Muslim Athletes

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IQNA – A youth leader in Winnipeg says many Muslim girls and women feel unsupported in local sports programs and often leave teams because their needs are not fully understood or accommodated.
News ID: 3495615   Publish Date : 2025/12/04

IQNA – Ali Mirshekari has officially donated his championship medals to the Astan Quds Razavi museum in a ceremony honoring his devotion to Imam Reza.
News ID: 3494149   Publish Date : 2025/08/06

IQNA – Three Muslim sisters from Buffalo, New York — Jamilah, Zaynah, and Latifah McBryde — have helped reshape the landscape of women’s college wrestling in the United States by pushing for rule changes that allow modest uniforms aligned with their religious beliefs.
News ID: 3493803   Publish Date : 2025/07/12

IQNA – The 2023 FIVB Men’s U21 Volleyball World Championship trophy, won by Iran's national team, has been officially presented to the museum of the Imam Reza (AS) holy shrine in Mashhad.
News ID: 3493162   Publish Date : 2025/05/20

IQNA – The proposed legislation to ban headscarves in French sports has ignited a debate over religious freedom and secularism, with athletes raising concerns about its impact on inclusivity and expression.
News ID: 3492561   Publish Date : 2025/04/04

IQNA – The Muslim Students of France (EMF) has strongly slammed a proposed law to ban Islamic headscarves (hijabs) in sports competitions, labeling it as “racist, Islamophobic, and sexist.”
News ID: 3491953   Publish Date : 2025/02/21

IQNA – On Tuesday, the French Senate approved a bill prohibiting the wearing of "ostensibly religious" symbols, including the hijab, during sports competitions.
News ID: 3491935   Publish Date : 2025/02/19

IQNA – A Muslim women’s football coach was left visibly distressed after being barred from participating in a match because of her choice to wear tracksuit bottoms rather than shorts, a decision tied to her religious beliefs.
News ID: 3490497   Publish Date : 2024/10/30

IQNA – UN experts have called on France to reverse its discriminatory measures banning women and girls from wearing the hijab while playing sports, urging compliance with international human rights obligations.
News ID: 3490468   Publish Date : 2024/10/28

IQNA – The Imam Reza (AS) Shrine Museum, open to the public daily, displays a collection of championship medals donated by renowned Asian, world, and Olympic athletes.
News ID: 3490367   Publish Date : 2024/10/21

IQNA – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyed Ali Khamenei hailed Iranian athletes who took part in this year’s Olympic and Paralympic games for presenting and honoring spiritual capabilities and national-religious and Islamic identity.
News ID: 3489942   Publish Date : 2024/09/17

IQNA – A see-off ceremony for Iranian Para athletes participating in the 2024 Paralympic Games took place at the holy shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad on August 18, 2024.
News ID: 3489568   Publish Date : 2024/08/19

IQNA – Australian boxer Tina Rahimi has slammed France's controversial hijab ban, which prohibits French athletes from wearing religious headscarves in certain Olympic sports.
News ID: 3489281   Publish Date : 2024/07/29

IQNA – Algerian judoka Messaoud Redouane Dris has withdrawn from his first match of the 2024 Paris Olympics after being slated to compete against Israeli judoka Tohar Butbul.
News ID: 3489273   Publish Date : 2024/07/29

IQNA – Iran’s junior super-heavyweight lifter Taha Nemati has bestowed his world medal to the museum of the Holy Shrine of Imam Reza (AS) in Mashhad.
News ID: 3488167   Publish Date : 2024/05/01

IQNA – Australia's star cricketer Usman Khawaja has been denied permission to adorn his bat and shoes with a peace symbol, ahead of the Boxing Day Test against Pakistan.
News ID: 3486535   Publish Date : 2023/12/24

CANBERRA (IQNA) – Mahmoud Abdelfattah, the first Muslims or Palestinian coach to head a basketball team in Australia’s top league, says he seeks to be a “role model” that he himself lacked while growing up.
News ID: 3485367   Publish Date : 2023/09/30

PARIS (IQNA) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) says that participants in the Paris 2024 Olympic Games can wear hijabs or other religious or cultural attire in the Olympic Village, where they live and socialize during the event.
News ID: 3485360   Publish Date : 2023/09/29

PARIS (IQNA) – A sports journalist has addressed what can unfold in the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris for Hijabi Muslim athletes as France has a history of imposing hijab bans in sports.
News ID: 3485246   Publish Date : 2023/09/20

WASHINGTON, DC (IQNA) – A prominent Muslim American fencer believes “racism” is behind the world’s “obsession” with hijab.
News ID: 3485234   Publish Date : 2023/09/19