The mainstream media and Islamic supremacist groups are constantly preoccupied with the supposed plight of women who wear hijab in the U.S., who, they claim, are routinely harassed and victimized. The women who are really harassed and victimized, however, are those who dare not to wear hijab in countries such as Iran where it is enforced. Brava, Nazi Paikidze.
Note the viciousness of the Washington Post, in referring to her as “the U.S. champion who once told a magazine she would ‘do everything I can to help more girls get into chess.'”
Some things are more important than chess. Among them, for the Washington Post, is running interference for Sharia and Islamic supremacism.
“‘I will NOT wear a hijab’: U.S. chess star refuses to attend world championships in Iran,” by Cleve R. Wootson Jr., Washington Post, October 6, 2016:
As one of the most successful women to ever play the male-dominated game of chess, Nazi Paikidze is used to having her moves watched closely.
Her latest has drawn international attention: Paikidze announced last week that she will boycott February’s Women’s World Chess Championship in Iran because the players will have to wear hijabs.
Paikidze’s decision will deprive the tournament of one of the game’s brightest stars and biggest draws — the U.S. champion who once told a magazine she would “do everything I can to help more girls get into chess….
“Some consider a hijab part of culture,” Paikidze said in an Instagram post announcing her decision. “But, I know that a lot of Iranian women are bravely protesting this forced law daily and risking a lot by doing so. That’s why I will NOT wear a hijab and support women’s oppression.”

Jaladhi says
Now here is somebody with a backbone unlike our stupid leaders and the media!! Its clear WaPo is nest of traitors along with its likes , NyTimes, etc.!!
eowyn von rohan says
Yes, how much more, than our german chess-star! She only said, that she doesn´t care about the hijab – she only wants to do her sports.
What will be, when Katar does the Fußball WM? Do the women, who want to watch the games have to wear a hijab? Are they allowed to travel alone to the games – as they did in every other country that did the Fußball WM before, such as Brasil, South Africa or Germany. They may move freely also in Russia, the next, to do the World Games – what will happen in Katar with women who travel alone, with women who want to drink a beer in the stadium, with women who wear just a soccer-tricot (with shorts)?
Aardvark says
What we need now is some (too much to hope for all) of the male members to boycott the event while the hijab rule is in place!
Come on, guys, show some support for civilisation!
gravenimage says
I’d *love* to see that.
Bindon Blood says
Don’t hold your breath.
Don McKellar says
Remarkable woman. A hero showing so-called feminists of the left-fascist academia and mainstream media what feminism was and is really all about. Is that fake bitch Naomi Wolf going to comment in the mainstream media? Has she been reached for comment?
Westman says
Amen. Kudos to her.
What feminists? Even the ones I knew at the Unitarian Church don’t come or support causes anymore. In Hank William’s words the rowdy feminists have, “rowdied on down”.
Richie says
feminists today care only about lesbian issues
Steven says
….and being oppressed by islamists
Steven says
… I mean their supports and defend for the Islamists who oppressing the real women’s rights
Northern Virginiastan says
Not surprised about the UUs. They’re always championing whom they see as the underdog, in this case, Muslims, even though Islam is antithetical to the UU liberal social agenda. I say this as that rare breed, a cradle Unitarian.
Feminists today are obsessed with their vaginas, although that’s unfair to those who self-identify as women but don’t have vaginas …
Guest says
No wonder she’s good at chess
Charli Main says
As Robert often states ” when we are in Muslim countries we have to conform with Muslim cultural mores. When Muslims are in our countries, we have to conform with Muslim mores.
I hope this girl sticks to her principals and does not back down. Its time more people told Muslims to shove their burkas. niquabs and hijabs up their arses.
mccode says
Good for her.
Totally weird first name.
Mak says
Her name is Georgian; it means “tender” I believe.
I have visited Georgia and fell in love with the country. The Georgians are wonderful people. I feel bad for them because a country of smart, lovely people (mostly Christian and Jewish) is so close to a newly forming Islamic Republic (Turkey).
