NFL player Husain Abdullah penalized for prayer
Husain Abdullah is the most visible Muslim player in the National Football League. The Kansas City Chiefs free safety is known as much for his exploits on the field — […]
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Amaar Burton
Qatar team forfeits at Asian Games in hijab protest
When basketball’s international governing body, FIBA, revealed its plan on Sept. 16 to begin a lengthy process of potentially eliminating its rule outlawing hijabs and other religious head coverings on […]
FIBA relaxes anti-hijab rule with 2-year ‘testing phase’
What may seem like a long overdue and well-deserved victory for those urging basketball’s international governing body (FIBA) to eliminate a discriminatory headgear rule is but a small, slow step […]
Faried helps Team USA win FIBA World Cup gold
Kenneth Faried scored 12 points and grabbed seven rebounds in Sunday’s gold-medal game at the FIBA World Cup, helping Team USA rout Serbia 129-92 in Madrid, Spain, to win the […]
10 Muslim players to watch at FIBA’s World Cup
The name may be the same, and they are sharing a summer on the global sports stage, but otherwise there aren’t many obvious similarities between FIFA’s World Cup (soccer) and […]
FIBA reviews rule prohibiting hijab, delays decision
Basketball’s international governing body met on Wednesday in Spain prior to the start of the 2014 FIBA World Cup, a scheduled session that had received worldwide attention because of one […]
‘Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return’
In the course of one week, the deaths of two Muslim athletes — one a legend in his sport, the other just starting to build a legacy in his — […]
Squash legend Hashim Khan: A century of excellence
Hashim Khan, one of the greatest squash players in history and leader of the sport’s dominant “Khan Dynasty,” died at his Colorado home on August 18. He was believed to […]
Identity: Making a change
Thirteen months ago, I sat down with my father at a cramped International House of Pancakes on a busy Sunday morning to tell him that I would be converting to […]
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