Posted by Rough Rider on May 6, 2007, 7:12 am "For the past two days, everything seemed to be going fine and then the Muslims finally decided it would be impossible to play against female ministers and risk physical contact," Olav Fykse Tveyt, one of the leaders of the Norwegian Protestant church, told AFP. The match was planned as part of a religious conference in Oslo entitled "Shoulder to Shoulder." According to the Norwegian press agency NTB, the church tried to resolve the issue by asking its female ministers to play in trousers and baggy tops. When that failed, it said they should not play at all, but this provoked outrage from the women and the team captain resigned. "Not everything is negative," said Fykse Tveyt. "Both sides have learned to better understand our cultures and we have had an open discussion."
Link: Imams red card match after women fielded in football friendly
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OSLO (AFP) - A football match between Muslim and Christian clergy aimed at bringing together the two religions was cancelled on Saturday after the imams refused to play against women, the organisers said.
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