I hope they can defend their borders from Erdogan.
gravenimage says
Yes, mccode and Mak–“Nazi” doesn’t have the connotations it has in the West at all.
The lovely country of Georgia was under the Muslim heel during much of the early-mid Middle Ages.
Mak says
Yes, the Georgians have suffered at the hands of the Muslims before the MSM made it cool. I think they may have some very interesting things to teach the world about it.
FWIW: It really is an amazing country. The language can be a bit challenging but I learned a little while I was there and loved every second of my visit. From eating lunch on the Black Sea shore in Batumi to the Disney clone on the top of Tbilisi by the TV tower.
gravenimage says
Yes–a beautiful place. I have not been, but would love to go.
yohananw says
mccode, different languages, letters and pronunciations. A google lookup shows the Georgian translation of the German word “nazi” is ნაცისტური (nats’isturi) with hard ts sound. But her personal name, Nazi has soft z as in “NAH-zee”
I’m more sure about her chess rank. According to FIDE, Paikidze is in the top 3000 active chess players in the world and in the top 100 active women chess players in the world ratings!
https://ratings.fide.com/card.phtml?event=13603620
mccode says
She is a beautiful woman. And she is a principled one too.
No doubt she’d thrash most of us on the chess board.
I meant no disrespect referring to her name.
A pity and a disgrace that her example is not followed by the supine leaders who could demonstrate their conscience to the world.
Kay says
Brilliant, beautiful and principled. May her stance help women and girls.
Mark Spahn (West Seneca, NY) says
I too wondered, What kind of a name is “Nazi Paikidze”? What parents would name their child “National Socialist”? An explanation is found in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naz%C3%AD_Paikidze
There is an accent mark over the “i” in “Nazi”, so her first name is pronounced “nah-ZEE”.
And the “-dze” ending on her surname indicates that she is of Georgian origin (Georgia the country, not Georgia the U.S. state); lots of Georgians have names ending in “-dze”, as listed in
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Georgians .
Maybe as a sartorial compromise with the mullahs, she could wear the same jewelry shown in her Wikipedia photograph: a miniature of the Islamic instrument of torture referred to in Quran 5:33.
Peter says
Bravo. She has more integrity than the Western political class.
Buraq says
The Iranian clowns played the fatally flawed ‘Hijab Gambit’. However, this principled young lady has shown the swivel-eyed, moral invertebrates in Tehran that there is a solid defense to this gambit. The result is that the competition will lose because Islam makes people behave like arrogant, supremacist clowns!
Guest says
Let’s not forget Iran hates America, especially the pretty blonde girls. The hijab would have been the least of her concerns.
Mickey says
A real feminist.
Jerry says
I’d go even further than that, a real humanitarian.
Jay Boo says
Inside the Washington Post link there appears to be a lot of ambivalent waffling. The Post does not actively criticize her decision but does offer hints of passive aggressive disapproval even to the point of slipping in a bizarre link to: …
([There is no hijab emoji. This 15-year-old student is trying to change that.] )
Jerry says
Yes, it must be painful for these leftist mediators when someone has the audacity to make a courageous and moral stand against islam. They hesitate to condemn it outright cuz they know it’s shooting themselves in the foot. So they resort to plan B which is to employ subtler shades of ridicule and condemnation. I see this in the local media where I live too, what snakes they can be.
A pig in a dress is still a pig! Don’t try and deceive us lefties by telling us what a pretty dress they have!
David says
A male chess player wouldn’t be ordered to ware any sort of “traditional muslim dress”, would he?
Why do these ass-wipe muslum psycopaths continue to get their way all over the world ?
It boggles my mind !
Mak says
The answer we all know but many people dare not say: violence. People don’t want to offend the Muslims for fear of being killed.
Can any other religion or group make that claim? Very few. Certainly none with a billion followers. Scared yet? I sure am.
Mo says
It takes a young woman who is not even a world leader or politician to have more guts than most of the world’s leaders and politicians combined!
Mirren10 says
Well said, Mo.
