Abdul-Wahad on Islam, France and Charlie Hebdo
If you’ve become an NBA fan in the last 20 years or so, it might be difficult to imagine the league without the presence of players from France. In the […]
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Amaar Burton
Bodybuilder aims to lift sport’s profile among Muslims
It takes an admirable amount of humility for a big man to admit he is looking for a safe place. In a society in which we’ve been socialized to believe […]
Kanter traded at NBA deadline, joins Waiters in OKC
Three months ago, controversy brought Enes Kanter and Dion Waiters together. It was back in November when Waiters, a third-year shooting guard with the NBA’s Cleveland Cavaliers, became a magnet […]
Najib works double duty chasing championships
Not every professional athlete is a millionaire. Some of them aren’t even hundred-thousand-aires. Some of them, in fact, still hold “regular” jobs in order to make a living until bigger […]
Basketball stars pay tribute to Chapel Hill murder victim
Deah Shaddy Barakat was a man of varied interests and talents: The second-year graduate student at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry started a successful fundraiser aimed at […]
Uzbek students invigorate HS wrestling in New York
If you’ve been paying attention to recent world events, you may have noticed some inconsistencies in media coverage that hint at an agenda of maintaining a dangerously divisive narrative. From […]
Rugby star Williams building another legacy in boxing
Like base-stealing specialists and sub-300-pound NFL linemen, elite two-sport athletes are something of an endangered species on the global sports landscape. Two of the last notables to achieve that status […]
Husain Abdullah on the pilgrimage and the penalty
It seems like old history now — to those who even remember it happened — but the Kansas City Chiefs were supposed to have rudely shut the New England Patriots’ […]
Why are Muslim athletes boycotting Israeli competition?
As the Open Sud de France rolls on this week, Tunisian tennis star Malek Jaziri is at the center of an investigation by the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) for […]
Abdul-Qaadir attends White House meeting with Barack Obama
Former college basketball star Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir was among the 14 Muslim-American community leaders who met with President Barack Obama and senior officials on Feb. 4 at the White House in […]
