Minnesota girls design Muslim-friendly basketball uniforms
Ask any athlete in any sport what they want first and foremost out of their athletic gear, and 95 percent of the time they’ll have the same answer: Comfort. Whether […]
Faith is the name of the game for all-Muslim team
To achieve and maintain a balance between pride, identity and assimilation is a constant challenge for any minority group trying to survive and thrive in a larger society. Whether it’s […]
The Dunk that Made Hafid Yassin Famous
Before Jan. 6, there hadn’t been anything remarkable about Chief Sealth High School (Seattle, Wash.) basketball player Hafid Yassin‘s senior season. The lanky 6-foot-5 guard was a good athlete on […]
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 […]
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