Jerry says
She is so right in making this stand against islamic belligerence. And that’s what it is really, belligerence. It’s not just about a piece of clothing, the hijab is a symbol of oppression and religious dedication for islam. It’s anti-human rights to demand of foreign visitors in an international competition that they adorn themselves with the national and religious identity of that nation. Imagine if we Americans demanded of visiting competitors from Iran that they publicly adorn themselves with a copy of our constitution or a lapel flag of the United States before they can participate. The whole world would think we were bully idiots. And that’s how we should see Iran and islam. It’s a bully people living for a bully doctrine. This young lady knows right from wrong and she has compassion for the suffering of women, and she’s willing to sacrifice for that conviction. Correct me if I’m wrong, but I think that makes her a hero.
Jerry says
(Not only that she’s hot as hell:)
gravenimage says
Brave and beautiful!
Jerry says
She’s “BBB,” Brave, Brilliant, and Beautiful. The exact opposite of me! lol Lucky her!
gravenimage says
Jerry, you have a lot of intelligent things to say here–and just taking a stance against Jihad makes you much braver than most in the West.
Raja says
Jerry,
I Agree 100%. Thank you for your time.
Jerry says
I’ve got more time than brains, but I do the best I can. 🙂 Thanks.
Voytek Gagalka says
One thing is absolutely certain: Obama (nor HRC if she will succeed him, G-d forbid) will NOT invite this brave woman, Nazi Paikidze, to the cocktail party in the White House. Only people of the sort like “Clockmed” have unrestricted access there. But if you dare to oppose mainstream Islamo-pandering official policy? Watch out! I’m worry that they will try to punish her for her stance in any way they can in near future…
Georg says
In chess, you are smart or die; this is unlike with politics. World leaders: Get a clue.
One for the awesome people.
Mr. Farton says
This woman has more courage than all the bums in politics put together.
Raja says
Well said Farton.. Food for thought !
Georg says
Although that’s not much courage, your point is taken. :p
Jay Boo says
In fairness, to objectivity, Wouldn’t she be allowed to show at least a bit of an accidental chador hair slip and some (hair cleavage) just above her forehead at a chess tournament against other women? After all, aren’t American woman expected not to know any better?
Go on, work the camera baby, give those Mullah maniacs a hair tease to make them toss and turn in their sleep.
underbed cat says
Would she have to wear a head scarf, if she shaved her head? Just wondering.Feeling slightly rebellious…it could also be a dangerous situation for her, since she represent the U.S.and they weekly chant for our demises.
underbed cat says
Opps it should be represents and demise.
AvantiBev says
Go the the Washington Post and read the comments. The preponderance of those who fling about the phony term “islamophobia” for any and all who criticize Islam, Sharia and apply it even to this young chess player is saddening and maddening. Apparently ignorance (of an ideology that wants you dead or dhimmi) is indeed bliss to the WaPo readers.
I chalk it up to the triumph of what Pope Emeritus Benedict XV called “The Dictatorship of Moral Relativism”. I have heard that on some college campi, students are reluctant to condemn even the Holocaust, because “Hey, what’s wrong for me might be right for Heinrich Himmler.”
Jay Boo says
Thanks for pointing that out.
Custos Custodum says
Remember that Hitler’s National Socialism had a LOT of support among the soi disant educated classes in the U.S. right up to 1941.
Some people – often those who have lapsed in their own religion – will latch on to anything and everything for a fleeting sense of belonging to the winning side.
gravenimage says
Very true, Custos. But those who warned about Fascism *did* eventually win through.
ElderlyZionist says
Staying out of the Islamic Republic is a good idea, regardless of your gender. Not everyone who goes in comes out alive.
Jay Boo says
Even much worse than death is the horrendous danger of being forced to become a …. Muslim.
Oh the shame!
Oh the endless humiliation!
Oh the humanity!
gravenimage says
True–Americans have gone there and wound up imprisoned or disappeared. Not a safe place for Infidels.
davious says
This is true, and I find it amusing: Nazi’s father is named “Adolf”.
