu. "
Ngingangeza ngokuthi isinqumo sikaBlatter sondla kuphela ukungazi okujulile kwaseNtshonalanga mayelana nesikhundla sabesifazane base-Iranian kusukela ngoguquko lwamaSulumane lwango-1979. Izinga lokufunda kwabesifazane ngaphambi kuka-1979 lalingamaphesenti angama-35. Manje isingaphezu kwamaphesenti angama-75. Ngezinsuku ze-Shah, ingxenye eyodwa kuphela kwezintathu yabesifazane yayibhalise ezikhungweni zemfundo ephakeme. Manje leso sibalo singamaphesenti angama-50. Udokotela oyedwa kwabathathu base-Iran ungowesifazane. E-United States, lelo nani lingoyedwa kwabahlanu.
Ubukhona obusha buka-Henry Kissinger, ukuxolela le nkulumo, kuveza ukuthi le midlalo yeshashalazi kabuki imayelana nani. U-Kissinger akazange abe namahloni ngemibono yakhe nge-Iran, ebiza impi futhi ethi, "Kumele sisebenzele ukuguqulwa kombuso ngaphandle." Uma kubhekwa indlela amalungelo abantu besifazane asetshenziswe ngayo njengenhlamvu ebomvu yokuthethelela impi ezweni lamaSulumane, lokhu kumayelana nokuqhubekisela phambili inkolelo-ze yentombazanyana yamaMuslim ecindezelekile ephika labo besifazane bona kanye ubukhona obunamandla nobubonakalayo enkundleni yamazwe ngamazwe. Lokhu kumayelana nokuhlukanisa i-Iran ukuze iqhubeke nesigubhu sempi. Kodwa ngaphezu kwakho konke, phansi, lokhu kumayelana noKissinger - noBlatter - besebenzisa ezemidlalo ukufeza izinhloso zabo zezepolitiki.
Labo abakhala ngokuthi "ezemidlalo nezepolitiki" kufanele zihlukaniswe lapho umsubathi ezama ukuveza umbono wakhe, kufanele baphendule intukuthelo yabo kuBlatter, Kissinger, kanye nesinqumo seFIFA sokubona ibhola likanobhutshuzwayo njengethuluzi lokubeka eceleni abesifazane abangamaSulumane. Kufanele sicele i-FIFA ukuthi ihoxise ukudliwa futhi ibambelele emazwini amathathu okufanele abophe zonke izinhlaka, wonke amazwe, nabo bonke abantu abakholelwa ukuthi ezemidlalo zingabonisa okuhle kakhulu kwezinhlobo zethu: Bayeke badlale.
UDave Zirin ungumbhali wencwadi ezayo, Indaba kaJohn Carlos: Isikhathi Sezemidlalo Esashintsha Umhlaba (Haymarket), futhi wenza idokhumentari entsha Not Just A Game. Ungumhleli wezemidlalo kwi-Nation Magazine.
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