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By Amaar Burton on September 29, 2016 • ( 2 Comments )

Former boxing champ Chris Eubank on his conversion to Islam

During a 13-year professional boxing career, Chris Eubank compiled a record of 45 wins (23 by knockout), 5 losses and 2 draws. He won two world championships: the WBO middleweight […]

By Amaar Burton on September 24, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

‘Hijabi Runner’ featured on magazine cover

Sometimes, the best solution to a problem is the most simple and direct one. Rahaf Khatib, a recreational runner from Farmington Hills, Mich., felt that Muslim women who wear hijab […]

By Amaar Burton on September 14, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Muslim athletes celebrate Eid al-Adha on social media

The fifth pillar of Islam is Hajj, a pilgrimage to the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia that every able-bodied and financially capable Muslim should complete at least once […]

By Amaar Burton on September 8, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Muslim players to watch this NFL season

No, Colin Kaepernick is not going to appear on this list of Muslim NFL players. Contrary to what some angry American patriots have to say on social media, the San […]

By Amaar Burton on August 30, 2016 • ( 1 Comment )

Kaepernick’s anthem protest is absolutely the American way

The Muslim American community has become inextricably linked to the most controversial sports story of 2016. Before an NFL preseason game in Santa Clara, Calif., on August 26, San Francisco […]

By Amaar Burton on August 22, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Best and worst stories involving Muslim athletes at the Rio Olympics

The 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will go down in history as the Games of Usain Bolt, Michael Phelps and Simone Biles — in that or some […]

By Amaar Burton on August 15, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

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 […]

By Amaar Burton on August 14, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Mo Farah repeats as Olympic 10k champion

Some people say the hardest thing to do in sports is to win when you’re expected to win. Right now in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, there are a handful of […]

By Amaar Burton on August 13, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Saudi, Afghani sprinters run in hijab at Olympics

Day 7 of the Rio Olympics marked the beginning of track and field competition, which included a teeming entry pool of 80 women in the 100-meter dash. Two of those […]

By Amaar Burton on August 11, 2016 • ( Leave a comment )

Egyptian pair wins weightlifting bronze at Rio Olympics

At just 18 years old, Sara Ahmed of Egypt already owns a piece of Olympic history. Ahmed won the bronze medal in the 69-kilogram (152-pound) division of the women’s weightlifting […]

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