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At the [Malaysian] National Scholastic Chess Championship 2017, which took place in Putrajaya recently, the girl was informed that what she wore was "improper and had violated the dress code" for the tournament.
[...] The girl's chess coach, Kaushal Khandhar, wrote on Facebook, "In the middle of Round 2, (without stopping the clocks) Chief Arbiter informs my student that the dress she wore was improper and violated the dress code of the tournament.
"It was later informed (by Chief Arbiter) to my student and her mother, that the Tournament Director deemed my student's dress to be 'seductive' and a 'temptation from a certain angle far, far away'."
[...] Kaushal said after discussions with the chief arbiter, the girl was allowed to compete, provided she bought a pair of slacks for the next day, but that decision came at 10pm and with the event at Putrajaya, there was no way the girl's mother could buy anything for the 9am start the next day.
"Before the morning round next day, my student's mother called the tournament director regarding this matter. Initially he had replied that he was not aware of the situation but after a brief discussion, we realised he knew all the details on this incident prior to this phone call.
"He promised to return the call upon discussion with the chief arbiter, but this did not happen. He would further not answer or return any calls by my student's mother", Kaushal wrote, adding that the situation led to the inevitable decision of withdrawal from the tournament altogether."
We should perhaps note here that Malaysia is majority-Muslim.
(Score: 2) by tangomargarine on Monday May 01 2017, @08:01PM
Calling it a "coup" is a bit odd, considering that the U.S. was militarily supporting the Shah dismissing the Prime Minister, which he did in fact had the constitutional authority to do. The PM didn't like that and resisted.
So it rather sounds like it would've devolved into a civil war anyway, assuming the Shah had the balls to dismiss the PM without the U.S. leaning on him to do so. Which isn't as far-fetched as you might think.
But yeah, I wish the U.S. would've stayed out of it. Greed over oil is a powerful motivator. WP claims that Churchill basically lied to Eisenhower that Iran was thinking about going over to the Soviet side to try to get his hands on the oil.
"Is that really true?" "I just spent the last hour telling you to think for yourself! Didn't you hear anything I said?"