Wheelchair basketball helps heal in Afghanistan
Afghanistan, a country that is more than 99 percent Muslim, has been embroiled in one war or another since the late-1970s. Two byproducts of the violence and economic disarray are […]
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 […]
‘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 — […]
Kamaal Ahmad chose the Quran over college football
One way or another, Kamaal Ahmad was going to make his mark in this world through sports. Just like a Kennedy getting into a politics, or a Kardashian gravitating toward […]
CAIR requests FIBA change its anti-hijab rule
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the United States, has stepped to the forefront of the growing movement to pressure the […]
South Florida’s Musa Abdul-Aleem to transfer
University of South Florida shooting guard Musa Abdul-Aleem (featured on Ummah Sports in March) will finish his college basketball career at another school as the Bulls transition from one coaching […]
Muslim Women’s Sports Foundation works to eliminate inequality
It has been said that sports is the only true meritocracy left in this world. Athletes like Jackie Robinson, Billie Jean King and Oscar Pistorius are held up as examples […]
New Jersey’s Muslim Basketball league builds brotherhood
While certainly not the first or the last venture of its kind, the Muslim Basketball league in northern New Jersey (muslimbasketball.org) just might be the best in the U.S. at […]
Video: Lady Caliphs HS basketball team
This is an ESPN feature from 2006 about the W.D. Mohammed High School (since renamed Mohammed Schools of Atlanta) girls’ basketball team. The clip includes Aamira Terry, who would go […]
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