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Roqaya Al-GassraAl-Gassra shattered the glass ceiling as the first Muslim athlete to win an Olympic Medal covered in Hij...
19/02/2025

Roqaya Al-Gassra
Al-Gassra shattered the glass ceiling as the first Muslim athlete to win an Olympic Medal covered in Hijab at the 2004 Olympics. She won a gold medal in the 200m sprint and a bronze in the 100m at the 2006 Asian Games in Doha. She has also won medals at the Asian Indoor and Arabian championships, and was the flag bearer for Bahrain at the 2008 Olympics.

Al-Gassra has already made a huge difference in her country and the region. Since her success the
Bahrain has seen scores of girls taking up athletics. Relatively speaking, it’s a small amount but a giant leap forward from where sport was in the country a few years ago.

Parents, particularly those with daughters, regularly seek her advice. They want to to know if it’s safe for girls in sport whilst keeping close to Islamic traditions.

She always re-assures them in her cheerful manner, quickly coming across a great role model to aspire to. Bahrain even hosted their first ever Gulf Co-operation Council (GCC) Youth Championships for Girls. Hundreds of youngsters from Bahrain, Qatar, Oman and Kuwait lined up dreaming that they too might be the next Roqaya Al-Gassra.

Ruqsana Begum, a British Bengali who grew up in east London and studied architecture at Westminster University, became t...
18/02/2025

Ruqsana Begum, a British Bengali who grew up in east London and studied architecture at Westminster University, became the Muay Thai world champion after beating Susanna Salmijärvi from Sweden.

When she’s not boxing, Begum is sweet, obliging, with an open, smiley face that makes her look much younger than 33, but in the ring she hardens into elemental aggression. ‘She has that kill or be killed instinct,’ World renowned trainer O’Shaughnessy states. ‘A lot of boxers have got the talent, but they haven’t got the instinct. When she’s outside the ring you’d never know, it’s only when she’s inside that you realise.’

For women, gaining the right to box has been a battle – they weren’t allowed to compete in conventional boxing in the Olympics until 2012. And for Muslim women, in particular, the problem is compounded. In 2012, she launched a line of sports hijabs that are made of Lycra and don’t require a safety pin to hold together. ‘I want to help more Muslim women participate in sport.’

Her fighting career was also derailed by an arranged marriage in her early 20s, which proved disastrous. And the final complication is that she suffers from ME, or chronic fatigue syndrome, which is a long-term illness.

In the face of such hardship, Begum embodies perseverance, receiving an Inspire Award at the GG2 Leadership Awards in 2016.

Mo. SalahFootball has long acted as a platform for societal change, cultural influence and tolerance. Salah has not simp...
17/02/2025

Mo. Salah
Football has long acted as a platform for societal change, cultural influence and tolerance. Salah has not simply been a goal scoring wizard, a master playmaker and tireless hard worker for Liverpool, he has been an unexpected sociological meteorite in English football. Exhibiting a persona which warrants as much respect as his footballing talent does; humble, incredibly charitable and a calming presence – Mohamed Salah is a fine ambassador for not just football, but Islam too. His arrival in the Premier League could not have come sooner.

Salah has acted as an unexpected uniting force, an unlikely champion of Islam in these challenging times, revolutionising our perceptions of Islam with his graceful presence. The Liverpool chant “if he scores another few, then I’ll be Muslim to’, though jovial in intention, lays evidence to desires of improved integration in our society.

Salah’s charitable efforts in his homeland cannot go unnoticed. He invests much of his £90,000-a-week wages into schools and hospitals in his home village of Nagrig, and at his wedding in 2013, he issued an open invitation to the whole of his village – and 1,000 came along.

Salah’s humility, sincerity and skill hails him as one of the best in the premier league, both on and off the pitch.

“Salah has a strong will and his mind is faster than his feet.”

Imran KhanImran Khan, winner of the 1992 World Cup, ICC Hall of Fame, 3x Player of the Year.Regarded as one of the great...
19/01/2023

Imran Khan

Imran Khan, winner of the 1992 World Cup, ICC Hall of Fame, 3x Player of the Year.

Regarded as one of the greatest all-around cricketers of all-time, Khan’s best qualities were his bowling and leadership. One of cricket’s fastest bowlers, he led the Pakistani National Team to their first and only World Cup in 1992. Imran hand-picked that team, including future stars Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-haq, and Mushtaq Ahmed.

After his retirement, Khan started his own political party, the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), which focuses on weeding out corruption in the Pakistani government. Khan continues to head the party and is one of the country’s most popular leaders due to his strong Islamic values.

Ibtihaj Muhammad:As a black Muslim American woman, Muhammad cuts a distinctive figure in the predominantly white sport o...
19/01/2023

Ibtihaj Muhammad:

As a black Muslim American woman, Muhammad cuts a distinctive figure in the predominantly white sport of fencing. At Rio Olympics, she became the first American to not only compete in a hijab, but win.

“Fencing has taught me so much about myself and what I am capable of. I want to be an example for minority and Muslim youth that anything is possible with perseverance. I want them to know that nothing should ever hinder them from achieving their goals—not race, religion, or gender.” – Ibtihaj Muhammad, Duke Magazine, 2011

“Don’t villainize. Humanize.”

Too often, the burden is placed on minorities to explain and legitimize themselves and their experience. And why should that be? Muhammad argues that we should all do a better job of learning about and trying to understand other people—approaching those who are different from us first and foremost as fellow humans, with less emphasis on the ways we are different.

In 2012, Muhammad was named Muslim Sportswoman of the year.

“A lot of people don’t believe that Muslim women have voices or that we participate in sport,” Muhammad said in an interview with USA Today. “And it’s not just to challenge misconceptions outside the Muslim community, but within the Muslim community. I want to break cultural norms.”

In the spirit of representation, Mattel announced that it was honoring Muhammad with the unveiling of a new Barbie doll in her likeness. Part of the brand’s annual Shero program, which celebrates notable women and their achievements, the doll is the first in Barbie’s lengthy history to come with a hijab.

According to the Guardian, Mohammed is “one of the best symbols against intolerance America can ever have”.

Muhammad also serves on the council for the U.S. Department of State’s Empowering Women and Girls Through Sport Initiative, which encourages girls across the globe to reach their potential.

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Congratulations to our Caucasus brother, Islām Makhachev, for becoming the champion of the world just like Khabīb Nurmag...
23/10/2022

Congratulations to our Caucasus brother, Islām Makhachev, for becoming the champion of the world just like Khabīb Nurmagomedov who left a legacy which will be remembered by everyone.

Some of Khan's World Records: 1: Youngest Test player (20 years and 350 days) 2: He is the fifth captain who bowled th...
27/07/2022

Some of Khan's World Records:
1: Youngest Test player (20 years and 350 days)
2: He is the fifth captain who bowled the best in Test matches
3: Youngest ODI player (19 years and 165 days)
4: Number 3 bowler with best bowling in ODIs (7/18)
5: The young player who takes five wickets in one match in ODIs (18K and 178V)
6: Eighth player with most LBW wickets in ODIs (56)
7: He is the first player to take 100 wickets in 44 ODIs
8: The first bowler to have the best bowling in T20I (5/3)
9:- Rashid Khan is the second bowler to complete the fastest 50 wickets in T20Is, he has dismissed 50 players in 31 matches.
10: Rashid Khan is the first batsman in T20Is who has taken 4-4 consecutive wickets in two matches.

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