The Blue Belt in Olympic Judo

The Blue Belt in Olympic Judo
By Robert Spencer

Now the whole story of the Saudi girl who got Olympic rules changed so she could compete in judo wearing a hijab has finally come out. Wojdan Shaherkani, who forced a rule change in the Olympics so she could compete in judo while wearing a hijab, which previously had been banned for safety reasons, has only been practicing judo for two years, and is only a blue belt. She was only in the Olympics by special invitation.

This is like grabbing some guy from the local karate school, some guy who has been stopping in on Fridays for awhile to get back into shape, and throwing him into the Olympics. Shaherkani demonstrated this by lasting only 82 seconds in her Olympic bout. Nothing could have illustrated more vividly that the purpose of this pudgy girl’s Olympic appearance was not to bring home a medal to happy Saudi judo fans.

The purpose of Wojdan Shaherkani's Olympic appearance was twofold: to comply with International Olympic Committee (IOC) pressure for female athletes from Sharia states like Saudi Arabia, and to turn that situation into a victory by pressuring the IOC for a concession on hijabs, thereby reinforcing the principle that wherever Islamic law and Infidel laws and practices conflict, it is Infidel laws and practices that must give way. Throwing this unprepared girl into Olympic competition was a cynical ploy to show yet again that the West must submit to the demands of Muslims and of Islamic law.

It was to reinforce Islamic supremacism that the world was treated to the spectacle of an inexperienced blue belt competing in Olympic judo. This is in line with long-standing initiatives in Europe, Canada, and the United States, where groups of Muslims are increasingly demanding that local custom accommodate to them, rather than the other way around, and are doing so based on the proposition that Islamic culture is superior to Western culture, and that Western culture must ultimately give way to it.

One notorious example came last October, when the Obama Department of Justice settled a Muslim woman’s religious discrimination lawsuit against the Berkeley School District. The DoJ forced the school district to pay Safoorah Khan $75,000 for denying her nearly three weeks of vacation during the school year so that she could go on the hajj.

Safoorah Khan asked for "almost three weeks of unpaid leave" so that she could go on the hajj. She wrote that "based on her religious beliefs, she could not justify delaying performing hajj," although since a Muslim has his or her entire lifetime to perform the hajj, it's unclear what would have made it impossible for her to justify delaying doing so — was she in imminent danger of death?

If she wasn't, there was no reason why she had to go on the hajj at that time. And since the Islamic calendar is a lunar one with a year of 355 days, the time to perform the hajj moves by ten days every year. All she had to do was wait until the time for the hajj fell during summer vacation, and then there would have been no problem.

But instead, she demanded three weeks of leave. Yet three weeks of leave, even unpaid, out of the school year is a significant chunk of time — after all, the school year is only about nine months long. So she is essentially demanding to keep her job despite being away for nearly a tenth of the time during which the job is to be performed.

Yet Obama's Justice Department, ever accommodating to Islamic demands, is forcing the school district to make a big payout to her. And you can be sure there will be more cases like this one. Said Khan: "I’m glad that we settled and I hope this does set a precedent…I hope this helps people and their employers to accommodate Muslims and their requests."

Oh, it certainly will. For the current guardians of Western culture and civilization are all too willing to comply with these “requests,” having been convinced after years of mainstream media indoctrination that not to do so would be to would constitute an unacceptable “racism,” “bigotry,” and “Islamophobia.” They are unable or unwilling to see that the outcome of the myriad small accommodations to a supremacist and intolerant ideology will be the destruction of the very basis of their tolerance and openness. But by then it will be too late.

Robert Spencer is the director of Jihad Watch and author of the New York Times bestsellers The Politically Incorrect Guide to Islam (and the Crusades) and The Truth About Muhammad. His latest book, Did Muhammad Exist?, is now available.

