Demba Ba’s prostration debated among Muslim scholars
Demba Ba is, in at least one way, the Tim Tebow of Muslim athletes. Tebow is the Heisman Trophy-winning college quarterback who played a few way-too-scrutinized years in the NFL. […]
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Abdul-Jabbar has mixed feelings about MLK Day
Sometimes it’s hard to believe the “dumb jock” stereotype persists when you have counterexamples as big and as brainy as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The 67-year-old New Yorker is a giant in […]
VIDEO: Paul Pogba is the complete midfielder
Paul Pogba is 21 years old, stands 6-foot-2, has the stamina of a steeplechaser, the long and powerful legs of an NFL wide receiver, and the quick and nimble feet […]
Could this year be better for Ozil than last year?
All things considered, 2014 was a smashing success for Mesut Ozil. While the 26-year-old midfielder’s injury-plagued first full season with Arsenal of England’s Premier League was just mediocre by his […]
Muslim soccer players show united front with France
Contrary to what you may have been told, a condemnation of the self-proclaimed Muslims who killed 17 people during three days of gun violence in France last week is not […]
Amir Khan speaks out against radical Islam
Amir Khan, the reigning WBC Silver Welterweight champion and 2014’s British boxer of the year according to at least one columnist, has become the world’s most outspoken Muslim athlete on […]
Mohamed Sanu on his breakout NFL season
For fans of the NFL’s Cincinnati Bengals, the 2014 season won’t go down in history as anything different from what they’ve become accustomed to in recent memory. For the fourth […]
Ali Al-Habsi patrols the posts for Oman
Oman is not a soccer powerhouse. But the Muslim-majority country on the Arabian Peninsula is trying to get there. Oman’s senior men’s national squad is currently tied for 93rd in […]
The dunk that made Hafid Yassin famous
Before Jan. 6, there hadn’t been anything remarkable about Chief Sealth High School (Seattle, Wash.) basketball player Hafid Yassin‘s senior season. The lanky 6-foot-5 guard was a good athlete on […]
VIDEO: Franck Ribery highlights
Franck Ribery, a.k.a. Bilal Yusuf Mohammed, is one of the best and most successful soccer players in the world. The 5-foot-7 winger has won four championships in Germany’s top pro […]
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