(BBC) Brunel University in London is hoping to encourage more Muslim women to play sport by launching a sports hijab.
A 2017 study by Sports England found just 18% of Muslim women participate in regular sport, against 30% of the UK’s female population as a whole.
Business management student and gym-goer Faith Al Saad is “100% confident” the hijab will attract Muslim women.
“I genuinely think it’s a lifesaver,” she said. “It feels like you’re wearing nothing on your head.”
Student union president Ranjeet Rathore added: “Muslim women were of course participating in sports on their own and in private, but they weren’t really going out to competitions, or using sport as a social tool to get involved in activities.”
