{"id":2525,"date":"2016-03-15T14:19:49","date_gmt":"2016-03-15T14:19:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2525-film-festival-apologizes-after-asking-olympic-fencer-to-remove-her-hijab\/"},"modified":"2016-03-15T14:19:49","modified_gmt":"2016-03-15T14:19:49","slug":"film-festival-apologizes-after-asking-olympic-fencer-to-remove-her-hijab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shiawaves.com\/english\/news\/world\/2525-film-festival-apologizes-after-asking-olympic-fencer-to-remove-her-hijab\/","title":{"rendered":"Film festival apologizes after asking Olympic fencer to remove her hijab"},"content":{"rendered":"<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><span style=\"font-size: 12.16px; line-height: 15.808px;\">US Olympic fencing star was asked to remove her headscarf in order to obtain a pass<\/span><\/h4>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\"><\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">\u00a0<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">A South by Southwest film festival volunteer has been sacked and organizers have apologized after an US Olympic fencing star was asked to remove her headscarf in order to obtain a pass.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Registration official Amin Simms said it was &#8220;an insensitive request&#8221; and against the festival&#8217;s policy to ask Ibtihaj Muhammad to remove her hijab at the event in Austin, Texas.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Ibtihaj Muhammad, 30, could not immediately be reached for comment.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">Ms. Simms said festival organizers were embarrassed by the situation and apologized to Ms. Muhammad.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">The fencer will be competing for the US at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro this summer.<\/h4>\n<h4 class=\"MsoNoSpacing\">South by Southwest is a major festival of film and interactive media.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>US Olympic fencing star was asked to remove her headscarf in order to obtain a pass \u00a0 A South by Southwest film festival volunteer has been sacked and organizers have apologized after an US Olympic fencing star was asked to remove her headscarf in order to obtain a pass. 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