Jerry says
Yeah, bizarre coincidence. I guess it’s pronounced nah-ZEE, not that it makes the unsavory association any less noticeable. lol. So we got a gal named “Nazi” with a father named Adolf protesting islam’s Nazi-like policies. I don’t feel too guilty for giggling over the quizzical facts.
TAD says
For many of us, likely the first time we’ve stood with a Nazi…
Jerry says
lol, and most likely the last.
gravenimage says
As noted above, she is probably of Georgian heritage. No connection to the National Socialists.
Lesley says
This confirms something for me:
I think smart people more often recognize Islam as an insidious, civilization-threatening danger.
Sure, there are bright people who are misinformed and want to believe the best in people, but I think on the whole that bright people are more likely to put the puzzle together and see the whole picture.
Jihadwatch is the only site on which I comment and look forward to reading the forum comments because overall there are so many intelligent discourses here, it’s exciting.
I think higher intelligence is correlated with seeing Islam as a threat. I think this phenomenon also explains why Robert Spencer is given such a hard time… He’s so brilliant that people who are aren’t bright enough to debate him on his level are nasty to him for no justifiable reason.
Sometimes when we stand on the truth, we must stand alone and wait for the masses of people who aren’t as bright to catch up to speed :-/
Confirmation of things fitting into a pattern is comforting, but the idea that many of our leaders may not be smart enough to see through the taqiyya nonsense is disturbing :-/ ugh.
Jerry says
Malcolm Forbes said, “You can easily judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.”
Spencer, Geller, Wilders, they’re helping millions who will never help them, buy their books or benefit them in any way. This is the trait of a great person to me, someone who gives far more than they could ever hope to gain. I know I’ll never achieve their level of commitment and success. But if I can contribute somehow to their good cause then I know I’ve done the right thing.
gravenimage says
Hera, hear. Lesley and Jerry!
John says
Stunning checkmate from the good lady
Mazo says
Paikidze is of Georgian origin.
Safavid Iran and Qajar Iran used to dominate Georgia and took thousands of Georgian girls to use as concubines and castrated thousands of Georgian boys to use as eunuchs (ghulam) in Iranian harems.
The Georgian girls didn’t have to wear Hijab inside their Iranian master’s harems.
This is just a chess game.
Is she really acting out because of Hijab or is she grinding an axe against Iranians?
gravenimage says
The repulsive Mazo wrote:
Paikidze is of Georgian origin.
Safavid Iran and Qajar Iran used to dominate Georgia and took thousands of Georgian girls to use as concubines and castrated thousands of Georgian boys to use as eunuchs (ghulam) in Iranian harems.
The Georgian girls didn’t have to wear Hijab inside their Iranian master’s harems.
………………………..
Sex slaves don’t have to wear Hijab–but only because they are to be sexually available for their Muslim masters at all times. This is *not* a perk in this case, as the vicious Mazo pretends.
Notice that the vile Mazo has not a word of criticism for Muslims using Infidels as slaves and sex slaves, and casually mutilating them.
And why would he? His coreligionists are using Infidels as sex slaves *today*, and he has said nothing against it.
More:
This is just a chess game.
Is she really acting out because of Hijab or is she grinding an axe against Iranians?
………………………..
Nazi Paikidze is an American. She may know nothing about the appalling history of Muslim domination of her mother country at all.
Note that the vile Mazo pretends that it is impossible for anyone to take a moral stance–just because Muslims are obsessed with revenge (not that this would qualify, in any case)–he assumes that everyone else is.
This girl knows that forced Hijab is a moral wrong–and she is standing up against it.
No wonder Mazo is confused–as a pious Muslim, he is incapable of taking a moral stand.
Mazo says
18th and 19th century Western imperialist orientalists romanticized the harem and the lives of people in them. Western painters drew paintings fantasizing on harem life.
Orientalists are your people. I never said anything positive about it.
gravenimage says
Mazo has never said anything negative about Muslims enslaving unbelievers, either–not historically, and not today.
The idea that the only problem with Muslims abducting, enslaving, and mutilating their victims is Westerners misconstruing superficial aspects of this as “colorful” is simply grotesque–but par for the course for this vicious apologist for evil
BLC says
Good for her!
underbed cat says
Thanks Lesley for defending people who speak out.
