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TomCADem

(17,390 posts)
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 04:51 AM Jun 2016

Trump in December: What Muslim sports heroes?

Source: The Hill

After Donald Trump tweeted to pay tribute to boxing legend Muhammad Ali, who died on Friday, critics took to social media to call Trump a hypocrite for his proposed Muslim ban and a previous tweet about Muslim athletes.

“Obama said in his speech that Muslims are our sports heroes. What sport is he talking about, and who?,” Trump tweeted in December.

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Ali, and prominent civil rights activist who called himself a "proud Muslim", had publicly criticized the ban.

"We as Muslims have to stand up to those who use Islam to advance their own personal agenda. They have alienated many from learning about Islam," Ali said in a statement after Trump vocalized his proposal. "I am a Muslim and there is nothing Islamic about killing innocent people in Paris, San Bernardino, or anywhere else in the world."

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/282243-trump-in-december-what-muslim-sports-heroes



The hypocrisy of Trump paying homage to Ali after questioning whether there were any Muslim sport heroes.
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Trump in December: What Muslim sports heroes? (Original Post) TomCADem Jun 2016 OP
Trump's own supporter, rapist Mike Tyson, is Muslim bluestateguy Jun 2016 #1
Trump supporters don't care. BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #3
Hakeem Abdul Olajuwon Cartoonist Jun 2016 #2
Or better - someone closer to Trump's age - Kareem Abdul-Jabbar BumRushDaShow Jun 2016 #4
There are no Muslim sports heroes? IrishEyes Jun 2016 #5
Well said IrishEyes saidsimplesimon Jun 2016 #8
Melting Pot Don bucolic_frolic Jun 2016 #6
Little Donny is is a lying, hypocritical idiot. lastlib Jun 2016 #7

BumRushDaShow

(129,608 posts)
3. Trump supporters don't care.
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 07:20 AM
Jun 2016

Their universe operates in non-congruent fragments of time where they accept what is told to them as their "reality" during a particular time segment.

IrishEyes

(3,275 posts)
5. There are no Muslim sports heroes?
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 10:11 AM
Jun 2016

What about these people? Trump is a bigoted moron.

Boxing

Muhammad Ali – became a member of the Nation of Islam in 1964,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

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
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
Mehmet Okur – Turkish player of the Utah Jazz
Shaquille O'Neal – player for the Boston Celtics; rapper and actor
Hakeem Olajuwon - retired player for the Houston Rockets and the Toronto Raptors
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 - offensive tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers
Abdul Hodge – linebacker for the Carolina Panthers
Ahmad Rashād – former wide receiver for Minnesota Vikings, award winning sports-caster (converted in 1972)
Ephraim Salaam – offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions
Muhammad Wilkerson – defensive end for the New York Jets
Usama Young – free safety for the New Orleans Saints

Track and Field

Khalid Khannouchi - marathon runner

Wrestling

Dara Daivari – Iranian American, former wrestler at the WWE

Mixed Martial Arts

Muhammed Lawal – former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight World Champion

bucolic_frolic

(43,342 posts)
6. Melting Pot Don
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:13 AM
Jun 2016

is behaving like a little paranoid uneducated New York working stiff from about 1925

that fears all who don't look like him or his relatives

Seriously demented

lastlib

(23,311 posts)
7. Little Donny is is a lying, hypocritical idiot.
Sun Jun 5, 2016, 11:24 AM
Jun 2016

We CANNOT allow this stinking pile of elephant feces ANYWHERE NEAR the White House!!

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