NBC VIDEO: “Muslim Brothers Sacrifice Big NFL Football Paychecks for Spiritual Journey to Mecca”
Tweet From NBC ‘Rock Center’ with Brian Williams Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy By Brian Brown Rock Center Put simply, this is just another striving, improbable, poetic American Dream story: How a family, venerating work and education, traveled from the notorious South Central LA of “Boyz In The Hood”...
CBS 60 MINUTES VIDEO: “Jacksonville Jaguars Owner Shahid Khan: From Pakistan to Pro Football”
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NBC SPORTS: “American Muslims Find Love & Friendship on the Basketball Court”
Tweet From NBC Sports COLLEGE PARK, Md. – On the University of Maryland campus, legendary Cole Field House has long since become Cole Student Activities Center. Cole is dark and empty at 10 p.m. on a muggy summer night, but a knot of frenzied activity in the eastern lee of the building fills the air...
NBC NEWS: “Fasting 17 Hours a Day: How Do Muslim Olympians Cope During Ramadan?”
Tweet From NBC News By Alastair Jamieson August 3, 2012 LONDON — Competing in the Olympic Games is one of the toughest tests of the human body. So imagine the challenge faced by Muslim athletes who are currently fasting for up to 17 hours a day during the holy month of Ramadan. Adherents to Islam are expected to...
BBC SPORT: “Hijab Ban May Force Saudi Arabian Judo Fighter Out of London Olympics”
Tweet From BBC Sport July 30, 2012 Olympics judo: Saudi Arabia judoka could pull out after hijab row The father of a female Saudi Arabian judo competitor says his daughter will pull out of the Olympics if she is not allowed to wear her hijab during bouts. Wojdan Ali Seraj Abdulrahim Shaherkani, 16, is due...
WORLD NEWS: “Saudi Women to Compete in Olympics for First Time Ever”
Tweet From France24.com Saudi Arabia said Sunday it would allow female athletes to compete for the first in next month’s Olympic Games in London. Officials describe the move as a sensitive reform for a country in which women are banned from publicly participating in sports. AFP - Saudi Arabia, where public sports events for women are...
HOUSTON CHRONICLE: “Basketball a Slam-Dunk for Young Local Muslims”
Tweet From Houston Chronicle By Safiya Ravat | Published 03:56 p.m., Thursday, May 31, 2012 From left, Muslim basketball players Raheel Azeez, Aqib Gazi, Khary Dixon, Saqib Gazi, Aamir Kidwai, Kazeem Mohamed and Jorge Palomares at Lake Nassau Park Sunday, May 27, 2012, in Nassau Bay. ( Johnny Hanson / Houston Chronicle ) Echoing over the sound...
AP: “Muslim Olympic Athletes Consider Delaying Ramadan Fast in London”
Tweet From Associated Press DOHA, Qatar (AP) When Qatari sprinter Noor al-Malki makes her debut at the London Olympics, she will not be among those contending for a medal. Breaking her own national record in the 100 meters will be enough of a prize. But even this modest goal presents a challenge. The 17-year-old, whose oil-and-gas rich...
NEWS: “3 Friends Dribble Soccer Balls 400 Miles for Middle East Peace”
Tweet From The Clayton News-Star (North Carolina) ANDREW KENNEY - From left, Dylan Simel, 18, of New Bern, Sasha Seymore, 19, of New Bern, and Ahmad Saad, 20 , of Cary, kick soccer balls along the American Tobacco Trail near Cary. The University of North Carolina students are raising money for religious tolerance by dribbling across...
