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 […]
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, […]
Video: Andre Ayew highlights
The 2015-16 season has been something of a breakout campaign for Andre Ayew. The 26-year-old winger for Swansea City of England’s Premier League — who had spent the previous five […]
Muslim female boxers featured in documentary
The narrative of the female who shows strength through fighting — be it at home, in school, at work, in sports or simply day to day in a society that […]
Eight sports figures among ‘The Muslim 500’
The 2016 edition of “The Muslim 500,” an annual list of the world’s most influential Muslim men and women compiled by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre in Jordan, includes […]
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 […]
Video: Lassana Diarra highlights
Some of the skills required to be a good defensive midfielder in soccer are the same skills required to be a good rebounder in basketball. On his way to carving […]
Adebayor lists 13 reasons why he converted to Islam
By the end of soccer’s 2015 summer transfer window, Emmanuel Adebayor may have a new professional home. The 31-year-old from Togo, considered one of the elite scoring forwards in England’s […]
Manager: Paul Pogba’s best is yet to come
It doesn’t take a soccer expert to recognize why Paul Pogba‘s name has been linked to some of the world’s richest soccer teams on the international transfer and free agency […]
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 […]
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