Yippe….after many times hearing that I am hateful and I have fallen for “conspiracy theories”,lumped as deplorable, racist by the other” candidate” I feel a little smarter., even if I did not complete college after a few years.
Congratulations to the Chess Champion, and her courageous decision to not submit.
Very smart young woman, congratulations on your Chess Championship and courageous decision.
gravenimage says
underbed cat, do not forget that there was a time when those warning against Hitler and the Fascists were smeared as “hysterics” and even–grotesquely–as “warmongers”. This included Winston Churchill.
They eventually won out. Do not despair. We have truth and moral decency on our side.
I do believe, slow as it is, that more people are waking up to the threat of Islam.
underbed cat says
Yes, I do understand the comparison, and I have felt the very thickness of air, and the shock that many seem to think that, the experts in the government will take care of us, fear creeps in but I too believe that some are waking up, judging some media daring to speak. It seems that ob is ramping up to leave a legacy..at any cost or he may fine a reason and refuse to leave.
Thanks for the comment.
gravenimage says
🙂
Ciudadano says
The Washington Post article contrasts the position of Muslim women in western countries who want to wear niqabs and burkas against the position of Muslim women in Islamic countries who are fighting to get rid of such a customs.
Let’s not forget that jihadists militias like Taliban and ISiS impose burqas and niqabs on women, exactly in the same way that those clothes are imposed in Saudi Arabia and other Islamic countries.
Muslim women in western countries should show solidarity with women oppressed by ISIS, Taliban and misogynistic Islamic countries and reject niqabs and burqas. Those Muslim women in Western countries who insist on donning niqabs and burkas are showing support for the misogynist ideology of ISIS and the Taliban.
c matt says
It reminds me of the typical limousine liberals who “suffer” for like, a whole hour without food or cell phones, to show “solidarity” with something of which they have no clue.
gravenimage says
US chess star won’t go to championships in Iran: “I will NOT wear a hijab”
“But, I know that a lot of Iranian women are bravely protesting this forced law daily and risking a lot by doing so. That’s why I will NOT wear a hijab and support women’s oppression.”
…………………………..
Kudos to Nazi Paikidze!
And shame on the Washington Post for shaming her for taking a moral stand. The tyranny of Iran *should* be isolated–this is just one reason among many.
D-spot says
have no proof but suspect the Soros connection….
gravenimage says
“Political correctness” and the whitewash of Islam is rife in the West, including in the press. Many are in willful denial, and just want to believe that Islam is benign.
George Soros is a dangerous man, but he is not the bogey man behind everything.
Northern Virginiastan says
Interesting that Iran is hosting a chess championship.
From Chess and Prophet Muhammad, http://www.hraicjk.org/chess_and_prophet_muhammad.html
Not only did Prophet Muhammad include chess among “games of chance” but he found early in the piece that chess players wished to continue their game rather than go to prayers.
Muslim 946 The Prophet said: “He who played chess is like one who dyed his hand with the flesh and blood of swine.”
Hadith Malik 554:1725-7 The Prophet said that he who played chess disobeyed Allah and His Messenger.
A’isha considered chess evil. Umar would beat people playing chess and break the pieces. Malik said that playing chess is repugnant.
c matt says
Probably because Mo’ got his ass handed to him every time he played.
billybob says
Muhammad likely include chess among “games of chance” because for him, it was. being a brute, he probably didn’t have the intellect for it, and moved his pieces around at random whenever he tried it. Thus for him it was a game of chance because he had no chance of winning.
Jerry says
LOL. You’re a genuine comedian.
VampireJack says
Beautiful AND smart.
One day I shall marry her. And let her beat me at chess.
Jerry says
And you’ll have kids and they’ll beat you at chess too. lol
Mirren10 says
This brave lass has also launched a petition; please, everyone, sign it !
https://www.change.org/p/stop-women-s-oppression-at-the-world-chess-championship-by-challenging-fide-s-decision
gravenimage says
Thanks for the link, Mirren–glad to see she has launched this petition. Signed!
kessler says
Thanks for the link Mirren.
