Bronze medal makes Muhammad’s Olympic statement even stronger
The comforting, feel-good narrative was that Ibtihaj Muhammad of the United States did not need to win a fencing match, let alone a fencing medal, for her first Olympic experience […]
Muhammad Ali was both superhuman and super human
I wasn’t going to write this. When three-time world heavyweight boxing champion Muhammad Ali passed away on June 3 at the age of 74, surrounded by his family in Scottsdale, […]
The case for religious diversity in journalism
I recently attended a public panel discussion titled “Journalism So White” that explored a wide range of topics related to race and the American media. The focus was not so […]
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 […]
