Athletes and activism: When does ignorance become intolerable?
At the masjid on a recent Friday, they talked about priorities. The context of this khutba was that while plenty of Muslims manage to make time for leisure, not enough […]
Muhammad Ali, Mike Tyson and the Donald Trump thing
More than a year and a half ago, when Donald Sterling was the most vilified man in American media and Donald Trump was relatively low on that list, I suggested […]
Modesty and the Muslim athlete
First, we must acknowledge the hypocrisy: That is, how college and pro football players can make a play that sends thousands of fans in the stadium — along with millions […]
Prayer on the field should not be a problem
Somehow, some way, a scene that has played out over a thousand Friday nights in thousands of cities and towns across the United States recently became a source of national […]
Justice or Else: What role do athletes play in the movement?
My father and I were two of the hundreds of thousands of people — two of perhaps one million, according to some estimates — who gathered in front of the […]
Islamophobia and antisemitism in soccer
While there is a lot of truth to the modern adage that “sports is the great equalizer” when it comes to social and cross-cultural understanding, our playing fields have also […]
Ozil’s charity epitomizes the spirit of Ramadan
Charitable giving has always been a basic tenet of Islam; the third of the five pillars of the religion. The Most Gracious and Merciful Allah [swt] says in the Quran, […]
Demba Ba: Muslim athlete in an Islamophobic country
If you think Muslims in the United States and Europe have it difficult, living in countries that are more socially unfriendly to the Islamic community than officially oppressive, imagine the […]
What would a Muslim do with A-Rod’s historic home run ball?
On Friday, June 19, Alex Rodriguez became the newest member of one of Major League Baseball’s most exclusive clubs when he recorded the 3,000th hit of his career — just […]
The Decision: Considering Islam in free agency
If you think Dwyane Wade, LaMarcus Aldridge and the rest of the big names in the NBA’s free-agency class of 2015 will be the subjects of too many rumors and […]