Great to see all the support for this brave woman.
I noticed Zuhdi Jasser signed the petition too:
https://www.change.org/p/stop-women-s-oppression-at-the-world-chess-championship-by-challenging-fide-s-decision/c/515354876
utis says
Thanks from me, too. There are a lot of signatures, but she still needs over 4K more. Why did the organizers put the event in the Graveyard of Fun anyway? Was some official being blackmailed?
Jerry says
Yeah, thanks Mirren, I didn’t even know about it. I signed it.
AmyB says
Thanks for the link! I signed.
Champ says
“Brava, Nazi Paikidze.”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Indeed!!
Crusades Were Right! says
I thought “Brava” was a typo. I should have known better – after looking it up I discovered it’s the feminine version of “Bravo”.
(Once again) Mr. Spencer has taught me something!
; ¬)
Wellington says
I think she ought to run for office (hell, there’s nowhere to go but up anyway considering the pathetic and craven dhimmis now running America), though I would advise a respelling of her first name, for instance, “Nasi.” In any case, and echoing so many others who have posted here, kudos to this woman, who is not only possessed of way above average chess skills but has moral intelligence, common sense and courage all of a high order too.
Susan B says
How many have the name mohammad, in it’s many spelling forms??? This name represents the beginning of the most murderous evil and vile cult on the planet. Why is no shame associated with this. HItler was evil but mohmmad out “evils” islam by a long shot.
Richard Paulsen says
Good. Do not let anyone force islam on you. Never.
traci94 says
I like this girl already!! She spoke the truth; in places like Iran, women do not have a choice in this matter. This girl should be applauded!
Mark A says
Good for her.
Apart from Washington Post article quoted, I haven’t seen anything else about this in the MSM.
Mark A says
I stand corrected:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/article/37559853/the-22-year-old-chess-star-boycotting-iran-world-championships-over-hijab
http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/news-and-views/news-features/i-will-not-wear-a-hijab-us-chess-star-nazi-paikidze-refuses-to-attend-world-championships-in-iran-20161007-grx2zt.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/chess-star-nazi-paikidze-barnes-boycott-world-chess-championship-iran-hijab-a7347356.html
Guest says
I applaud this brave woman.
Sam says
Thank you girl!! We need some more American ladies like you intead of those Hillary following “feminist” idiots.
Martin says
Bravo, Miss Paikidze
somehistory says
A decision based on principle, on ethics, on doing the right thing. Good for her.
It’s funny that every time one of the moslims refused to play with an Israeli, it hardly made a ripple in the news. Here, a young girl does the moral thing, the right thing, and every bully chicken in the barnyard comes out to chase and peck.
Hoping she continues to stand her ground and stays safe.
DFD says
Hi Folks, I just have to share these with you, and:
ONE IS ACTUALLY **ON** TOPIC!
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The one that’s on topic first, part of a satire from PI-Magazine. OK, here they are:
http://pi-news.net/wp/uploads/2016/10/sexy_burka.jpg
http://pi-news.net/wp/uploads/2016/10/giga-umvolker-soros-stiftet-merkel-an.jpg
Georg says
Didn’t these Iranian scumbags have Italian statues covered so their sensibilities whouldn’t be offended? As Robert says, Muslims expect one to conforom to their sensibilites whether in their lands or ours… It’s not going to work.
Jerry says
That’s right, this scampering about trying to please muslims has to end. We’re enablers with our kid glove treatment of them and their religion that ain’t a religion. Our politicians and media lie for them, conceal facts, make excuses, and provide for them every opportunity to advance their supremacist ideology in the name of religious tolerance. And who suffers for this duplicity? Us of course, raped, murdered, sacrificing our rights and neighborhoods for people who’ve made a religion out of murdering and enslaving non-muslims. They model their whole lives around the commands of a demonic god invented by a murdering pedophile. This devil god of theirs commands obedience to every form of criminal activity in support of islam. And it’s a fact, thousands of muslims are fulfilling those commands and millions more support them on some level. But none of this matters to obama, hillary, or merkel, because they live by a policy of moral cowardliness and willful ignorance for islam and its people. They all pretend to strive for multicultural unity while ignoring all the warning signs with islam and muslims that we saw with Hitler and the Nazis. Our weak politicians and media all work hard to foster the misconception that islam is something other than what is surely is, a violent ideology lived by an increasingly violent people. In short, they are lying for the enemy and are traitors to their respective nations. That’s how I feel about it.
