Trump: Who are the Muslim American ‘sports heroes’ Obama referred to?

Washington Times ^ | 12-7-15 | David Sherfinski

[showme_the_Glory]

Conscientious objector was the PC term of the day. But you’re right, he’s a draft dodger.

[lakecumberlandvet]

0bama was referring to himself. Haven’t you seen him swim, bike, shoot skeet, throw a baseball, play basketball? He’s one heck of an athlete. And he’s a muslim.

[butlerweave]

must be those Converts

[Buckeye McFrog]

Former Steeler Tunch Ilkin.

Born a Muslim in Turkey, he converted and is now
a Christian pastor.

[JimRed]

Make-believe Muslims. They are as deserving of death as we Infidels are, since they don’t Jihad.

[JimRed]

Ahmad Rashad. Bobby Moore.

[JimRed]

Conscientious objector was the PC term of the day. But you’re right, he’s a draft dodger.

But an honest one. Stayed and risked prison, while pothead whitey liberals fled to Canada.

[PAR35]

I cheated and did a search. His father was killed by militants. So if there are any good Muzzies, the family would probably make that list.

[Colonel_Flagg]

Lou Gehrig and Joe DiMaggio too!

I think Hank Greenberg was safe. So was Rod Carew.

[Ez2BRepub]

Maybe he meant The Iron Shiek?

[Crusher138]

Michael Jordan sent his kids to Catholic high school and was married in an Episcopal church not too long ago.

I doubt if he is a Muslim. If he is, he isn’t very devote.

[jjotto]

Max Baer, Al Rosen, Dara Torres, Sid Luckman, Mark Spitz, a bunch of early NBA stars. Jewish athletes were common when Jews in America were still mostly working-class.

[dfwgator]

Malcolm X was assassinated by The Nation of Islam because he became an actual muslim and started following the Sunni faith.

Very true, when he went to Mecca and saw how many there were White, it changed his whole perspective.

[lewislynn]

But didn’t ali convert when he was older?

Yes, Cassius Clay converted to avoid the draft.

[Titus-Maximus]

Nation of Islam is not ISIS, nor Sharia and in fact it is not respected by mainstream Islam.

[Paco]

100% agree. It makes no sense whatsoever. If you support Islam you endorse slavery, abusing and killing women, murdering gays, murdering all infidels and pedophilia.

The left has a love affair with Islam. It’s about controlling the people so you can move forward with your agenda.

[mjp]

from Wikipedia

Boxing
Boxer Muhammad Ali in 1978Muhammad Ali - became a member of the Nation of Islam in 1964,[129] converted to Sunni Islam in 1975[130][131]
Bernard Hopkins - former Middleweight and Light Heavyweight world champion[132]]
Eddie Mustafa Muhammad - former Light Heavyweight Champion]
Matthew Saad Muhammad - former Light Heavyweight Champion[133]]
Dwight Muhammad Qawi - former Light Heavyweight and Cruiserweight Champion[134]]
Hasim Rahman - former Heavyweight champion[135]]
Mike Tyson - Undisputed Heavyweight Champion in 1987; converted in 1994 (influenced from preacher in prison)[136]]

Basketball

NBA player Shaquille O'NealDeSagana 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[23][137]
Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf - former player for Denver Nuggets (converted in 1991, formerly Chris Jackson)[138]
Shareef Abdur-Rahim - retired player, named NBA All-Star in 2001–02 season[139]
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[140]
Nazr Mohammed - player for the Charlotte Bobcats[141]
Mehmet Okur - Turkish player of the Utah Jazz[142]
Shaquille O'Neal - player for the Boston Celtics; rapper and actor[143]
Hakeem Olajuwon[144]
Rasheed Wallace - player for the Boston Celtics[145][146]

NFL

NFL player turned sportscaster Ahmad RashadHamza Abdullah - safety for the Cleveland Browns[147][148]
Husain Abdullah - safety for the Minnesota Vikings[149]
Oday Aboushi - guard, drafted by the New York Jets in 2013, currently with the Houston Texans.[150]
Az-Zahir Hakim - wide receiver formerly for the St. Louis Rams[151]
Ryan Harris[152]
Abdul Hodge - linebacker for the Carolina Panthers[23]
Ahmad Rashād - former wide receiver for Minnesota Vikings, award winning sports-caster (converted in 1972)[153][154] Ephraim Salaam - offensive tackle for the Detroit Lions[155]
Muhammad Wilkerson - defensive end for the New York Jets[156]
Usama Young - free safety for the New Orleans Saints[157]

Wrestling

Dara Daivari - Iranian American, former wrestler at the WWE[158]

Mixed martial arts

Muhammed Lawal - former Strikeforce Light Heavyweight World Champion

[PAR35]

Thanks. I had forgotten Spitz. Certainly would be up there with Koufax and Greenberg. I don’t follow boxing, so Baer wouldn’t have been on my radar.

[GOPJ]

Obama’s delusional...

Peaceful Muslims don’t matter - they’re not relevant.

Peaceful Germans didn’t matter to Hitler... he murdered millions of Jews anyhow ...

Peaceful Chinese didn’t matter when radical leaders murdered millions of them...

And

Stalin didn’t care about ‘peaceful’ Russians when he slaughtered them.

Peaceful citizens are NEVER the issue.

Peaceful Muslim are not the issue. Radical Islamic Muslims ARE THE ISSUE.

Obama and Hillary are delusional AND THEY ARE CAUSING AMERICANS TO DIE ...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1l4gGkPziA

[jjotto]

We’re leaving out some pretty great Jewish female athletes too.