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Daniel Haqiqatjou - Muslim polemcist, debator, and Da'ee; Louay M. Safi – Muslim scholar [155] Zaid Shakir – Muslim scholar [156] Siraj Wahhaj – Muslim scholar [157] Omar Khalidi – Muslim scholar [158] [159] Amir Hussain – Muslim scholar, editor of the Journal of the American Academy of Religion; Asifa Quraishi - Muslim legal scholar
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.
Bilqis Abdul-Qaadir (Somali: Bilqis Abdul Qaadir; Arabic: بلقيس عبد القادر) (born 11 November 1990) is an American former collegiate basketball player. She was notable for playing basketball while wearing a hijab, a headscarf for Muslim women.
Demián Bichir – Mexican-American film actor of Lebanese heritage; Dan Jbara – television and film producer; Danny Thomas – actor; David Yazbek – musician and composer famous for the Broadway musical The Full Monty; Diane Rehm – host and executive producer of The Diane Rehm Show on National Public Radio
A long-shot gold medal victory was a first on many fronts and an inspiration for future athletes in the face of oppression. Women's History Month: Nawal El Moutawakel inspired Muslim athletes Skip ...
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Kareem Al Allaf (born 1998), American tennis player of Syrian descent who has played for Syria and the US; Sarah Attar, track and field athlete (Saudi Arabian father) Rocco Baldelli, professional baseball player (Syrian) Toni Breidinger, half-Lebanese, NASCAR driver, First Female Arab in the sport
The diversity of Muslims in the United States is vast, and so is the breadth of the Muslim American experience. Relaying short anecdotes representative of their everyday lives, nine Muslim Americans demonstrate both the adversities and blessings of Muslim American life.