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Muslim sports heros; that Obama spoke of last night.
Topic Started: Dec 7 2015, 06:37 PM (247 Views)
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Who/where are they?
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wanderingjays
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Good question
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Jackd

You'll find many if you look outside of your back yard.
Look at some soccer players in Europe....
Zinedine Zidane
Yaya Tourrà (???spelling)... one of the world highest paid athelete (+$25million/year)

Mohamen Ali, rigs a bell?
Mike Tyson
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wanderingjays
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I don't know. I'll check it out.
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jcapps

Let the european ones stay there
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Boxing

Muhammad Ali in 1978Muhammad Ali – became a member of the Nation of Islam in 1964,[129] converted to Sunni Islam in 1975
Bernard Hopkins – former Middleweight and Light Heavyweight world champion
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad – former Light Heavyweight Champion
Matthew Saad Muhammad – former Light Heavyweight Champion
Dwight Muhammad Qawi – former Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight Champion
Hasim Rahman – former Heavyweight champion
Mike Tyson – Undisputed Heavyweight Champion in 1987; converted in 1994 (influenced from preacher in prison)

Basketball

NBA player Shaquille O'Neal
DeSagana Diop - Senegalese basketball player for the Charlotte Bobcats
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar – converted to Islam from Catholicism in 1968, initially joining the Nation of Islam before retaking the Shahada and converting to Sunni Islam that very summer
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf – former player for Denver Nuggets (converted in 1991, formerly Chris Jackson)
Shareef Abdur-Rahim – retired player, named NBA All-Star in 2001–02 season[139]
Hassan Adams – drafted by and played for the New Jersey Nets, later the Cleveland Cavaliers, then KK Vojvodina (in Serbia).
Larry Johnson – retired player, played for the Charlotte Hornets and New York Knicks
Nazr Mohammed – player for the Charlotte Bobcats[141]
Mehmet Okur – Turkish player of the Utah Jazz[142]
Shaquille O'Neal – player for the Boston Celtics; rapper and actor[143]
Hakeem Olajuwon[144]
Rasheed Wallace - player for the Boston Celtics

NFL

NFL player turned sportscaster Ahmad Rashad
Hamza Abdullah – safety for the Cleveland Browns
Husain Abdullah – safety for the Minnesota Vikings
Oday Aboushi - guard, drafted by the New York Jets in 2013, currently with the Houston Texans.
Az-Zahir Hakim – wide receiver formerly for the St. Louis Rams
Ryan Harris[152]
Abdul Hodge – linebacker for the Carolina Panthers[23]
Ahmad Rashād – former wide receiver for Minnesota Vikings, award winning sports-caster (converted in 1972)
Ephraim Salaam – offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions[155]
Muhammad Wilkerson – defensive end for the New York Jets
Usama Young – free safety for the New Orleans Saints

Wrestling
Dara Daivari – Iranian American, former wrestler at the WWE[158]

Mixed martial arts
Muhammed Lawal - former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight World Champion
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That's ok but how many were born in a muslim country and how many are converts ?
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Most of them were converts when that was an initiative for protest.
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