Tag: Sport

15 January 2021

Muslim girl is changing the game and the conversation around Muslim women in sports

Fitriya Mohamed came to Toronto from Ethiopia at age 10, attended school for the first time and fell in love with basketball. Now she wants to create space for other Muslim women to fulfill their own hoop dreams.

15 September 2020

Muslim community helps build Christchurch’s ‘Game Plan’

Last year, Ali, along with Labour list MP candidate Zahra Hussaini, went to the Canterbury Muslim Liaison group as a starting point to find people to talk to.

12 February 2019

First UK university unveils sports hijab

The Union of Brunel students now hopes that other universities will follow its lead and introduce their own sports hijab to further encourage greater participation.

17 October 2018

Khabib Nurmagomedov’s Religion

The fight was one of the biggest mixed martial arts showdowns in recent memory

09 May 2018

First US hijab-wearing Barbie to honour fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad

On its website, Mattel said the new Barbie is “inspiration for countless little girls who never saw themselves represented in sports and culture,” adding it hopes the doll “shows girls they can be anything.”

03 August 2017

Top 10 Muslim Athletes You Should Know

Born 3 June 1985. A Senegalese footballer who plays as a striker for Newcastle United and the Senegal national team. He holds the record of most goals scored (22) by an African in a single Bundeslia campaign- 2010 to 2011. In the same season, he also won an s4 award for being the most efficient striker in the league.

30 May 2017

How you can both fast and exercise

According to rahyafte (the missionaries and converts website): Going to the gym on an empty stomach, without any water and slightly sleep-deprived during the long summer days of July may seem a little loony. Yet all across the world, many Muslims choose to do this. On the first day of […]

16 March 2017

“Islam is a very peaceful religion and very kind,” Ivica said

Although Islam does not require new converts to adopt Muslim names, Ivica reportedly decided to change her name to Khadija after she proclaimed the Shahada after Friday prayer.
Immediately after pronouncing the Shahada, the Russian coach said that she would be “a good person, help, and be on the right way.”

13 March 2017

Sonny Bill Williams: Islam brings me happiness

I grew up as a Christian, like many Polynesians do, and moving to Australia suddenly when I was 15, I learned a lot about Muslim faith,” he says.

10 March 2017

South African bowler Wayne Parnell converts to Islam

Wayne Parnell, the South Africa left-arm seamer, has announced that he has converted to Islam. He has also changed his named to Waleed, meaning ‘Newborn Son’ after his conversion to Islam.