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jean vercors

11 years ago

here is the video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fYL_mTYmwko&noredirect=1
1 bet 1 king size falafel Wojdan Shaherkani never praticed Judo more than 10 hours in her entire life
what a bigotry from the ICO and Internationa Judo federation …
“Melissa Mojica showed honor and respect to a clearly inferior opponent that is Shaherkani, she is a true Judoka practicing “The Gentle Way”. Jigaro Kano would be proud, excellent job. I hope that part of the world that views the west as “The Great Satan” realizes that we don’t humiliate and destroy the inferior person. We want the inferior to become the best that they can be”

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alyn21

11 years ago

Or we can just stop hiring muslims. That would make accommodation totally unnecessary.

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H.Kristensen

11 years ago

A true story. My wife and I visited Macy in NYC and as I waited for my wife’s visit to the bathroom I noticed a woman with a Jihab. I asked the black lady at the “Customer Service” where they displayed and sold the BURKA.The service agent pointed toward the Mc Donald (located on the same floor) and said: ” right there, you can get cheese burger,double burger or regular burger”.
The old saying : “When you are in Rome, do as the Romans.” Keep your own rules at home.

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Laminin Cross

11 years ago

Now the Saudi girl’s father is suing because of all the nasty comments about the girl on twitter.
We need to deny them their sharia victories and put an end to their frivolous law suits. Stop it before it gets any more out of hand than it is already.

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Laminin Cross

11 years ago

@H.Kristensen
You must be thinking of a jihad-hat. “Jihab” that’s funny. 🙂

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Sarah

11 years ago

We have seen this kind of creeping sharia stunt before. It is sickening. Never sure which I feel more, heartbreak or rage, to see such evil infiltrate the west be so blind, so cowardly. The caliphate is on the advance and will not stop unless we stop them. Sadly, save a few brave souls like Pam and Robert, we are doing the opposite.

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Zilla

11 years ago

The Olympics allowed Woejohn Shakestheground to commit fraud by allowing her to wear an UNEARNED Black Belt in the match which she was completely unqualified to wear.
Also, remember a few years back when they subjected an athlete to all kinds of test to prove she was female? How come nobody did that with this particular athlete who is very masculine looking, what with the sideburns and all?
Didja hear that this “athlete”‘s father is planning to SUE everyone who “attacked” (he actually means said unflattering things) her on Twitter? It would be laughable except for the fact that our islamocoddling governments will likely fail to protect the right of free people to mock a hairy, nearly 300 pound, unqualified manly looking, “female” athlete who insisted on wearing a do-rag to an Olympic event which she was completely unqualified to participate in (an event in which she committed fraud by insisting she wear a BLACK belt in, by the way).

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Gleaner1

11 years ago

A clear and accurate appraisal By Robert, as usual, but when are we going to be inspired by him or Pam as to what we can do about all this.

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bern

11 years ago

I wonder how many school districts will refuse to hire a muslim teacher now.. Sometimes you win a battle and lose the war.

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kate b

11 years ago

Ha ha ha, superior to the west? Where are all the islamic nations on the medals table???? tiny little GB are up there with our American pals and of course the vast country of China.

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Nandy

11 years ago

Wow – were is all this hate coming from?! I have met some amazing people that are either Arab, Muslim or both – and I’ve also seen good people treated horribly because of their race and/or religion – it happens way too often – and attitudes like yours don’t help anybody. I’m not a fan of bigotry & I don’t care for you page much – yuck!

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Susanp

11 years ago

kate b, where have you been for the last ten, almost eleven years? I could forgive your ignorance about islam on 9/11/01 but in case you have been hibernating and haven’t heard the news, muslims have committed over 20,000 heinous acts of terrorism in the name of their vile religion since 9/11/01. The perpetrators were not fringe radicals or hijackers of islam, they were devout, mainstream muslims. I’m glad to hear you know some ‘amazing’ arabs and muslims and by the way, it isn’t ‘bigotry’ to tell the unpleasant truth. But a group thinker like you is more concerned with tolerating the intolerable, political correctness, and multiculturalism at any cost than facing harsh reality. Yuck to you, you sniveling coward!

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thatkeith

11 years ago

“Jesus is ideal and wonderful, but you Christians – you are not like him.”
— Bara Dada

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