Three Hijabis

We are campaigners, activists and doers.

We are the women who mobilised more than a million souls!

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The Story So Far…

‘Three hijabis walk into a bar…’ was the start of a viral tweet that breathed life to #TheThreeHijabis. The tweet was shared with a photograph of three British Muslim women, Shaista Aziz, Amna Abdullatif and Huda Jawad, who met up in a bar in London to watch the Euro 2020 quarter final game between England and Ukraine, alongside a twitter thread discussing football, racism, belonging and the importance of an England team that is inclusive, anti-racist and representative.

This led to an article in The Guardian by Shaista about the #TheThreeHijabis and the impact this England team, Gareth Southgate’s leadership, and our diverse England team have had on them and many Black people, people of colour and marginalised people and communities. Following the horrific racist abuse against our three Black England players at the Euro 2020 final between England and Italy, The Three Hijabi’s created a petition calling for racists to be banned from football matches for life.

Sign The Petition

Within 48 hours of the petition going live, 1 million plus people signed and backed the call to action. #TheThreeHijabis secured huge media coverage including international media coverage on their viral anti-racism campaign. The Prime Minister committed to extending banning orders to those convicted of racist abuse online, as well as mentioning the petition during a key note speech during the same week.

‘Together with the backing of over a million people an anti-racist movement was born.’

This summer, we reclaimed football back from the racists and reclaimed the narrative too.

Football belongs to everyone and not to the racists.

Since the success of the petition, #TheThreeHijabis have met with the Football Association (FA) to discuss how to address the issue of racism on the pitch and online. To date there have been more than 12 million views of the petition. Close to 1.2million people have signed the petition. More than 750,000 signatories shared the petition wider.

Many people have shared their lived experiences and stories of their love of football and the impact racism in football has had on them as fans.

This is just the beginning.