{"id":20932,"date":"2023-12-14T12:37:01","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T07:37:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=20932"},"modified":"2023-12-14T12:37:01","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T07:37:01","slug":"usman-khawaja-mutedly-protests-gaza-by-donning-a-black-armband","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/news\/usman-khawaja-mutedly-protests-gaza-by-donning-a-black-armband\/","title":{"rendered":"Usman Khawaja mutedly protests Gaza by donning a Black Armband"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>PERTH: During the first Test match against Pakistan on Thursday, Usman Khawaja quietly protested by donning a black armband and writing support for the people of Gaza on his shoes with tape.<\/p>\n<p>The opening batsman in the Perth match had expressed a desire to wear the shoes, which had the handwritten phrases &#8220;All lives are equal&#8221; and &#8220;Freedom is a human right&#8221; prominently displayed.<\/p>\n<p>But Khawaja, a Muslim who was born in Pakistan, was informed that it violated the International Cricket Council&#8217;s guidelines regarding remarks made during games that touch on politics, religion, or racial issues.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket Australia stated that it expected the players to follow the regulations, so Khawaja covered the slogans with semi-transparent tape so that only up close could the Palestinian flag-colored words be seen.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket Australia, citing local media, claimed that Khawaja was donning the armband in accordance with a recent Instagram video he posted from UNICEF, a children&#8217;s charity based in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>Usman Khawaja made the following comment on the post: &#8220;Do people not care about innocent humans being killed?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The October 7 attacks into Israel by Hamas, which claimed 1,200 lives, set off the war.<\/p>\n<p>Read More:\u00a0<em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/world\/unga-unites-for-gaza-ceasefire-amidst-global-pressure.html\">UNGA unites for Gaza Ceasefire amidst global pressure<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Just before he batted in the first Test on Wednesday, Khawaja reaffirmed his commitment to oppose the ban on his shoes.<\/p>\n<p>Khawaja said to Fox Cricket, &#8220;I just think that so much has happened in the past that sets a precedent.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to ICC guidelines, it is technically forbidden for other individuals to have religious symbols on their equipment; however, the ICC has never made a statement on the matter.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PERTH: During the first Test match against Pakistan on Thursday, Usman Khawaja quietly protested by donning a black armband and writing support for the people of Gaza on his shoes with tape. The opening batsman in the Perth match had expressed a desire to wear the shoes, which had the handwritten phrases &#8220;All lives are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":20933,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,21,6],"tags":[10346,10347,3879],"class_list":["post-20932","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-news","category-sports","tag-australia-vs-pakistan","tag-austrlian-cricket-team","tag-usman-khawaja"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20932","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20932"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20932\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/20933"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20932"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=20932"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=20932"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}