Orange You Glad There's a Political Message Implicit in a Track and Field Competition for Muslim Youth?

The track and field event, announced with much fanfare, has been blessed by Athletics Ontario (a government body), and will be held in Toronto this year. It's open to Muslims between the ages of 10 and 20, youths who are especially susceptible to the, er, colourful message/political indoctrination that goes along with the athletics:

Organizers have urged Muslim youths to join in the ground-breaking event and 'Be Orange with us.' 

"What does it mean to Be Orange?" asks the organizers on their website. 

"The color orange embodies many of the core values of our organization. It has been associated with traits of warmth, energy and ambition.” 

The founders are hoping to expand their offerings in the near future. 

"We are starting with one competition but we are not restricted to athletics,” said Khan. 

"We want to do other things in the future, such as leadership conferences. 

"At the school we take our students to events, such as the Ontario Student Leadership conference or interfaith events or Me to We, on a yearly basis and we are the only Islamic school there,” he added. 

"So we would like to do something like these so we can get more Muslims on board."

Orange is colour of the Canada's Socialist party, the NDP. And if that's a coincidence, I'll eat my gym socks.