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Modern Muslim female athletes have achieved success in a variety of sports, including volleyball, tennis, association football, fencing, and basketball. [2] In the 2016 Summer Olympics , fourteen women from Muslim-majority countries won medals, participating in a wide range of sports.
Abdullah is an activist for Muslim women in sports. Since her debut in professional weightlifting, Abdullah has been part of multiple opportuntiies. in 2015, she along with four other Muslim women from around the world formed a team known as Shirzanan for the RAGBRAI; a bicycle ride event organized by The Des Moines Register.
Ibtihaj Muhammad (born December 4, 1985) is an American sabre fencer, author, entrepreneur and Olympic medalist.At the 2016 Summer Olympics, she became the first American woman to compete in the Olympics in hijab, the first American Muslim woman to win an Olympic medal, [1] and the first Black woman to win an Olympic medal in the sabre event, when she won bronze in the women’s saber team event.
Ismail al-Faruqi – Muslim philosopher and scholar; Jonathan A C Brown – Muslim lecturer and scholar. Amina Wadud - Islamic scholar and activist; Suhaib Webb – Muslim lecturer and activist; Imam of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center, the largest mosque in the New England area [138] [139] [140] Hamza Yusuf – Muslim scholar [141]
The Victory Swim collection sees Nike double down on female Muslim athletes while offering what it believes is the best modest swimsuit on the market.
T. B. Irving – (1914–2002), was a Canadian-American Muslim author, known for producing the first American English translation of the Qur'an; Shabir Ally – Guyanese-born Canadian Islamic Scholar, President of the Islamic Information & Dawah Centre International in Toronto
Salwa Eid Naser (née Ebelechukwu Agbapuonwu, born 23 May 1998) [1] is a Nigerian-born Bahraini sprinter who specialises in the 400 metres.She was the 2019 World champion with the third fastest time in history of 48.14 seconds, becoming the youngest-ever champion in the event and also the first woman representing an Asian nation to win that event at a World Championships.
This is a list of female athletes by sport. Each section is ordered alphabetical by the last name (originally or most commonly known). For specific groupings, see Category:Sportswomen. Sasha Cohen Ellen van Dijk Hagar Finer Sarah Hughes Giselle Kañevsky Morgan Pressel Irina Slutskaya Dara Torres, 4x Olympic champion swimmer