Georg says
And that’s how I feel about it, too. Thanks for sharing. The potential carried with the virus of Islam is horrific, and yet those who nominally stand against its tenets, and who will suffer at its manifestation, usher it in.
There is nothing kind about ushering in a hateful ideology. Cowardice is exhumed in Europe as it hasn’t been for hundreds of years, and it moves about many circles unimpeded while we wait for those with courage to take a stand and put a stop to the dooming of our descendents. The children of Europe do not deserve Islam, and Islam does not deserve the future of Europe.
Angemon says
Kudos, Miss Paikidze, for possessing more testicular fortitude than many politicians, talking heads and decision makers as well as a righteous sense of justice (which, again, many politicians, talking heads and decision makers lack).
And a special call-out to “feminists” in the West who turn a blind eye to the women Miss Paikidze is placing in the spotlight – you should be ashamed.
Jack says
The Washington Post is censored in Iran. Are they OK with that also?
Eric says
Good for her! Stay strong and stick to your guns! Don’t let the PC apologists push you around!
bc says
Well done and it is good to meet a real feminist, IE one who cares about her ‘fellow’ women living under Islamic oppression
Andy says
It’s great to hear some good news in this fight from time to time!
yohananw says
Chess originated in India and reportedly came to the west by way of Persia. Iran has strong players. However, the tournament conditions set by the Islamic Republic of Iran and Iran’s current and past political history are problems.
Professional chess needs its sponsors and it she Women’s World Chess Championship scheduled to take place in Tehran in Feb. 2017 has a sponsored prize pool which totals $450,000 according to wiki/ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Women%27s_World_Chess_Championship_2017
The big news is that Grandmaster Hou Yifan has reportedly declined to play at this Tehran tourney.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hou_Yifan
>”Hou is the third woman ever to be rated among the world’s top 100 players, after Judit Polgár and Maia Chiburdanidze, in the August 2014 FIDE rating list. She is widely regarded as the best active female chess player, “leaps and bounds” ahead of her competitors. She is ranked as the No. 1 female player.”<
Steven says
Well done Nazi Paikidze, you have a balll same size as bull….. very brave for standing up…unlikley the leftard nazi so-called feminists and the leader like Merket.
Dustin Koellhoffer says
Righteousness speaks out against the slavery of Islam.
Sherry sherry.Yarger says
Good for you for taking a stand!
Been There Got the Tee Shirt says
Moral clarity is a beautiful thing.
Carolyne says
Years ago, I think it was during the period that Daniel Pearl was missing and had not yet been beheaded, Ashley Banfield, a rather low level news reader, interviewed a dirty old Muslim Imam I think in Iran. She wore the Muslim rags from head to toe and knelt before him to do the interview. It was sickening to see a Western woman grovel at the feet of that idiot. When Roselyn Carter visited Saudi Arabia with her moronic husband, she agreed to enter the King’s palace by the back door, as women were required to do. I was ashamed for my country that she did that, and also wore Islamic rags.
I admire this young woman. This is much more important than playing a game of chess. It is a declaration of her womanhood which will not be trampled by barbarians.
American Pragmatism says
Look a hero.
Rosie says
YOU GO GIRL!!!!!!
Joe says
Everybody with a sane mind should not go to any Islamic country. No matter with or without hijabs. Infidels are seen as second or third class creatures worse than animals by Muslims. If a war breaks out, they can always become slaves or could get killed, And even without war it is very high risk to go there!
Oh One More Thing says
You are showing good common sense. Thank you for not caving to government political correctness.
Rasmussen says
She’s got more balls than most spineless western “statesmen”…..