Christians Push Back Against Conservative Fury at Imane Khelif
Italian boxer Angela Carini in 46 seconds on Thursday at the Paris 2024 Olympics. Carini pulled out of the fight after a barrage of punches by Khelif ending with a powerful hit to Carini's nose.Khelif qualified for the 2024 Paris Olympics, but she has been criticized for being disqualified from the International Boxing Association's (IBA) world championships in 2023 for failing gender eligibility tests.The Olympics has its own set of entry and medical regulations, which Khelif met.
Khelif also competed in the Tokyo Olympics in 2021 and won a silver medal at the IBA's 2022 world championships.Newsweek has reached out to the IBA via email for comment on Saturday afternoon.Khelif was assigned female at birth and identifies as a woman.
Furthermore, Khelif's father, who did not approve of girls boxing when Khelif first got into the sport, has publicly shown his daughter's birth certificate to prove that she is a woman, according to reports.
It is also illegal to change your gender in Algeria.Amid the backlash Khelif has been getting from conservatives, Zach Lambert, a pastor from Austin, Texas, wrote on X, formerly Twitter, on Friday, "I had no idea that so many of my Facebook friends from high school are chromosome and gender experts, but I should have known because they are also inflation experts, infectious disease experts, foreign policy experts, and French performance art experts."I had no idea that so many of my Facebook friends from high school are chromosome and gender experts, but I should have known because they are also inflation experts, infectious disease experts, foreign policy experts, and French performance art experts.Florida pastor Trey Ferguson posted to X on Friday: "My flabbers are still gasted about how people jumped out the window speakin on Imane Khelif yesterday.
